I have to both thank and admonish BangShift Chris Cabe for sending me the tip on this sweet, sweet 1965 Ford F600 wrecker that is currently for sale in Iowa. A well established fact around here is that I love old tow trucks and while Chris certainly doesn’t share this affliction, he knows cool when he sees it and sent me this link. My wife isn’t really on the old tow truck party train these days so when she saw me leering at the truck you’ll see below the conversation went like this –
Wife: What’s that?
Me: A super cool 1965 Ford F600 wrecker. It runs and drives, wrecker unit works, has an old 330ci engine, really cool.
Wife: Why are you looking at it?
Me: A reader tipped me off to it and I think it would make a cool story for the blog.
At this point my wife thought I meant going to buy it and drive it home would make a good story for the blog because, well, we did that a couple years ago. The conversation took a turn for the aggressive at this point.
Wife: SWEARWORD, SWEARWORD, NO SWEARWORD WAY YOU ARE BRINGING ANOTHER SWEARWORD SWEARWORD TRUCK BACK TO THIS HOUSE!
Me: I meant a little “found on Criagslist” story, I don’t think I can get to Iowa and back in time for my next announcing gig.
Wife: Oh.
Here’s the whole skinny on the truck in the seller’s words –
This is a 1965 Ford F600 Tow Truck unit. It has a clean, current title and plates. It is a 330 V8 with manual 5 speed with PTO. It was originally owned by the Dallas County Road Department. It was then owned by a car dealership in Adel. It then sat for 25 years until I got it this summer. Truck is located in Des Moines Iowa
The truck runs great and has plenty of low rpm power. Most of the items on the truck work. The brakes need work as one wheel cylinder started leaking. The tires also have flat spots from sitting. It has a NOS Ford Built carburetor, new fuel pump and lines, nearly new gas tank, and new battery.
It has its original lacquer paint which could be clay bared, polished, and buffed very easily. Interior is decent with excellent dash and door paint. Drivers floor pan rusted through due to a roof leak from running lights.
The wrecker unit works perfectly and I have hauled another big truck around on it before wheel cylinder leak. Truck also comes with tire chains.
Overall very solid truck that is purported to be low original miles. These are extremely hard to find in decent condition. This truck can be registered as antique. I have a number of other projects that take priority over this so I would like someone else to get some enjoyment out of it. Call only five one five nine five four six zero six six MAKE AN IN PERSON OFFER
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You could hire someone to bring it back from Iowa. If it shows up in your driveway, treat it like a lost puppy… “can we keep it…oh please please? 🙂
You let your wife talk to you like that???
If he wants to stay married he does. 🙂
Somehow try to pass buy her a restored one and what it’s being sold for. This always work at my house. “Hey could you pass the sugar please. Hey, look at this restored wrecker, they’re selling it for a lot”
probably be cheaper to buy it restored than put good tires on the junk one..
I’ll have to show this to my brother-in-law. He’s into old Ford wreckers.
His wife doesn’t give him any grief. He wears the pants. 🙂
Only sounds like he might have had a dress on at the time.
He’s the boss. And he has my sister’s permission to say so.
Think its time for another wife. Just put her on Craigslist…
Took the opportunity and asked my own wife if she was oke with it I I bought it. Without hesitation she immediately said yess after seeing the pictures, its fine, I like it…..
Just to found out the ad is removed………….
I love my wife…….. se is far better then my first one….
Are you guys forgetting that I already have one large (bigger than this one) wrecker at my house and that she was my copilot on that mission to drive the thing almost 600 miles home a couple years ago?
You dont mess with a woman that participates in and tolerates Your gearhead addictions. You keep her. Otherwise you end up losing your cars . Thats how I bought two of My cars in divorce sales.
I’ve bought a few that way myself.
My wife is as big a car junkie as I am. We’d be fighting over the cars and selling the kids. 🙂
How about this one kiddies ?
A 1949 Chevy ‘firetruck’ with 6,700 original miles miles for current bid of $ 2325. Always stored inside, maintained by a municipality for 65 years… Polished by generations of fire pensionaires.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-chevy-6400-Fire-Truck-/181356529156?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2a39b10604&item=181356529156&pt=Commercial_Trucks
What a cool heavy-duty pickup this would make for cheap money.
Go Big or Go Home.