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Wait...I don't usually have headaches...

 

I think that's an early LaFrance chassis that tow truck's built on!

 

Great looking old Tow Truck!. I was thinking it would be fantastic to put a modern frame and running gear under it, but then I noticed the really short wheelbase (for a tow truck). Wouldn't be too practical for modern vehicles.

 

Actually, the LaFrance chassis is likely a 4-7 ton rig, so any of the Big Three short-wb trucks would definitely work.

 

I just went looking for any info on it, and I couldn't find anything that said this cab design was an American LaFrance, but it was a forward aero design prevalent in Art Deco in the 1930s.

 

Look what I found.

http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora:195963

Grab Description View of 1937 International Harvester cab-over-engine (COE) tow truck parked in front of Miller Motors dealership. Painted on side of truck: "Miller Motors, 24 hour service, emergency AAA road service, Mankato, Minnesota, Tugboat Annie." Label on front: "1937 International cab-over-engine truck." Handwritten on back: "Cab over engine truck." - See more at: http://digitalcollections.detroitpu.../object/islandora:195963#sthash.coTzI1XB.dpuf

http://www.ipmslivonia.org/ipms/Gallery/Towtruck/LS-TowTrk.htm

 

^^^ Great follow-up story! Thanks!

 

Yes! Thank you very much for finding that! It's interesting it's an International, even though it looks a lot like a LaFrance.

 

I've seen that one before. The dumb SOB who built that just couldn't find a regular pickup with canopy, instead of ruining that panel truck?

 

I agree.

 

That crappy panel truck may have had lots of rear quarter rust and wasn't worth much at the time. On the other hand the dumb SOB ruined a nice 55 Chevy.
Which wasn't worth much back then either.

 

Yeah, but if everything survived, just about nothing would be worth anything.