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((short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer))
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((distinguish|text=the British vehicle manufacturer [[Crossley Motors]]))
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[[File:1949 Crosley Station Wagon - Automobile Driving Museum - El Segundo, CA - DSC01980.jpg|thumb|Crosley's all-steel Wagons were their best sellers (1947–1952)]]
[[File:1950 Crosley Hotshot in dark blue.jpg|thumb|The Crosley Hotshot, introduced in 1949, was America's first post-war sportscar]]

'''Crosley''' was a small, independent [[United States|American]] manufacturer of [[subcompact car]]s, bordering on [[microcar]]s. At first called the [[Crosley Corporation]] and later Crosley Motors Incorporated, the [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], firm was active from 1939 to 1952, interrupted by World War II production. Their station wagons were the most popular model, but also offered were sedans, pickups, convertibles, a sports car, and even a tiny jeep-like vehicle. For export, the cars were badged '''Crosmobile'''.

Crosley introduced several "firsts" in American automotive history, including the first affordable, mass-market car with an [[overhead camshaft]] engine in 1946; the first use of the term '[[SUV|Sport(s-) Utility]]' in 1947, for a 1948 model year convertible wagon; and the first American cars to be fitted with 4-wheel caliper type [[disc brakes]], as well as America's first post-war sports car, the [[#Crosley Hotshot|Hotshot]], in the 1949 model year.

All of Crosley's models were lightweight (((Convert|1100|to|1400|lb|abbr=off))) [[body-on-frame]] cars with [[Beam axle|rigid axles]] front and rear, and engines with less than ((Convert|1|l|cuin|abbr=off)) displacement. With exception of the late introduced Hotshot and Farm-O-Road models, the vast majority of all Crosleys were built on an ((Convert|80|in|m|2|abbr=off|adj=on|sp=us)) wheelbase,<ref group=nb>The same as the British [[Mini|1959 Mini]].</ref> and with [[leaf-spring]]s.

==History==
[[File:Powel Crosley, Jr. c. 1940 (crop).jpg|thumb|Powel Crosley Jr. ca. 1940]]
[[Powel Crosley Jr.]] made his fortune in the automotive parts and accessories business, before diversifying into manufacturing other consumer products and Crosley automobiles in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925 his company became the largest manufacturer of radios in the world. The financial success of his manufacturing and radio broadcasting businesses provided the funds for Crosley to pursue his lifelong interest in manufacturing automobiles. He introduced the first Crosley [[compact car]] in 1939.

During [[World War II]] the Crosley company discontinued civilian automobile manufacturing and began production of war-time materials, including development of experimental vehicles. In 1946 Crosley resumed production of compact and subcompact vehicles at its facility in [[Marion, Indiana]], in addition to introducing new models and innovations to its offerings. After gas rationing was discontinued and the [[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|Big Three car makers]] began producing larger cars, consumer interest in Crosley's compact cars declined. The last Crosley car rolled off the assembly line on July 3, 1952, and the company focused on its other, more successful business ventures.

===Developer and company founder===
((Main|Powel Crosley Jr.))
Industrialist [[Powel Crosley Jr.]] of [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], owner of [[Crosley Broadcasting Corporation]] and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] baseball team, among other business interests, had ambitious plans to build [[subcompact car]]s. Crosley had built his first automobile at the age of twelve, and in 1907, at the age of twenty-one, formed Marathon Six Automotive in [[Connersville, Indiana]]. Crosley built a [[prototype]] of the "Marathon Six," a [[multi-cylinder engine|six-cylinder]] automobile priced at [[United States dollar|US$]]1,700, which was at the low end of the luxury car market, but failed to fund its production.<ref name=BigDream29-30>((cite journal| author=Banks, Michael A.  | title =Big Dream, Small Car: Powel Crosley Jr.'s Indiana Automobile | journal =Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History | volume =19 | issue =2 | pages =29–30| publisher =Indiana Historical Society | location =Indianapolis | date =Spring 2007))</ref>

After working for several auto manufacturers in [[Indianapolis]] and [[Muncie, Indiana]], and  several more failed attempts to manufacture his own cars, including a cycle car model, Crosley found success in manufacturing automobile accessories as cofounder with Ira J. Cooper of the American Automobile Accessory Company in 1916, and bought out Cooper’s interest in the company. By 1919, Crosley and his younger brother and business partner, [[Lewis M. Crosley]], had sold more than $1 million in parts and were diversifying into other consumer products.<ref name=GS79>((cite book | editor-last1=Gugin |editor-first1= Linda C. |editor-first2= James E. |editor-last2=St. Clair  | title =Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State | publisher =Indiana Historical Society Press| year =2015 | location =Indianapolis | page=79  | isbn =978-0-87195-387-2))</ref>
[[File:1939CrosleyTransferable.jpg|thumb|right|1939 Crosley convertible]]
((multiple image |direction=vertical |width=220 |header=1942 Crosley CB-42 Liberty Sedan |image1=1942 Crosley CB-42 Liberty Sedan, front right.jpg |caption1=First year for metal roof models (front right) |image2=1942 Crosley CB-42 Liberty Sedan, rear right.jpg |caption2=rear right))
[[File:1950 Crosley CD pickup, front left.jpg|thumb|1950 Crosley CD pickup]]

Crosley increased his fortune in the 1920s and 1930s by developing, manufacturing, and selling inexpensive radios, such as the "Harko", the [[Crosley Pup|Crosley "Pup"]] and the "Roamio" models. The [[Crosley Radio Corporation]] became the world's largest radio manufacturer in 1925. It expanded operations at [[Camp Washington, Cincinnati|Camp Washington]], a Cincinnati neighborhood, and began commercial radio broadcasting with [[WLW]] radio, considered "the Nation's Station."<ref>((cite web |author=Litwinovich, Paul  | title= NPR News and Classical Music: Powel Crosley Jr. and 'The Nation's Radio Station' | work =WSHU Public Radio | date =2017-11-16|
url =http://wshu.org/post/powel-crosley-jr-and-nations-radio-station | accessdate =2018-05-10))</ref> Crosley's company also introduced new consumer products and home appliances in the 1930s, including the "Shelvador," a refrigerator that had shelves in the doors, and other product innovations. The wealth that Crosley amassed from sales of these products provided the funds to diversify into other areas, including automobile manufacturing.<ref name=BigDream32>Banks, "Big Dream, Small Car," p. 32.</ref><ref name=GS80>Gugin and St. Clair, p. 80.</ref>

===First Crosley automobiles===
Beginning in the late 1930s Crosley developed low-priced [[compact cars]] and other pint-size vehicles.<ref name=OCW_umm/> The first experimental prototype of the Crosley car was the 1937 CRAD (for Crosley Radio Auto Division) that had an ((convert|18|in|cm|0|adj=)) rear track. With the assistance of his brother, Lewis, a graduate engineer, Crosley also designed assembly plants for his manufacturing operations at [[Richmond, Indiana|Richmond]] and [[Marion, Indiana]].<ref name=CrosClubHistory>((cite web |url=http://crosleyautoclub.com/SS-Cobras-part2.html |title=Of Super Sports & Cobras |author=Eyerman, Jan  |publisher=Crosley Auto Club |access-date=2018-03-03 ))</ref>

