I once considered myself lucky to be surrounded by gearhead friends. You know the ones. The people always supporting wacky ideas regarding project cars, the ones you’d drink beer and thrash with on a car all night, the ones that always find a way to help. These are people like Powermaster’s Brady Basner, or at least I thought that before Basner decided to straight up taunt me with this beautiful rig below.

Brady knows that Chad and I are in the greater Los Angeles area this week and he decided to take the opportunity to send me the coolest Criagslist find we have had in some time. This is a truck that I’d own in two seconds. This is a truck less than an hour from the spot where I am writing this. This is a truck that will torture my thoughts and dreams for the rest of my days. What is it? How about an absolutely pristine 1960 International B-162 truck. In fairness it could be a B-160, B-162, B-164, or B-164. The only real differences between the trucks are the GVWs which range from 16,000 to 30,000 lbs depending on how the rig is outfitted. We’re going to guess that this is a 16,000 lb GVW truck as that would match the GVW of the wrecker I already own, which is a 1968 Chevy C50. What would it have for an engine, you ask? The base piece is an inline six gasser measuring out to 264ci and making 154hp. The other engines were 266ci and  304ci V8 mills rated at 155 and 193hp respectively. The ad does not list the transmission type but it has to be either a granny low four speed or if this thing is a true “loaded” rig, perhaps it has a 5-speed in it.

The paint and lettering appear flawless, meaning that they are old and probably full of minor flaws which we would never, ever change. Top speed is somewhere between 55 and 65mph. I have no idea who built the wrecker body, what the winch capacity is, or anything else of the sort. I do know that this truck is as right as rain and that I have never seen another like it. The twin spotlights mounted at the top corners of the windshield are sweet. The single vertical exhaust stack means that this truck has a legit bark when heading down the road and especially when the driver is using all 193hp flat out.

The seller is looking for $6,500 beans for the truck and who am I to argue? This may be the nicest such rig on planet Earth and for all we know it is the only functional 1960 International wrecker left on said planet which we all inhabit. You may consider my wrecker obsession strange, but honestly. Can you look at this truck and tell me it is uncool or that you wouldn’t want to drive it? The international is quite literally a Tonka toy in full size.

CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AND THEN HIT THE LINK TO SEE THE AD FOR THE TRUCK –

CL AD: 1960 INTERNATIONAL B-162 WRECKER — COMPLETELY AWESOME