Post-War Crosley (Jun, 1946)
Post-War Crosley has a streamline aluminum body on an 80-inch wheelbase and will be powered by a new type, four-cylinder, water-cooled engine developing 26-1/2-horsepower. The car has two seats in front and two in back. Bottom photo shows the remarkable new engine.
I don’t see the bottom photo of the engine!!!
Just compare this to the cars Americans were buying ten years later, Crosley couldn’t have gotten it more wrong.
You could almost carry one of these in the trunk of a ’56 Chevy as a spare.
Or buy two, and keep one in the icebox for hot days.
That’s a nice rendering of an auto she’s looking at there.
If I remember correctly the “new” Crosley was painted in over a prewar model for that shot.
And the engine photo (at least the one I remember) has a picture of Powell Crosley himself holding the block in his hands.
It was made from folded sheet metal and worked like a champ.