On April 28, 1939, the first Crosley production car debuted at the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] to mixed reviews.<ref name=GS80/> It was a two-door [[Convertible (car)|convertible]] that weighed under ((convert|1000|lb|0|adj=)). Initially offered at US$325 for a two-passenger coupe or $350 for a four-passenger [[sedan (car)|sedan]],<ref name=CrosClubHistory/><ref name=HemmGiant/><ref group=nb name=2Tops>The two models were essentially the same car, except the sedan had rear side windows.</ref> the Crosley cars were cheaper than the nearest competition, the [[American Austin Car Company]]'s [[American Austin Car Company#American Bantam|American Bantam]], which sold for $449 to $565.<ref name=HVAcrosley/>

The Crosley car's chassis had an ((convert|80|in|cm|2|adj=on)) [[wheelbase]] and used [[beam axle]]s with leaf-springs (half-elliptic springs in front, and quarter-elliptic springs in the rear). Under the hood, a four-gallon, gravity-fed gas-tank mounted above the motor made it possible for the car to operate without a fuel pump.<ref name=CAC_ACB/> The engine was a small, air-cooled [[Waukesha Engines|Waukesha]] [[Flat twin engine|two-cylinder boxer]], much like that of the [[Citroen 2CV]],<ref name=HVAcrosley>((cite web |url=https://www.historicvehicle.org/whatever-happened-to-crosley/ |title=Whatever Happened To: Crosley ? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310111437/https://www.historicvehicle.org/whatever-happened-to-crosley/ |archive-date=2018-03-10 |url-status=live |last=Arlt |first=Glenn |date=2014-01-14 |publisher=[[Historic Vehicle Association]] (HVA) |access-date=2018-03-10 ))</ref> and had a fan as an integral part of the [[flywheel]]. The engine was connected to a three-speed [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] that provided power directly via a [[torque tube]] to the rear axle, eliminating the need for [[Kinematic pair|joints]]. This arrangement was judged unreliable, and conventional [[universal joint]]s were fitted starting in 1941.<ref name=SMCrosley/>

Production for 1939 was 2,017 units; however, only 422 cars were built in 1940.<ref name=CrosClubHistory/><ref name=WWIIpostwar>((cite book |last1=Young |first1=William H. |last2=Young |first2=Nancy K. |year=2010 |title=World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A-I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjbR9EXABPEC&pg=PA252 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=252 |isbn=9780313356520 ))</ref> For 1941 a range of new, body-style variations of the ((convert|48|in|m|2|adj=on)) wide<ref name=WWIIpostwar/> car were introduced to expand the line-up: a [[station wagon]], two [[panel van]]s (one called the "Parkway Delivery" had no front cabin roof), and a [[Pickup truck|pick-up truck]] and "Covered Wagon" model that could convert into a truck by means of a removable back seat and detachable soft-top over the rear section.<ref name=SMCrosley>((cite web |url=https://servicemotors.net/crosley/ |title=Crosley |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Service Motors |date=13 June 2017 |publisher=K/DuB Creative |access-date=2018-03-01 ))</ref> Crosley built nearly 2,300 cars in 1941.<ref name=WWIIpostwar/> When the company introduced its first metal-topped model, the "Liberty Sedan," for 1942, pricing across the model range was $299 to $450.<ref name=SMCrosley/>

During [[World War II]], the Crosley car became attractive due to gasoline rationing and the car's fuel efficiency, an estimated ((convert|50|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp)) at speeds of up to fifty miles per hour.<ref name=LaHurd>((cite journal | author = LaHurd, Jeff | title = Powel Crosley Jr. remembered as a visionary | journal = Herald-Tribune | page = B-1 | location = Sarasota, Florida | date = 2015-11-15 | url = http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151115/article/151119774?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar | accessdate = 2018-05-08 | archive-date = 2019-12-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191206210340/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151115/article/151119774?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar | url-status = dead ))</ref><ref name=BigDream33>Banks, "Big Dream, Small Car," p. 33.</ref><ref name="amcars">((cite book | title=American Cars of the 1950s | publisher=Motorbooks |author1=Genat, Robert  |author2=Newhardt, David | date=15 September 2010 | pages=164 | isbn=978-1-4508-0642-8))</ref> Crosley was the last company to cease production of civilian vehicles in 1942, after building another 1,000 units that year.<ref name=WWIIpostwar/> When the onset of war ended all automobile production in the United States in 1942, Crosley had produced a total of 5,757 cars. During the pre-war years the Crosley company operated manufacturing plants in [[Camp Washington, Ohio]]; [[Richmond, Indiana]]; and [[Marion, Indiana]]. The Crosley factories were converted to wartime production during the war.<ref>((cite web|author=Beth Sullebarger |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pinecroft |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service | date =December 17, 2008 |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/Pinecroft.pdf | accessdate =2018-05-08))</ref>

===War-time production===
[[File:Crosley CT-3 PUP (1943).jpg|thumb|One of thirty-six Crosley CT-3 'Pup' extra-light, 4WD, mini-jeep prototypes.]]
The Crosley Corporation was involved in war production planning before December 1941, and like the rest of American industry, it focused on manufacturing war-related products during the war years. The company made a variety of products, ranging from [[proximity fuze]]s, radio [[transceivers]], field kitchens, and quarter-ton trailers, to [[gun turret]]s, among other items. Powered gun turrets for PT boats and B-24 and B-29 bombers were the company's largest contract.<ref name=UAIWW2CA>((cite web| author=Jackson, David D.|title=The American Automobile Industry in World War Two|url=http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/crosley.htm | accessdate =2018-05-01))</ref>

Crosley also produced a number of experimental vehicles during the war for the U.S. government. Crosley's auto manufacturing division, CRAD, in Richmond, Indiana, produced experimental [[motorcycle]]s, [[Motorized tricycle|tricycles]], [[four-wheel-drive]] [[military light utility vehicle]]s, a self-propelled gun, and [[continuous track]] vehicles, some of which were [[Amphibious vehicle|amphibious]] models.<ref>((cite web| author=Strohl, Daniel| title =Amphibious vehicles: surrender to Cincinnati – Crosley rolls out the war machine | publisher=Hemmings Daily| date =2017-03-09 |url=https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2007/03/09/surrender-to-cincinnati-crosley-rolls-out-the-war-machine/| accessdate =2018-05-01))</ref> All of these military prototypes were powered by the 2-cylinder boxer engine that powered the original Crosley automobiles.<ref name=eWillysPup>((cite web| title =More on the Crosley "Pup" Jeep | publisher =eWillys| date =2014-01-01 | url =http://www.ewillys.com/2014/01/01/more-on-the-crosley-pup-jeep/ | accessdate =2018-05-01))</ref> Crosley had nearly 5,000 of the engines on hand when auto production ceased in 1942, and hoped to put them to use in war-time production of miniature vehicles.

