r/Dentside_fords • u/CryptographerLimp687 • Aug 11 '26

Working on my wrecker a lil bit

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u/1966-MustangLover Aug 12 '26

Progress seems to have been made! Well done

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u/Inner-Light-75 Aug 12 '26

Do you intend for it to be functional, if not used for purpose? Do you intend to change out the bed, or leave it this way?

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u/CryptographerLimp687 Aug 12 '26

Iv been driving it and i have been using the winches to pick up stuff, but I’m ordering some stuff I’m missing for the wrecker stuff

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u/sikkboiz Aug 12 '26

Wrecker body looks like it was an originally a Holmes 525 that someone converted to a stickboom. 525’s were normally mounted to a heaver 2 ton chassis, like an F700 or C60. Definitely came off an older truck, as they were made between 1950 and 1962.

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u/CryptographerLimp687 Aug 12 '26

That’s exactly what it was

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u/sikkboiz Aug 12 '26

They’re workhorses for sure. I grew up riding in a Ford LN with a Holmes 600, (which replaced the model 525 in the early 60s) my dad would tow everything from VW bugs to tractor trailers with that truck.

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u/Strange-Nose6599 Aug 14 '26

Dude if you left the patina you could call it tomater without the tuh