Etceterini Update: Great Nardi 750 Crosley Video!

Following up on my post from last week, I'm excited to share this great video on a Crosley-powered Nardi 750 that was for sale not long ago.  I missed this when it was first posted, but H-mod fanatic Richard Campbell pointed it out when he saw my etceterini post.

META

You thought I was crazy for Crosleys?

Crosley engine whiz Barry Seel recently posted this photo of the time he used his Crosley-powered forklift to lift the body off his Crosley convertible.  

It's Raining Tin Blocks!

Ok, not really.

But once I made that last post a few people have come forward with THEIR running CoBra motors...

Tin Block Triumph: Bone Stock '47 Truck For Sale

"Stock" is a word that is rarely used to describe Crosley automobiles - and with good reason: they are one of the most-modified automobiles on Earth, perhaps second only to Volkswagen Beetle for percentage of modified vs. stock cars. I've been ogling Crosleys for almost 25 years, and I can count the number of truly factory-stock cars I've encountered on one hand.

So, I was happily surprised to see this incredibly period-correct '47 truck for sale in Hemmings.

The Crosley Super Sports Coupe

I haven't laid eyes on my Crosley Super Sports in nearly two years. It, along with most of my tools, was packed into storage when we tore down my old garage to start building the new house and shop.

If I haven't been able to work on my Super Sports, I have been able to think about the restoration and plan out exactly how I want it: color, stance, interior, frame mods, performance upgrades... even tires. I've been moving this car around in pieces for 23 years, but I finally see light at the end of the tunnel.

If you are anything like me, a tattered project car is a source of endless speculation. A nice survivor or restored car is pretty obvious: you drive it, fix whatever breaks and make minor changes that don't disrupt the feng shui of the thing. But a genuine basket case is wide open. You have to do everything over, so unless you are planning a concours restoration, you have nearly unlimited options - at least insofar as your budget and imagination will go. 

And one of the places my imagination - and my research - took me was to the Super Sports Coupe.

SOLD: The Le Mans Special

I really dropped the ball.

2019 Club Meet By the Numbers

This year is the 21st time I've been to the West Coast Crosley Club's annual fall meet, and after all the years I've learned a few things.

I Hate Trailers

I hate trailers.

Yet, here I am again, carting a Crosley behind my Toyota, on my way to the annual West Coast Crosley Club meet. This time, at least I have a good excuse...

The 1st Annual Jenkem Spank'em 69 Road Rally

When my buddy Marcos was in town for the Snowball Rally in April, he invited me to drive the Crosley up to the Bay Area for the first annual "Jenkem Spenkem," what he described as a half-assed, ill-planned "shitty car ride" he was organizing for his birthday, 6/9. The idea was to get a bunch of his pals with old cars to meet up in the parking lot of a nearby Grocery Outlet, drive 69 miles on back roads around the bay, and end up at his house in Oakland for an afternoon BBQ. No entry fees, no cut-off dates, no fancy cars... just a goofy fun trip on some less-traveled roads.