ragtop4two Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Can anyone identify this tow vehicle from this pic taken in 1937? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Cut down late 1920s Packard. Looks to be towing about a 1928 Oakland or Chevrolet. Edited February 17, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop4two Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Thanks Keiser, I was thinking it was a Packard but I thought it was too new in 1937 to be cut down to be modified into a tow truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Here is a Lincoln version, most likely the sedan was cut down in the 1930s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Was common practice in the 1900's thru 1920's for dealerships to take a used sedan or touring and turn it into a "crash car" or "wrecker". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Here`s a Styer 1922 in Torsåker Sweden.Picture from Torsåker Photo Historic. Leif in Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Those conversions from large old sedans often had a wide thick wood plank replacing the front bumper, which was used to push start stalled cars. I recall one (sadly) that was made from a '32 Packard 900 coupe roadster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Pre WWII my Dad sometimes drove Mom's uncle's Pierce-Arrow which had been converted to haul Big-Truck tires. It once locked bumpers with a car ahead of it on the Brooklyn Bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Both vehicles drove off together until they could get to a location where jumping on the lead car's rear bumper brackets allowed it to slip out from under the P-A's front bumper. No harm done, and almost no time lost ! Today that scene would involve a two-mile traffic backlog, 4 traffic helicopters Police, EMS, 23 pages of reports, 17 Attorneys, and 3-1/2 years of litigation ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 What kind of car was used to make that tow truck under the Goodrich tires sign? The "POTOMAC GARAGE" wrecker? I like the hood sides with only 3 huge louvers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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