Bolting the Crosley together

Crosley.In.AZ · October 17, 2006, 12:13:58 AM

I am bolting my 51 Crosley wagon back together. A car show this weekend 10-22 I want to take the car to.

Got the brakes cleaned up , wheel cyl & master cyl honed out, bled them... so far they work.

Got the engine cleaned up , replaced a few seals , cleaned up the carb....... it is ready to plug back in.

Took the fuel tank out tonight..... will clean it out tomorrow

Such as it is with 44 cid engine, the car has not moved under it's own power in two years. I took it apart and you guys know the story "it just sat in the way"

1FATGMC · October 17, 2006, 12:33:49 AM

Hey you had better not overload that lift

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Hooley is looking for a different (smaller than the stude) car to make into a "real" competition coupe car and tonight he asked me if I knew were we could find a Crosley :?

I told him there might be one or two in Phoenix

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The motor looks good, but you can keep it Tony. We'll be by for the rest though

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c ya,

Sum

tomslik · October 17, 2006, 07:38:27 AM

hey sum, i've got line on a coupe(?) or sedan(well, it ain't a wagon) in Joes, CO.
haven't had time to see it in person but i COULD give ya the guys e-mail (later, it's out in the shop)

cros, that lift must have some LOOONG arms....

GPster · October 17, 2006, 09:13:10 AM

From the looks of that engine stand with the one-off bellhousing plate it looks more like you never intended to put it back in. I have a friend that bought a Model "T" prototype straight 6 at a Henry Ford auction years ago with the intension of turning it into a coffee table/conversion piece for his living room. Was that your intension? Is that the one that needed main bearings to tighten up the clearances? How in the world can you be so active and still find time to take pictures and type? GPster

1FATGMC · October 17, 2006, 12:59:48 PM

Quote from: "tomslik"hey sum, i've got line on a coupe(?) or sedan(well, it ain't a wagon) in Joes, CO.
haven't had time to see it in person but i COULD give ya the guys e-mail (later, it's out in the shop)

cros, that lift must have some LOOONG arms....

If you have the e-mail and want to give it up send it to me. He is still trying to figure out the body he wants to use. It might be something like a Geo Metro or something else that is newer and small.

Thanks,

Sum

tomslik · October 17, 2006, 07:28:21 PM

sum, chk yer pm's...

(i

don't have your e-mail)

Crosley.In.AZ · October 17, 2006, 08:11:03 PM

LOL....... I own 5 1/2 Crosley autos at this point

Crosley.In.AZ · October 17, 2006, 08:14:03 PM

Quote from: "GPster"From the looks of that engine stand with the one-off bellhousing plate it looks more like you never intended to put it back in. I have a friend that bought a Model "T" prototype straight 6 at a Henry Ford auction years ago with the intension of turning it into a coffee table/conversion piece for his living room. Was that your intension? Is that the one that needed main bearings to tighten up the clearances? How in the world can you be so active and still find time to take pictures and type? GPster

I built the plate for the cheapy engine stand I was given to hold the Crosley engine. I would not put anything heavy on this engine stand...

I had every intention to reinstall the engine into the car. It is the only operational Crosley engine I have.

58 Yeoman · October 17, 2006, 08:58:33 PM

Tony, maybe you need what was in this Morris at the Hunnert Car Pileup last weekend.

donsrods · October 18, 2006, 01:13:08 AM

Tony: I mentioned before that I had a couple of Crosleys when I was a kid, one was a coupe the other a wagon. I think I remember where the engine block in one was sort of layered steel plates fused together somehow, rather than a cast block like yours. Did Crosley have some such affair, or is the memory from 50 years ago just fuzzy?

Don

PS: Yours looks terrific BTW.

enjenjo · October 18, 2006, 01:16:20 AM

That was a CoBra engine. Copper Brazed sheet steel block.

Crosley.In.AZ · October 18, 2006, 10:25:38 AM

As Ej points out the early motors were Cobra motors. Replacement cast iron units were called CIBA blocks.

I have a stamped steel block in my collection of artifacts

donsrods · October 18, 2006, 07:08:14 PM

Yeah, that's it. The guy who owned the Crosley before me tried repairing the block with Black Magic (remember the first body filler than you couldn't sand to save you?) Obviously, it didn't work. I think the water in the engine froze and cracked the plates or something, if I remember correctly.

Glad to know I wasn't just dreaming this one up. At my age, you never know.

Don

Crosley.In.AZ · October 19, 2006, 12:02:44 AM

Quote from: "donsrods"Yeah, that's it. The guy who owned the Crosley before me tried repairing the block with Black Magic (remember the first body filler than you couldn't sand to save you?) Obviously, it didn't work. I think the water in the engine froze and cracked the plates or something, if I remember correctly.

Glad to know I wasn't just dreaming this one up. At my age, you never know.

Don

..I read that In the old daze..... antifreeze was salt based stuff. The Crosley block was stamped steel with a plastic type coating on the interior to protect it.

The Crosley motor worked well in the big war WW-II for generators , mobile refrigerator units. When Powel Crosley used the motor in cars , the block rust out problems came up.