Time Slips Away

What a year.

Looks like I'm going to close 2012 with exactly the same number of posts as I had in 2011- which was a little over a double the number of posts for 2010.  Longtime readers may remember that doubling 2010's posting was an 'official' goal I set for 2011.   Although I never announced it here, I'd hoped to get up to 100 posts this year.  Obviously, that didn't happen.

What did happen, on January 12, 2012, was that I walked into a regular meeting at work and found out that the company I worked for was shutting down, and that my job was over as of 5PM that day.

Chopped Fibersport Crosley HMod on Ebay

This Crosley-powered Fibersport has seen better days, but it still wears the Fibersport 'factory' baby blue livery and the seller claims that the motor ran well when he started it a year ago.

Heads Up, Ebay Pick Up Ain't Quite Right

John McKnight suggested I check out this cut down 1948 Crosley Station Wagon that is being sold as a Pick Up on Ebay.  The seller says he doesn't know anything about Crosleys so I doubt he's being dishonest... just not an informed seller.

The tip offs are: the rear body profile (should be flat, not rounded), the back of the cab (window should be pill shaped, should have stampings on either side of the glass), and the bed should be flat- this has a modified wagon floor.  I learned a whole lot about '48 pick ups when I bought one outta Utah last year.

Seems like a nice car for what it is, I just hope the bidders know what they are getting....

Crosley TQ Midget for sale in SoCal - $1200

Interesting ad for a Crosley 3/4 Midget Race Car for sale on the LA CL.  Pictures are so bad that the seller must have taken that "How Not to Sell Your Car" class - it looks like the car has been recently painted but who really knows.  Engine does have speed equipment and he claims it's been hotted up with a big cam.

2012 West Coast Crosley Meet: Wow!

Last year I pitched the idea of having the Crosley Club's annual West Coast Meet in the quaint Gold Country town of Sutter Creek.  Liv and I have had a lot of fun daytrips in that area and it didn't take much imagination to picture Crosleys buzzing through those Gold Rush towns and zipping along in the Sierra Nevada foothills.  We put it up to a vote at last year's meet and the club members said 'go for it!'

Million Goggomobil March

My car-obsessed pal Jackson Griffith just tipped me to this - who knew there were SO MANY GOGGOMOBILS????

Press Release: Crosley Meet, Sat Sept 8, Sutter Creek, CA

CROSLEY AUTOMOBILE CLUB

WEST COAST REGIONAL MEET

SUTTER CREEK, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

The Crosley Automobile Club (CAC) is pleased to announce that they will be holding their annual West Coast Regional Club Meet on Saturday, September 8, 2012 in Sutter Creek, California.  The club will host a large display of Crosley cars at the end of Main Street in Sutter Creek from 9AM to 3PM.  Over 20 of these rare cars will be on display at the show, making this the largest gathering of Crosley autos West of the Mississippi.