Lost and Found overflow: Pac-Man’s Crosley

Looking like something Ghia would have built circa 1958, instead we see that Eugene Eick of Middleport, New York, built this sports car using a Crosley chassis and sheetmetal body sometime in 1957. He claimed it cost him just $350 and took just nine months to build, and for his efforts, he won Mechanix Illustrated‘s […]

Whitey Thuesen and the Crosley V-8

Photo courtesy Ron Cummings Ever since the mention of a mysterious Crosley V-8 engine a few years ago sent me off in search of the elusive wee beast, I’ve come up with information on exactly one such configured Crosley-based engine, and it wasn’t the one I’ve been looking for. Then, a few months ago, Ron […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1952 Bogus Lotus

It might be a little late for this one, considering it’s going across the auction block today, but this 1952 Crosley-based “Bogus Lotus,” selling at the same auction as the 1956 Crosley-based H-Mod, looks like a fun ride. Can anybody answer me why many of these Crosley-based racers were switched to right-hand drive? From the […]