1947 PONTIAC GANGSTER BLACK TORPEDO 4DR SEDAB still ORIGINAL & 3rd Owner

1947 PONTIAC 2500 series TORPEDO A BODY  4 DOOR

 

MY 1947 PONTIAC TORPEDO FASTBACK 4 DOOR sedan IS A GOOD RUNNING AND DRIVING CAR & it is surprising how cool it feels inside when she is in the sun though & how quiet she purrs down the road. ANOTHER E-BAYER IDENTIFIED HER AS THE FOLLOWING ="  a 2500 series "Torpedo" on the GM "A" body shared with Chevrolet 119" wheelbase. Streamliners are on the GM "B" body shared with Buick. Oldsmobile. and Cadillac. Wheelbase of 122". Streamliner 4drs came only in the fastback body. " [Thank you!]

THE PAINT IS MOSTLY CLEAN AND IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD -  COMPLETE AND ORIGINAL CHROME SHOWS AGE IN SOME AREAS - EVERYTHING APPEARS TO WORK. SHE TRACKS DOWN THE ROAD LIKE A DREAM.   PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A 66 YEAR OLD CAR AND WOULD NEED SOME STANDARD CARE & RE-FURBISHING BEFORE ANY REGULAR USE . LIKE HER ORIGINAL CATGUT WIRING. ALL 6 or so WIRES appear to have a split somewhere as she will drain her battery if cables are left hooked up. I hired someone to re-do the wiring and pull the gas tank and clean it out . as someone stole the gas out of her a few years ago and when she was started again -she hacked up a few loogies & plugged the fuel filter. Needless to say- the guy I hired hasn't shown up yet & I will not let anyone take her off the farm.
I BOUGHT HER OVER 13 YEARS AGO . AND I AM THE 3RD OWNER & SHE HAS BEEN GARAGED HER WHOLE LIFE. I started a new business & kicked her out of the garage last year though. so she has got to go to a home with a garage before winter. I will not be building a new garage for another year or so & the garage I had her in last winter is no longer available. THE INSIDE FRONT DOOR PANELS ARE SHREDDED - AS SHOWN. THEY WERE WHEN I GOT HER & MY THEORY IS THAT SOME LITTLE ANKLE BITTER DID THIS. as it is odd the back ones are so much more intact.
The TORPEDO models used the larger A-body. Series 26 or 28 designating the engine installed; was limited to the Sedan Coupe. THIS 4 Door Sedan and 2 Station Wagons. in either Standard or Deluxe trim. It is a matter of fact that the Series designations were not strictly adhered to; there were Series 25/26 cars built with the straight eight. In some cases. a supplementary body tag listed this fact; in others. the “option” line on the standard body plate was stamped with the number “8” to indicate the installation of the larger engine. It would appear that Pontiac did not expect the demand for eight cylinder engines to be so great. regardless of why Series 25/26 cars received straight eights. it is also a fact that for the first time in Pontiac history. eight cylinder automobile production exceeded that of the six cylinder models when the final count was tallied. Pontiac designers revised the front-end styling slightly for 1947. the grille consisting of 4 rounded horizontal bars while the parking lamps remained within the grille just below the headlights. The Pontiac name and a highly stylized Indianhead adorned the top of the grille; the famous Silver Streaks began just above. with 5 bright lines running along the centerline of the hood to the base of the windshield. There was no engine identification on the grille or the hood side trim; nor was there any difference in the hood ornament to distinguish which engine was used. This broke a long-standing tradition at Pontiac. in years' past. the eight cylinder models were always identified by a unique hood ornament and/or by the number “8” or lettering to denote the fact the car had an eight cylinder engine under the hood. THIS CAR IS A STRAIGHT SIX   There were seven solid colors and 3 two-tone combinations available this year. The Streamliner sedans got Grey Stripe cloth upholstery; the Torpedoes were either Grey Tan cloth or Tan and Blue Dark Pattern cloth. Convertibles featured five colors of genuine leather in combination with Tan Bedford cloth; Black. Tan. Green. Blue or Red. There were also 3 combinations of imitation leather and Tan Bedford cloth; Red. Tan or Blue. Genuine leather was apparently also in short supply during 1947. some convertibles are known to have been built using the imitation leather in its place. The dashboard and window garnish moldings were Berwick Beige and Autumn Brown. All models featured dual sun visors. automatic dome light. cigar lighter. front and rear ashtrays and an inside hood release. Dual windshield wipers and tail lamps were also standard equipment on all Pontiac models. THIS CAR HAS MATCHING BERWICK BEIGE AND AUTUMN BROWN COMPLETE INTERIOR AS SHOWN & is in REMARKABLE SHAPE FOR A CAR THIS OLD! NO MICE SMELLS & SHE NEVER HAS BEEN RODENT RIDDEN. [unless of course you can place the ratfinks that kept stealing the gas out of Her in this classification of low life]!      

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