 I knew this had to be
the next Crosley of the Month as soon as I saw it. We stopped in to see
the AACA Musuem in
Hershey PA
on our way back home at Christmas, and look what we saw in the middle
of the gift shop. They were also selling some of the Empire
Region's T-Shirts. Jeff had his Crosley Pickup in a
special
exhibit a while back.
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 This is AACA's 1941
Crosley
Wagon. This looks like a great place to show off it's size.
They
even used the inside to store extra stock. AACA has two Pre
Wars
and an FOR in their permanent collection, this is the only one
currently on display.
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 Norm & Janyne
Smith of
Poland, OH sent me these shots of their Overland Firetruck.
The
shot above was at "Glenmoor Gathering Concours D'Elegance." in Canton,
OH. Here are their comments: "We were very excited to learn
we had won
an award of distinction, Junior Judges Award, all classes included.
As we were waiting in line to receive our award, Club Manager Myron
Vernis stuck his head in the window and said, "Who would have ever
thought a Crosley would win an award of distinction?""
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 Fred Toohey sent in this Months Winners. To the left is his first racer on the way to the local Soapbox Derby where he won in 1953. Fred writes: "I have been running my Crosley (above J production Bonneville car) since 2003 and I am about 20 mph off of the record (99.299mph). Unfortunately Gerald lost the record to a 2cyle HONDA! I keep making changes to make it go faster then it goes slower, if I work really hard I might get it down to 40mph." |
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Above is a flea market find from 1996. I will not divulge those
involved in case the sedan section is still in hiding from their wives.
But as you can see, you never know what you might find at the
Crosley Nationals Flea Market.
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You also never know what or who you might see at the Nationals.
In 1999 Santa stopped in during his down time with his CoBra
powered 3 wheeler.
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As told by Nigel Davenport - "The
story on the fire engine goes like this: I have owned my 51 super wagon
for 36 years now, so i have driven her everywhere. this leads into the
day that a fella came by with a story about a fire engine at a
junkyard. I had mentioned this tidbit to my newly retired friend and
nieghbor. We will call him "Mark". this guy has seen little car shows,
and I made him drive my wagon to the Turkey show in Daytona. He has
almost been bitten by the little bug. Mark won't leave me be about this
fire truck, so ok, ok off to the yard we go.... When we arive, I
can see this mess of a Crosley.
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 We climbed onto the truck bed on the
box truck to see her. I am heartbroken. A little too far gone to be
easy, but still do-able. the man wanted more dollars than I wanted to
part with on that day, so we went. Low and behold, my friend was now
hopelessly gone, bitten and now living with the little bug. He made a
deal with the yard man, and was the proud new owner. I loaned my truck
for the towing, well ok, it went into the bed of the International
pickup. When we unloaded, I snapped this shot. Note, he has been
drinking ketchup, I think." Nigel's 51 Wagon and Crosley powered Berkeley, with a custom Crosley frame.
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