Disassembly
Although our recently acquired 1950 Super Hotshot is an excellent example, it was repainted Canto Cream and seems to have had some minor ‘restoration’ done in the 1980s. In addition, most of the rubber gaskets need replacing and some work would be needed to get it running in its current state. Due to this, we have decided to take it apart very carefully and restore it to the best of our ability, using the knowledge and parts we have gained from our first Crosley attempt. If all goes to plan, we should be able to finish this car just in time for this summer’s car shows, including the Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance and, of course, the Crosley Nationals!
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We used our new car lift to remove the body, after we took out the interior, pedals, handbrake, wiring harness, and gauges. We are using trailer wheels as working wheels to roll the car around.
We found an excellent color matching vinyl to use for our interior. Thanks to Tim Freshley for lending us some additional original fabric and tops to help us recreate them!
Although the fabric of our top and interior trim is original, the edging was replaced at some point with a newer plastic material.
The original stitching holes for the edging can be seen behind the new material.
We removed the original undercoating from the back of the hood, which perfectly preserved the original Ocean Foam Green paint!