<VV> Corvair Firsts (more)

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

Crosley engines were made three ways:
1. Sheet metal and brazed together steel parts. 
2. When cast iron became available again, they made the 'upper block' out of 
cast iron.
3. There were also aluminum examples made by Crosley near the end. These 
survived to become Homelite outboards and Thermo King refrigeration engines. 


In a message dated 9/27/2004 10:00:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
acorelli@optonline.net writes:
I knew Crosleys had SHEETMETAL blocks, cause I had a couple, but Aluminum? I
doubt it. they were small inexpensive cars. Aluminum (alumin-i-um for Alan)
was too exotic back then for blocks in such a cheap (and cheaply made) car.

Al Corelli


JVHRoberts@aol.com wrote:
> 1. Some Crosleys had aluminum blocks, as well as Duesenbergs, etc.
> 2. Some of the fuel injected SBCs made at least 1 HP per CID, and
> some more
> than that. I also believe there were various supercharged cars that
> topped that
> number too.