Greg Myers Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/12/21/ask-a-hemmings-editor-did-carroll-shelby-buy-the-cobra-name-and-logo-from-crosley-for-1/
Casey Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 Sour grapes on the part of Crosley enthusiasts? At this point, I don't know what is left to be gained for what might remain of Crosley, but it's an interesting story at least.
Rob Hall Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 I can't imagine there are many Crosley enthusiasts left...they are probably all older than Carroll Shelby..
Greg Myers Posted January 9, 2012 Author Posted January 9, 2012 I wonder what the Indian arrow in the Crosley logo signifys ?
kitbash1 Posted January 9, 2012 Posted January 9, 2012 That sound you hear in the background is the sound of the Lawyers rubbing their hands in glee, with dollar signs dancing in their beadie little rat's eye's.
Craig Irwin Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 I wonder what the Indian arrow in the Crosley logo signifys ? Crosley (the man) owned the Cincinati Reds baseball team.
Swifster Posted January 10, 2012 Posted January 10, 2012 Crosley's are cool little cars. I tried buying totaled one a couple of years ago.
Bartster Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Cincinati Reds don't have anything to do with Indians, it's short for Red Stockings. Must mean something else?
MikeMc Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 So why the propeller..??.....don't recall ever seeing one on a cobra......
my66s55 Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 Read for yourselves and then decide. http://www.stangtv.c...rademark-for-1/
Greg Myers Posted January 11, 2012 Author Posted January 11, 2012 Read for yourselves and then decide. http://www.stangtv.c...rademark-for-1/ This isn't any more than the first post. Your Point ? The site seems a little like TMZ its self.
Greg Myers Posted January 11, 2012 Author Posted January 11, 2012 So why the propeller..??.....don't recall ever seeing one on a cobra...... A cute accessorie.
Rob Hall Posted January 11, 2012 Posted January 11, 2012 I think I saw a propeller accessory like that on a '49-50 Ford once.
Casey Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 A fifteen pound engine block? Some interesting info about the Crosley CoBra engine here: http://dsr.racer.net/engines/crosley.htm
Mercman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) When I was younger, my neighbor used to buy, and fix them in his garage. I remember him having a blue station wagon. Crosley also made fridges. Edited January 12, 2012 by Mercman
Longbox55 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 When I was younger, my neighbor used to buy, and fix them in his garage. I remember him having a blue station wagon. Crosley also made fridges. And radios, too. There was also a Jeep type vehicle built by them called the Farm-O-road, which is very rare, as well as the much larger Powell pickup truck. I came pretty close to buying a '48 Crosley woodie wagon back in '90, the owner wanted $800 for it. I originally went to look at it as I was told he was selling a '48 Chevy wagon for that price. Turned out that he did indeed have a '48 Chevy for sale, but it was a 4 door Sedan, and he wanted $8000 for it, much more than I had to to spend. I did seriously consider the Crosley, but decided that I really needed a much bigger vehicle, as I'm 6'4" and, at the time, 245 pounds. IIRC, it had the CIBA engine (Cast Iron Block Assembly) which took the place of the CoBra. I beleive a fellow from Chicago ended up buying it, not sure what happened to the Chevy.
Junkman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 To use a Crosley for all those usual commutes I make would probably not be such a bad idea. I reckon 35-40 to the gallon? You'd have to pay a lot of money for one of these nondescript econoboxes of today that in the end don't give you better mileage. But the latter aren't road tax exempt, you can't run them on a classic car policy, and you can't fix them yourself if something breaks. The Crosley is the kind of car I miss in today's lineup, a bit like the 2CV. They say there is no demand for them. I doubt that. There are no offerings, that's the point.
Longbox55 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 According to the guy that had the one I looked at for sale, he said it would get around 50 mpg.
Junkman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 According to the guy that had the one I looked at for sale, he said it would get around 50 mpg. There you go. You get that from very few modern cars. I presume he even meant a US Gallon (the only thing that's bigger in the UK)?
Longbox55 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Yes, US gallon. It was a pretty neat car. Hindsight, I wish I had bought it, even if it was just for the sheer novelty of what it is.
Junkman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Yes, US gallon. It was a pretty neat car. Hindsight, I wish I had bought it, even if it was just for the sheer novelty of what it is. Any cheaper and you'd have to buy a moped.
Rob Hall Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I used to have a car that got over 50 mpg...a diesel Ford Escort. It also had a screaming 52 hp.
hotrod59f100 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 When I was younger, my neighbor used to buy, and fix them in his garage. I remember him having a blue station wagon. Crosley also made fridges. at my parents camp the have a Crosley refrigerator . Thats I plane to steal from them and restore it to better then original 50s almond color and have all the chrome redone.
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