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Finally got things coming together. I used Herculiner on the bed to make it more durable.

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Wow!!!! Almost makes me want to break down just for honor of being towed by your truck. She is looking great.

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It took me a full day to get the bed mounted on the chassis by myself. It's starting to come together.

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Adding more final touches.

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Nice exhaust. She coming together.

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Its looking great .

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This is excellent. Glad to see you kept the 292.

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With a few days here and there, there has been some progress made. I got the dollies and sling assembled. Mounted the power take off shaft and made the linkage.

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I got the clutch cable ran for the winch. The marker lights and the exhaust pipes mounted. In the process of rebuilding the winch right now and painting the west coast mirrors. It's been nice to be able to get a few things accomplished on this.

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It's looking great!

I saw a 67/68 Chevy Wrecker out in the middle of nowhere yesterday and thought of your build! It may have been a runner, but looked like it needed a lot of work!

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Outfield, they are almost a thing of the past. That would have been neat to see. The days I've been able to work on this I have been doing the wiring. The wiring is all done on it now. One glitch I need to figure out. Just about done rebuilding the winch.

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Looks nice ,cant wait to see more .

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She is looking great. What glitch? We don't have anything like that, only good things!

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Moose Monkey.
My one glitch is when I turn the right turn signal on my bright light indicator flashes on the dash. When I turn on my high beams on, my right turn indicator comes on in the dash. I think I need to switch the wiring.

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Dark blue right turn goes into switch. Light green high beam . goes to floor switch. See no glitch.

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I used factory wiring on this, not the original. I need to trace it down to where it is wrong and move the two wires. In the column area or the fuse box area. I'm not sure.

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On dash pin 11 high beam. Pin 09 right turn. On high beam switch pin 03 still checking on turn signal switch

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Pin j on turn signal switch.

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Moose,

Thank you for the information.

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She is shaping up WOW

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It's been a while since I have posted. In September and October I went through the winch and replaced bearings and seals. I got the worm gear drive tolerances to specs. A big thanks to Jim Watkins from Winches Inc. in Odessa, Texas. I was kept busy doing the finishing touches.

Then in November I had to go through the Chelsea PTO. It was heavily worn and I replaced misc. parts, bearings and seals. A Huge thank you To Ron Warren of Ron's Drivelines in Gainsville, Georgia. A super nice and honest guy to deal with.

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Looks great .

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I was able to get a bargain on a set of tires and found my flaps and inner tubes on ebay. I had Kevin Wiser from Mooresville, IN. (painter and bodyman) hand paint the lettering as it was originally done.

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With the lettering complete, it was all coming together. A huge sense of accomplishment. Today I got the tires mounted and balanced and put on the truck. Finally off jack stands and sitting on rubber. I'm so happy. I still need to mount my mirrors and load on winch cable. Might have to wait for spring for that. Not sure.

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A truly exceptional build... the truck looks like it just appeared through a time portal.

Abe

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Wow..... Show room fresh. Looking great.

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Thanks for the comments.

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Very nice wrecker- has to feel good to almost be done

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I love it, love wreckers I was involved with my uncles towing business for awhile when I was younger. Unfortunately they have passed and the business fell apart. My dream is to do something similar in his memory I'm sure your family is proud.

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The amount of work this takes . . . I can only imagine. Very cool build but I have to say I think your my new hero. The amount of detail work must have been a real S.O.B but man-o-man what a transformation.

Sit back and have a beer, you've definitely earned it :tim:

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Just read the thread from the beginning....all I can say is WOW!!! Very nice work and attention to detail!

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So cool. Cool truck with a great history

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Now we need a full photo of the finished truck . If you are ever in Chattanooga Tennessee you should visit the Tow Truck Museum ,you wont be disappointed .You might even send them pics of yours with the story behind it and they may want to display it there .

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Beautiful truck, nice touch with the hand painted logos!

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Thank you all for the comments and words of encouragement. Again, I can't say enough about this forum and the people that are here. A very knowledgeable and kind group is an understatement.
It has been a complete challenge throughout the build, both physical and mentally. It sure would have been a lot easier building a pickup truck for sure. I even wanted to buy a pickup bed for it and restore it as well, in case I wanted to take the wrecker bed off of it. Now I'm realizing that the wrecker bed will stay on it. It's so much of my families history. The build brought back so many fond memories at the shop for me. I can't wait for spring to get it out on the road for a 50 year anniversary of the truck itself.
I do want to go to the museum. I'm not sure if that is the Holmes wrecker museum or just a wrecker museum. I need to do some more research on my end. Many years ago men from Holmes came and looked at our wreckers and had discussions with my grandpa and grandma, Tommy and Ruth Allen, my dad and his twin brother, Dick and Bob Allen, over the low profile design of the wrecker beds, ease of use, and safety. Then Holmes made changes to theirs.

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Looks great!!!! love the style Reminds me of childhood. lol

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Wow! That is nice. You did a great job on it!

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Sweet!!!!!Great build,keep on truckin'

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My buddy Gary came over to haul it for me. We took my truck to my mechanic week ago today. He's going to get it running and fine tune it, bleed the brakes, and finish up the exhaust. Can't wait to get it back.

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I got my truck back from my mechanic, Ed Tackett from Tackett's Garage on Wednesday. He adjusted the valves, did some tuning, and got it running. Bleed and adjusted the brakes, and clutch. Took it today to Meade's Performance Muffler and they finished up the exhaust.