One vehicle prototype was the 1942–1943 Crosley CT-3 "Pup," a lightweight, single-passenger, four-wheel-drive vehicle that was transportable and air-droppable from a [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47 Skytrain]]. Six of the ((convert|1125 |lb|kg|adj=on)), 2-cylinder Pups were deployed overseas after undergoing tests at [[Fort Benning, Georgia]], but the project was discontinued due to several weak components. Seven of 36 Pups built are known to survive.<ref name=UAIWW2CA/><ref name=eWillysPup/>
((Gallery |title=Crosley experimental World War II prototypes |mode=packed
|File:Crosley CT-3 Pup winter testing.jpg |Crosley "Pup" winter testing at U.S. Army [[Camp Hale]], Colorado (1943)
|File:Crosley 1939 military motorcycle prototype.jpg |Compact, [[Drive shaft|shaft-drive]] motorcycle proposal, also featuring reverse gear
|File:Crosley military 3-wheeled motorcycle prototype (1939).jpg |1939 military tricycle prototype with Crosley's automotive drive-train
|File:Crosley Mule (1943).jpg |Crosley 'Mule' — one of several light tracked military vehicle prototypes.
|footer =''Color photos credit to John Lloyd under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en CC BY 2.0 license]'' ))

((multiple image |direction=vertical |width=220 |header=
|image1=WSTM Team Dustizeff 0020 (cropped).jpg |caption1=The 1946–1948 model CC was one of the first slab-sided production cars; shown Sedan profile also a precursor to later [[hatchback]] cars.
|image2=Crosley Farm O Road without front bumper.jpg |caption2=1950 Farm-O-Road with front [[power take-off]] – the tiny vehicle could power many farm implements, but was also highway-legal. |footer=))

===Post-war continuation; notable innovations===
In the post-war period, Crosley introduced several "firsts" in the American automobile industry, including:
* first mass-produced [[Ponton (car)|slab-sided / ponton-style]] car, the model 'CC', introduced in 1946, together with the [[Frazer (automobile)|Frazer]] / [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]] of the same year.<ref name="Mort2010">((cite book|author=Mort, Norm |title=American 'Independent' Automakers: AMC to Willys 1945 to 1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZo8GKToqqcC&pg=PA8|accessdate=2013-08-12|year=2010|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-84584-239-0|pages=8–))</ref>
* first mass-production [[overhead camshaft]] engine, the CoBra (for ''Copper Brazed''), carried over from military production, also starting in the 1946 model CC,<ref name=R&T456ttb/>((refn |group=nb| Built in five-figure numbers after Duesenberg built some 650 OHC [[Duesenberg Model A|Straight Eights]] from 1921–1926.<ref name=Mueller/><ref name=Adler/>))
* first use of the term '[[SUV|Sport(s-) Utility]]' in 1947, for the 1948 model year (albeit for an open model based on the wagon, not a wagon on a truck chassis),<ref name=dailykos>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/5/26/1302054/-History-101-The-Crosley-Automobile History 101: The Crosley Automobile] ''www.dailykos.com''</ref><ref>[http://crosleyautoclub.com/Details/Details_CCs.html Details on Crosley CC Models 1946 - 1948] ''crosleyautoclub.com/''</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180223210336/http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/CROSSLEY%201948.html Crosley 1948 (advertisements) – Classic Car Catalogue (archived)] ''www.classiccarcatalogue.com''</ref>
* first American cars to be fitted with 4-wheel caliper type [[disc brakes]], for the 1949 model year only <ref>((cite journal|last=Lentinello |first=Richard |title=The first car with disc brakes really was . . . |journal=Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car |date=April 2011 |url= https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/04/The-first-car-with-disc-brakes-really-was------/3698201.html |access-date=5 May 2018))</ref> — (the [[Chrysler Imperial]] introduced four-wheel disc brakes as standard equipment on Crown Imperials for the 1949 model year, but they were not of the caliper type), and
* first American post-war volume production sports car, the Hotshot, also in the 1949 model year.<ref>[https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2005/01/America-s-First-Sports-Car/1281012.html America's First Sports Car – Hemmings Motor News] ''www.hemmings.com''</ref><ref group=nb>After the 1947 introduced [[Playboy Automobile Company|Playboy]] convertible, of which just under a hundred were built until 1951.</ref>

In 1950 Crosley brought the Farm-O-Road model, a ((convert|63|in|m|2|adj=on)) wheelbase utility vehicle, decades ahead of the [[John Deere Gator]] and other small [[Utility vehicle]]s. From 1950 onwards, Crosley's main models gained roll-down instead of sliding side windows.<ref name=caristas/>

===Crosmobile===
Crosleys were built under the Crosmobile [[marque]] for overseas export. Crosmobiles were simply ''[[badge-engineered]]'' Crosleys, and were identical to standard Crosley models except for having '''Crosmobile'''-lettered hood and rear badges and [[hubcaps]] and instrument-cluster demarcations. The purpose of differentiating the exported Crosleys was to avoid confusion or conflict with Great Britain's non-related [[Crossley Motors|Crossley]] marque. Crosmobiles not only made it to Europe, but also elsewhere, including [[Cuba]].<ref name=caristas>[http://caristas.blogspot.nl/2016/05/crosmobile-wagon-little-car-lasts-long.html Crosmobile wagon: A little car lasts a long time – Caristas, The car lover's guide to Cuba] ''caristas.blogspot.nl''</ref>

((multiple image |direction=vertical |width=220 |header=1951 Super Station Wagon |image1=1951 Crosley CD Super Station Wagon in Cream and Brown, front right.jpg |caption1=The 1951 and 1952 Crosleys had a restyled front.|image2=1951 Crosley Station Wagon, rear right turquoise.jpg |caption2=1951 Wagon rear))

===Post-war production and demise===
Post-war production began with 4,999 vehicles in 1946, and increased to five-figure numbers, producing more than 22,500 cars in 1947. Crosley sales peaked in 1948, with 24,871 or 27,707 cars sold, depending on the source;<ref name=CrosClubHistory/><ref name=WWIIpostwar/> however, the CoBra copper and stamped steel "tin block" engine proved a major misstep. Although it had proven reliable in military use, it fared poorly under less diligent civilian maintenance. The CoBra was replaced with a redesigned and more reliable conventional cast-iron engine in 1949, but the company's reputation suffered.<ref name=caristas/> Sales fell to 8,939 units in 1949, and to 7,612 in 1950.<ref name=CrosClubHistory/> The addition of the Crosley "Hotshot" sports model and the "Farm-O-Road" model, a combination farm-tractor and all-wheel-drive vehicle in 1950, could not stop the decline.<ref name=BigDream36-37>Banks, "Big Dream, Small Car," pp. 36–37.</ref>

