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Post by Jase on Jul 30, 2016 3:17:33 GMT -5
 I often find find neat pictures of old tow trucks, may have something to do with being in the towing business  Anyway, I thought this may have been in use around the time of the Great Warsaw Fire.... |
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Post by Boyd Percy on Jul 30, 2016 18:26:34 GMT -5
Great picture! Since that story was set in 1981, was that truck from the 1970s? Also, who was the manufacturer, Chevrolet? I can't tell from the hood ornament.
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Post by Wes on Jul 30, 2016 19:35:48 GMT -5
From the cab style it looks late '40s or early '50s to me.
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Post by Jase on Jul 31, 2016 0:54:05 GMT -5
Yes, it's definitely a Chevrolet. 47-53 for that body style cab over.
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Post by K Pelle on Jul 31, 2016 2:06:23 GMT -5
I'd say 1950-51 at a guess - the lower portion of the grill, the front fenders and the cab shape match my recollection of my father's 1951 - Chevrolet, two-ton farm truck. The upper portion of the grill would be an add-on to achieve the height needed for a cab-over, so would the short hood. Of course that doesn't meant much because there weren't a lot of changes made from year to year at that time - at least not in the semi-large trucks as Jase mentioned.
If I remember correctly half-ton pickups were a different story - I seem to remember that in 1952 the pick-ups had a five-window cab, but I could be wrong.
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Post by Boyd Percy on Jul 31, 2016 21:41:14 GMT -5
Thanks for the information. Hoselton is still in business in Rochester NY. They still sell Chevrolets and other brands of automobiles.
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Post by Gary Layng on Aug 1, 2016 8:05:01 GMT -5
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Post by K Pelle on Aug 1, 2016 13:05:15 GMT -5
I just got an answer back from a friend who is a truck nut back home in Alberta and have a correction on what I previously posted - it was my brother-in-law who owned the 1951 Chevrolet 2-ton. My father's was a 1947 0r '48 and not a '51 as I recalled it.
Sorry about the mistake, but then my memory isn't perfect after all. LOL.
KP
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Post by handywill on Apr 4, 2017 20:39:33 GMT -5
FYI, it's a '48 Chevy cab-over. It has been completely restored, sold twice, and now resides at the International Towing and Recovery Museum in Chattanooga, TN; saw it last week.
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Anyway, I thought this may have been in use around the time of the Great Warsaw Fire....
