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Old 12-26-2012, 04:21 PM   #1
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i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

my 85
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Old 12-26-2012, 06:14 PM   #2
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

forget my 86 the devil
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Old 12-26-2012, 06:16 PM   #3
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

another pic of my 85
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Old 12-26-2012, 06:33 PM   #4
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another one
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Old 12-27-2012, 02:06 AM   #5
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

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forget my 86 the devil
This one's my favorite out of your trucks!
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Old 07-25-2013, 10:07 PM   #6
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

I sold all of them but i still have the 86 ramptruck
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Old 07-26-2013, 11:36 AM   #7
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

Here are a couple. I love the 73!

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Old 07-26-2013, 01:50 PM   #8
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

From 1990-1995 I owned and operated Cowboy Towing in Stillwater OK. we made every call in a square. here is the fleet.

1973 C30 350 4 speed with a Holmes 480 and a Century wheel lift
1982 C30 454 4 speed with a Century 442 and a Century wheel lift
1988 Chevy R30 454 4 speed with a Holmes 175 rollback.

aftyer I sold it, the 73 got wadded up and the bed was swapped to a mid 80s GMC.

the company is still open and has all newer Chevy iron.
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Old 07-26-2013, 02:10 PM   #9
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This was advertised as the "World Fastest Wrecker"
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Old 07-26-2013, 04:52 PM   #10
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

there used to be quite a few when i was a younger kid,im 18 now and they just kind of dissapeared....
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Old 07-26-2013, 07:50 PM   #11
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From 1990-1995 I owned and operated Cowboy Towing in Stillwater OK. we made every call in a square. here is the fleet.

1973 C30 350 4 speed with a Holmes 480 and a Century wheel lift
1982 C30 454 4 speed with a Century 442 and a Century wheel lift
1988 Chevy R30 454 4 speed with a Holmes 175 rollback.

aftyer I sold it, the 73 got wadded up and the bed was swapped to a mid 80s GMC.

the company is still open and has all newer Chevy iron.
do you still own that place
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Old 07-26-2013, 07:50 PM   #12
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This was advertised as the "World Fastest Wrecker"
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Old 07-26-2013, 08:07 PM   #13
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This was advertised as the "World Fastest Wrecker"
I heard that actual truck is in the Towing Museum in Chattanooga
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Old 07-26-2013, 08:24 PM   #14
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

the brochure shows the special body Holmes made to match the 73-87 trucks...a picture of the museum truck ...and our current unit...34000 miles and original paint...belonged to a Chevy dealer
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Old 07-27-2013, 01:18 AM   #15
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I like this one.
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Old 07-27-2013, 09:59 AM   #16
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do you still own that place
No. I sold it in 1995 when I moved to KS.
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Old 07-27-2013, 10:01 AM   #17
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I like this one.
I think that truck was on eBay a few years ago. I think it's a 79 with a high side Holmes 480 bed
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Old 07-27-2013, 10:40 AM   #18
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I like this one.
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Old 07-28-2013, 09:01 PM   #19
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

Mine... in use daily. 87 454 TBI, 400/205/4.10 89 Clip and harness. 4800 Challanger, Vulcan wheel lift
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Old 07-28-2013, 10:05 PM   #20
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If you haven't already, look up "recoveryteam" on Youtube. They do off road recoveries with a square body wrecker.
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Old 07-29-2013, 08:55 AM   #21
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Square bodies make a handsome wrecker
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Old 08-20-2013, 08:24 PM   #22
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Re: i want some 73/87 chevy wreckers and flatbeds

seen this one up where i camp,one driving
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Old 08-21-2013, 12:56 PM   #23
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1 owner still in use.The owner died in 2006 but his sons are still running the business.1988 GMC 454 tbi around 410,000 miles.several clutches and water pumps,starters and 1 oil pump i think.
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Old 02-02-2014, 04:42 PM   #24
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I will resurrect this thread. Anyone else have one of these?
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Old 02-02-2014, 10:01 PM   #25
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