More trouble came after the [[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|Big Three automakers]] introduced bigger, more lavish cars, and began manufacturing them in higher volumes and priced, in some cases, only a little higher than a new Crosley car. Crosley sales dwindled to 4,839 units in 1951; only 1,522 Crosley vehicles were sold in 1952.<ref name=CrosClubHistory/> Production ended on July 3, 1952.<ref name=caristas/> Crosley sold about 84,000 cars in total before closing down the operation in 1952.<ref name=BigDream36-37/><ref>A plan to sell the Crosley auto concern to Nash failed to materialize, when Nash merged with Hudson. See Nash Club newsletter, 1986, volume 1.</ref> Crosley continued building engines for a short while to fulfill a government contract, but eventually the rights to the engine were sold.<ref name=FW50FOR/> The Crosley plant in Marion, Indiana, was sold to the [[General Tire|General Tire and Rubber Company]].<ref name=BigDream36-37/>

==Models==
===Model summary===
:''All Crosleys were two side-door models, with a few exceptions that just had two side door-openings or entry carve-outs''

Pre-war production with [[#Waukesha Model 150 Cub Twin|Waukesha Model 150]] air-cooled [[Flat twin engine|opposed twin engine]]:<ref name=CAC_ACB>[http://crosleyautoclub.com/Details/Details_PWs.html Details on Crosley PreWar Models 1939–1942 – Crosley Auto Club]</ref>
*1939: Series (C)1A – Convertible Coupe and Convertible Sedan <ref group=nb name=2Tops/>
*1940: Series (C)2A – Convertible Coupe, Convertible Sedan / Deluxe Sedan, Station Wagon and Parkway Delivery <ref group=nb>(Open cab panel van version)</ref>
*1941: Series CB41 – Convertible Coupe, Sedan and Deluxe Sedan; Station Wagon, Panel Delivery, Parkway Delivery, Covered Wagon and Pickup
*1942: Series CB42 – Convertible Coupe and (Deluxe) Sedan, Station Wagon, Panel and Parkway Delivery, Covered Wagon, Pickup and steel-top 'Liberty Sedan'

Post-war production with [[#Crosley CoBra (1946–1949)|1946–1949 CoBra]] water-cooled [[I4 engine|straight-four]] engine
*1946: CC Four — fastback Sedan and Convertible coupe
*1947: CC Four — fastback Sedan, Convertible coupe and Pickup (roundside)
*1948: CC Four — fastback Sedan, Convertible coupe, Station wagon, Panel van, Pickup (square), and 'Sport Utility' convertible wagon

Post-war production with [[#Crosley CIBA (1949–1952; 1955)|1949–1952 CIBA]] water-cooled four-cylinder inline engine <ref>Crosley, Encyclopedia of American Cars, 2003</ref>
*1949: CD Four including Deluxe Sedan, Coupe, Station Wagon, Pickup Truck and Panel Truck; VC Four including Hotshot Roadster and Super Sports Roadster
*1950: CD Four including Sedan, Super Sedan, Coupe, Super Coupe, Station Wagon, Super Station Wagon; VC Four including Hotshot Roadster and Super Sports Roadster; FR Four including Farm-O-Road (in various submodels)
*1951: CD Four including Business Coupe, Super Sedan, Station Wagon, Super Station Wagon, Super Coupe; VC Four including Hotshot Roadster and Super Sports Roadster; and FR Four including Farm-O-Road.
*1952: CD Four including Standard Business Coupe, Super Sedan, Station Wagon, Super Station Wagon, Super Coupe; VC Four including Hotshot Roadster and Super Sports Roadster; FR Four including Farm-O-Road.

===Crosley CC Four (1946–1948)===
((Infobox automobile
| name = CC Four
| image = 1948 Crosley Station Wagon.jpg
| caption = 1948-1/2 CC Station Wagon
| manufacturer = Crosley
| aka = Crosmobile
| production = 1946–1948
| model_years = 1947–1948½ <ref name=CAC_CC/>
| assembly = [[Marion, Indiana]]
| designer = [[Sundberg & Ferar]]
| class = [[Economy car]]
| body_style = fastback, convertible, wagon, panel van, convertible wagon, pickup
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, rear-wheel drive]]
| platform = 
| related = 
| engine = ((convert|44.2|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) 26.5 HP straight-4 <ref name="kimes1996">((cite book|last=Kimes|first=Beverly|title=standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942|year=1996|publisher=Krause publications|isbn=0-87341-428-4))</ref>
| transmission = 3-speed manual
| wheelbase = ((Convert|80|in|m|2|abbr=on))
| length = ((Convert|145|in|m|2|abbr=on))
| width = ((Convert|49|in|m|2|abbr=on))  <ref name=AC46CC/>
| height = ((Convert|59|in|m|2|abbr=on))
| weight = ((Convert|1155|lb|abbr=on))
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| sp = us
))
Crosley resumed civilian car production in 1946 with the largely new model CC, designed by the firm of [[Sundberg & Ferar]] of Royal Oak, Michigan. The slightly larger and more aerodynamic model CC featured an all new body and engine. The chassis, suspension, brakes, and the rest of the drive-train were carried over from the pre-war models.<ref name=CAC_CC/> Together with the [[Frazer (automobile)|Frazer]] / [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]] of the same year, the 1946 Crosley CC was the first American mass-produced [[Ponton (car)|slab-sided / ponton-style]] bodied car.<ref name="Mort2010"/> The post-war Crosleys also had a new, water-cooled, [[I4 engine|straight-four]] [[#Crosley CoBra (1946–1949)|CoBra engine]], carried over from military production. Although not much larger in displacement than its predecessor, power output was doubled to 26.5 HP, improving the car's performance, with a claimed cruising speed of ((Convert|50|mph|abbr=on)), while fuel economy remained excellent at ((convert|35|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp|abbr=on)) – ((convert|50|mpgus|L/100 km mpgimp|abbr=on)).<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Crosley/1948_Crosley/1948_Crosley_Foldout/1948%20Crosley-03.html |title=Directory Index: Crosley: 1948&nbsp;Crosley: 1948 Crosley Foldout |publisher=Oldcarbrochures.com |accessdate=2011-11-20))</ref> Additionally, the CoBra (for ''Copper Brazed'') was America's first affordable mass-production [[overhead camshaft]] car engine,<ref name=R&T456ttb/> built in five-figure numbers after Duesenberg built some 650 OHC [[Duesenberg Model A|Straight Eights]] from 1921–1926.<ref name=Mueller/><ref name=Adler/>

Introduced as a steel roof, two-door, [[Three-box styling#Two-box design|two-box]] fastback sedan and a [[Convertible#Variations|fixed profile convertible]] (with fixed side windows and frames, like the [[Citroën 2CV]] and the 2007 [[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]]),<ref name=Mechanix_Ill/> the car also became available as a pick-up – initially with a pickup-box with the same rounded rear-side panels as the sedan (roundside pickup).<ref name=CAC_CC>((cite web |url=http://crosleyautoclub.com/Details/Details_CCs.html |title=Details on Crosley CC Models 1946–1948 |last=Bollman |first=Jim |publisher=Crosley Auto Club |access-date=2018-03-03 ))</ref> In late 1947 a station wagon was added, as a 1948 model, as well as a panel van – a derivative of the wagon, but with a different floorpan to yield a flatter floor. The panel delivery also had a side opening rear door, as opposed to the Station wagon's above/below [[Station wagon#Tailgate designs|split tailgate]], while the basic sedan had no outside trunk lid – access to the luggage space was only from inside the car.

