Nice truck. Those Holmes 525 units are good wreckers, I've owned three of them. Did you purchase it directly from Tow Truck Marks? They have a '47-'53 Chevy COE Holmes W35 Wrecker also. Are those holes in the hood ? Saw two of those '55-'57 LCF hoods on ebay recently.

Spanky Hardy
Collector Of Fine Old G.M. COE Trucks & Antique Holmes Wreckers

1948 Chevrolet 5700 COE Holmes HD W35 Wrecker
In the Stovebolt Gallery
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1950 GMC 250 1-Ton
In the Stovebolt Gallery