Crosley Automobile in Nashville, Tennessee made a spectacular engine in 1943.

-In fact it acquired the patents from a company known as Taylor, inventor of a new construction process denominated COBRA or COpper BReeze, by hydrogenation.

"Paul Crosley with the Cobra engine"

-It was also known as the "Tin Block" for presenting a slim block appearance.

"The Crosley car engine"

-This four-cylinder engine that gave 36 hp at 5,600 rpm was submitted to US Navy contests, meeting and exceeding the required specifications.

-It was used in all kinds of applications from automotive to marine, stationary, and what interests us: light aviation, installed on the first Mooney Mite aircraft.

"Mooney Mite's Crosley engine"

-One engine is exhibited in a US museum. They ran from 1946 to 1949.

From Appendix 9: Four-cylinder engine with trapezoidal belt gear, double ignition and Delco-Remy for eight cylinders.

"Crosley engine adapted for aviation"

-Exposed at the Kansas Museum. It was made for the Mooney prototype "Mite" and gave 24 hp at full power.

-Reduction from 1.9 to 1.