From the arrival of the station wagon, the pickups were built with the wagon's straight rear panels, giving a wider, more square rear box.<ref name=CAC_CC/> In 1948 Crosley added bolt-on grille-bars and a chromed bull-nose to the front for the '48½ model year,<ref name=CAC_CC/> and introduced a new convertible wagon variant without doors, dubbed the "[[Sport utility vehicle|Sports Utility]]." The vehicle was advertised with a ''quarter-ton'' payload capacity for utility use, and its rear seat was optional. The entire range of CC models were based on the same two-door car and frame.<ref name=SMCrosley/> The 1948 Station Wagon became the most popular model Crosley built, with 23,489 units made.<ref name=CAC_CC/>

A 1947 test of the Crosley sedan and convertible determined that "There is leg room for a man as tall as six feet two or three but due to the over-curve of the top and the window design, he may have to duck to see left or right", and unless he is narrow-shouldered "he will have to ride these things side saddle or not at all".<ref name=Mechanix_Ill>((cite magazine |last=McCahill |first=Tom |date=July 1947 |title=M.I. Tests the New Crosley |url=http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mi-tests-the-new-crosley/ |magazine=Mechanix Illustrated |publisher=Modern Mechanix |access-date=2018-02-03 |archive-date=2018-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302104036/http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mi-tests-the-new-crosley/ |url-status=dead ))</ref> Further, the tester felt that the engine lacked bottom-end power, and that the true cruising speed was between 35 and 40&nbsp;mph — the car will do 50&nbsp;mph, and he drove one faster than that, but at these speeds "the little 4-cylinder engine screams like a banshee with the hot-foot" and driving felt quite uncomfortable. Also, the inside door handles were placed too far back, and the two-piece, sliding door windows made it impossible to comfortably drive with one arm out of the window. On the other hand the tester deemed that 'the chassis rides exceptionally well", ".. undoubtedly the best of the miniature type ever made in this country".<ref name=Mechanix_Ill/>
<gallery align="left" mode="packed" heights="170px">
File:Crosley station wagon (24130279236).jpg|Front of a 1946/1947 model; blinkers were optional.
File:Rear of Crosley Station Wagon.jpg|Rear of the Crosley Station Wagon featured split upper and lower tailgates.
File:1948 Crosley COBRA engine OHC.jpg|The CC's CoBra engine's camshaft was driven by a [[Overhead camshaft#Bevel shaft|tower bevel shaft]].
File:1950 Crosley CD Four Super photo2.JPG|The chrome hood ornament was introduced early in the '48 model year.<ref name=CAC_CC/>
</gallery>
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===Crosley CD Four (1949–1952)===
((multiple image |width=200 |header=Crosley CD Sedan |image1=1950 Crosley sedan in red at 2015 Macungie show 1of2.jpg |caption1= |image2=1950 Crosley sedan in red at 2015 Macungie show 2of2.jpg |footer=1949/1950 CD Sedan, front and rear))
In 1948 Crosley replaced the CC with the 1949 model year CD. Front and rear bodywork were redesigned on the sedan / coupe and convertible, though rear bodywork on the station wagon and pickup remained largely unaltered. A significant change was fitting the cast-iron block [[#Crosley CIBA (1949–1952; 1955)|CIBA engine]] instead of the stamped-steel CoBra engines, that were lighter, but required more maintenance, or else would yield reliability problems.

For 1949 and 50 there were standard and Deluxe models. The '49 model year still had sliding glass side windows in the doors, but from the 1950 model year, roll-down windows and electric wipers were offered.<ref name=SMCrosley/> For 1951 and 1952 the front was again redone; the Deluxe model replaced the standard model as the bottom of the range, and 'Super' models were introduced as the new top of the line.<ref name=CAC_CD>[http://crosleyautoclub.com/Details/Details_CDs.html Details on Crosley CD Models 1949–1952] Crosley Auto Club, ''crosleyautoclub.co''</ref>

The CD models started with the same 6" mechanical brakes as previous Crosleys on the 1949 model, but switched to 4-wheel Goodyear–Hawley aircraft-type disc brakes in May 1949, However, they were short-lived, and only continued through mid 1950. The alloy disc material was found to rust, and had freeze-up problems in parts of the country where salt was used on the roads.<ref name=SMCrosley/> So 9" hydraulic brakes were phased back in, and these remained til the end of production.<ref name=CAC_CD/>
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===Crosley Hotshot===
((Infobox automobile
| name = HotShot
| image = Crosley roadster (4168623716).jpg
| caption = 1951 Crosley Super Sport
| manufacturer = 
| aka = Super Hotshot, Super Sport
| production = 1949–1952
| model_years = 
| assembly = [[Marion, Indiana]]
| designer = 
| class = 
| body_style = roadster, convertible sports car
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout#Front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|front mid-engined, rear-wheel-drive]]
| platform =
| related =
| engine = ((convert|724|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on|disp=flip)) 26.5 HP straight-4 <ref name="kimes1996">((cite book|last=Kimes|first=Beverly|title=standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942|year=1996|publisher=Krause publications|isbn=0-87341-428-4))</ref>
| transmission = 3-speed manual
| wheelbase = ((Convert|85|in|m|2|abbr=on)) <ref name=PSHotshot/>
| length = ((Convert|137|in|m|2|abbr=on)) <ref name=PSHotshot/>
| width = ((Convert|51|in|m|2|abbr=on)) <ref name=PSHotshot/>
| height = 
| weight = ((Convert|1095|lb|abbr=on)) <ref name=PSHotshot/>
| predecessor = 
| successor =
| sp = us
))
After building only bottom-end of the market economy cars since its inception, Crosley introduced a little sports car in 1949, the doorless Hotshot roadster. It also featured a largely new, dropped frame – both more low slung, and for the first time with a wheelbase that diverged from all the previous Crosley models' ((convert|80|in|m|2|abbr=on)) wheelbase by ((convert|5|in|cm|1|abbr=off)) extra. The rear suspension used a combination of coil springs, assisted by single leaf quarter-elliptical leaf-springs that doubled as [[Radius rod|torque-rods]], and the car had disc brakes on all four wheels.<ref name=PSHotshot>((Cite magazine|title=New Crosley Roadster Strips Down to Racer|date=September 1949|magazine=[[Popular Science]]|pages=120–122|url=((Google books|nikDAAAAMBAJ|Popular Science Sep 1949|page=120|plainurl=yes))|accessdate=April 10, 2015|volume=155|issue=3|editor-last=Githens|editor-first=Perry))</ref><ref name=dailykos/> The engine was placed behind the front axle, for a [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout#Front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|front mid-engined layout]]. The ((convert|137|in|m|2|abbr=on)) long Hotshot, introduced for $849, weighed just ((convert|1095|lb|kg|abbr=on)). But to go racing, the weight was further reducible to ((convert|991|lb|kg|abbr=on)), by temporarily discarding such things as the detachable windscreen, and the non-folding (stowed) soft-top and side-curtains. There was no trunk lid — the spare wheel was mounted on the down-sloping rear deck, above the rear bumper, and access to the rear stowage room was by folding the seat-backs forward. Powered by a 26.5&nbsp;HP CIBA engine, the Hotshot was capable of more than ((convert|80|mph|km/h|-1|abbr=on)).<ref name=PSHotshot/><ref name=JalopHotsh>[https://jalopnik.com/5893810/crosley-hotshot-is-americas-smallest-sports-car/ Crosley Hotshot Is America's Smallest Sports Car] ''Jalopnik, jalopnik.com''</ref>

