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1947 gas powered crawler

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Cindy Murdoch

04-15-2008 13:12:48




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Hello - a couple of years ago my husband purchased a 1947 gas powered Army Corp of Engineers crawler from a guy he worked with. This is a very small crawler and he was able to use it in tight spaces on our farm to clear brush and other jobs. Fast forward a few years - the crawler has been under a tarp for a few years now because my husband has had a devastating illness and is slowly recovering. However, a part of his illness has resulted in a brain injury causing short term memory loss. He will never be able to operate this crawler in the future and I need to sell it. He can't tell me anything about it, and the guy he bought it from has moved on from where he worked.
All I know is in the above couple of sentences - it is very small in size, the inside of the blade says "1947 Army Corp of Engineers" - straight blade, gas powered. That is the extent of my knowledge.

How can I know what to price the crawler at? Any idea who made this crawler for the ACE? Any historic value?

It's a handy little crawler, but unfortunately, it has to be sold. Where is the best type of place to advertise?

Any help is very much appreciated.

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Bob Farrell

04-15-2008 15:40:52




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 Re: 1947 gas powered crawler in reply to Cindy Murdoch, 04-15-2008 13:12:48  
Please post a few pictures. Thanks!



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jdemaris

04-15-2008 13:44:13




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 Re: 1947 gas powered crawler in reply to Cindy Murdoch, 04-15-2008 13:12:48  
Sounds like a Clark-Air crawler. Made for the military and dropped by parachute. Here's a photo. Lots of information available and they are popular with small-crawler collectors. I don't like to put a value on things since I'm constantly surprised. But, I've seen a few sell for $8000, $10,000, and more. Later there was a similar machine built for the forest service called the Beetle. Green one is the Clark-Air and yellow is the Beetle. third party image

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ArleninOr

04-15-2008 13:37:51




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 Re: 1947 gas powered crawler in reply to Cindy Murdoch, 04-15-2008 13:12:48  
Post a picture or two and maybe we can help ID



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Cindy Murdoch

04-16-2008 13:27:48




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 Re: 1947 gas powered crawler in reply to ArleninOr, 04-15-2008 13:37:51  
third party image

The picture of the yellow one is pretty much it. I'll post a few of ours too, just to put them up against so if there are differences maybe someone else can see them. But it sure looks like the yellow photo posted.
The one we have is pretty weathered as you will see, but does run - or at least it did when my husband used it last.

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