Vehicle Description
1947 Crosley Round Side Pickup Truck� Rare Round Side 1/4-ton
Pickup Crosley introduced several "firsts" in the American
automobile industry - first mass-market single�overhead
camshaft�(SOHC) engine in 1946; first slab-sided postwar car, also
in 1946; and first all steel-bodied wagon in 1947 Restored with a
yellow exterior with red accents and a brown and tan interior One
of 3,182 examples made in 1947 724cc cast-iron block assembly
(CIBA) SOHC four-cylinder engine Three-speed manual transmission�
Searching for your own small but feisty mirco-truck on wheels?
MotoeXotica Classic Cars is excited to offer this nicely restored
and eye-catching 1947 Crosley Round Side �-Ton Pickup Truck. The
wee hauler is just one of 3,182 Crosley pickup trucks made in 1947
at its Marion, Indiana factory and is an older restoration. Its
yellow paint is in overall excellent condition, while its windows,
including the sliding side glass, are in very good order, clear and
intact. All of its lights are present, intact and haze-free. The
small hauler's bumpers are in very good shape. This Crosley rolls
on 145R12 tires at all four corners, with shiny Crosley moon
hubcaps covering red steel wheels. All of the truck's body panels
are straight, in fine condition and the engine bay and battery are
tidy. The cargo area had a bed mat and the sidewalls are topped
with wood. Inside, the diamond-cloth bucket seats are in very good
shape, as is the matching carpet and complementing tan headliner.
The yellow metal instrument panel with its red-and-silver gauge
cluster, red accents and trim is sharp. Crosley offered full
instrumentation, too. The original, three-spoke steering wheel is
in very good shape, as are the door panels, which feature tan,
diamond-cloth, as does the area behind the bucket seats. The mirror
glass and shift lever are fine. Please note that the windshield
wipers and fuel gauge are inoperable. To round out the interior,
there is a pair of Tweety Bird floor mats. This is a radio delete
model. Under the hood is a cast-iron block assembly (CIBA) engine,
a 724cc overhead-cam four with a 2.5-inch bore and 2.25-inch stroke
that produced 26.5 horsepower at 5,400 rpm with five main bearings,
mated to a three-speed manual transmission. Intermittently from
1939 to 1952, the�Crosley Corporation�and later, Crosley Motors
Incorporated, manufactured the Crosley. Industrialist�Powel
Crosley, Jr., of�Cincinnati, Ohio, owner of�Crosley Broadcasting
Corporation�and the�Cincinnati Reds�baseball team, had ambitious
plans to build a�subcompact car�and with able assistance from his
younger, graduate engineer brother, Lewis Crosley, developed
assembly plants at Richmond and�Marion, Indiana. In May 1939, the
first car was shown at the�Indianapolis Speedway, a
two-door�convertible�that weighed less than 1,000 pounds and sold
for�$250. It did not achieve sales success but in 1941 more body
styles were introduced. The chassis had an 80-inch�wheelbase�using
half-elliptic springs with a beam�axle�in front and
quarter-elliptic springs in the rear. Power came from a
two-cylinder�Waukesha�air-cooled engine that had the fan as an
integral part of the�flywheel. The engine connected with a
three-speed�transmission then directly to a�torque tube�to the rear
axle, thus eliminating the need for�joints. However, this
arrangement was judged unreliable, and conventional�universal
joints�were fitted beginning in 1941. In 1941, the body styles
available were expanded to include two- and four-passenger
convertibles, a convertible�sedan, a�station wagon, a panel�truck,
a�pickup 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. During�World War II, the Crosley became attractive because of
gasoline rationing and the good mileage it could achieve: 50 miles
per US gallon.�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 the�War Production
Board�needed time to determine a use for Crosley's small factories.
Civilian car production resumed at the Marion facility in 1946�with
the new, larger and aerodynamic CC model, designed by the firm
of�Sundberg & Ferar�of Royal Oak, Michigan. (The Richmond facility
had been sold during the war years.) 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 single�overhead camshaft�(SOHC) engine in 1946; first
slab-sided postwar car, also in 1946; first all steel-bodied wagon
in 1947; and many others. Famous Crosley owners include: Gordon
Baxter(HotShot, story in his book�Bax & Car & Driver: The Best of
Gordon Baxter) General Omar Bradley Humphrey Bogart(Two-cylinder
Crosley) David Carradine(VC Super Sports) Kenny Delmar('Senator
Claghorn' on�The Fred Allen Show) Tommy Dorsey PresidentDwight D.
Eisenhower�(1951 CD Surrey) Geraldine Ferraro(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 Gordon�cartoonist (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 is a cute little truck, particularly when dressed in
yellow, which makes it a real head-turner and it attracts lots of
attention, smiles and waves. Drop by to check it out today! This
car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
Current mileage on the odometer shows 312 miles. It is sold as is,
where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND
DRIVE!!! VIN: CC4715034 Note: Please see full terms and conditions
listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle,
thank you.
