Yes boats for sure and I believe they served extensively in WWII as generator
motors...........Henry
> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:40:14 -0500
> From: mgcharlie@comcast.net
> To: dos_gusanos@msn.com
> CC: healey.nut@gmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crosley Hotshot
>
> I've also heard that Crosley engines were/are in great demand for some
> sort of boat racing. When I had my big Healey engine at the machine
> shop, they had a Crosley engine there also. It was kind of strange
> because the head and block are one piece. Apparently the cast iron
> engines are very robust for something so small.
> Charlie
>
> dos_gusanos@msn.com wrote:
> > That comment comes from a guy who has a '52 A90??????? Crosleys
> > spawned a whole class of racing in the fifties and although dopey
> > little cars, they could whop on other dopey little cars that were
> > plentiful in the day. Check out the Al Moss videos and see Henry
> > Manney driving his supercharged hot shot. If you need a challenge,
> > try to build a period special with a 750 cc engine to beat a Crosley
> > powered special, aint easy..........Cheers Henry Morrison,
> > Albuquerque, NM
> >
> > > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:14:41 +0800
> > > From: healey.nut@gmail.com
> > > To: mgcharlie@comcast.net
> > > CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crosley Hotshot
> > >
> > > So you're saying if I take some nice pictures of a turd, dress it up
> > > further with some shiny disc brakes and put it on "howstuffworks.com"
> > > people will think of me as an aesthetic and engineering genius?
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > '52 A90
> > > '53 BN1
> > > '59 Jag Mk IX
> > > '64 BJ8
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Charlie Baldwin
> > <mgcharlie@comcast.net> wrote:
> > > > A Crosley must have run over you as a child to give such a one
> > dimensional
> > > > account.
> > > > Go here for some real information:
> > > >
> >
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1949-1952-crosley-hotshot-and-super-sports.htm/
printable
> > > > I think that you owe the poor little Hotshot an apology for your
> > vicious
> > > > attack. :-)
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