pic request(wreckers)

loking for pics of tow trucks (wreckers) from the 40's and 50's

 

earl schiebs best freind Roger has a *****in 54 GMC wrecker with a HOT straight six,,,i dont have a pic,but maybe mike(earl schieb) will post a pic

 

Found these on the web.

 

Here's a 1940 Mack, shot in 1984

 

I had the pleasure of owning this for a while. I actually towed my 30 pickup to the coop scales to get weigh slip for ***le. Didn't go very fast and the brakes were worse than bad. Oh if only we could keep everything forever. Steve

 

Why? Got a super underground project? Don't ask me why, but these pics remind me of that evil *** Autocar rig from "Duel."

 

im pickin this one up tommarow !!!!!

 

here's a pic of Roger the lurkers truck(earl shiebs partner in crime)
its is way cooler in person

 

1952 GMC, Holmes model W35 Wrecker, I recently purchased.

 

why dig up this thread when there is a far better one?

 

Tell more of the far better one oh manyoldcars.....I like old wreckers too!


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~ American Pickers ~

 

The truck from Duel was a mid 50s Peterbilt 281, not an Autocar.

 

Here is a couple of photos of my Dads tow truck. Its a 52 Ford F3.
The first photo is sometime in the early 50s.
The second one is current.
Bill

 

I think it was a 60 or 61 Peterbilt narrow nose.

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