New toy!

[earthquake68]

Not exactly a Chevy. ....or a car. I must admit, I love Chevy hotrods. Particularly Chevelles. As far as trucks go, however, I'm a Ford truck guy. My favorite body style is '73-'79. Today I went and picked up my new shop truck. It's a '79 F350 wrecker. Twin booms and winches, dolly wheels so I can tow a vehicle with no wheels at all, and a 429 with a 4 speed. It needs some work, but we got it running after a 5 year hibernation. It sounds pretty darn good. I can't wait to get it back on the road. It should be fun.

Here it is after we loaded it on the trailer.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/earthquake68/fordwrecker002_zps8d5f55ef.jpg

[shadowgray396]

Looks like a nice score.

[flash]

That one looks very nice ,more pics are needed .I love tow trucks .If you ever get a chance to visit Chattanooga Tenn ,they have a cool tow truck museum .

[earthquake68]

Here's a closer shot of it after we loaded it on the trailer.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/earthquake68/fordwrecker001_zpsca6e00d4.jpg

Here's a couple more from when it was working on a regular basis.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/earthquake68/driversside7-20-01_zps8a86a079.jpg

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/earthquake68/side_zpseeddaf3c.jpg

[65MalibuSS]

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc309/MalibuSeaS/1-43%20diecast/Smilies/coolpics.gif

[flash]

It appears to be in great shape ,I like it .What are your plans for it ?

[shadowgray396]

May want to replace the brake lines and fuild. I sure you already know that.

[grandsport]

Are you married?

[earthquake68]

Yes, I'm married. To one of the most awesome women ever! She has her own hotrod. It's a '79 Corvette.

I own a hotrod shop and up until now, I've been using the brown truck in the pictures as my tow truck. I blew the engine up in that truck about 8 months ago and have been chugging along with it by keeping a large amount of Lucas in it.

The wrecker is going to be my tow truck and heavy hauler now, so I'm not so hard on the nice trick. The bed sides are rotted pretty bad and to make matters worse, someone did a shoddy job of patching them. My plan is to make new ones, do what little metal work the cab needs and reshoot it with quality paint.

The truck runs and drives now. I just have to go over it and fix what needs fixing. The master is seized, so I have some brake work to do anyway. I plan on doing all new fluids, tune up, flush the fuel tank, etc. I'm pretty thorough when it comes to the trucks. I've been in the situation where the tow truck breaks down before. ....and I HATE that! ;)

[flash]

Keep us posted on your progress .

[shadowgray396]

I was thinking from your closer picture it look like it had rust down the right side in the rear section. I know you will get it fixed up the way you want it.

[Ms Grumpy]

Alan, I think that is pretty cool. I think it would be really cool to own an older tow truck. New doesn't always mean better.