Joe Lange Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Greetings All, Picked up this piece from R&R Vacuum Craft quite a few years ago. Didn't have the nerve, (desire?), to start it. Been collecting parts and searching for reference photos and info on the real car. Started to clean up the body and reworking the crude chassis to make it fit! (Oh... the joys of working with resin!) Found some wheels and tires that I believe should be close to scale. I really want to make it stock. Sorry 'hot rodders', that's just the way I am. Stay tuned..... 11
Mattblack Posted August 8 Posted August 8 That's definitely different! I don't know if this is any use to you: CC-Automotive History: Crosley - The Rise and Fall Of The Crosley Automobile - Curbside Classic 1
meechum68 Posted August 8 Posted August 8 As a hot rodder, I appreciate a nice bone stock build. I like the path you have started. 2 1
sidcharles Posted August 8 Posted August 8 have not heard that name for eons. neither the name Crosley. i think R & R was one of the first cottage industries i was ever aware in the cars hobby. model railroading seems to have had them forever wayback. nice background for the photos. VW had a model around '53 or '54 with similar venting. known far & wide as the 'VW crotch cooler.' Crosley CC does have a ring to it. ps: don't let @Dennis Lacy see these photos. he'll have that registered in some gasser class just like his '40 Ford sedan. here;s a link to my favorite Crosley: Crosley Garage
Joe Lange Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 14 hours ago, Mattblack said: That's definitely different! I don't know if this is any use to you: CC-Automotive History: Crosley - The Rise and Fall Of The Crosley Automobile - Curbside Classic Thanks for the info Barry. Interesting article!
Joe Lange Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 13 hours ago, sidcharles said: have not heard that name for eons. neither the name Crosley. i think R & R was one of the first cottage industries i was ever aware in the cars hobby. model railroading seems to have had them forever wayback. nice background for the photos. VW had a model around '53 or '54 with similar venting. known far & wide as the 'VW crotch cooler.' Crosley CC does have a ring to it. ps: don't let @Dennis Lacy see these photos. he'll have that registered in some gasser class just like his '40 Ford sedan. here;s a link to my favorite Crosley: Crosley Garage Thanks for the link! 1
Joe Lange Posted August 16 Author Posted August 16 Moving ahead. Cleaning up the body and fitting an engine to the crude chassis. Engine and wheels/tires are from a damaged 'Franklin Mint' Nash Metropolitan I purchased from Ebay. Thanks for looking. 2
BERT100 Posted August 16 Posted August 16 Great car from the past. I will enjoy following your journey with this one. 1
Bainford Posted August 17 Posted August 17 Interesting project. It's coming along very nicely. I love seeing these off-the-beaten-path subjects being built. 2
Joe Lange Posted Monday at 06:14 PM Author Posted Monday at 06:14 PM Moving on. Paint, 'Chrome' pieces, BMF trim, and details. Getting there! 3
lordairgtar Posted Tuesday at 04:29 PM Posted Tuesday at 04:29 PM https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-ata-003&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=ata¶m1=240001¶m2=240002&p=crosley+engine&type=type9057781-aal-240001-240002#id=47&vid=bbd8e08c5cda4f3d4e17f3960af355de&action=view This is the engine your Crosley should have.
NOBLNG Posted Tuesday at 08:19 PM Posted Tuesday at 08:19 PM That is really odd, and really cool at the same time!😎 You’re getting it looking fantastic Joe.👍 1
Joe Lange Posted Wednesday at 04:47 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 04:47 AM 12 hours ago, lordairgtar said: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-ata-003&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-003&hspart=ata¶m1=240001¶m2=240002&p=crosley+engine&type=type9057781-aal-240001-240002#id=47&vid=bbd8e08c5cda4f3d4e17f3960af355de&action=view This is the engine your Crosley should have. Thanks Greg, Let me know when you find one. I looked at many 1/24-1/25 scale 4 cylinder engines and I tried to make my little Nash engine come relatively close. Anybody have a 1:24 / 1:25 scale, 44ci, COBRA engine in their stash of spare parts?
BERT100 Posted Wednesday at 05:23 AM Posted Wednesday at 05:23 AM 33 minutes ago, Joe Lange said: Thanks Greg, Let me know when you find one. I looked at many 1/24-1/25 scale 4 cylinder engines and I tried to make my little Nash engine come relatively close. Anybody have a 1:24 / 1:25 scale, 44ci, COBRA engine in their stash of spare parts? HA HA.....you were kidding-weren't you?😏
Bugatti Fan Posted Wednesday at 06:47 AM Posted Wednesday at 06:47 AM Interesting to see something really unusual being built. Very nice model taking shape here. 1
Andria H Posted Wednesday at 07:31 AM Posted Wednesday at 07:31 AM Impressive! That Nash motor is similar to a Morris Minor or Austin-Healey Sprite piece in real life, those have been swapped into Crosleys & Bantams & Nash Metros to make a surprisingly snappy performer in clown car's clothes. As it is, you did a great job of working with what's available. I have contact info for Ron at RMR, if he still has the IH D-series COE truck molds I'm intending to order one, and put it on an AMT Freightliner SD or Ford Louisville frame with a Mobius Hudson Hornet engine made to look like an IH truck engine. 1 1
Joe Lange Posted Wednesday at 01:39 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 01:39 PM 8 hours ago, BERT100 said: HA HA.....you were kidding-weren't you?😏 Oh yea. And I hope so was Greg when he stated the motor I 'should have'. 1
Joe Lange Posted Wednesday at 01:51 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 01:51 PM 6 hours ago, Andria H said: Impressive! That Nash motor is similar to a Morris Minor or Austin-Healey Sprite piece in real life, those have been swapped into Crosleys & Bantams & Nash Metros to make a surprisingly snappy performer in clown car's clothes. As it is, you did a great job of working with what's available. I have contact info for Ron at RMR, if he still has the IH D-series COE truck molds I'm intending to order one, and put it on an AMT Freightliner SD or Ford Louisville frame with a Mobius Hudson Hornet engine made to look like an IH truck engine. Thanks Andria for the complements. When your trying to build 'stock', it's not always possible to locate to correct 'exact' part. Especially an 'orphan car' like this! In my '52 Nash Rambler sedan delivery I built and posted, a couple of years ago, I just slipped in a Dodge 225, dual carb, slant six. That was too easy! 2 2
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