[Healeys] Fw: Re: Fw: Crosley Hotshot

[Rory Janes]

-----Forwarded Message-----
>From: Rory Janes <outfitter at jps.net>
>Sent: Feb 8, 2010 8:40 PM
>To: Dick Matson <medlabinc at msn.com>, AustinHealey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fw:  Crosley Hotshot
>
>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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