RE: Another Sandy Question
They were displayed in the automotive department at Sears-Roebuck Stores, where possible. There was a make-shift office set up usually manned by one salesman. Orders were taken at Sears-Roebuck and the cars were delivered there as well. Service was provided by Sears-Roebuck Auto Centers. They were NOT sold at Kaiser-Frazer stores, which marketed the nearly identical Henry J. which was named for Henry J. Kaiser. Kaiser-Frazer was formed in 1944 and the Allstate was marketed in 1952 & 1953. It was then bought out by Willys in 1954 to form Kaiser-Willys. The Frazer car & the Allstate were discontinued, and the Kaiser was upgraded to just under a luxury car level, like where a Buick Park Ave Ultra is today. Willys was then bought by JEEP and in 1956 (late) became Kaiser-Jeep, which became just JEEP in 1957, when Kaiser failed to make any impact against Packard, Imperial, Cadillac & Lincoln, the 4 luxury nameplates of the day. The most premium Kaiser (the Manhattan) topped off at the level of the cheapest of the aforementioned 4. Few were sold.
American Motors was the banner corporation of Kaiser-Willys and this resulted in the formation of AMC/Jeep in 1970. Thus gave way to AMC/Jeep/Renault in 1979 when France's Renault desired a formadible presence in the USA. Renault tried hard, but flopped in the end when Chrylser bought the entire shebang in 1987 (September), and went on a killing spree, killing off one-by-one every nameplate there with the exception of JEEP, which still survives today, under Mercedes Control
~ The storied history of AMC, Kaiser, Willys, Nash, Frazer & Allstate is indeed a very, very insteresting one.