maxwell48098 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 (edited) I worked at a full-line Ford dealership from 1966-1972 while in high school and junior college. I started just washing and cleaning up new vehicles for delivery, then graduated to prepping vehicles for delivery. Our dealership general manager had a relative who worked for Ernest Holmes company on Chattanooga, TN and our dealership ordered all of their Ford chassis and had them dropped shipped at Holmes for completion. Our dealership had three Holmes wreckers from light duty F-series to N-series heavy duty, and we delivered probably 2 dozen Holmes wreckers per year. When Moebius announced Ford tow truck kit I was pretty excited, and now realize that my excitement was justified. The Moebius kit is extremely close to the Holmes 440 4 ton wrecker introduced in 1966. I remember these like it was yesterday having prepped many over the years. The 440 bed has two styles, the high side "deluxe" as represented by the current kits, and the low side "West Coast" body which I've heard Moebius will also be releasing. The storage compartments on the kit body were one of dozens of options. As soon as the kit came out, I bought 6 planning to build several variations used not only the Ford F350 4X4, but also two wheel drive, and using other truck brands as well, Below, are some images of the versions that I built so far. I'll have more detailed images on each one later. Thanks for looking, 1972 Ford F350 4X4 Holmes Tow Truck 1966 Ford F350 4X4 Holmes Tow Truck 1966 Ford F350 Holmes 440 Tow Truck 1968 Chevrolet K30 Holmes 440 Tow Truck 1968 Ford F350 Holmes 440 Tow Truck 1974 Dodge D300 Holmes 440 Edited February 6 by maxwell48098 17 2
maxwell48098 Posted February 17 Author Posted February 17 On 2/8/2025 at 7:46 AM, Michael F said: Very nice towtrucks 😃 The last one is the best !! Thanks for your comment. It is actually is and easy conversion. I used a 1974 Dodge W100 chassis with the front 2WD suspension for the 1978 D100 Little Red Express slightly modified to a heavy duty D300 configuration. The rear axle/suspension had to be moved back about 1/8th inch to increase the wheelbase to 135 inches. This required a similar addition to the driveshaft. A PTO was added to the transmission, and new, longer PTO drive shaft made from Evergreen rod of connect to the chain drive for the winch. The MOPAR and side stripes are from the '74 Dodge Pickup. A.J. 2
Bainford Posted February 20 Posted February 20 Fantastic collection of wreckers. Nice work. When I build one it will be a '69 Ford. That face just works as a wrecker. And thanks for your endorsement of the accuracy of the kit equipment. That's very good to hear.
satterwhite78 Posted February 20 Posted February 20 (edited) Every one of them is outta the ball park! Edited February 20 by satterwhite78 .
Zippi Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Nice collection of Tow Trucks there A.J. and a great store about the time you spent at the dealership.
carrucha Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Cool set of tow trucks. Nice that you have Ford, Chevy and Dodge in your collection.
Ragtop Man Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Who's going to be first to make those flashing lights work? Looks like there would be a lot of room for a small battery pack and the wiring could run through some of the superstructure. BTW, all of those builds are very, very cool!
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