47' Roundside

I looked again last night, the indention is on the inside. What colors was offered for the roundsides??

Congrats on your roundside. I just went and checked mine. It has the two vertical ribs with the embosses to the outside. There is not a horizontal rib on mine either. Just background info, my roundside was owned by a local Rexhall Drug store here in Eastern NC and still has the Rexhall orange paint (though very faded) with bright blue trim and lettering. My first car was a companion 52 Croslet wagon owned by the same store. I paid $40.00 for it in 1963. It too had the store colors, but I quickly got rid of the orange and blue paint job on it. It just wasn't cool for High School.

I am the new happy owner of a 47' Roundside! Was just delivered to me last night, it needs total retoration, but it is in pretty good shape, should be fairly easy. I hope too start on it after the youth project is pretty well done.

I have a question. I noticed below the back window on some of the roundsides there is a line about a foot long, I know it was put there to make the metal more stronger. Mine does not have one, is this something they did on the later models or what?? Just curious.

You could get the pickup in any of the colors that was offered for 47 by Crosley. You can get a general idea by getting that past issue of the Quarterly that has the paint colors in it, or you can get the specific paint color sheets by renting them from the club. Over on the Photos Jim has a color chart for the 46-48s. Under Restoration, I have noticed that some trucks have thr brace behind the cab to bed and some do not. Of course you are going to go with grey paint just like your sedan.....