Work Truck Buildoff ! Holden 1 Tonner Tow Truck

[Dave holio]

What have here is the iconic Australian accident chase truck of the 80's n 90's, i grew up working and driving them , untill they got banned from accident/collision work.

 

[Dave holio]

And a mock up of the wheel base atm
I still need to make the chassis wider

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[pardonmyn00b]

Why did they get banned? I don?t see any problems with using a car as a tow truck.

 

[imthatguy]

Why did they get banned? I don’t see any problems with using a car as a tow truck.

Probably too many burnouts.

 

[indybama]

Thats awesome! Id drive one as a daily lol

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[Dave holio]

They had a very low towing capacity and also dangerous to drive in the wet , ive spun out a few times but other wise fun to drive too


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[Woodtick72]

That looks pretty cool. Look forward to this build.

 

[Wrencher]

so whats the 0 to 100 time on that wrecker. the second with the hood scoop looks mean and fast.

 

[Dave holio]

so whats the 0 to 100 time on that wrecker. the second with the hood scoop looks mean and fast.

They where a nasty peice of work


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[Dave holio]

Made some progress over the weekend with making up the front fenders,

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[Dave holio]

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[Dave holio]

Started to build up front nose panel

bonnet needs to be redone as it was hit with some direct sunlight during the week

Still more to add and its time for sanding and reshaping oh yerand more sanding


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[Dave holio]

Got some more panels made up
And remade the bonnet

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[Bobloblaw89]

Holden is a fascinating automobile company, does not surprise me one bit that these wreckers were a thing. Would be great to see an original next to a newer UTE chopped up and built as a wrecker!

Amazing styrene work, can't wait to see where this goes!

 

[Frizzen]

Very wild project, can't wait to see how this turns out. The body is really coming along nicely. Are the dirty 5-spokes a hint about how the truck will end up looking?

I had no idea they had ever done something like this with Holdens, to my foreign perspective it looks like they put a ford Ranchero or chevy El Camino to work.

 

[Dave holio]

Yer they where a very sort after car back in the day and now aswell here
Few pics from weekend

Started working on the window frames atm and then onto the wicked curved roof


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[Shannwah]

Excellent work as always mate!

 

[CrawlingFinn]

Damn those are fun looking things! You are making good progress

 

[Dave holio]

Cheers guys
Yer its a slow progress for me atm but it will get there


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[Dave holio]

Body is almost done now its puddy time and sanding

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