A Super version of the HotShot was added in 1950, featuring solid hinged doors and a fold-down top that didn't have to be stowed,<ref name=SMCrosley/> and "full red plastic leather upholstery and lining".<ref>[http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/C/crossley%201951%2002.jpg 1951 Crosley Line-up advertisement] ''classiccarcatalogue.com''</ref> For 1951 and 1952 the Super Hotshot was simply renamed the ''Super Sports''.<ref name=SMCrosley/>

Regardless of its short life and small size, the Hotshot is remembered as an impressive sports car within its class. A Hotshot won the [[1950 Sam Collier Memorial Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance Six Hours|Sam Collier Memorial Endurance Grand Prix]],<ref>[http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sebring-1950-12-31.html Sam Collier Memorial Sebring Grand Prix of Endurance Six Hours] www.racingsportscars.com, Retrieved on 31 July 2012</ref> (averaging 52&nbsp;mph), as well as the "index of performance" — an award which took speed and engine size into account — at the 1950 Six Hours of Sebring;<ref name=JalopHotsh/> and a [[Siata]] 300 fitted with Crosley power won the SCCA's 12 hour Vero Beach race.

Throughout the 1950s, Crosley engines dominated 750 cc sports car racing, winning 10 out of 12 [[SCCA]] west-coast races alone.<ref name=SMCrosley/><ref name=Howstuff>((cite web | url = http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1949-1952-crosley-hotshot-and-super-sports.htm | title = 1949-1952 Crosley Hotshot and Super Sports | publisher = [[HowStuffWorks]], Inc | author = The auto editors of Consumer Guide | accessdate = 2012-07-31 | archive-date = 2012-07-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120721003835/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1949-1952-crosley-hotshot-and-super-sports.htm | url-status = dead ))</ref>
[[File:1951CrosleySuperSport-rear.jpg|thumb|left|1951 Crosley Super Sport rear]]
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===Crosley Farm-O-Road===
((Infobox automobile
| name = Crosley Farm-O-Road
| image = Crosley Farm O Road without bonnet.jpg
| caption = the base Farm-O-Road came without rear bed, and was less than ((convert|2+1/2|m|ft|0|abbr=on)) long
| manufacturer = Crosley
| aka =
| production = 1950 – 1952
| model_years =
| assembly = [[Marion, Indiana]]
| designer =
| class = [[Utility vehicle#Light equipment|Light utility vehicle]]
| body_style = jeep-like
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, rear-wheel drive]]
| platform =
| related =
| engine = ((convert|44.2|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) 26.5 HP straight-4 [[#Crosley CIBA (1949–1952; 1955)|CIBA]]
| transmission = 3-speed manual with a two-ratio, PTO-capable range box
| wheelbase = ((Convert|63|in|m|2|abbr=on))
| length = ((convert|91.5|in|m|2|abbr=on)) (without the optional, detachable bed)
| width = ((convert|48|in|m|2|abbr=on)) (excluding the side-mounted spare wheel)
| height = ((convert|56.5|in|m|2|abbr=on)) (with the windshield and top up)
| weight = ((convert|1,100|lb|abbr=on))
| predecessor =
| successor = Crofton Bug
| sp = us))
Crosley had produced different products for the war effort, including the 'Pup' 4x4 prototype, a tiny air-portable 4WD.<ref name=FW50FOR>((cite web |url=http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/1503-1950-crosley-farm-o-road-backward-glances/ |title=1950 Crosley Farm-O-Road - Backward Glances |last=Allen |first=Jim |website=FourWheeler |date=27 February 2015 |publisher= Extreme Ventures, LLC |access-date=2018-02-24 |author-link=Jim Allen (4x4 writer)))</ref><ref name=wehs2cub150/> In 1950, to broaden its line-up into the commercial and agricultural market, the ''Farm-O-Road'' was introduced – an [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV sized]] [[Utility vehicle#Light equipment|utility vehicle]] that looked like a small Jeep. It was a combination of a light tractor, a small pickup and a passenger vehicle, and was intended for rural customers who wanted a vehicle for doing chores around the farm, but which could also take them into town. According to Crosley, the Farm-O-Road was designed: “To do big jobs on small farms, and smaller jobs on big farms.”<ref name=dailykos/> Although it could be viewed as a precursor to today’s [[Side by Side (UTV)|''Side by Side'' UTV's]], the Farm-O-Road was fully [[Street-legal vehicle|street-legal]], with a top speed estimated at ((convert|40|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on)) on the highway.<ref name=OCW_umm>((cite web |url=http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/editors-picks/crosley-farm-o-road-a-unique-mighty-mite |title=Crosley Farm-O-Road a unique mighty mite |date=28 March 2011 |website=Old Cars Weekly |access-date=2018-03-04))</ref>

