Hollywood Crosley Hot Shot On The Roof

Hotshot under her own power again.

Hollywood crosley hot shot on the roof. Rear sedan fenders used as the hot shot fronts. The customized powertrain utilizes a crosley based bearcat engine block with a stock crosley crank braje engine components and a 3 speed manual transmission. Here s a youtube link of her coming down the road at you. For 1950 the crosley line up included the standard hot shot super and farm o road.

This 1950 crosley hotshot is a small 2 passenger roadster powered by a 724cc ohc 4 cylinder coupled to a 3 speed manual transmission. Now it s on to body work paint and interior. The hotshot debuted in 1949 as america s first postwar sports car coming in at less than 12 feet long and winning the index of performance at the six hours of sebring in 1950. This 1950 crosley hotshot was purchased by the seller s father at auction in 2004 and subsequently received a repaint at the family s body shop.

As all good crosley fanatics know the four fenders of the hot shot were made using the same stampers as early crosley sedan fenders except reversed front sedan fenders used as hot shot rear. At just 145 inches long this post war vehicle was the best that this american company could offer. Dave had the following to say about his car bought this car as a rusting hulk from the family who. She s sporting a 1952 crosley motor from the cd we bought a few weeks ago.

Addressing owners complaints about squealing brakes crosley motors discontinued the disc brakes in favor of 9 hydraulic drums in 1951. 1949 crosley hot shot image is general in nature and may not reflect the specific vehicle selected. History of the 1948 1952 crosley hot shot industrialist powel crosley repeatedly tried to enter the motor industry prior to wwii but his efforts producing a 59 pound navy engine during the war finally provided him with a viable mass market product. This earlier engine dubbed the crosley cobra cobra for copper brazed used 125 thin steel stampings brazed together in a 2 060 f furnace.

The blower alone raised horsepower from 26 5 to 55. And the pictures were taken 2008 hilton head concours. The crosley hotshot introduced in 1949 was america s first post war sportscar crosley was a small independent american manufacturer of subcompact cars bordering on microcars. Oh and perhaps some exhaust.

Transitioning from longest to shortest cars the 1949 crosley hotshot was one of the shortest cars ever made. Introduced for 849 and weighing just 1 095 lb crosley was alleged to be the first car maker to reintroduce a non chevrolet american. Sales for 1951 to 6 600. Total sales of all vehicles was under 7 000.

The cast iron hotshot super sports engine called ciba for cast iron block assembly was the successor to an earlier crosley powerplant that was uniquely made up of stamped steel sheets. 1950 crosley hot shot. Finally the hotshot is on the road and running again under her own power. H c and vertex both made hot crosley ignitions and s co t offered a roots type supercharger for 327 50.