 These two modifier's
from passed Nationals are about as far a part as you
can get
in the modified class.
The flip top was shown in 1980, I believe the engine is a Ford flat head with overhead valve heads. |
Shorty was made by Jim Welther from a basket case
wagon, this photo was
taken in 1985. The legs are on the pedals on the front
wheel and go up
and down when you drive. Jak Phillips owns the
car now with a
different paint job.
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 These photos were taken
at
the 1974 National show. Paul Gorrell was
showing his 2 wheel Crosley Motorcycle for the first
time. It was
one
of 3 made by the factory for a possible war contract.
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 Paul Gorrell is starting
it
up for demo ride. See if you can identify some of the
people in the
back ground when they were 33 years younger.
Paul has shown the
motorcycle several times over the years. Notice
the Icyball
sitting in the FOR in the background.
Here are two shots from 2001 after it was restored. The car behind it is the CRAD prototype. |
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 Paul Weimer's Custom
Roadster, 1st place winner in the Modified Spot light
class at the 2007
Nationals. This cute little convert got a lot of
attention from
everyone.
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 Barry Seel's Modified
Super
Sports won 2nd place in the Spot Light Class at the
2007 Nationals.
Besides the obvious Braje style grills and
louvered hood, this
VC had a 4 speed transmission and one of Barry's
famous hopped up
Bearcat engines.
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 Karl Schultz of Ohio has
had
a long love affair with Crosley, starting at age 7
when his dad bought
a 48 Wagon. Here he is at age 23 in 1967 with
his 3rd Crosley a
Hot Shot. He drove a 51 Wagon through High School and
College.
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 Jump forward 40 years
and
here is Karl giving his Grandson Logan a ride in the
very same Hot
Shot. Karl put the Hot Shot together combing
Crosley #2 a wrecked
Super Sports he bought while in college and a Hot Shot
body he found
upside down in a creek bed. The owner was glad to get
rid of it.
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 A shot from the 2007
Yankee
Regional meet at Kent CT on Sept 29th.
This nice
Roundside
belongs to Ted Della Camera of CT. Ted pulled it
out of a
local
museum where it has been on display for a year or so
for the show and
to get a few miles on it before tucking it back in
before the snows
come.
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 The Yankee meet was very well attended with members and had 12 Crosleys showing in a grove a trees plus some non automotive. The Yankee meet has an extra draw because it is embedded in a nice antique machinery show. Lots to see. |
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 Doug Lawrence's 1942
Convertiable Sedan. To the right is the note
he sent with the pictures.
Nice looking Prewar, here is an interior shot. |
 "This is our recently completed ground up restoration of a 1942 CB-42. We (my Father and I) have been working on it for about a year and a half. This car bears the #s 390-31319. As best I can figure from the info I've found it was built just after Pearl Harbor in 1941. We plan to show it for the first time next spring at Charlotte, NC at the Eastern Spring National Meet of the AACA and we may make it to Wauseon next summer." |
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 Mike Grimes nice FarmOroad he says as far as the State of California is concerned it's now a '51 model, but by serial number it is probably a 1950. |
 Here is a shot of the chassis during the restoration process. |
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 While technically not a
Crosley this is the most exciting Crosley related item
I have seen in a
long time and it is just the tip of iceberg of
information sent to me
by Ray Olson III. His father Ray Olson Jr. saved
the information
from his days working for the Navy Department from
1942 - 1945.
What you are looking at is a mock up of a Taylor
X-24 fabricated
block engine (a big brother to our beloved CoBra
engine) that was
proposed to the government primarily as an aircraft
engine, but that
could be used for other purposes.
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 A 6 cylinder version was
built
and tested, I have copies of those tests. The 24
cylinder version
was estimated to have been about 950 lbs and put out
1000 hp without
supercharging, if it was built. It would have been
1702 cubic
inches. I have no records that it was actually
built.
There is a series of articles in the Quarterly in 2008. |
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 Not sure where or even
when
I took this photo. It was someplace in Ohio many
years ago.
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 I pulled it out of my archives because it has been a long time since we have had a CD as our Crosley of the Month. If anyone know the current owner or location let me know and I will add it to the description. Looks to be a nice 1950 Sedan Deliver with roll up windows. |
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 Peter Berard's
52 Super Sports. Pete and his wife Julie live in
Southern
Georgia.
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 Not sure if Pete's SS is
a 52 or a 51 he seems to
call it both from time to time or he has another one
hide away he
hasn't told Julie about. He fairly recently
finished up this restoration and started a 48 pickup.
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 Pete & Paula
Radford's
1947 CC Convertible. Pete wrote "We
bought it in the mid summer of 2007 in Mass from the
sister of the
original owner. Her older sister gave it to her in
1953. The car was
originally bought in NJ, and we've brought it back
here.
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 It had been in the Yankee Candle Car Museum in Mass for a few years. The car had some defects and unfinished items during it's restoration, and we have just about finished them up now." Pete & Paula split their time between homes in NJ and PA. |
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 Bill Smulo's Miller Racer. Bill is from California and is still learning what he has. He is in the process of rebuilding everything including the engine. The engine appears to be a 53CI Crofton block on a Crosley Crankcase, should make a pretty hot setup. Another shot of the engine. |
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 "I am a new member of the
Crosley Gang and thought I would share pictures of
my 1948 pickup.
I bought it several years ago in Gambier Ohio.
It was a
mess but thanks to Dave Edwards of Mansfield, Ohio I
got parts to fix
it up. I put solid cherry wood on it and did
all the work
myself. I live in Mt.Vernon Ohio."
Gene G. Henthorn (aka Happ)
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 Pete & Paula Radford's 1951 Super Wagon Pete & Paula split their time between homes in NJ and PA. |
 "This one is our '51 superWagon we bought from Jak (PapaJaks) Phillips out on Long Island. The odometer shows 17,500 miles. Paula won well over 20 trophies at car shows last year with it, including one at the first show we ever took the car to." |
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