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| | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | How many people have wreckers here? Is there a differant forum for them?
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | wreckers are most often discussed in the Big Bolts section, as they usually are over 1T's .... and you'll find a few owners of them there
Bill | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy baldbenny, I have a couple so far, a 46 GMC EC302/Holmes 515E, and a 72 C50/Holmes 500, I'm always on the lookout for a larger Holmes for one of my tandems. | | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | hey baldybenny, i have a wrecker bolt named Mater, well he used to be one. i gotta find a wrecker bed for him as some other owner took the original bed sometime in Mater's long hard life. really irritates me.
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | I collect Ernest Holmes Wreckers. Check out my webshots links below. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 477 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 477 | We"re here: That is one nice untouched 36 wrecker, If it yours Congrats Very Cool baldybenny | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Hi 3B, nice to hear you have two! Any pics of them?
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Hi Materman! what year do you have?
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Hi Spanky, you do collect tow trucks, Wow! nice rigs,my favorite one you got is the COE, thats a nice wrecker! what year is it?
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Thank you chris'46,ya its mine! that's really is a nice COE tow truck you have! I just love these old trucks! i tryed to reply to you yesterday and when i started to post it ,it was lost in space . lol
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | baldy, I've sold both of those COE wreckers pictured. One was a 1951 Dodge COE, Holmes model 525 Wrecker, & the other was a 1953 Chevrolet COE, with the same Holmes 525 Wrecker. I'm working on putting together at the moment, a 1952 GMC 3 1/2 ton COE with a Holmes Heavy Duty model W35 Wrecker on it. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | WOW! Now thats a bigbolt! I love to see pics on that truck! Got any? Too bad others are gone,would make a nice fleet.
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | Yeah, If you look at my webshots album titled "Dayton Wheel Adapters", you'll see a green GMC COE. That's it. It has Factory air brakes. The Holmes w35 Wrecker unit, is sitting next to it. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Nice Holmes! Thats vintage! So you are going to cut the frame to make it fit?
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 88 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 88 | I have a couple of wreckers to. I also bought Spanky's COE wrecker. It is a 53. Look at the link at the bottom of my post to see my trucks. I collect them too. welcome to the wrecker club and there are more of us.
Thanks
Brad | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | GEEZ Brad! I guess you have some! you must have been a wrecker/tow truck driver. Right? Nice old trucks Brad,thank you, i am glad to be with good people. Dan
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 |
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 88 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 88 | I still am and I am only 23. It is a sickness once you get started. That is a nice truck you got too.
Thanks
Brad | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | LOL 23! To be that age again, I know the sickness, it's a illness that has no cure,except for buying more makes you feel better. Looks like you been sick for some time Brad. Thanks Dan
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | Don't plan to cut the chassis on this truck. I had originally planned to install it on a near identical COE I had, but sold a few years ago(it was the white 5 window cab GMC COE, in my webshots albums), so on this longer wheelbase truck it goes. I plan to fabricate a original style tool compartment in the space between the cab, & wrecker body. It will look original when complete. These W35 wrecker bodies came in two different lengths. One with a forward tool compartment, & one without. Thanks for the complement on the wheels. Those Dayton Wheel Adapters are very "Rare". It took me close to 20 years to find a set. | | | | | Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2012 Posts: 574 | sorry for the delay, i just now saw your question baldybenny. my truck is a 1955 2nd chevy 4400 that at one point had a holmes wrecker bed on it, and will again.
1949 Dodge Coronet 1955 2nd Chevy 4400 1.5 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1955 2nd Chevy 3100 1/2 ton 1957 Chevy 5400 LCF 2 ton 1966 Dodge D100 Sweptline 1968 Chevy P20 stepvan 1969 GMC LWB pickup 1972 GMC Sprint 1974 CP30 shorty bus There are three things that I've learned never discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.----Linus Van Pelt Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9 | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 402 | Nice! I hope you find the box for it.Those holmes wrecker beds are nice! The people i got this truck call it Mater, all the kids wanted pictures with it! lol
http://s1055.photobucket.com/user/baldybenny/library/ 1936 1.5 wrecker,1937 gmc coe,1939 Chevrolet coe,1942 4x4 coe, 1942 coe,1946 dump,1947 2 ton dump,another 1947 2 ton dump,1950 coe,1967 c30,1937 cat 22,1936 Chevrolet 5 window foremans coupe, 1914 ford speedster.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 126 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 126 | Ha Spanky,
Have you come across a grill for my 1939 Chevy COE Tow Truck? I have been looking & posting (WANTED 1939 Chevy COE Truck grill) for a couple years now & still have not gotten any leads on a grill. It is getting me frustrated.......
Darrell, W.L.
1939 Chevy COE tow truck/My Stubbed toe
1939 Chevy 2 door Sedan
Car chat means talks about Chevy's. All other car makers only build transportation.
I don't work on my cars, I entertain my self in my garage, so my nabor tells me.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | Haven't seen just a grille available. You may have to purchase a parts truck. I always try to have a parts truck, or two around. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 126 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 126 | Hi Spanky;
No parts trucks showing up around here. The only cab I have seen is the same one you see on EBay all the time. I'm sure I'm not looking in the right place? I have put WANTED adds every place I get a chance. I had a metal repair Co. look at mine to repair & that is out of the question, way way to costly for my pocket... So I just keep looking @ watching...
Darrell, W.L.
1939 Chevy COE tow truck/My Stubbed toe
1939 Chevy 2 door Sedan
Car chat means talks about Chevy's. All other car makers only build transportation.
I don't work on my cars, I entertain my self in my garage, so my nabor tells me.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,225 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,225 | I have a 1956 8400 with Holmes 525 and the 828 Chariot style service body. You can see it in the gallery...click on link in my signature. I sold a wrecker body just like the one on my '56 about 6-7 years ago and the guy that bought it hasn't done anything with it yet. I could try to contact him to see if it's for sale if that's the style body someone's looking for...he's in northern Indiana. Send me a PM... Mike B 
Last edited by Mike B; 09/26/2012 7:47 PM.
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