[Healeys] Fw: Crosley Hotshot

[Rory Janes]

Don't sell the Crosley Marque short - I learned to drive in a 1950 Crosley Hot Shot, and what a
Thrill it was - no synchro - had to double clutch - and the four cylinder engine (also used
in lighthouses as military generators) gave all it could. I'm lucky I survived that doorles
escapade - my brother still has the car in Ventura, Ca. Honestly I think my early Crosley driving
experiences led me to the purchase of my first car - an Austin Healey 3000 (64) in 1969.
Rory Janes
1964 bj8


-----Original Message-----
>From: Dick Matson <medlabinc at msn.com>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2010 11:14 AM
>To: AustinHealey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>Subject: [Healeys] Fw:  Crosley Hotshot
>
>    Our '49 Nash - the family car at the time - was at the service station on
>the corner.  The muffler had to be put on again.  The pot holes on the road to
>our place got pretty deep in spring time where I grew up.
>     Because Dad was such a good customer Percy at the service station fixed
>Dad up with his loaner car - a Crosley.  I still remember how glad I was we
>had a Nash.
>
>Dick Matson / Bj8
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bob Johnson<mailto:bjsbj8 at gmail.com>
>To: healeys at autox.team.net<mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 8:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crosley Hotshot
>
>
>I remember the Crosley sedan this way. A family down the street had
>one, with a two cylinder engine, I think (could have been 4). From
>their house to ours, they came down a short hill, then started up
>slightly, then a tight 45 degree turn into a 200 yard long steep hill.
>I lived about half way up the steep part. If they left their house and
>had a good head of steam when they got to the bend,  they could make
>it to the top of the hill if one person was in the car. If there were
>2 in the car or they had to slow a bit, the car would get to about our
>house and stall. The passenger would get out, and if I or another kid
>was around. we would push while the driver tried not to stall again,
>until we got to the top of the hill. And yet the Hotshot could
>apparently race! Wow.
>
>Bob Johnson
>BJ8
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