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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 around 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.

Crosley of the Month

  



Both of this months cars are repeat Crosley of the Month winners.  Skinny was last Summer, but I wanted to show how Paul Gorrell transports it to some of the shows.  The woody wagon was a Crosley of the Month last year in the restoration process.
Paul's son, Duane, sent the following note with the photos: "This is how Skinny has went to several shows this summer! If I am not mistaken, it has rode 400 miles or so on the running board of the '25 Studebaker. Quit the sight going down the road or stopped." Paul also uses his stock Studebaker to tow a tailer with a Crosley on board for some shows. Says it stops faster with the trailer brakes.
Paul's Woody was a big hit at the 2010 Nationals and he could not resist this little wooden boat that was for sale at the same Nationals.  It was built to carry extra luggage behind a small car. He has had a lot of fun showing them together with his two chickens Elvis and Henrietta.  The whole package draws a lot of attention.

Club Membership and Information

Contact Information

  • General Questions - CAC@CrosleyAutoClub.com
  • President - Dave Anspach - eMail
  • Membership Chair
    • Duane Gorrell - eMail
      22450 Skunk River Rd; Danville, IA 52623
    • 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
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  • Past Winners - Pages
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    • Post ads and questions on the message board
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  • Chat Room
    • Regular Chats Thursday's at 10 PM EST and Sunday Afternoons at 4PM and 10PM EST
    • Feel free to setup other chat times by posting times on the message board.


2012 Club Raffle - 1949 Station Wagon
Info


2012 CAC Nationals are July 12-14, 2012
Wauseon, Ohio

Spotlight Class CD - 1949-52

Motels and Camping

2011 Review Below

What's New - New material on the web site - Last Update 02/01/12 New!!!!

Information

History

2011 Nationals in Review

  • Tuesday - July 5th
    • Nice turn out for the Downtown Wauseon Car Cruise we had 6 or 7 in the show
  • Wednesday - July 6th
    • 14 members met at the Gilmore Museum - an impressive set of museums
  • Thursday - July 7th
    • Board of Directors met and appointed a new membership chairman among other buisness.
    • 11 Crosleys were displayed at the Nursing Home Cruise/Show, the owners told about their car
    • The Fireside Chat had a nice turn out and the last of the members folded up their chairs after 10pm
  • Friday - July 8th
    • Flea Marketers were a little slow to roll out of bed but by mid morning lots of money was changing hands for those hard to find parts and rusty projects.  10+ cars and Crosley powerd things were fore sale among the parts and such
    • CAC Trading Post had a nice selction of member parts for sale
    • 6 Craft Vendors had good sales
    • New Games ere a hit with spectators we could have used a few more participans
    • Ask the Experts - Good info was shared and lots of qustions answered
    • Youth Project Update - chassis is done and body work has started, Nathan hopes to have it at the 2012 show.
    • Road Rally had 30-32 cars, a couple of break downs and for the first time in 13 years of rallies we had to wait for a train in downtown Wauseon.
    • Informal Discussion -free cookies and updates from the vendors and open discussions what more could you want
  • Saturday - July 9th
    • Show - hard to count with cars going for rides and such but 90+ cars would be a good count.  We had a few members bring their cars for earlier in the meet but had other obligations on Saturday and pulled out before the show.
    • Flea Market continued several cars changed hands including a trade of a racer for a modified Hotshot
    • CAC Trading Post continued, I sold the two items I brought and looked like a lot of items chnaged hands.
    • Craft Sale continued
    • Silent Auction - all items sold but one rusty mower and $1300 was raised for club projects
    • Annual Meeting was held with Dave Anspach re-elected president, Awards Ceremony was held and the meeting concluded a little after 4pm
    • Banquet was attended by 90 or so hungry members for one last chance to talk Crosley before the meet closed down for another year

Albums


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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