The Farm-O-Road took its cues from the Jeep and the wartime Pup. It had a boxy, minimalist body, riding on a ((convert|63|in|m|2|abbr=on)) wheelbase, and it weighed ((convert|1,100|lb|abbr=on)). The Farm-O-Road was powered by the same 26.5 HP ((convert|44.2|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) CIBA engine as the other Crosley models at the time, mated to a three-speed Warner T-92 transmission with a two-ratio, PTO-capable range box mounted behind it.<ref name=FW50FOR/> In addition to normal gearing, it offered a 4-to-1 low reduction.<ref>[http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/C/crossley%201951%2003.jpg Farm-O-Road advertisement] ''classiccarcatalogue.com''</ref> The base price was $795, or $939 with a hydraulic system including a hydraulically operated drawbar.<ref name=FW50FOR/> 
((multiple image |align=left |direction=vertical |width=220 |header=
|image1=Crosley Farm-O-Road - Leaflet (cropped).jpg |caption1=Advertisement showing many available farm implements
|image2=Crosley Farm-O-Road with rear bed extension.jpg |caption2=Farm-O-Road fitted with both: optional (tilting) cargo bed, and dual rear wheels.
|footer=<small>''Photos by Greg Gjerdingen; under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en CC BY 2.0 license ]''</small> ))
Options included dual rear wheels, a detachable pickup bed which could come with a hydraulic dump, [[power take-off]]s on both front and rear, a rear seat, a soft-top, and side window curtains.<ref name=dailykos/> An extensive range of farm-implement attachments was available, including a 10-inch single bottom plow, a moldboard plow, snow plow, a cutter-bar mower, sickle-bar mower, three-gang reel-type mower, a rolling coulter, disc harrow, cultivator, hay rake, row crop seeders, fertilizer unit, row guide, velocity governor, hand throttle, radiator chaff screen, post-hole digger, and spring blocks.<ref name=FW50FOR/><ref name=dailykos/><ref name=OCW_umm/> Crosley even offered steel front snow skis that could be strapped to the front tires to convert the Farm-O-Road into a snowmobile. For the rest, equipment was spartan. Most Farm-O-Roads had only one windshield wiper – a right wiper was optional; and a heater or radio were not offered.<ref name=OCW_umm/>

Exact production numbers aren’t known, but historians with the Crosley Automobile Club estimate less than 600 Farm-O-Roads were built. Later, Crofton Marine Engineering bought the rights and tooling for the rig and put it back into production from ’59-’63 as the "Crofton Bug", resulting in another ~250 units.<ref name=FW50FOR/> The Farm-O-Road measured ((convert|91.5|in|m|2|abbr=on)) long (without the optional, detachable bed) by ((convert|48|in|m|2|abbr=on)) wide (excluding the side-mounted spare wheel), and ((convert|56.5|in|m|2|abbr=on)) high (with the windshield and top up), and offered ((convert|500|lb|abbr=on)) payload. Axles were rigid front and rear – as on all other Crosleys – with a 5.38:1 ratio Spicer 23 in the rear.<ref name=FW50FOR/>

The little 1950 vehicle was also compared with the 1959/1960 [[M422 Mighty Mite]], the U.S. military's smallest jeep, originally with a ((convert|65|in|m|2|abbr=on)) wheelbase.<ref name=OCW_umm/>
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==Engines==
===Waukesha Model 150 Cub Twin===
The original engine is the Waukesha Model 150 Cub Twin, a ((convert|35.1|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) or ((convert|38.9|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) air-cooled L-head [[Flat twin engine|opposed twin-cylinder]] engine, putting out 14 HP at 3200 rpm,<ref name=HemmGiant>((cite web |url=https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2015/10/Little-Giant/3748999.html |title=Little Giant - The tiny quarter-ton 1947 Crosley pickup |last=McNessor |first=Mike |date=October 2015 |publisher=[[Hemmings Motor News]] |access-date=2018-03-11 ))</ref><ref name=wehs2cub150>[http://www.wehs.net/twin-cub-150.html Twin Cub 150] ''Waukesha Engine Historical Society, Inc, www.wehs.net''</ref> built by [[Waukesha Engines]] of [[Waukesha, Wisconsin|Waukesha]], [[Wisconsin]], and used from 1939 through 1942. The engine was originally designed to power orchard sprayers. However, many of the over 12,000 built between 1938–44, were used in the pre-war (1939–42) Crosley mini-cars and the military during WWII, some of which were also used for Auxiliary Power Units (APU).<ref name=wehs2cub150/>
((multiple image |direction=vertical |width=220 |header=CoBra engine (1946–1949) |image1=Cobra engine.JPG |caption1=Crosley CoBra Engine Complete with Transmission |image2=Cobra block.JPG |caption2=Crosley CoBra Block and Valve Cover))
It was replaced in 1946 with the CoBra (for "Copper Brazed"), a ((convert|44.2|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) overhead-cam four with a ((convert|2.5|in|mm|1|abbr=on)) bore and ((convert|2.25|in|mm|1|abbr=on)) stroke. That engine in turn was replaced in 1949 by the new and more reliable CIBA (Crosley Cast Iron Block Assembly) engine utilizing five main bearings.

===Crosley CoBra (1946–1949)===
The CoBra (Copper Brazed, also known as "The Mighty Tin") was originally developed by [[Lloyd Taylor]], of [[Taylor Engines]] in California, for [[military]] use aboard [[PT boat]]s and [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] bombers. The engine was made from [[sheet metal]] rather than [[cast iron]] like most other engines. This was done to get a thin, uniform wall thickness and thus avoid the creation of hot spots around the combustion chamber that could ignite the fuel, causing [[pre-ignition]] (knocks), which in turn limited the compression ratio. These engines were used mainly to power generators, refrigeration compressors, etc., and were widely praised for their successes in the war effort.

The engine was adopted for automobile use in 1946. It was a small, lightweight engine with single [[overhead camshaft]] driven by [[Overhead camshaft#Bevel shaft|two sets of bevel gears and a vertical shaft]] at the front of the block.<ref name=R&T456ttb>((Cite journal|last=Simanaitis|first=Dennis|title= Tech Tidbits|journal= [[Road & Track]]|date= January 1994|page= 121|editor-last= Bryant|editor-first= Thos L.|publisher= Hachette Filipacchi Magazines|location= Newport Beach, CA US|volume= 45|issue= 6|issn= 0035-7189))</ref> It was America's first overhead camshaft automobile engine to be produced in five-figure numbers,<ref name=R&T456ttb/> after Duesenberg built some 650 overhead cam [[Duesenberg Model A|Straight Eights]] from 1921–1926.<ref name=Mueller>((cite book |last=Mueller |first=Mike |year=2006 |chapter=Chapter 6 - Chariot of the Gods Duesenberg Straight Eight |chapter-url=((Google books|69qYnoohrMYC|American Horsepower: 100 Years of Great Car Engines |page=49| plainurl=yes)) |title=American Horsepower 100 Years of Great Car Engines |url=((Google books|69qYnoohrMYC|American Horsepower: 100 Years of Great Car Engines |plainurl=yes)) |location=St. Paul, MN USA |publisher=Motorbooks |pages= 49–54 |isbn=978-0-7603-2327-4 |lccn = 2006017040 |accessdate=2014-01-11 ))</ref><ref name=Adler>((cite book |last=Adler |first=Dennis |date=2004 |title=Duesenberg |url=((Google books|awBkgOiNrdUC|Duesenberg|plainurl=yes)) |chapter=Chapter Four: The Power of the Hour |chapter-url=((Google books|awBkgOiNrdUC|Duesenberg |page=53 |plainurl=yes)) |pages=53–82 |publisher=Krause Publications |isbn=0-87349-388-5 |lccn=2004101588 |accessdate=2014-01-11 ))((Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> The unitary block and cylinder head((Sfn|Simanaitis|1994|p=121)) weighed only ((convert|14.8|lb|1)) dry; complete with all accessories (including the [[flywheel]]) weighing only ((convert|133|lb|0)).<ref>[http://dsr.racer.net/engines/crosley.htm Crosley Engine] ''Sports Racer Network dsr.racer.net''</ref> The engine displaced ((convert|724|cc|cuin|0|abbr=on|disp=flip)) and produced ((Convert|26.5|hp|kW|0|abbr=on)) at 5,400&nbsp;rpm((Sfn|Simanaitis|1994|p=121)) and ((convert|33|lb.ft|Nm|0|abbr=on)) @ 1200 rpm.<ref name=AC46CC>[http://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/crosley/cc-series/cc-series_sedan/1946.html 1946 Crosley CC-Series Sedan full range specs] ''automobile-catalog.com''</ref> Because of its remarkable power to weight ratio, and super efficiency for its time, the CoBra engine has been compared to Ford's 1.0 litre [[inline-3]] [[EcoBoost]] engine.<ref>[https://jalopnik.com/5964514/decades-before-fords-tiny-ecoboost-there-was-the-cobra-sheetmetal-engine Decades Before Ford's Tiny EcoBoost, There Was The CoBra Sheetmetal Engine] ''Jalopnik, jalopnik.com''</ref> Longevity was measured in hours and was strictly controlled by equipment maintenance schedules for the wartime duties,((Citation needed|date=February 2015)) but corrosion became a problem for these engines in civilian service. This problem with these automotive powerplants had tarnished Crosley's reputation by 1948.((Sfn|Simanaitis|1994|p=121))

