Wreckers are so AWESOME.

[no moa]

I went and looked at this today, and i instantly fell in love. 1969 c30. 307 4 speed, dark green.

I have seen this truck for sale many times, and the price was pretty high. Well it came up yesturday on CL ,and i called to take a look. Drove 2 hours one way and bam! what a machine.

Truck is the original green, it was complete Ziebarted when it was new.Its a 440 holmes body. That is in great working condition.

The original owner owned a gas station, and the truck was inside almost everynight. It was then sold to the guy that owns it today, who in the last many years has put new brakes, e'brakes, tires, wheel seals, radiatior(single core? y did he do that) the rad shroud is broken, not sure why, bad waterpump coming apart maybe, and winch cables. New taillights, spot rear lights. Everything works great, even the heater.

I was amazed when i saw this truck. The odo says 34k. The owner says it stopped working 5 years ago, and he used it once in awhile towing, so nearest he can figure its $50 or 60k original. I can't verify that and don't care.

The roof is super solid, just some spots here and there very easy fix, the doors are mint. Its had the drivers rocker has been replaced, and the pass needs a patch on the floor, but the rocker looks ok. The cab corner on the drivers side is showing some bubbles, the pass side one has a dent in it. Can mounts are in great shape, the rubber is cracked, the box mount is very nice.

The rear body has some holes in it, mostly on the spots that held road dirt. All repairable.

The dash pad has a crack, the seat is mint. He says it is original, looks like it was recovered, i'm going to check it again.
The motor runs beautiful. Its clean, very clean. the fenders are perfect, infact the drivers front lower fender pocket was full of ice, not a hole to be found. he cleaned out the ice while we talked so it didn't rust any more. The innerwells were super clean. hood was good.
The frame was clean, and the wood holding the wrecker body was in very good shape, mounts were solid.

We hoped in it, and headed down the road, its got that 1 ton ride, goes straight and sweet.

its an incredable find, and i'm happy to say we made a deal, and i am heading up tomorrow with a friend and his dump truck and 20k trailer to bring here home. i'll post more pics when she's home.

Thanks for reading, enjoy the pics. Check out the patina, the garage info is still in the paint. It was a getty station.

[no moa]

couple more pics. He was going to drive it 2 hours to my house, i said no i'd come get it. lol

[JasonBird]

that's pretty cool!

[RCbowtie69]

COOL!!!! nice work truck, keep on truckin''

[no moa]

Thanks. Its quite a rig.

[MalibuSSwagon]

Thats pimp man

[steppside69]

That is a sweet ride, Nice find

[no moa]

Well, it took 6 hours but we got it home. The terrible covers are coming off.

[darush01]

Nice wrecker, ive grown up around em and would rather have a wrecker than a show car anyday they are just plain cool. Good luck with yours looks really solid
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[no moa]

Thanks i like it alot.

[674x4ton]

A great find and great deal---for the money

[cam.man67]

Dig it! Love those wreckers, yours looks great!

[special-K]

Welcome to the club. Looks nice and great price!

[tow guys]

Nice find! We should start a national registry for these old dogs. Seems to be a growing interest in wreckers and flatbeds lately. Good luck with it
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[Shaun1162]

Nice score! I just saw that on CL Saturday lol... Glad to see it went to someone who will enjoy it!

[no moa]

Originally Posted by Shaun1162

Nice score! I just saw that on CL Saturday lol... Glad to see it went to someone who will enjoy it!

Its been on CL for a year. i did really good. As i said it goes very nicely, and everything works, except the ebrake.

[no moa]

Also, The love of my life renamed it this morning, again. Introducing "TOW-MATER" lol

I'm sure then are 100 wreckers out there named that, but thats what she wants, she gets it.

There is a saying on the hood. "Nothing is finer, than a little 69er" True that.

[70cst]

I like it ! I like it.

[RenoKeene]

Congrats! Another very cool rig and a price that leaves room to spend $ on it.
Yes..we need to start a register on these units, they are special!
Brad

[no moa]

Does the SPID code 4P1088 Wheel carrier, mean it was made to be a wrecker?

[bobs409]

Originally Posted by no moa

Well, it took 6 hours but we got it home. I bought the truck for $1500 and it cost me 200 to get it home. Worth every penny.

The terrible covers are coming off.

You got a great deal! Looks like both of us now have a 1969 1 ton wrecker on this board. See my heap's build thread here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448256

You have me beat by a mile condition wise but mine will be all new again if it kills me.

Looking forward to learning more about your truck. If your fixing it up, maybe start a build thread.


Good luck with it.

[bobs409]

Originally Posted by no moa

Does the SPID code 4P1088 Wheel carrier, mean it was made to be a wrecker?

I don't know what that means but I bet someone here will. Here's what's on my glovebox:

model 3100-3
F51 F&R shocks
G60 aux spring
J70 Brake booster
N40 Power steering
U63 Radio
Z62 Custom
618 red custom cloth interior
A11 tinted glass
F60 H.D. front springs
HB8 4.10 rear
LS8 350
R05 rear wheel conversion
Z53
514 red paint

[no moa]

Originally Posted by bobs409

You got a great deal! Looks like both of us now have a 1969 1 ton wrecker on this board. See my heap's build thread here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448256

You have me beat by a mile condition wise but mine will be all new again if it kills me.

Looking forward to learning more about your truck. If your fixing it up, maybe start a build thread.


Good luck with it.

Ya well i have to blame you for this truck I was looking at the one you bought thinking, man i want one!!!!! Well guess what! lol.

I will do a clean up thread, but there isn't much building to do on this one. Once i get her in the garage i will post more pictures.

One issue i'm having is Insurance, even though i'm not using it to tow stuff, i still have to do a commercial policy. What a pita.

[PanelDeland]

This may intrest you.

http://internationaltowingmuseum.org/

[no moa]

Well, i did find a couple issue when i started her at lunch. The cab lights and fender lights stay on with the key, the rest work on the light switch, i'm sure its a wet ground as it poured to be the band last night.

I also found this, i don't know why i missed it, man did i pull a HUGE nest out of that vent.