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Love the delivery 
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The toy craftsman shared this photo with me since he made several 1/8 scale of this. This is a CUSTOM wrecker from a PACKARD. It rests in a museum somewhere in the States. I know of an 80 year old mechanic who used to work on Packards. So, I shared the photo with him & asked if Packard corp. made wreckers. His answers: "NO"! He also told me why someone chose a Packard. So, let me pick your brain. Do you know why? 
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Because they had that huge V12 engine in them with a high ratio rear axle. One set out in a wrecking yard here in Cheyenne made out of a convertible coupe with the boom comng out of the trunk. It set there for at least 20 years next to a 1939 Buick convertible that I wanted so bad I could taste it. Finally they all disappeared because somebody came though town and bought every collectable car he had. Mitch
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I can just picture you & Clarence together. That is exactly what Clarence told me.
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Now the 1/8 scale of the WRECKER in steel... This toy truck has model look to it but I still consider it a toy. An extraordinary workmanship. All done by hand. This is the kind of talent one can find in good'ol USA!  
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"Ask the man who owns one"
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 Uploaded with ImageShack.usHere's my new one to ad to my fleet.I posted more info on it in nonpetro showcase,thought I would share it here also. Doc awesome pics,I can't beleive the amount of trucks out where you live!!! Joe
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YUP, FOUND YET ANOTHER WHILE OUT RIDING AROUND THIS MORNING. 1951 FORD FIRE DEPT TRUCK IN WESTHAMPTON..... 
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SURE IS....IT WAS BUILT JUST UP THE ROAD FROM ME ABOUT 5 MILES. 
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THIS THIS MAY'VE BEEN BUILT BY THE SAME GARAGE AS THE C.O.E. THE BEDS LOOK SIMILAR...  WAS TOLD THIS TRUCK IS A NASH. DID NASH ACTUALLY PRODUCE A PICK-UP OR WAS THIS FABRICATED FROM A CAR? ANYONE KNOW FOR SURE?  LAST THIS RAT ROD BELONGS TO MY FRIEND CHRIS WHO HAS SEVERAL RIDES TUCKED IN HIS GARAGE.... 
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