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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