Tom Geiger Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) That's not my goal Tom, to follow you around the Internet fixing your "bumbling posts". I just enjoy topics like this so much. And I look at it as me adding my "bumbling posts" on to yours. The things you post are great. The info you pass on is great. But I hope your like me, and enjoy it when somebody can add something interesting facts to complete the story. I'm obsessed with history. Mainly automotive. And sometimes get too carried away sharing what I know. Scott Scott, I enjoy our banter! Note that I put a smile after the statement. If I bust your chops, it means I like you! Edited September 10, 2014 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 One of the prewar 2-cylinder Crosleys has turned up in Cuba, of all places; unfortunately the Revolico ad from about a year ago didn't have any photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Scott, I enjoy our banter! Note that I put a smile after the statement. If I bust your chops, it means I like you! Good to know. Thanks. I too enjoy our banter. But, I just wanted to make sure it was mutual. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) I just wanted to make sure it was mutual. Scott Reminds me of Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles, " The feeling is MOO-TWUL!" Edited September 11, 2014 by Modelmartin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Good to know. Thanks. I too enjoy our banter. But, I just wanted to make sure it was mutual. Scott On Anudder Board I have two friends I banter with all the time. I know them both in person from attending shows. They both happen to be from Canada. We goof back and forth all the time. Then I get an email from a guy I don't know, who doesn't know any of us, accusing me of being prejudiced against Canadians and trying to run them all off the board! Actually pretty funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 This is what happens when a guy who sells refrigerators decides he understands the car industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 This is what happens when a guy who sells refrigerators decides he understands the car industry. The birth of the Camry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) The birth of the Camry? Your right Tom, the Camry is nothing more than an appliance. It's a better at doing its job than a Crosley. But, unlike the the Crosley, the Camry is not a car. A car has personality. Something most Japanesse cars do not have. Scott Edited October 10, 2014 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Your right Tom, the Camry is nothing more than an appliance. It's a better at doing its job than a Crosley. But, unlike the the Crosley, the Camry is not a car. A car has personality. Something most Japanesse cars do not have. Scott True! The Japanese culture isn't to stand out and be an individual. It's to conform and strive to earn a white Camry like everyone else. And for America Toyota has built the perfect appliance, bland, but in a way that there's not much there for anyone to object to. It will run 200,000 miles without being serviced. The perfect car for people disinterested in cars. My wife's brother has three of them, five years apart. He's the guy who forgets all about service intervals and runs cars that are making horrible noises and without oil. Still his Camrys hum on! Not too long ago he bought his daughter a used car to use for college. I asked him what kind of car he bought and he couldn't tell me! He said it was a small red car.. when pressed for details he got angry. I said to him, "So you bought this car, titled, registered and insured it in your name and you still can't tell me what it is?" I was flabbergasted! About a half hour later he texts me, "It's a Ford Focus." No doubt he went outside and looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 This is what happens when a guy who sells refrigerators decides he understands the car industry. Or a capital investment firm thinks it knows how to build cars-Cerberus Capital Management and Chrysler. Oyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Or a capital investment firm thinks it knows how to build cars-Cerberus Capital Management and Chrysler. Oyyy A situation so horrible that we all thanked God when the Italians came in and saved the day! Things you thought you'd never see in life! Remember that Cerberus main mission is to rob and plunder. There was a story on news shows (maybe it was 60 MInutes?) about their purchase of an old line store chain called Merv's on the west coast. They bought the profitable chain, which had employed people for their entire careers.. so what happens? Cerberus realized that since the chain was so established and old school that they outright owned all their store locations. Prime real estate. And the sum of which was worth more than they paid for the chain. So they shut down the chain, fired thousands of people and sold the properties for a profit. Chrysler got off easy! Edited October 10, 2014 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 A situation so horrible that we all thanked God when the Italians came in and saved the day! Things you thought you'd never see in life! Remember that Cerberus main mission is to rob and plunder. There was a story on news shows (maybe it was 60 MInutes?) about their purchase of an old line store chain called Merv's on the west coast. They bought the profitable chain, which had employed people for their entire careers.. so what happens? Cerberus realized that since the chain was so established and old school that they outright owned all their store locations. Prime real estate. And the sum of which was worth more than they paid for the chain. So they shut down the chain, fired thousands of people and sold the properties for a profit. Chrysler got off easy! Mervyns. And now they are the new owners of the Safeway chain of grocery stores. Oyy and Oyy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToyLvr Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 This is what happens when a guy who sells refrigerators decides he understands the car industry. As I've mentioned before, Powel Crosley was actually a car nut. One of his earliest business ventures was in the automotive aftermarket, selling a variety of items to Model T owners. The $$$ earned from this successful operation helped him to launch his radio & appliance biz later on. Although radio & appliances made him a multi-millionaire, cars were his first love..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 True! The Japanese culture isn't to stand out and be an individual. It's to conform and strive to earn a white Camry like everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) A car has personality. Something most Japanesse cars do not have. Edited October 11, 2014 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Revell did 2 '24 ounces': Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) Greg and Don you sure hit on the best of Japanese cars (posts 66 and 67, not 65). And note, I said "cars". Japan has built a few great cars over the years. The only ones I would say you are missing are the Datsun 1600 and 2000 sports car from the 60's, and the 1st generation Celica. Maybe the 1st gen RX-7? But in general, their cars are nothing more than appliances. Great appliances that do their job well. But with little soul or personality. Which is okay, if that's what you want. Speaking the Japanese auto industry and tying this tread back to Crosley. There was a Datsun built in the early 1950's that almost looks like a direct rip off of the postwar Crosley styling wise. Some people have even assumed in the past that Nissan/Datsun bought the Crosley body dies. Still is not the case. In fact, I'd have to go back a do some research, but Crosley and Datsun may have gotten into a roe over it. The North Star Crosley Club meets this next Monday. I'll have to ask Fred Syrdal about that. If anybody knows, Fred does. Scott Edited October 11, 2014 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Arii, Hasegawa, and Fujimi have all done kits. 1/24 and 1/16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 (edited) Below is a picture of a car that might look like a Crosley, but it's not. It's really a '49 Datsun! The design first appeared the year before with a very slightly different grille. They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. Yet, Powell Crosley was not flattered. It's looks very close to his '46, '47, and '48 Crosleys. There were rumors before World War II, that Nissan had plans to break in the the American market and sell cars here. Powell Crosley was worried this was car they were going to try doing it with. He tried to stop them from building the car. But got no where. He did have a fairly substantial redesign lined up for the 1949 Crosleys. But, until that could happen he decided he needed to do something to set his '48 car apart from the near lookalike Datsun. That's why in mid '48 Crosleys got that ugly chrome bullet on their nose, and the horizontal grille bars. And here is a '48 1/2 Crosley Scott Edited October 15, 2014 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Still no Crosley kits . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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