The automaker developed a line of commercial vehicles in 1947 for export markets and offered them to its domestic dealerships for strictly dealer-only use because no retail sales were allowed.

[6] This was an advanced overhead-valve design with the intake manifold integrally cast in the cylinder head with individual ports to each combustion chamber.

The Haul Thrift engines featured seven main bearing crankshaft and could operate on lower-grade gasoline due to its 7.25:1 compression ratio.

The clutch was an 11-inch (279 mm) Borg & Beck unit with a four-speed manual transmission with a power take-off on the right side.

An optional Timken double-reduction hypoid vacuum-shift rear axle provided a total of eight forward gears.

[1] A push-pull knob on the shift lever controlled a vacuum switch for a diaphragm to move the pinion between the rear axle's two ring gears.

Shifting from high to low gearing was accomplished by pushing the knob down and quickly lifting and then pressing down on the accelerator pedal.