Here's one someone might be able to help. Doc remembers there was a wagon
Crosley but nothing else.
Wendy Jeffries
Bonneville Racing News
salt@ivic.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Corey [mailto:scorey@ycsteel.com]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 4:46 PM
To: salt@ivic.net
Subject: 1948 Crosley Wagon found!
HELP!
My name is Scott Corey, a former wrench for "Willie and the Poor Boys" AA/FC
in the early '80's. Last Easter I found an ad for a 1948 Crosley Wagon
"street rod". Out of total curiosity, My son and I went to look at it. The
chassis was in a very old barn in the middle of a field, just as the hot
rodding dreamer likes to find them. That is where the dream ended.
The chassis was the only thing in the barn. It was a roller, and sat very
close to the ground. I could not help but notice the car was not much more
than a few inches off of the ground. I asked the owner, a young college
student in his twenties, where the rest of the car was. He said that he got
the car to build a T-bucket and when he attempted to remove the body, he cut
the lower tabs welded to the roll cage, and the body would not come off. He
then cut the roof at the posts and it still would not come off. He then cut
the 8-point cage about midway up the tubes, and threw the body and roof
behind the barn All of the rest of the parts and pieces were thrown in a
pile to go to the dumps.
When I asked to see the body, it was in 2' high grass. The body was rusted,
dented, and primered black. In the pile of junk I noticed what was
unmistakably an aluminum stretched nose with a wing shaped extension on
either side to cover the drop axle. The windows, fire bottle, hood side
panels, and other parts were also in the same pile mixed in with old tires
and mufflers.
My son had suggested we take a set of Hilborn Injectors I had for sale along
to see if he would trade. When I asked him if he would he at first said no
but then agreed. We brought the car home and set the body back on the
chassis, and put the nose back on it. We then began wet-sanding the car to
see what was under the rust and black primer. We found:
Orange paint with candy red flames.
The flames start on the nose with silver, and fade into the apple red.
The flames are only on the roof and nose.
The top is chopped and the 3" high windows are black plexi-glass.
The body is channeled over the frame and is an open wheel car (the rear
tires stick out of the body)
The hood side panels blend the front wing into the side of the car and also
cover the front radius rods.
The remnants of number "904" is on both doors.
The remnants of "Fiber Tech" is written just above and behind both rear
wheels.
There is a "Fiber Tech" sticker in the back window. The location of Fiber
Tech was in Santee, CA.
I have looked through magazines, books, talked to people, and have come up
empty handed about the history of the car. It should not be difficult to
identify because out of all of the Crosley's I have seen run at the dry
lakes through the years, all were sedans and none were wagons.
Please help us identify this car so we can either begin to restore it if it
has any history behind it, or return it to competition.
Thank you for your kind assistance. Scott Corey (530) 742-7659
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