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Is this who, I think it is ? If so, i'm hoping you keep that bad boy stock. Maybe upgrade to a 261ci. inline 6, instead of that 235. Split the...
COE cabs, sell for Big Money. Friend of mine just sold a rusty '47 Chevy COE cab, & front sheetmetal for $2K. Saw another (cab only) sell for...
Couple of Dodge Wreckers, I used to own. 1950 Dodge, Holmes 525 Wrecker, & 1951 Dodge COE, Holmes 525 Wrecker,[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Welcome. I sold this '52 GMC COE to a guy in Lexington, S.C.[ATTACH]
I removed it from this,[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Plan is to install it on this COE,[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm working on this Holmes Heavy Duty model W35 now,[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Some Vintage Holmes model 525 Wreckers, I've owned,[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's my '50 GMC 1 ton, that I sold a few years ago. Wish now, I had kept it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Since my '51 Chevy 1/2 ton p.u. is in pieces. Here's my Big '52 GMC COE.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What's a '48 Delivery look like? What type truck is this ? Pickup, Panel truck, Kurbside delivery truck etc. ? Or is this a car bodied sedan...
I wonder what's the status on this truck now ?
WOW !, You're doing a great job on that bed. I wish, I was closer to you. I had been trying to figure out how to make my '47 Holmes W35 service...
A 1/2 ton GMC is actually a 100 series versus a 1/2 ton Chevrolet being a 3100 series. GMC's didn't use the same series designations as Chevrolets...
Thanks for the compliment Baumi. I haven't fully committed myself to doing that just yet. Still haven't got the sleepercab here with my COE...
What's amazing is, the old Business Coupe still looks about the same as it did when I was in High School. just a little more surface rust.
I've always liked that Plymouth Business Coupe. I think it's a '50 model. It's not For Sale, at the moment, but I'll try to convince him he can't...
The only Diesel available in the small cab 450, & 470 series GMC Trucks of the '47-'54 era, was the 3-71 which became available in the...
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I saw this a few weeks ago. I remember this car from back when I was in High School from '76-'80. This car used to sit at an abandoned service...
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Got the old West Coast mirrors repainted, & installed this week. Rubbed some oxidation off also.[ATTACH]
My COE has the original 302ci. straight 6 gas burner in it. The diesel wasn't available in the smaller cab 350, 450, or 470 series COE's. You had...
No this wasn't a "Fat Cab" "Cannonball" cab. It was a 470 series '50 model GMC conventional, which uses the same small cab as the 1/2 ton thru 3...
Once installed, there would be a 24"in gap, between the back of the cab, & the front of the Wrecker service body. I'm thinking this Sleeper, would...
Here's the Vintage Holmes Wrecker unit.[ATTACH]
Side view of truck. long wheelbase.[ATTACH]
Here's my COE. It's a 1952 470 series 3 1/2 ton.[ATTACH]
Found this 1950 GMC conventional Sleeper Cab. Thought I could separate it at the points it is assembled at the Factory. Red lines denote this....
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