===Crosley CIBA (1949&ndash;1952; 1955)===
[[File:Crosley racing engine.jpg|thumb|right|Crosley racing engine with a supercharger]]
The Crosley CIBA (Cast Iron Block Assembly) was a more traditional and more reliable engine utilizing a cast-iron block. Nevertheless it had a unique design. Instead of a removable cylinder head, the combustion chambers, valve seats, cam supports, ports and cylinders are one casting, and the crankcase is another. In both the early and later cast-iron engines, the crankcase is aluminum. The ((convert|44.2|cuin|cc|0|abbr=on)) engine produced 26.5&nbsp;HP @ 5,400&nbsp;rpm and ((Convert|32.5|lb.ft|Nm|0|abbr=on)) @ 3,000 rpm.<ref name=FW50FOR/>

When Crosley Motors, Inc. was sold, the engine was renamed "AeroJet" and production continued. Production of the AeroJet ended in 1955 and the engine rights were sold to [[Fageol]] and later to a series of different companies ending in 1972 with the [[Fisher-Pierce]] Bearcat 55. Maritime modifications mostly included increasing displacement and converting the engine to operate with a vertical axis.

In Europe the Crosley CIBA would be used to great advantage in 750cc sports car class, eventually maturing to a double overhead camshaft (DOHC) design used in the Bandini 750 sport internazionale as well as [[Nardi (carmaker)|Nardi 750LM]] and [[Siata]] Amica.

==Notable Crosley owners==
((More citations needed section|date=February 2018))
*[[Gordon Baxter]] (HotShot, story in his book ''Bax & Car & Driver: The Best of Gordon Baxter'')
*[[Omar Bradley|General Omar Bradley]]
*[[Humphrey Bogart]]<ref name=Louwman>((Cite sign |title=[[c:File:Den Haag Louwman Museum 066.jpg|Sign at the Crosley CC exhibited]] |year=2006 |type=Plaque in museum |publisher=[[Louwman Museum]] |location=The Hague, Netherlands))</ref> (Two-cylinder Crosley)
*[[David Carradine]] (VC Super Sports)
*[[Kenny Delmar]] ('[[Senator Claghorn]]' on ''[[The Fred Allen Show]]'')
*[[Tommy Dorsey]]
* President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] (1951 CD Surrey)
*[[Geraldine Farrar]] (Two-cylinder Crosley)
*[[Paulette Goddard]] (Two-cylinder Crosley)
*[[Pamela Harriman]] (purchased the first 1939 Crosley)
*[[George M. Humphrey]], Secretary of the Treasury
*[[Art Linkletter]] (1952 CD Sport Convertible)
*[[James May]] (1947 CC Four) (bought for television programme ''[[The Grand Tour]]'')
*[[Alex Raymond]], [[Flash Gordon]] cartoonist ([[Bandini Automobili|Crosley-Bandini]])
*[[Nelson Rockefeller]], Governor of New York (1950 HotShot)
*[[Gloria Swanson]] (Two-cylinder Crosley)
*[[Boy George]] (VC Super Sports)
*[[Fred Waring]] (Two-cylinder Crosley)
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]]<ref name=Louwman/> (1952 VC Super .Sports)
*[[John Westling]] (1947 2 door coupe)

==See also==
*[[Powel Crosley Jr.]]
*[[Lewis M. Crosley]]
*[[WLW]]
*[[List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers]]



==Notes==
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==References==
((reflist))
*''Sports Cars Illustrated Magazine Article'' by Carl Ludvigsen. "PBX Crosley Special" May 1956.

==Further reading==
* ((cite book |last1=McClure |first1=Rusty |title=Crosley: Two Brothers and a Business Empire That Transformed the Nation |date=2006 |publisher=Clerisy Press |isbn=978-1-57860-322-0))
==External links==
((Commons category multi|Crosley|Crosley vehicles))
* [http://www.crosleybook.com CROSLEY - Two Brothers and an Empire That Changed the Nation - Rusty McClure]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19991005144421/http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/7896/crosley.htm CROSLEY A Compact born 30 years too soon!]
* [https://archive.today/20130105102306/http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Crosley Crosley Car Owners Club (CCOC)]
* [http://crosleyautoclub.com/ Crosley Automobile Club Inc.]
* [https://archive.today/20130105170038/http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/West_Coast_Crosleys West Coast Crosleys]
* [http://crosleyautoclub.com/EngineTree/Crosley_Eng_Tree.html Crosley Engine Family Tree]
* [http://crosleyautoclub.com/Mighty_Tin.html The Mighty Tin (CoBra)]
* ((curlie|Recreation/Autos/Makes_and_Models/Crosley))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050728144138/http://home.earthlink.net/~mherman/crosley.html  The Crosley Automobile &mdash; A Fine Car]
* [http://www.crosleyradio.com Crosley Radio Corporation]
* [http://chiefrooney.blogspot.com/2007/12/crosley.html Review of the book, ''Crosley'']
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/autogyro/5031974642/in/set-72157625049523636/ Scans from the 1948 Crosley Sales Brochure]
*[http://itisgood.org/crosley-ad-index/ Crosley Ad Index & Scans]
* ((imcdb vehicle|make=Crosley|model=|Crosley))

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