I'm interested if you don't buy it. Where is it?
----- Original Message -----
From: <kevin.s.brown@gm.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:05 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] 1953 Chevy Wrecker - is it worth buying??
> Over the weekend I found a 1953 Chevy 5-window truck with a "factory"
> wrecker bed on it. The truck is basically original with minimal rust on
it
> (some at the seems and in the floor but basically solid) and looks to be
> either a 3/4 ton or 1 ton (8 lug wheels and double rear springs) with a 6
> cylinder motor and, I would guess, a 4-speed. The body is straight. Its
> painted a faded orange over the original red (even over the chrome grill).
> The wrecker bed and winch look to be in good shape, even the cable isn't
> all rusted up. The wrecker boom isn't one of these fancy hydraulic units
> you see now - its made out of heavy duty angle iron, with manually
adjusted
> (pull the bolts out of a hole and put them in a different one), that is
> curved on e the end where the pullet mounts. Apparently the truck runs
and
> drives (at least it did two years ago) and the power take-off (activated
> with a big knob on the dash) works fine. Supposedly the truck was sold
new
> with this wrecker bed on it. I spoke to the guy who has it on the phone
> and he said that the engine is tired but he is including a GMC 5-window
> parts truck (about the same year and a 3/4 or 1 ton) with it that has a
> good engine. It has newer back tires on it (on newer non-split steel
rims)
> with old front tires on the original split rims, but two extra tires on
> newer non-spit steel rims are included. It includes all the old straps
> etc. that you need to hook up to a car and tow it (assuming the car has a
> chrome bumper since the straps would chew up a painted plastic one (I
could
> tow my '39 Chevy to the cruise nights!!). There is also a title to it.
> Its really an interesting and unique old truck that looks good (even my
> wife thinks that it looks "cute"). The guy is asking $1,500 for the truck
> (which includes the '50 GMC parts truck) - do you think that it is worth
> that?? I'm selling my '48 and '50 Dodge pickups so my with is thinking
> about this wrecker since it isn't "just another pickup". I offered him
> $1,100, which he is considering but he said that is what he paid for the
> wrecker two years ago - he was going to restore it but just doesn't have
> the time. Thanks for your input, I think it is a good price but I don't
> know for sure.
>
> Kevin Brown
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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