Getting a 69 C30 wrecker!

[bobs409]

It will soon be mine. Came into a local junkyard so I'm going to rescue it.

It's a 1969 C30 wrecker. Wrecker part is made by wreck master. It's a one owner truck too! Plans are to restore it to it's former glory. Just use it for my own needs, not for a business.

Truck is red on red, 350, 4 barrel, 4 speed, 4.10 rear. Complete except dollys on back are missing. A little rough around the edges but a good fixer. I even have the original protect-o-plate and manual.

I'll post some pics when I get it hopefully in a week or so. Right now it's buried in a sea of junk cars!


Do we have any other tow truck owners here? If so, I'd love to see your trucks.



Bob

[legendary]

that is cool...post pics!

[eagleuh1]

Theres one near where I live. Been parked in same place as long as I can remember. At least 15 years. I'll try and get pics in the next couple days. Hope your project works out. Good luck.

[Hubscrub]

i love wreckers i seen this one at a cruise in last summer very nice

[Mayo]

That one above me is sweet. I know there are some nice wreckers on these forums. I would love to have one eventually.

[70cst]

Originally Posted by bobs409

It will soon be mine. Came into a local junkyard so I'm going to rescue it.

It's a 1969 C30 wrecker. Wrecker part is made by wreck master. It's a one owner truck too! Plans are to restore it to it's former glory. Just use it for my own needs, not for a business.

Truck is red on red, 350, 4 barrel, 4 speed, 4.10 rear. Complete except dollys on back are missing. A little rough around the edges but a good fixer. I even have the original protect-o-plate and manual.

I'll post some pics when I get it hopefully in a week or so. Right now it's buried in a sea of junk cars!


Do we have any other tow truck owners here? If so, I'd love to see your trucks.



Bob

Can't wait to see some pics...

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice score! Have you gotten it home yet?

[bobs409]

Not yet but hopefully soon. They had quite a few cars to move to get it out.

I'll post pics when I do get it.


Bob

[bobs409]

Ok, I got my baby home. (rusty baby)

Here's a few pics.

[OldCreek]

I'd love to see a 348/409 under that hood!

[special-K]

Hey,that's nice!I have it's younger brother.Mine has a different bed but the rig is Wreckmaster.

[Critter]

My first summer job when I was 15 was with a local mechanic who had a real similar 71 c30. We would ride in that beast to go get trucks from all over the state (that was in 1997). I think riding in that one is what made me love these model truck. Good luck with yours, it's a beaut!

[dan76]

nice acquisition.....Is it running under it's own power?

[bobs409]

special K: Cool! Yours is in much better shape. I can't find much out about Wreck-master's. Hard to find anything on the web. Maybe they went out of business? I would like to find a picture of one of these brand new to help me restore this one. Not sure if it should have the tow dolly's on the back or what type of slings it had. Both of ours are painted all red but I think I see some white on mine under the red in some places. Would like to find a source for new decals too. I'd like to make it look the way it did new.

dan76: The junkyard guys said they had it running and it ran good but I have yet to see that for myself. I'm hoping to get it fired up tomorrow for a bit. The brakes are out (rusted lines) and the clutch pedal only goes about 1/2 way and STOPS! Not sure what that's all about yet. This was last driven in 1987 so it's been sitting a while.

I love this truck! There's just something about it...

[tanman722001]

That would be cool to fix up.It would look nice beside my car hauler.LOL

[Hubscrub]

i love it

[special-K]

I haven't found anything either.Our slings are different.Do you have a Braden winch?All the parts are available for them.I only knew mine was a Wreckmaster from the fairlead.It's cast with the name on it.I'd like to bring mine back to it's glory.It's kinda neat as is,too.It has holes where stacks were run.I put a Cheyenne interior in mine.It was a service station rig.I assume yours was,too?Or maybe a repair garage.I've wanted to letter it up (then scrub some off).Just no time.

[bobs409]

I'll have to check the winch to see who made it. I think the PTO is made by Chelsea, that's what's on the knob anyway.

This truck was owned by a body shop near me that bought it brand new although I've never seen it before. I saw the title to confirm it was in their name. I have the protect o plate with the body shop name on it too. Truck was bought at a Chevy dealer a few miles from me. I guess it was purchased as a chassis from Chevy and then had the wrecker part added by a company.

I might learn more about it today when I investigate further.

I just got done searching more and can't find anything on ebay for wreckmasters. Would love to find some original literature or something.

[Beat68CST]

Originally Posted by bobs409

I'll have to check the winch to see who made it. I think the PTO is made by Chelsea, that's what's on the knob anyway.

This truck was owned by a body shop near me that bought it brand new although I've never seen it before. I saw the title to confirm it was in their name. I have the protect o plate with the body shop name on it too. Truck was bought at a Chevy dealer a few miles from me. I guess it was purchased as a chassis from Chevy and then had the wrecker part added by a company.

I might learn more about it today when I investigate further.

I just got done searching more and can't find anything on ebay for wreckmasters. Would love to find some original literature or something.

Interested in another 348 car? (:

BTW, love the wreckers

My grandparents had two C-30 ramp trucks, both big block trucks... Ofcourse they got sold.

[50bomb]

Question? Do you guys use these when finish building them? Or just for looks? Either way its cool to see people out there taking them in their hands and bringing them back to life. Thank you for that.

[stich626]

there is one a mile from here,

[bobs409]

Originally Posted by Beat68CST

Interested in another 348 car?

If I bring another stray home, I might have to sleep in that wrecker!

Feel free to post it on my website though. Always someone looking for 348 & 409's.

[bobs409]

Originally Posted by 50bomb

Question? Do you guys use these when finish building them? Or just for looks? Either way its cool to see people out there taking them in their hands and bringing them back to life. Thank you for that.

For me, this is my very first but I think I may end up using it. As long as it's not some huge fine to haul your own cars around that is.

I just like the idea of helping to preserve a piece of history. I'm sure one day these things were all over but how many are left? I literally saved it from certain death, it was in the junkyard for all to pick at it so death was near. That's how it lost it's visors, arm rests and door panels.

[bobs409]

Got it running! I can't believe how good it runs too. I ran a funnel to the fuel pump so it would run on fresh gas and as soon as it hit the carb, it fired right up and never stalled. The choke, choke pulloff and fast idle all still worked like they should. No smoke either! I'm thinking maybe this is original 49K instead of 149K.

I fixed the clutch, it was just the pushrod popped out of the fork. Half the brake system is out but I was able to drive it around my lot. It's AWESOME!!!

special K: The winch part has wreck master on it. It also has F.F. Wegener company, Cranbury NJ so that must be the company that sold it. I found a small data plate laying in the glove box with that name too. It has the model number, serial number and capacity. It's an 8,000 lb capacity.

[fast_dev]

pretty cool truck bob. when i read your post and you said it was a one owner truck in a local junkyard i knew it was gonna be vic's truck. i've tried a few times over the years to buy that truck and was always told how it was a great truck buy vic. the only problem was what he wanted for it..........$3000 i thought he was crazy. glad to see it will get saved, good luck on the build. Devin.