----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendy Jeffries" <salt@ivic.net>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: FW: 1948 Crosley Wagon found!
> Here's one someone might be able to help. Doc remembers there was a wagon
> Crosley but nothing else.
>
> Wendy Jeffries
> Bonneville Racing News
> salt@ivic.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Corey [mailto:scorey@ycsteel.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 4:46 PM
> To: salt@ivic.net
> Subject: 1948 Crosley Wagon found!
>
>
> HELP!
>
> My name is Scott Corey, a former wrench for "Willie and the Poor Boys"
AA/FC
> in the early '80's. Last Easter I found an ad for a 1948 Crosley Wagon
> "street rod". Out of total curiosity, My son and I went to look at it.
The
> chassis was in a very old barn in the middle of a field, just as the hot
> rodding dreamer likes to find them. That is where the dream ended.
>
> The chassis was the only thing in the barn. It was a roller, and sat very
> close to the ground. I could not help but notice the car was not much
more
> than a few inches off of the ground. I asked the owner, a young college
> student in his twenties, where the rest of the car was. He said that he
got
> the car to build a T-bucket and when he attempted to remove the body, he
cut
> the lower tabs welded to the roll cage, and the body would not come off.
He
> then cut the roof at the posts and it still would not come off. He then
cut
> the 8-point cage about midway up the tubes, and threw the body and roof
> behind the barn All of the rest of the parts and pieces were thrown in a
> pile to go to the dumps.
>
> When I asked to see the body, it was in 2' high grass. The body was
rusted,
> dented, and primered black. In the pile of junk I noticed what was
> unmistakably an aluminum stretched nose with a wing shaped extension on
> either side to cover the drop axle. The windows, fire bottle, hood side
> panels, and other parts were also in the same pile mixed in with old tires
> and mufflers.
>
> My son had suggested we take a set of Hilborn Injectors I had for sale
along
> to see if he would trade. When I asked him if he would he at first said
no
> but then agreed. We brought the car home and set the body back on the
> chassis, and put the nose back on it. We then began wet-sanding the car
to
> see what was under the rust and black primer. We found:
>
> Orange paint with candy red flames.
>
> The flames start on the nose with silver, and fade into the apple red.
>
> The flames are only on the roof and nose.
>
> The top is chopped and the 3" high windows are black plexi-glass.
>
> The body is channeled over the frame and is an open wheel car (the rear
> tires stick out of the body)
>
> The hood side panels blend the front wing into the side of the car and
also
> cover the front radius rods.
>
> The remnants of number "904" is on both doors.
>
> The remnants of "Fiber Tech" is written just above and behind both rear
> wheels.
>
> There is a "Fiber Tech" sticker in the back window. The location of Fiber
> Tech was in Santee, CA.
>
> I have looked through magazines, books, talked to people, and have come up
> empty handed about the history of the car. It should not be difficult to
> identify because out of all of the Crosley's I have seen run at the dry
> lakes through the years, all were sedans and none were wagons.
>
> Please help us identify this car so we can either begin to restore it if
it
> has any history behind it, or return it to competition.
>
> Thank you for your kind assistance. Scott Corey (530) 742-7659
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