I grew up in that environment. Here’s a pic of my father at an about 18 or 19 yrs old with his first tow truck, a 1921 Packard v12 touring car with a Manley hand crane mounted where the back seat should be. About 1928. Another of my dad with his dad in front of their second garage. They ran 2 locations for a few years. Got a few more old garage photos around somewhere
1966 C-10 Short Stepside HiPo Step-by-step ~ and on-going resto build in the Project Journals