Bill says - "Selecting the right car for a restoration project is an exciting task but not always an easy one.  It is important to start out with a car in the best condition as possible."  

This was the easiest step for us as we are "Kaiser Krazy" and only have one Kaiser left in our garage.  Our garaged Kaiser is a the 1953 Henry J Corsair Deluxe we purchased  10 years ago.   

When we purchased the Henry J it came with a second one and all the parts from six or seven other HJs which had been disassembled and sorted into Folgers Coffee cans.  At the time we swapped the best of each part onto this Henry J, sold the second one. After several years of selling parts one at a time, we sold the remaining stash of parts to Seth Jones.

Prior to Bill's Restoration Seminars, I would have just cleaned up this Henry J and driven it.  Now disassembling this car, restoring every piece and bringing it back to show room condition seems well within our reach.

In the summer of 2005, Kaiser Bill made us an offer we could not refuse for our 1953 Kaiser Manhattan. Bill wanted to put it into his Kaiser Museum.  We had driven the Manhattan 18,000 miles over the prior 12 years to more than 25 KFOCI events.  Now with no running Kaiser, the time has come to restore our Henry J.  

For those of you with a more difficult decision, Bill's Book offers numerous hints on where to buy, how to decide on a make and model, and how much to pay.

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