Hemmings Find of the Day: 1942 Crosley
Restored 1942 Crosley Convertible Coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of only three 1942 Crosley Convertible Coupes and one of less than 80 pre-war Crosleys of all body...
Restored 1942 Crosley Convertible Coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of only three 1942 Crosley Convertible Coupes and one of less than 80 pre-war Crosleys of all body...
The Pinto Air Freight 1950 Crosley CD 18-wheeler for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: In 1955 Bob Pinto started a new trucking business in Philadelphia. He and a friend,custom coa...
Restored 1951 Crosley Super Sport for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 26.5 hp, 4 cylinder engine, 3 speed manual transmission. I purchased this from the estate of the second owne...
Hand-built 1959 Crosley-based special for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Very attractive styling for a hand-crafted one-off from California. Designed and built by a sports car e...
Reconditioned 1951 Crosley CD station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Originating out of Newport, New Hampshire, having been stored in a climate controlled garage by an...
It took a one-ton truck to replace Murray County Rescue’s Hurst Rescue System 1 Gremlin, one of only a handful that George Hurst built to showcase his Jaws of Life and other assorted rescue equipment...
Photo by Nyttend. Abandoned more than a decade ago, the once-condemned former Crosley headquarters and factory in Cincinnati is headed for an uncertain future now that a developer has scuttled its $3...
Ford’s purchase of Stout led to a number of innovations, perhaps the least known until now was the experimental 15P, a tailless plane powered by an aluminum version of the Ford flathead V-8. The Jalo...
Photo and collage by the author. There’s the car, of course, perhaps the most successful attempt at an American microcar. But there’s also the anti-baldness device, the proximity fuze, the refrigerat...
Longtime Hemmings Daily readers might recognize Mel Gould as the man behind the Purple People Eater Crosley that appeared on the cover of the December 1961 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. Decades late...
Photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. You all know Paul Gorrell by now. Built that Crosley sign-turned-scooter. Owns the most complete collection of Crosley prototypes. His latest creation remains...
Brochure images from author’s collection. If you prefer American cars over those from Europe, but still favor small over large, then consider owning a Crosley. Consider this: most Crosleys were about...
Photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. It’s much more complete than the bitsa that formed the basis of the first Crosley club youth project, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on the 1950 ...
While the Toyota 2JZ isn’t quite the ubiquitous engine swap as the SBC or the LS, the straight-six still manages to make its way in between the frame rails of a good diversity of cars, trucks, and ot...
This 1948 Crosley Wagon originally left the factory with a 724 cc CoBra SOHC inline-four that produced 26.5 horsepower. After the wagon was restored by Mike Alford it was sold to professional race ca...
Photo courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. Not all youth project cars like the one sponsored by the Crosley Automobile Club end in success, which was why the members of the club, upon the completion of ...
Other vehicles designed and built by Ferdinand Porsche going back to the turn of the century have adopted the Porsche name in the years since, but the first to actually wear the Porsche name, accordi...
Photos by the author. Beyond being cute, the Crosley station wagon was a noteworthy vehicle that was literally decades ahead of its time. While its diminutive size against all the large cars that rul...