A back up light, hardtop convertible, strange front bumper (spring loaded?) great letting and bedrails. What the thing in the bed? A plow? Folding wheelchair?
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by-part-2.1154030/page-45#post-13145567
I think the truck here is a circa 1918 Type 55 Cadillac. It was quite common in the 1920s to turn obsolete big cars into wreckers.
ReplyDeleteOne example -
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/10/1934-cadillac-converted-to-tow-truck.html
yes, and thank you for referring to one of my posts, and not the same thing on some other website.... I appreciate that.
DeleteFor one thing, it shows I already am aware of something we are currently discussing, like that the big strong cars like Cadillacs were often made into tow trucks...
but more than that, I appreciate that you took a stab at identifying the car I am asking about!
It's a wrecker, you can see the hand crank for the winch.
ReplyDeleteHA! Correction, YOU can see the hand crank, my eyesight is going bad, and I didn't make out that the thing in back was a towing boom, looks like a Manley. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/164802-manley-wrecker/
DeleteNow the wheels make sense, as Justin nailed the dolly wheels.
Thanks!
thing in the back is probably dolly wheels for hauling a smashed car.
ReplyDeleteit was common to use Cadillac's and packards since they were usually stronger and more powerful than most trucks at the time.