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how cool is this old wrecker, they weren't called tow trucks when and where I grew up, they were known as wreckers. One thing I like about this one, the tire covered  front bumper was often used to push a vehicle that couldn't move under it's own power, because a lot of cars then were stick shifts, and if the starter or battery wouldn't work, all you needed was a push start.


above, a Wallis tractor


Above, a Wilkinson motorbike, and the seat! That looks comfortable!


Hard to make out, but the Moroso gold valve covers, and the wheelie bars? I think this was for drag racing


Above, a part of a Norman Rockwell. The best part.




I don't think I've ever seen a woody bus before, but it looks good!



that is the biggest fire gong, or a big train flywheel




 
the racket 4 motors must have made!


incredible kid sized trailer! Too cool!


damn cool garage shelving idea!


Yup, the dog lovers would likely be outraged at the dogs stuck in the trunk, but it's a neat photo anyway

All found on http://goawaygarage.blogspot.com

Shirley McClaine, George C Scott, and Art Carney

the delivery truck was very impressive to me,

 Not very clearly written out on the webpage with these images is that this barnfind Diamond T was one of a few sold by the Utah dealership that was Ab Jenkins sponsor and trucking help during his Mormon Meteor II Bonneville record setting runs.


Above is from the same dealership, and since I've never posted a Diamond T tow truck, I had to do it.


Ab Jenkins on his Bonneville reocrd setting Allis Chalmers tractor

and above you see the hauler on the right

Thanks to Don! http://imageevent.com/shaggy/lsrdiamondt




the last 4 are from my post about the movie "Boys of Bonneville" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/07/movie-review-of-boys-of-bonneville-in.html?showComment=1366481639147#c7656346948366419572

found on http://www.motorcities.org/Story+of+the+Week.html?utm_source=MotorCities+Newsletter+Vol.+6+Issue+8&utm_campaign=%22You+Auto+Know%22+Newsletter&utm_medium=email as Lisa has just posted a History of International Harvester by Robert Tate

Why Philly? I've enjoyed watching the tv show "Parking Wars" 

thanks Steve for the story! (he wanted me to see the cool tow truck (side forks that allow a narrow street parallel parked car to get hoisted onto the flatbed while parked beside it in traffic))

Here is the great part, it was all captured on a security camera across the street, and the car owner was smart enough to check for that. She's avoided the fines (total $365 USD) got her car back, an apology from the mayor, and publicly (using facebook) exposed this scam.

Full story here: http://www.timesofisrael.com/parking-debacle-turns-facebook-sensation/

this photo is all I can find on Corky Coker's blog about barn finds, and since it was his barn find show that the Travel Channel http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows was rumored to have last fall, I think this means it didn't work out

photo from http://blog.cokertire.com/the-art-and-poetry-of-the-barn-find/#more-3239

the only time an AMC Eagle was ever used as scenery I bet

 for a full gallery of this Unimog: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/1966-unimog-flatbed-tow-truck-with.html

 the White is a 1941 that Gilmore owned originally. Posted here http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/09/1941-white-semi-tractor-trailer-that.html

the red white and black is a 1955 Kenworth



 this orange and black is a 1971 Kenworth



and this brown Kenworth is a 1969... I posted a couple photos last weekend of it, Jeff bought this at age 19, and worked with it for the next 20 years, getting 3 million miles under and behind him... he then converted it with the only stipulations from his wife that it have a toilet and a shower. They're both happy!

http://www.aths.org/ for the website of the American Truck Historical Society
and they get together for convoys occasionally like this Route 66 news item in the San Berdo Sun Newspaper article: http://www.sbsun.com/ci_21552862

 sorta makes you wonder why this didn't become more common as a design... it would be very useful in a small scale for wheelchairs, motorcycles, boats, jet-skis etc




 the above is the rear wheel hubcap
I don't remember ever seeing anything like this before! Proves to me that there are still cool vehicles to see, but they aren't coming to many shows, and I have to keep going to shows I haven't been to in order to find them