Help ID this car from 1950 time frame...

-

Button

74 Dart Swinger
Joined
Sep 23, 2008
Messages
565
Reaction score
23
Location
Killeen, Texas
I have a friend who says the gentleman leaning on the car with his arms folded is an old family member. He believes this was taken around 1949 at Powell, Ohio speedway. I think the front fender of that car looks simular to the 1950 Studebaker 'Champion' that I have in the other photo. The fenders creases and the airvent panel look the same, but the car over all doesn't look long enough. Does anyone have an idea what the car is, or have info on anything else in the picture, it would be greatly appriciated.
 

Attachments

  • Powell Speedway 1949.jpg
    25.7 KB · Views: 315
  • 50studechampion_hoyt.jpg
    91.2 KB · Views: 308
I would say that it's a Crosley too!
 

Attachments

  • imagesCAX71XZC.jpg
    11.6 KB · Views: 318
The "Crosley" appears to be the right answer and I sure appriciate the help as well as the person I am assiting. I told them I knew a bunch of MOPAR guys on-line at that I was sure they could help! Thanks again! Below is a little bit of infor on the car I found interesting.

From the cars you don’t see parked on public roads everyday department comes this 1949 Crosley car in red. The Crosely was manufactured by the Crosley Corporation, which to this day makes appliances and portable traveling turntables. 1949 was a pivotal year for the runabout, as the brazed aluminum and steel engine block that served with valor in World War II was upgraded to cast iron for durability. Peacetime engine coolant formulation combined with poor owner maintenance waged war on the coatings inside the The Mighty Tin’s cooling water jackets. The corrosive brew ate away at the bonds that held the the engine block together. The lightweight engine that worked so well buzzing along at a constant RPM to power generators for the war effort lost the battle against demands imposed by civilian automotive use. This particular Crosley was seen on the same block as one of the largest American road tankers cars ever built. The Crosley had a for sale sign in the window for over ten times the asking price of the Newport. Crosley scuttled the Mighty Tin engine for an iron block version in 1949, but it was ultimately too late for an automobile built with wartime thrift in mind to appeal to a public hurtling into the interstate highway age at turnpike speeds
 

Attachments

  • 1949 Crosley.jpg
    43.5 KB · Views: 299
Another little known fact is the Crosley 3 speed transmission was used by Economy garden tractors long after the car had went away. It was a T-92 and was used in the Economy Power King and the Jim Dandy tractors.
 
that kinda looks like a Henry J .....had one of those hangin around for awhile ......very early 50s style
 

Attachments

  • 1951_Henry_J_Before1.jpg
    71.9 KB · Views: 205
I would say that it's a Crosley too!
definitely this
attachment.php
 
-
Back
Top