Anybody here know :confused:
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7022/119595tp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Sure, that's a '48 or so Crosley S/W!!

The Hot Shot version had a little-bitty shaft drive SOHC 4-banger and it was the very first car in the U.S. that had front disc brakes!!

It's a cute little bugger to me!!

Onna the three Brothers that ran the DX gasoline station in town back in highschool had one and so did his Buddy! They'd race from one town to the other wide open for miles and miles and never breack 70 mph!! He, He!!

I'd love to have one!!

The closest sized newer car was an old Renault Dauphine. it's a little-bitty bugger too!

pdq67

Thanks :cool:

Looks like a death trap.

looks like a miniature Brinks truck with a European 70's front end :)
Dano:thumbsup:

Lol, yeah, post war Crosley. We have a guy here that put that body on an S-10 chassis, complete with the little EFI 4 banger.

Yup - 48 CC Station Wagon :thumbsup:

I had a 48 CC Convertible - what a little POS ... :D
Sheetmetal engine and the worlds worse driveline and brakes, only drove it once after I got it running :eek:
Warned the guy I sold it to to be very carefull with it - his wife called @2hrs later, he drove it into the garage from the trailer - no, I really mean he "drove it into the garage" :D
She said he drove it in and right into his work bench - she thanked me for warning them and said it was the reason she was outside watching and not taking 'her first ride in it' ... ;)

Now the 49's were pretty nice :D
Wish I could find one of their little pick-ups they made from that body style.

I forgot about Crosley's attempt to make a sheet-metal engine by brazing all the steel stampings together! I think the block only weighed like 47 pounds or so... But the coolant corroded the brazed sheet metal parts due to the flux used, (OR something like this??), and they turned to sh-t in a hurry!

BUT great design concept and I am actually supprised this method hasn't been revived, but using modern tech to do it b/c of the drastic weight savings over castings!!

Same deal with I wondor what ever happened to the "Poli-Motor" plastic engine they tried to run at Indy. It just seemed to drop off the earth????

pdq67

i wonder how fast that car went
mike

i wonder how fast that car went
mike

Probably not too fast. Too much wind drag on the tires?:clonk:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1948-49-50-Crosley-station-wagon_W0QQitemZ200038083794QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3940 5QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's a project on Ebay.

I think there has been one of those for sale at the past 4 or so Englishtown swap meets. The guy just trailers it in, then takes it home, then brings it back next time.

I saw one around Youngstown, OH a couple of years ago. It was tubbed 275/60'S inside the body lines and a blown 350sbc all on a custom made frame. Looked fun.

Back in the early to mid '60's, there were two of them that ran up at the Kahokia, IL, 1/8th mile strip!

One was called, "Blown Banana" b/c it was supercharged and painted bright YELLOW and the other was just a FI gasser that was painted bright BLUE!

They ran up there with Arnie Beswick and his "Passionate Poncho" or "Grocery Getter" Pontiac car!!

Boy, this brings back memories!!!!!

pdq67

I have a buddy who has at least one Crosley.I helped him pull the motor once-literally "pulled" the motor-we unbolted everything,reached into the engine bay and lifted it out! The generator weiged more than the motor.If I recall correctly the bakes are operated by cables? He doesn't drive it much more than around the yard.