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1946 Crosley Gasporter ERA Airfield Refueller

1946 Crosley Gasporter in Running Delilah, Movie made for TV, 1993

Class: Others, Ground conveyor — Model origin:

1946 Crosley Gasporter ERA Airfield Refueller

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Author	Message
mike962 ◊ 2016-01-01 14:55	Lightninboy any idea what this thing actually is?
lightninboy ◊ 2016-01-01 23:09	I dunno, but I suspect it is in Europe.
mike962 ◊ 2016-02-07 15:42	SOLVED !!!!!!! Finally nailed this bi**h it's Crosley Gasporter Quote Gasporter, a unique little vehicle built by Engineering Research Associates in St. Paul, Minnesota, on a Crosley chassis Link to "blog.hemmings.com"
mike962 ◊ 2016-02-07 15:44	Quote The gasporter was primarily built for use on small airports to service small plaines, but you can see from these photos they were marketed for other application as well. It was not built by Crosley but on a Crosley chassis. A surprising number seem to have survived, with several now in restored condition. This is the only material I have found on the gasporter, if you have other literature or information please send it to me to add to the page. Manufactured by Engineering Research Associates Inc 1902 West Minnehaha Avenue, St. Paul 4, Minnesota http://crosleyautoclub.com/GasPorter/GasPorter.html -- Last edit: 2016-02-07 15:44:37
DidierF ◊ 2016-02-07 15:51	On the first link you gave, there is a long and interesting comment, but unfortunately no date. It looks it was made a few years after the end of WWII.
Sunbar ◊ 2016-02-07 16:19	Years of Production: 1946-48 source: http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/collection/cars/item/crosley-gasporter-1948
tore-40 ◊ 2016-02-07 16:22	The price list in the link above is dated July 1947, but they may have been for sale even before this. Edit: ^ Verified while posting. -- Last edit: 2016-02-07 16:25:46
14stutz ◊ 2022-10-13 21:33	The aircraft museum I volunteer at just bought one. They hold 200 gallons of fuel and were built for small airports, marinas, fleet garages and parking lots. Can some change the 'ground conveyor" caption above to Fuel Truck? They also made an oil truck version....presumably for large airports in the radial engine airliner days. Radials used (and leaked) lots of oil.
Baube ◊ 2022-10-14 00:11	we don't have a Fuel Truck classification , i guess we'll have to do with " convey fuel by ground " .. -- Last edit: 2022-10-14 00:12:07
dsl ◊ 2022-10-14 00:39	Have played with added info to clarify what it is and to enable future searching/retrieval.
Baube ◊ 2022-10-14 02:34

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