… failed for a very good reason, I think. Front wheel drive, with the engine placed in the rear? Yikes! This 1947 Gregory never made it past the prototype stage. [image]

And the chassis layout indicates there’s a radiator at the air cooled engine.

Was Crosley the only compact car of the 40s that actually saw some marketing success? [image] Crosley Crosley was a small, independent American manufacturer of subcompact cars, bordering on microcars. At first called the Crosley Corporation and later Crosley Motors Incorporated, the Cinci…

Wasn’t the Henry J from that era also a compact?

[image] Renegade: Wasn’t the Henry J from that era also a compact? Yes, but the Henry J wasn’t brought to the marketplace until 1951, and it was thoroughly conventional. Think of the Henry J as an early inspiration for the Ford Maverick.

Thank you I wasn’t sure when they came out also not sure when the Maverick came out I had one in the early 80’s it was a decent car.

The Playboy was a postwar two seater built at a former Chevy plant in Tonawanda NY. it was definitely not a sports car, just a tiny convertible. They got about 50 prototypes make before the inevitable bankruptcy. Another failed car right after the war was the Muntz Jet

[image] oldtimer-11: The Playboy was a postwar two seater built at a former Chevy plant in Tonawanda NY. it was definitely not a sports car, just a tiny convertible. They got about 50 prototypes make before the inevitable bankruptcy. And, I was the one who posted a link to a Playboy automobil…

Kind of reminds me a bit nose first of the first SAABs although this one is black. The first SAABs were only offered in one color; OD Green.

speaking of the term “Playboy” . . . I think Hugh Hefner probably ruined that term, as many people will think of the magazine, not the cars I always hated him, his personality and pretty much all he stood for I suppose the playboy jazz festivals probably had good music, but I never went to one

Quite a few playboys stayed in the Buffalo area, they are a common sight at car shows here. They had 5 at a car show at the Historical Society here. All the ones I have seen were slightly different, even the engines.

One of the failed post-war cars

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And, I was the one who posted a link to a Playboy automobile-centric website about 1 1/2 years ago!

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