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Thanks Bill, I'm not very good at all with computer stuff, heck if it don't have nuts and bolts I'm pretty much useless LOL.
My son and I built "Big Ernest" a couple of years ago and he sure earns his keep, I'm proud of the ole boy, sometimes I work the crap out of him and he keeps on chugging!! Coop
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This thread is back from the dead. My wife saw this rollback in town today. Supposedly it was last painted 28 years ago. It has a 402 big block and factory AC. I wish I could have seen it in person.
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That sure is a nice truck.
Would look nice in my driveway, lol.
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67 c30
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Wow , very cool . The green Holmes 440 with the tapered sides on the body is a sonic body . Came out in 79 or 80 . My 1st wrecker was a 69 gmc with the 18" wheels , tach , buddy seat & a Holmes 220 ( same as 440 but electric winch ) then a 66 50 series with a Holmes 500 & the rest is history . This year is the 100th anniversary of Holmes & I'm still playing with wreckers ! Lol.
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Wow , very cool . The green Holmes 440 with the tapered sides on the body is a sonic body . Came out in 79 or 80 . My 1st wrecker was a 69 gmc with the 18" wheels , tach , buddy seat & a Holmes 220 ( same as 440 but electric winch ) then a 66 50 series with a Holmes 500 & the rest is history . This year is the 100th anniversary of Holmes & I'm still playing with wreckers ! Lol.
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Nice wrecker. Gonna keep it as one (I hope)? The '71 I had was a Wreckmaster. I never see them, especially not with the name plates. Mine had a different body that I really liked. It ran straight down the sides and low. I ran GM bed rails and they lined up with the upper cab trim
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I've been MIA from the forum for a while now. Stopped by to see what going on. I'm in the towing business now. I would love to have a fleet of nothing but vintage tow trucks. How sweet would that be?
junksaver , you better hold on to that woman!
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My Dads 70 c30. Bought as a cab and chassis. Stretched 3 feet and custom ramp bed made to haul his camaro and other drag cars in the late 70s/ early 80s. I'm starting to make it road worthy again.
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iPhone second picture..
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my c-30
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This truck is a twin to my red truck.White truck was Frank Lupos old truck waaayy back in the day..((Fairbanks Racing Automatics)).Truck was to rusted..sold to a friend who put bed on a c.o.e.He took sleeper off ,repaired rust and powder coated bed black.
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My dad knows frank well! He's been racing stockers since the 70s.
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Those New England states are hard on metal.Guy I bought truck from was in Mass..Truck frame was swiss cheese..Small world 70C30HAULER...
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Here are some tow trucks from Sweden.
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And some more.
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68 50th..................great stuff..thanks for pictures
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These are some cool vintage photos you all are posting. Love them, keep posting
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I keep hoping i will find some pictures of mine from back in the day, the way it is setup i belive it was a race car hauler, interior was diamond tuck that was falling apart, had 74ish camaro/firebird buckets with stock truck console(cpuld have been a later add on).
Truck was originally a dark green color and i believe started life somewhere around indianapolis before making its way to washington. Habe a pile of receipts for work done before it came to washington. If anybody recognizes it or knows the truck id love to hear some history. Ot was a factory a/c cab too.
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I just picked this up
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Nice one! Looks like it's a C40.
I on't know how I missed all the tow trucks from Sweden. Thanks for sharing, 68 50th. I really enjoyed seeing those.
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Nice '62 C-40.
Should have a GVW of 14,000.
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Wow, 14,000?
Now I just need to figure out how to get it to go highway speeds. I do wish it had the old original split wheels. Last edited by drumyn61; 07-14-2017 at 10:56 AM. |
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