When I was a child my mother had a Henry J with a radio, I remember the cute little white knobs it had. It was the best running reliable little car. It was the first car with variable speed windshield wipers and they were adjusted with a little white knob in the top center of the dash. Instead of low medium and high speed the knob made a smooth transition from slow gradually up to fast wipers. It was peppy and comfortable.
It took some digging, due to the recent Allstate Insurance hood ornament ad, but yes, that hood ornament was added by Alex Tremulis, who was asked by Sears to tweak the Henry J's styling for the Allstate.
The hood ornament and 'Henry J' script are both missing on the Henry J in this video as all Henry Js had a standard hood ornament and script. You can kind of see when the camera glances across the hood that there were holes that were filled. The Henry J is light blue on the dash which means it was light blue all over originally. The fact that the rubber around the windshields is painted indicates a repaint as that was never painted on these cars originally. Regardless, a '52 Henry J Vagabond is the rarest of all Henry J models with only around 3,000 four cylinder models produced. Great video to see these two together. The hood ornament on the Allstate is indeed original.
Cool cars. I remember them both! By the way, the Henry J. did have a heater in it. It's funny to think that heaters were optional equipment at one time!
FYI, the Allstate could not be ordered through the Sears Catalog. It was listed in the catalog but you had to go to the store to purchase one and they were only sold in a very few stores, mostly in the south. The tail lights on the Allstate in this video are after-market units called "Finliners" available from United Marine. A very rare car and so cool to see one in a video!
Very cool video Chad! I have never seen an Allstate. So if you wanted a “nice” Henry J you have to buy an Allstate from the Sears catalog…I was born in the wrong decade!!!!
The Henry j being a vagabond meant that the rear seat folded down and you could load long item’s through the trunk into the back seat cargo area, kind of like a desoto carry-all, or dodge/Plymouth business coupe
That feature had nothing to do with it being a Vagabond. The 1951 Henry J standard and deluxe could be ordered with the trunk lid and folding seat feature. The '52 Henry J Vagabond was a left over '51 that was not sold by the end of the model year so KF reserialed them as '52s and called them "Vagabond" models. Some '52 Henry J Vagabonds had a fixed rear seat that did not fold down. The Kaiser and Frazer Vagabonds were all hatchbacks with a folding rear seat.
ive had several over the years along with kaiser and frazer, love to see anyone feature them, but you showed the plain henry j with no options at all and the allstate loaded up a little. the only thing i think may have been non optional was maybe the glove box on the allstate. but the henry j was like most of the cars of the day you could option it out quite a bit with seat covers, chrome trim etc, plus there were several models, all mine were 6 cyl so that was kind of the upper class model anyway. and those engines in the bigger cars and the 6 in the henry j were continental engines and very powerful and almost indestructible.
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When I was a child my mother had a Henry J with a radio, I remember the cute little white knobs it had. It was the best running reliable little car. It was the first car with variable speed windshield wipers and they were adjusted with a little white knob in the top center of the dash. Instead of low medium and high speed the knob made a smooth transition from slow gradually up to fast wipers. It was peppy and comfortable.
It took some digging, due to the recent Allstate Insurance hood ornament ad, but yes, that hood ornament was added by Alex Tremulis, who was asked by Sears to tweak the Henry J's styling for the Allstate.
The hood ornament and 'Henry J' script are both missing on the Henry J in this video as all Henry Js had a standard hood ornament and script. You can kind of see when the camera glances across the hood that there were holes that were filled. The Henry J is light blue on the dash which means it was light blue all over originally. The fact that the rubber around the windshields is painted indicates a repaint as that was never painted on these cars originally. Regardless, a '52 Henry J Vagabond is the rarest of all Henry J models with only around 3,000 four cylinder models produced. Great video to see these two together. The hood ornament on the Allstate is indeed original.
I’ve been requesting this side by side since episode 2.
Thank you i needed it. 🎉❤
Great show keep up the good work be safe my friends God bless all
Cool cars. I remember them both! By the way, the Henry J. did have a heater in it. It's funny to think that heaters were optional equipment at one time!
Especially heat was free, energy-wise
One of my all time favorite autos. ❤
FYI, the Allstate could not be ordered through the Sears Catalog. It was listed in the catalog but you had to go to the store to purchase one and they were only sold in a very few stores, mostly in the south. The tail lights on the Allstate in this video are after-market units called "Finliners" available from United Marine. A very rare car and so cool to see one in a video!
Another great one
Love these two cars,Gasser’s Dream Car 🏆
Very cool video Chad! I have never seen an Allstate. So if you wanted a “nice” Henry J you have to buy an Allstate from the Sears catalog…I was born in the wrong decade!!!!
The Henry J could be ordered with anything the Allstate had and vis-a-versa. Just depended on how much you wanted to pay.
Who had hood ornament kind of money back then though
The Henry j being a vagabond meant that the rear seat folded down and you could load long item’s through the trunk into the back seat cargo area, kind of like a desoto carry-all, or dodge/Plymouth business coupe
That feature had nothing to do with it being a Vagabond. The 1951 Henry J standard and deluxe could be ordered with the trunk lid and folding seat feature. The '52 Henry J Vagabond was a left over '51 that was not sold by the end of the model year so KF reserialed them as '52s and called them "Vagabond" models. Some '52 Henry J Vagabonds had a fixed rear seat that did not fold down. The Kaiser and Frazer Vagabonds were all hatchbacks with a folding rear seat.
Just learning about this in 2024, to all the youngsterz out there Sears catalog used to be bigger than Amazon
you could buy a house through the sears catalog
ive had several over the years along with kaiser and frazer, love to see anyone feature them, but you showed the plain henry j with no options at all and the allstate loaded up a little. the only thing i think may have been non optional was maybe the glove box on the allstate. but the henry j was like most of the cars of the day you could option it out quite a bit with seat covers, chrome trim etc, plus there were several models, all mine were 6 cyl so that was kind of the upper class model anyway. and those engines in the bigger cars and the 6 in the henry j were continental engines and very powerful and almost indestructible.