I've also heard that Crosley engines were/are in great demand for some
sort of boat racing. When I had my big Healey engine at the machine
shop, they had a Crosley engine there also. It was kind of strange
because the head and block are one piece. Apparently the cast iron
engines are very robust for something so small.
Charlie
dos_gusanos@msn.com wrote:
> That comment comes from a guy who has a '52 A90??????? Crosleys
> spawned a whole class of racing in the fifties and although dopey
> little cars, they could whop on other dopey little cars that were
> plentiful in the day. Check out the Al Moss videos and see Henry
> Manney driving his supercharged hot shot. If you need a challenge,
> try to build a period special with a 750 cc engine to beat a Crosley
> powered special, aint easy..........Cheers Henry Morrison,
> Albuquerque, NM
>
> > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:14:41 +0800
> > From: healey.nut@gmail.com
> > To: mgcharlie@comcast.net
> > CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crosley Hotshot
> >
> > So you're saying if I take some nice pictures of a turd, dress it up
> > further with some shiny disc brakes and put it on "howstuffworks.com"
> > people will think of me as an aesthetic and engineering genius?
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > '52 A90
> > '53 BN1
> > '59 Jag Mk IX
> > '64 BJ8
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Charlie Baldwin
> <mgcharlie@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > A Crosley must have run over you as a child to give such a one
> dimensional
> > > account.
> > > Go here for some real information:
> > >
>
>http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1949-1952-crosley-hotshot-and-super-sports.htm/printable
> > > I think that you owe the poor little Hotshot an apology for your
> vicious
> > > attack. :-)
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