1956 Rowdy the wrecker towing autocar

Oh look it's Mater the truck

A carb. Kit and a good tuneup would do wonders for that sweet old girl nice rig!

This truck is literally the elder brother of Mater from cars lol

amazing truck, just what we could do with in our yard..... I can look for one.

I was just rewatching this video again and it reminded me of when I was a kid in the 60's. Our neighbor was working on a log truck and had a finger in the shutters when the thermostat closed them. He claimed that is how he lost that fingertip.

this old iron was built to run forever. it was never built to sit. it never wanted to stop working

Because of the lever arm (distance between front bumper and rear axle) a large scrap steel counterweight would work a treat to keep the nose down and front wheels planted. That trick is at least as old as that truck and easy to do.

Looks like a RD-450, a good lugging 6.

Great old truck. Great video too👍

Most of the r200 had a rd501 and some had the rd450

That's a nice self-made boom and bed. Looks like it was built more as a winch truck than a recovery vehicle. It's easy (and dirt cheap doing it yourself) to fab a wrecker sling and tailboard mounts for that boom to make the truck MUCH more useful. Another cheap (playing in those leagues you have plenty of good scrap steel!) addition would be a fat pair of Scotch blocks so your winch power is not limited by the truck sliding. Scotch blocks chained to the tailboard are a major performance upgrade for any vehicle used for heavy winching. The rear hitch for a lunette eye is stout but doesn't give much articulation which can break parts when not operating on level ground. Large pintle hitches are cheap used like most things hobbyists don't mess with and the military/industrial rotating style have no articulation issues. That tailboard can benefit from chain grab holes (round hole with a bottom notch to match the chain link OD) to quickly hang snatch blocks for level pulls and on some jobs to add mechanical advantage. USMC rigging manual is a free download and useful for any rigger. https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/MCRP%203-17.7J%20With%20Ch.%201%20z.pdf So are various Crosby literature.

Great old truck , American iron , sounds like she needs a tune up , thanks for sharing 👍

I'm buying a 1960 r200 next week with a wreaker body!!

Would love to see a video where this truck gets a tune up and some fresh fluids!

Hook the Terex Scraper up to it. I love truck and tractor pulls, let's see a Terex Scraper in a pull off.

What a gutsy old truck. Built to work . Thanks for showing. Really enjoyed.

I grinned through the whole video...if the old girl can do that on 4 cylinders...imagine what it'll do after a tune-up!! Totally love'er, built for severe abuse, and takes a licken and keeps on tickin. 😂😂

Engine is likely RD501 stamped on block just below head. The carb is a Holley 2140-G for Governed. I have never had my front wheels off the ground, but my truck was custom built to extricate cement trucks, they are quite different.

Hey LightningMqueen!!! -Tow Mater

That is one cool old wrecker!!