Crosley Motors is arguably not a name well known outside of circles frequented by hardcore automotive historians. That’s largely because the brand name has long been associated with the production of home appliances, radios, and, these days, kitschy retro-tinged turntables. But in the late-1930s, company founder Powel Crosley Jr. set his sites on manufacturing low-cost automobiles for American consumers, delivering its historically budget-friendly compact convertible in 1939. Though the manufacturer continued to manufacture cars and engines throughout the 1940s and early-50s, the small
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