Crosley Automobile Club Inc.

307 Schaeffer Rd
Blandon, PA 19510 

Crosley Motors Incorporated had its main office and engineering facility in Cincinnati Ohio, with assembly plants in Richmond Indiana (1939-1942) and Marion Indiana (1946-1952).

The Crosley automobile was the brain child of Powel Crosley, who had already made his fortune as a radio and appliance manufacturer, owner of WLW the "Nation's Station" and the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.

Crosley Corporation - Current appliance company
Crosley Radio Corporation - Current radio company

Crosley Automobile Club was founded in 1969 and has over 1000 members world wide.

The Crosley club helps bring together collectors of Crosley cars and other products of Powel Crosley. The club publishes 4 newsletters per year, the Crosley Quarterly and a roster of members every other year (new members get most recent roster).

The club sponsors a National meet the second Saturday in July at the Fulton County Fair grounds in Wauseon, Ohio (old Exit 3) Exit 34 on the Ohio Turnpike. The show is now 3 days and officially starts on Thursday, with many showing up on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Club Membership and Information

  • General Questions - CAC@CrosleyAutoClub.com
  • President - Dave Anspach - eMail
  • Membership Chair
    • Jan Welch - eMail
      1907 49th Ave. N.; Moorhead  MN  56560
    • Membership $20/year US; $25/year Non-US
    •  Application - Print out and send in (pdf)
  • Officers and Directors - Photos
  • Articles an Ads for Quarterly Newsletter
    • Editor - Fred Syrdal - eMail
      4716 Stinson Blvd NE; Columbia Hts, MN 55421-2002
    • Quarterly Ad Rates (PDF)
  • Club Material
  • Regional Clubs
  • "Crosley of the Month" - Chosen by Web Master
    • Send in your nomination. Images should be at least 640 pixels wide, showing 2 interesting features.
    • Past Winners - Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

Message Board & Chat Room

  • Join Message/Chat Board
    • Regular Chats Thursday's at 10 PM EST and Sunday Afternoons at 4PM and 10PM EST
    • Post ads and questions
    • Help others with their projects
  • Crosley Garage
    • Past Tech Talk from Message Board

2010 CAC Nationals are July 8-10, 2010
Wauseon, Ohio

Spotlight Class Pre War

Motels and Camping

2009 Highlights


This appears to be one of the elusive Flat 8 Fageol Marine engines.  Photo from another angle.  Here is a photo from an ad for the Fageol 88. This engine has been extensively modified for car use if it is really a Fageol 88.

Crosley of the Month



Mike Grimes of California shared these pictures and information:

"I picked this engine up about 25 years ago.  It had been in a homemade sports car.  I got the chassis (crude), the engine and transmission.  According to Barry Seel the flywheel/crankshaft configuration makes this a marine engine.  Nick Brajevich told me that they (Fageol) only made 13 of these.  One of these days I'll repair the flywheel/crankshaft joint impending failure and fire it up"

What's New - New material on the web site - Last Update 2/1/10 New!!!!

Information
History

2009 Highlights

  • Wednesday - July 8
    • Bus Trip to Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana was attended by 25+ members, great time by all.
  • Thursday - July 9th
    • 1 PM Hospital/Nursing Home Visitation - Largest turn out ever with 16 cars for the patients to view and hear about and lots of ice cream for all.
    • 3 PM Crosley Talk - Several interesting talks on Crosley repairs.
    • 7:30 PM Fireside Chat - small turn out at the fire but several nice group formed.
  • Friday - July 10th
    • Flea Market- Most all vendors reported good sales.  With a two day flea markets the vendors are a little slower to open but was well under way by mid morning.
    • CAC Trading Post - Many took advantage of  the chance of selling a few extra parts without having to sit at a flea market space, but not as many as last year. 
    • 12:30 Assemble the Crosley Regional Challenge turned into a demonstration with the job done in under 10 minutes.
    • 12:50 PM Skill-A-Thon - Lots of car games.
    • 5 PM Road Rally - Around 42 Crosley paraded through Wauseon and ended up at Tiny's (local ice cream shop). 
    • 7:30 PM Informal Chat - nice discussion with a few of our large vendors showing off some of their new projects and products.
  • Saturday - July 11th
    • Flea Market- Most were open for business by 8pm. Seemed like more cars for sale than past years.
    • Silent Auction - lots of donations and generous bidders. 
    • Meet Registration - We had a good turn out with a lot of first timers.
    • CAC Trading Post - new items were being added all the time so you had to keep an eye on that area.
    • Car Show - was largest ever at 118 Crosleys running around.
    • Craft Flea Market - was new this year for the ladies, ony 3 vendors but they seem to have a good time and had reasonable sales.
    • Youth Project - Moving along nicely, the restored full rolling chassis with engine was displayed.
    • Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony - Dave was re-elected without opposition. All the normal meeting stuff about the state of the club (Great) and plans for next year.  Trophies and many door prices were then handed out.
    • Banquet - Well attended (we do like to eat) and one of the best ever.  This gives us all for one last chat with old and new friends before we hit the road for another year.

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The club is primarily for the support of Crosley vehicle owners, but welcomes all that are interested in the products of Powel Crosley. The club also welcomes owners of the various vehicles that used the Crosley engine such as the Crofton, Bandini, Devin, Panda, Sabre, Skorpion, etc. Custom vehicles using any part of the Crosley are also welcome. A special class for non-automotive Crosley products such as radios and appliances made by Crosley is part of our National show and the occasional articles in the Quarterly.


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