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To: add925

Yeah!

It's a Crosley!

Powell Crosley invented the "shelf-in-the-door" refrigerator, and also manufactured radios.

He owned a chain of appliance stores, and designed the Crosley so it would fit through the doors of the stores.

The first Crosleys were built in 1939, and had a four cylinder engine made of brazed sheet copper (the COBRA engine). These engines were terrible in the cars, but the U.S. Navy bought a bunch of them to power generators aboard ships.

After the war, Crosleys sold like hotcakes.

The last Crosley came off the assembly line in 1952, I think.


72 posted on 02/18/2005 8:28:40 AM PST by Pete'sWife (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: Pete'sWife

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

Crosley Club Website

Mostly made in Indiana!

76 posted on 02/18/2005 8:31:57 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: Pete'sWife
It's a Crosley!
Powell Crosley invented the "shelf-in-the-door" refrigerator, and also manufactured radios.

My mom and dad got a Crosley refrigerator (I believe it was actually called the Crosley "Shelvador") after they got married in '54; they gave it away in the '70's, and I believe it is still in a garage where its main function is to keep beer cold. His automobiles may not have been built for the ages, but Powell built one tough 'fridge.

102 posted on 02/18/2005 9:28:04 AM PST by niteowl77
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