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So last year, actually, going back to late 2012 I was working on a deal with ChevyC60 to trade him my M108 crane for one of his many M1010 ambulances. Well, in Feb this year the deal came about. My kids weren't too pleased with me trading off the M108 but after the first night camping in the M1010, I was well forgiven. So knowing that the wrecker was leaving I hatched a plan to buy an old used up 80's Chevy wrecker as a yard hooker to move junk about.
This year as the GA Rally approched I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to get a front axle from an M1010 for quite a steal (thanks Micro). My plans was to put that in my suburban and make a CUCV clone. The more I got to thinking about things and considering the market on old junk wreckers, I decided that taking a CUCV and adding a wrecker body would be really cool.
Finding CUCV axles is usually hard. Often times you find CUCVs without axles as some off roader or worse, bought the truck just for the axles. This is currently what I'm looking for as now I have the chassis cab rear axle with 4.56 gears and the Detroit Locker I got from the junk yard M1008.
The wrecker I was looking for was an old Holmes 440 because it has a boom that can telescope out. All I could seem to find was the 480 which is a great wrecker, but not good as a yard hooker. The more I searched, the less I found until recently. I'm now the proud owner of a Holmes 1100 Trooper.
The trooper was delivered to SW Bradleys house on Saturday. By Sunday a crowd had gathered and I was blessed with the avatar pic of the 3 amigos laughing at my wrecker bed. I think it's cool but they say it's a little rough. I think I can fix it. Anyone have a sheet metal brake I can borrow?
So last year, actually, going back to late 2012 I was working on a deal with ChevyC60 to trade him my M108 crane for one of his many M1010 ambulances. Well, in Feb this year the deal came about. My kids weren't too pleased with me trading off the M108 but after the first night camping in the M1010, I was well forgiven. So knowing that the wrecker was leaving I hatched a plan to buy an old used up 80's Chevy wrecker as a yard hooker to move junk about.
This year as the GA Rally approched I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to get a front axle from an M1010 for quite a steal (thanks Micro). My plans was to put that in my suburban and make a CUCV clone. The more I got to thinking about things and considering the market on old junk wreckers, I decided that taking a CUCV and adding a wrecker body would be really cool.
Finding CUCV axles is usually hard. Often times you find CUCVs without axles as some off roader or worse, bought the truck just for the axles. This is currently what I'm looking for as now I have the chassis cab rear axle with 4.56 gears and the Detroit Locker I got from the junk yard M1008.
The wrecker I was looking for was an old Holmes 440 because it has a boom that can telescope out. All I could seem to find was the 480 which is a great wrecker, but not good as a yard hooker. The more I searched, the less I found until recently. I'm now the proud owner of a Holmes 1100 Trooper.
The trooper was delivered to SW Bradleys house on Saturday. By Sunday a crowd had gathered and I was blessed with the avatar pic of the 3 amigos laughing at my wrecker bed. I think it's cool but they say it's a little rough. I think I can fix it. Anyone have a sheet metal brake I can borrow?
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