Do you know what inspired the creation of the tow truck by Ernest Holmes?

AAA just mentioned it, he was one of 6 men who struggled for 8 hours to get a car out of a creek bed with a lot of rope.

http://tow411.yuku.com/topic/119426/Vintage-Holmes-Wrecker-photos#.WQuJuvnyu70

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