I’ve been jealous because both McTaggart and Chad have done a Would You Rather blog item so far and until this moment, I still had a goose egg in that category. Well that egg is present NO MORE because I found a pair of decrepit wreckers on eBay and I am forcing you to choose which one lives and which ones DIES! Ok, apparently this is just a fun thing and we’re deciding which one we would rather have at the end of the day. Chad had muscle cars in his and McTaggart had some serial killer spec really interesting old Chryslers in his. Listen, you are all lucky I didn’t go full on tractor with this thing.
Ok, so the two combatants here are both in tough shape but boy they each have character for days. Let’s start with the 1937 Chevy. The truck appears to be mostly intact but it is pretty well beat up. The thing I really dig about it is the twin boom Holmes…actually this thing is so old it is an Earnest Holmes wrecker unit. The truck is also equipped with cool outriggers that are there to provide stability when the booms are out to the side and a wreck is being dragged up hill or toward the truck. I bet these are fairly rare to have on a truck of this age, especially ones that are fixed to the body. My wrecker, which is 30 years newer than this one had detachable ones. Does it run? HAHAHA – Surely you jest.
Wrecker number tow is the rotting, ugly, but ultimately fantastic 1950 Dodge Power Wagon wrecker that also wears a Holmes twin boom wrecker unit on the back. I can’t say that I have ever seen a civilian style Power Wagon wrecker, especially one with a nicely finished Holmes unit mounted on the rear of the frame. This truck has no engine but it does come with a Cummins 4BT that the seller was planning to install before he threw in the tower. This truck is way, way, wayyyyy more rusty than the Chevy but I’d also argue it has more character, is more rare, and it’s a friggin’ Power Wagon. The bumper on the Power Wagon looks like it could be used to fell California redwood trees.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU….SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE TRUCKS HIT THE EBAY LINKS AND MAKE YOUR PICK!
WOULD YOU RATHER? A HAMMERED 1937 CHEVY WRECKER OR AN EVEN MORE HAMMERED 1950 DODGE POWER WAGON WRECKER?
CLICK HERE to see the 1950 Dodge Power Wagon Wrecker CLICK HERE to see the 1937 Chevy Wrecker
The power wagon is sexy. I’d rock that.
Dang Brian, there’s TWO (Not Tow) apparently Freudian typos on the second wrecker
Wrecker Number TOW (Not two?) and then threw in the Tower (Towel)
Were you stuttering and slobbering uncontrollably when you typed this up? Shaking violently in what amounts to an epic display of self control, mouse pointer hovering, no, probably quivering over the BID button?
LMAO brother, it’s a tough life! I’d have to give the Chubby Chevy the nod.
The power wagon.
That Power wagon is gnarly, it’s got my vote.
That Power Wagon should be running over kids somewhere.
like in a ‘twisted metal’ game
The ’37. The Dodge is alright, but the ol’ chev speaks to me