1950 Crosley Station Wagon One of 4,205 wagons made in 1950 44 CID SOHC four-cylinder engine Three-speed manual transmission Turquoise and white exterior with red-and-white interior Collectors of tiny cars or those who invest in oddities and rarities will be interested in one of MotoeXoticas latest acquisitions, a 1950 Crosley Station Wagon. Owned by celebrities of days gone-by, these diminutive vehicles make people turn heads and smile these days. This particular example is finished in Turquoise and White and the paint and trim are in overall very good order, though there are a few minor blemishes visible upon close inspection. The wagons windows are in overall good order, however the right rear window is cracked. The steel wheels with caps are in overall good order but the tires and wheels show some blemishes at close range and the tires are in poor shape. The lil wagons bodywork is straight and solid, the cargo bay is in good order and has a full-size spare tire, the engine bay is quite tidy and the bumpers fit well to the body. Under the hood is a 44 CID four-cylinder CIBA (Cast Iron Block Assembly) was a more traditional and more reliable engine utilizing a cast-iron block. It is buttoned to a three-speed manual transmission. Inside, the red-and-white front and rear seats are in very good order, as is the red carpet and dark headliner. The instrument panel, with its full array of gauges and oval radio speaker is in good order. The three-spoke steering wheel shows effects of use and is in fair order. The red inner door panels echo the theme of the rest of the interior and are in good shape, as is the mirror glass and shift lever. Completing the interior is a factory AM radio. IndustrialistPowel Crosley, Jr., ofCincinnati, Ohio, owner ofCrosley Broadcasting Corporationand theCincinnati Redsbaseball team, had ambitious plans to build asubcompact carand with the able assistance of his younger, graduate engineer brother Lewis Crosley, developed assembly plants atRichmond andMarion, Indiana. In May 1939, the first car was shown at theIndianapolis Speedway. It was a two-doorconvertiblethat weighed under 1,000-pound and sold for$250. It did not achieve sales success, but in 1941 more body styles were introduced. The chassis had an 80-inchwheelbaseusing half-elliptic springs with beamaxlein front and quarter-elliptic springs in the rear. The power came from a two-cylinderWaukeshaair-cooled engine that had the fan as an integral part of theflywheel. The engine was connected with a three-speedtransmissionand then directly via atorque tubeto the rear axle, thus eliminating the need forjoints. However, this arrangement was judged unreliable, and conventionaluniversal jointswere fitted beginning in 1941. In 1941, the body styles available were expanded to include two- and four-passenger convertibles, a convertiblesedan, astation wagon, a paneltruck, apickup, and two models called "Parkway Delivery" (a mini-panel with no roof over the front seat) and "Covered Wagon" (a convertible pickup truck with a removable back seat). Crosley's first metal-topped sedan (the Liberty Sedan) was introduced for 1942. DuringWorld War II, the Crosley became attractive because of gasoline rationing and the good mileage it could achieve: 50 MPGs. Crosley was the last company to cease production of civilian vehicles in 1942, partly to aid Crosley sales to facilitate fuel conservation and partly because theWar Production Boardneeded time to determine a use for Crosley's small factories. Civilian car production resumed at the Marion facility in 1946with the new, larger and aerodynamic CC model, designed by the firm ofSundberg & Ferarof Royal Oak, Michigan. (The Richmond facility had been sold during the war.) Crosley introduced several firsts in the American automobile industry, including the first use of the term Sport Utility in 1948 (albeit on an open model based on the wagon, not a wagon on a truck chassis); first mass-market singleoverhead camshaft(SOHC) engine in 1946; first slab-sided postwar car, also in 1946; first all steel-bodied wagon in 1947; first American car to be fitted with four-wheel caliper typedisc brakesin the 1949 model year (Chrysler Imperialintroduced four-wheel disc brakes as standard equipment on Crown Imperials at the beginning of the 1949 model year, but they were not of the caliper type); and the first American sports car, the Hotshot, in the 1949 model year.The next year brought the Farm-O-Road model, a 63-inch wheelbase utility vehicle predictive of theJohn Deere Gatorand otherUTVs. Celebrities and other well-known figures who have owned Crosleys: Gordon Baxter(HotShot, story in his bookBax & Car & Driver: The Best of Gordon Baxter) General Omar Bradley Humphrey Bogart(Two-cylinder Crosley) David Carradine (VC Super Sports) Kenny Delmar('Senator Claghorn' onThe Fred Allen Show) Tommy Dorsey PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower(1951 CD Surrey) Geraldine Farrar (Two-cylinder Crosley) Paulette Goddard (Two-cylinder Crosley) Pamela Harriman (purchased the first 1939 Crosley) George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury Art Linkletter (1952 CD Sport Convertible) Alex Raymond,Flash Gordoncartoonist (Crosley-Bandini) Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York (1950 HotShot) Gloria Swanson (Two-cylinder Crosley) Boy George (VC Super Sports) Fred Waring (Two-cylinder Crosley) Frank Lloyd Wright (1952 VC Super Sports) This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 44,205 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! VIN: 117942 Note: Please see full terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle, thank you.