Bruce, Sounds like a great project! You’ll find Crosley folks are generally good natured and supportive of experimental projects. There are three major parts vendors for almost anything you need

Sounds like a good cruiser. From my calculations many years ago a Crosley engine with stock tires (4:50x12 - 21 inch diameter) does 93 RPM/MPH in high, so that is just over 59mph add slightly larger

Thanks, Tim! Great to know that there's a solid following in Florida. I'll try to attend the Sarasota meet. I can make Sarasota in a couple of hours in light traffic.

Jim, the EV package I purchased had been used to push a custom 2000lb car comfortably at 60mph. The DC motor is rated at 30hp continuous, 83hp peak when run at 120V on a 400amp controller. He was

Bruce, Sounds like you are going to do a great job on your Crosley. I believe you will really enjoy your Crosley electric. We are all here to help you through your project in any way we can. You might

Welcome Bruce! I am fairly new to Crosley’s too, and when I purchased mine in November,( a 1949 CD station wagon that the previous owner had converted to a panel van ) I was thinking these cars

Sounds like a great project. We have at least two electric Crosleys in the club now. A FarmOroad in California and a wagon on Long Island. Do you have any estimates of speed and distances with the

Greetings, fellow Crosley fans! My name is Bruce; I'm a brand new club member from the Tampa area. My car is a 1952 Super CD Wagon, currently in a jillion pieces while I tackle the frame and body

Thanx everyone. Those were very good answers. I thought that was the way to do it, but I didn't want to cause damage on my first try.

Tilden, The fuel pump can be difficult to install and it is possible to install the arm incorrectly, not easy but possible and damage WILL occur. While carefully feeling the lobe on

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The arm rides on the camshaft directly. The can has/is an eccentric and pumps the pump. Actually the fuel pump will only mount one way.

I just purchased a tidy ’52 Super Station Wagon. It had a 12 volt electric fuel pump installed on the left front fender. I purchased a new original equipment mechanical one from Service Motors. Just

Got it!

It’s a good one! Barry Smedley

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Mike, I'll try to answer all of your questions, in one reply. There are several different versions of oil pumps used in Crosleys, as you've found out, at least one version has no

Hmmm...looking thru the shop manual, there are no specs listed for the diameters of the crank journals. Can the limits be found anywhere?

Are undersizes available? I'll plastigage all the journals tomorrow & see what I'm looking at.

After it is good & warmed up going down the road the gage is showing a little over 5lbs and when you pull up to a stop sign it's just above zero. But the motor never rattles or knocks. After the