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Title: Solved -PJ346- Eugene Eick's Crosley 1957
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2010, 02:23:01 PM

Please, respond below and share your knowledge of what this is, and who built it.  

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Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Allemano on October 25, 2010, 02:24:48 PM

Wow!

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Limo on October 25, 2010, 02:27:22 PM

Nice!

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 25, 2010, 04:18:35 PM

Now that's a spicy way to dress a Crosley Henry J!

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2010, 04:28:44 PM

Not Henry J...

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 25, 2010, 05:03:37 PM

Crosley?

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2010, 05:10:12 PM

 :thumbsup:
Now the hard part...

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 25, 2010, 05:12:56 PM

Indeed... ;D

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Allemano on October 26, 2010, 06:40:19 AM

from a magazine I presume..

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2010, 07:03:21 AM

 :nod:

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Allemano on October 26, 2010, 07:20:53 AM

Is it possible to solve this puzzle without that magazine? Or is it mentioned anywhere on the internet?

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2010, 07:25:57 AM

It's reported in a couple of magazines...both of them can be found on the net, but I'm afraid not this article...

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 25, 2010, 03:25:20 PM

Black Hole?

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 26, 2010, 05:32:52 AM

I've invested some hours in this one - I can find nothing.

Was the coachwork done outside of the US?

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 26, 2010, 05:42:16 AM

This car can be found in 2 magazines, both online (not Popular Science and not Popular Mechanics) but not this article.
It is presented as a no-name sports car built on a Crosley chassis by XXX XXX of XXX, New York. This car took $350 to complete and 9 months.

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: streamliner on November 30, 2010, 11:34:55 AM

Eugene Eick of Middleport, New York, built this sports car using a Crosley chassis and sheetmetal body sometime in 1957.  He claimed it cost him just $350 and took just nine months to build, and for his efforts, he won Mechanix Illustrated‘s Golden Hammer award for March 1958.

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Allemano on November 30, 2010, 12:10:23 PM

A typical case of being at the right time at the right place.. ;)

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: streamliner on November 30, 2010, 01:25:24 PM

As Yogi Berra said: "You can observe a lot by watching"     :o

Title: Re: PJ - 346
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 30, 2010, 01:41:37 PM

Quote from: streamliner on November 30, 2010, 11:34:55 AM

Eugene Eick of Middleport, New York, built this sports car using a Crosley chassis and sheetmetal body sometime in 1957.  He claimed it cost him just $350 and took just nine months to build, and for his efforts, he won Mechanix Illustrated‘s Golden Hammer award for March 1958.

I knew it was a matter of time...
Well done!