By its blood line, kind of a Mopar

Kaiser -> Willys --> Jeep-- > Rambler --> AMC --Mopar

(bit of a stretch , I know )

as soon as i saw the first pic i recognized that car ! i always thought it was cool from the first article i read about it, mopar [kinda] or not !

My dad always wanted a Darrin. I have a sales brochure for one stashed away somewhere. Can't believe someone cut one up like that. Kinda cool.

Different doors, the third pic has the correct Darrin doors, what is the deal with the recent pics?

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week/car-of-the-week-1954-kaiser-darrin-drag-car

As far as Lee Abrams knows, he and his twin brother Gary are the only guys goofy enough to ever turn a 1954 Kaiser-Darrin into a full-blown drag car.

In fact, they’ve done it twice.

The first time around came back in the early 1960s, when the teenagers somehow talked their dad into letting them by a battered Darrin for the princely sum of $150. The second time came many years later, when Lee discovered the faded hulk of a race car residing in Florida and got a chance to buy it back

http://www.hotrod.com/articles/1954-kais...ter-fire-damage