Vintage Toys : Wrecker (Tow) Trucks

Where there are toy cars, eventually you need a toy tow truck. All the major manufacturers issued wrecker trucks, most of which could be fully interactive with operating booms. Did you know the first real two truck was created by Ernest Holmes a garage mechanic in 1916 from an old Cadillac.

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two yellow tow trucks sitting next to each other on top of a white background with the words 24 hour service below them

Carter Tru-Scale 24 Hour Service .. slush body with plastic boom/hook

three toy army vehicles are shown side by side

a more contemporary piece than normally featured on this site .. but of note due design based on 1950's DimeStore Dreams, and the book authored by Bill Hanlon.

two toy trucks are shown side by side, one is black and the other is white

c.1970 Buddy L Police Tow Truck no.663

there are two toy trucks that have been made to look like tow trucks

1957 NOS large Midgetoy Towing Service ... paper insert of function and tools

two blue and white toy trucks with chains attached to the front, back and sides

8 1/4" Bandai pressed steel Hercules Sr. Tow Truck c. mid-1960s

two yellow toy cars sitting side by side

Japanese Tin Friction by Nokorama Trade Mark

two yellow plastic toy cars sitting side by side

late 1940s plastic Slik Toy (Lansing Mfgr) tow truck

two toy trucks with chains attached to them, one is blue and the other is red

c.1948 Banner Plastics Tow Truck - original boom replaced by Thomas Toys unit

two red model cars with tow trucks attached to the front and rear wheels on each side

Girard Toys late 1920s - early 1930s, before being sold to Marx toys

two toy trucks are shown in different colors

late-1960s plastic Funmate Toys Service Truck - made in Japan 5 inches long

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