Crosley

[steelbuttplate]

Hey Jim, is the black cylinder closest in the picture a generator ?

[Junk Yard Dog]

Yes, six volt positive ground generator. Looks like it's also powering the water pump attached to the rear of the shaft similar to how GM ran power steering pumps in the 50's. Looks to be a 1950, these were cars with a lot of firsts for the industry, between 1939-1952 they introduced several interesting engines including an overhead cam model, disc brakes, slab side design, and were a micro car in an era of bigger and bigger cars. They didn't make that many Crosley's, and you rarely see them at the shows. Don't like that Chinese electric fuel pump they are running on it when the original fuel pump is right there and can be rebuilt. They have it set up so the original fuel pump is still tied into the system. If that diaphragm is punctured then fuel could be running into the engine diluting the oil. Odd they chose to do it that way when the electric pump could have been run straight to the carb.

[steelbuttplate]

Yes, six volt positive ground generator. Looks like it's also powering the water pump attached to the rear of the shaft similar to how GM ran power steering pumps in the 50's. Looks to be a 1950, these were cars with a lot of firsts for the industry, between 1939-1952 they introduced several interesting engines including an overhead cam model, disc brakes, slab side design, and were a micro car in an era of bigger and bigger cars. They didn't make that many Crosley's, and you rarely see them at the shows. Don't like that Chinese electric fuel pump they are running on it when the original fuel pump is right there and can be rebuilt. They have it set up so the original fuel pump is still tied into the system. If that diaphragm is punctured then fuel could be running into the engine diluting the oil. Odd they chose to do it that way when the electric pump could have been run straight to the carb.

It's an optical illusion, the old fuel pump line runs in one side and out the other.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Dry eye, can't see for shit. Makes more sense, all they would have been doing is forcing fuel through the old fuel pumps poppet valve. Crosley was a diversified company involved in home appliances and electronics among other things.

[Darryl]

Wow, blast from the past!!

A Crosley!

I used to race hydroplane boats when I was 16-20 (before I got married! Lol)

One of my last boats had and inboard Crosley engine. I built the boat and rebuilt a Crosley engine from top to bottom.
Straight out of the crankshaft and into the output shaft (direct drive)! The engine was running, you were moving!

The reason for the Crosley engine is
1) 4 cylinder under a certain Cubic Inch (for that class)
2) That engine ....... it could not be blow up very easy. It was capable of going to a much higher RPM then other 4 cylinders.
3) Had main bearing that were "huge" and lots of them!
4) Mine had exhaust pipes (4 total) that in a "L" shape and VERY loud!
5) there was no head gasket that you might blow up. Hard to do the valves on it for sure. You had to go down the cylinder (hole) with a special tool to do the valves. I was lucky, I found a guy that used to work on Crosleys years ago and had the tooling.

That boat was capable of around 100+ MPH in a 12 foot boat. Very fast.

Wow, blast from the past. This was the only inboard I had or ever raced.
All the others were outboards.


Darryl

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[steelbuttplate]

This one's in north Georgia priced at 5K. It's hard to believe that little 4 cylinder would push a boat 100 mph, I believe you, I bet 60 mph was top speed for that car.