Casey Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 23 hours ago, Greg Myers said: They also made radios Which has nothing to do with how well a Crosley kit would sell in 2018. Greg, tell us, in detail, what this Crosley would consist of if it were to happen. Then we'll know you're serious and have legitimately considered all the design, marketing, and sales realities and potential pitfalls surrounding an all new kit. Details, details, details.
Greg Myers Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 Only when you ask the same of all these dreamers http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/128152-what-would-you-like-to-see-as-a-model/
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 35 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said: That's a kit? I had no idea. I saw 5 pounds of those models at my grocery store for 4 bucks! Anybody want to trade? LOL When I was a boy, and I had to walk 12 miles to school and back, uphill, both ways, barefoot, in the snow, even in summer, that's all we had to make models out of.
Casey Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Your idea might be taken seriously by some if there is substance behind it, but proposing something then refusing to back it up with legitimate reasons why and exactly how you think it would work, tends to make people dismiss your idea as disingenuous.
unclescott58 Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 46 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: When I was a boy, and I had to walk 12 miles to school and back, uphill, both ways, barefoot, in the snow, even in summer, that's all we had to make models out of. You forgot about having to out run the meat eating dinosaurs between home and school. I lost a lot of good potato models, because I didn't dare stop to pick them up when I dropped them. We did try using a Crosley once to go to school. But, they weren't fast enough to out run many of those meat eaters. Lost my brother Uhg because of that experiment. Still, I would love to have a model of a Crosley Hot Shot. The roadster version without the doors. The roadster with doors was the Super Sport. I've driven a couple over the years. They are fun cars. Will I ever see a Crosley kit of any sort out there? I doubt it. There is probably not a big enough market for it. Doesn't mean I can't wish for one. By the way, I'm sure our experiment of going school in a Crosley would have worked better if we had a sedan or wagon rather than a convertible. And Uhg might be with us today.
Richard Bartrop Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Yes, Crossley made radios. Muntz made televisions, and Kaiser made practically everything, so that argument would be just as compelling for kit of a Muntz Jet, or a Kaiser Manhattan. And yes, I would buy kits of either one.
unclescott58 Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Another Crosley that would be fun to see as a model kit. A Crosley Farm O Road. By the way I love honesty in advertising here. No good looking models here. Just real folk. And doesn't Ma in the backseat look like a pleasant one? Pa looks he's just waiting for her to wack him in the back of the head if he does something she doesn't like. Edited March 5, 2018 by unclescott58
Greg Myers Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 21 minutes ago, Richard Bartrop said: Yes, Crossley made radios. Muntz made televisions, and Kaiser made practically everything, so that argument would be just as compelling for kit of a Muntz Jet, or a Kaiser Manhattan. And yes, I would buy kits of either one. My post of the Crosley radios was in response to the potato.
Richard Bartrop Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 On a bit of tangent, I vaguely remember way back in the 70s, Rod & Custom had an article on in progress rod, and one of them was a Model T powered by a Crosley engine. Does that ring a bell with anyone, and was it ever completed?
Greg Myers Posted March 5, 2018 Author Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) No more a tangent than potatoes, songs about Winslow AZ or the virtues of the wheels on one Flatbed Ford truck , Ooops, i mean stakebed, nor the insistence that one justifies an idea that garners an interest in a rather unusual car that several members have nostalgic stories to share, and resin kits, not to mention a somewhat strange connection to Carroll Shelby's iconic Cobra. Edited March 5, 2018 by Greg Myers
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