Old Wreckers

This is my wrecker. A 57 F-350 with a Holmes 300 boom. 292 with a Granny low 4 speed.




Duane in Tennessee

 

One from Kumeu show last weekend..(New Zealand)

 

Grosse Ile, Mi

 

Have to find pic of my 31 AA Wrecker

 

Fantastic topic guys, great pics, love old wreckers/tow trucks.
Back in my young days i hand cranked a weaver auto crane, towing is pretty simple these days! Lol

 

here it is my 31 AA been sold but still in family

 

I had a '48 F6, from Moomjean's of Merced. Had a 1950 Holmes crane for it...sold it, for the '50 F-1 I got instead.
This was before I built my shop...Love these old tow trucks/'wreckers'!

 

Ray and Irwin's Dodge M-37

 

'52 GMC Holmes model W35, I recently purchased.

 

Here's me 55 Chevy wrecker the day it arrived.

And where I'm at today with it, fresh motor, clutch , working brakes and took the doors off today so I can do the hinge pins.

 

Here's one that you don't see everyday. A 1924 Lincoln 4dr car converted into a wrecker. Probably right around WW2.

 

...here's some I drew...

 

Thats from the movie It's a mad mad mad mad world, heres a couple more.

 

My retirement project

 

Here is one probably still for sale....

 

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This is my 1940 Studebaker K10 Fast Transport Wrecker with a Weaver 2 ton Auto Crane. It slept in a barn for over 30 years before I rescued it.

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Love that Studebaker!


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~ JALOPY TOWING ~
the 1942 GMC is now a tow truck
thanks to a Holmes 500 recovery wrecker bed
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For many years I used a 64 chevy 3/4 ton. I built it myself out of what I had in the hoard. It had a 250 six and 456 gears. I moved some really big loads with it. That bus was heavy it was loaded with stuff and still had the 292 engine and drivetrain. I moved it from our other place about 3 miles away. I had to set the front tires on a home built dolley because it was too heavy to lift. The old 48 pilot house had the drivetrain also but wasn't too heavy for the tow sling.

 

My 1948 Nash. One of 300 that they built for their dealers.

 

Great thread.Please keep the pictures coming.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

A Double A Ford Owned by the local automobile association;

 

Home made pedal car wrecker.

 

Great Job Mark! I built an {easy peasy boom} for one of my grandson's pedal cars. Also here's a photo I took of a cool old Chevrolet, that I spotted along the roadside. The wife said it had better not follow us home. lol Ron... .

 

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One I had a few years back 46 Chev . One that got away , regret now.

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My old home built from the 80's.