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1941 Ford Tow Truck For Sale

1941 Ford Truck (1-ton), was originally a Brush Fire Truck, bought by the late Leo Maroney, owner of Package Steel in Sutton MA. In 1993 Leo had it very professionally converted to a working Tow Truck. Has old-style crank winch and newer style PTO unit. Both work great. 2 separate booms can be moved independently of each other. Overall, the truck is in super nice condition; new dry-cell battery, windshield and window rubbers and felts, rebuilt wiper motors, new wiper arms and blades, new plugs & wires. It was purchased from Leo's estate in Nov. 01 by the current owner, Byard Libby. Odometer says 7,900 miles and we are 90% sure this is correct. Engine is a 8 cyl which starts up easily.

Some comments from me

Byard is a fairly well known restorer in the Classic Car circles (at least in New England). His specialty is Duesenbergs and he has worked on at least 20 of them. Right now he is in the process of a complete restoration of a 31 Model J Murphy. A previous full resoration earned best Duesenberg at they yearly ACD festival. I'm mentioning this because he is really fastidious, and he doesn't mess with junk. I was with him back in 2001 when they were having the estate sale for Leo and he bought the truck. I also took a bunch of the pictures below. In general it is a good idea to personally inspect anything you buy first, but I will say in this case the pictures do not lie. It is a really nice truck, there is zero rust. I don't think it was ever out in the snow. There are some minor scratches in the paint (it as not been rubbed to my knowledge). I don't believe there are any dings or dents. I will mention that it probably needs tires (although you can ask Jane about that). Also, I know that it does about 45 mph with the pedal through the floor so without adding OD or changing the rear end you won't be doing any highway driving.

Price and Shipping

Byard is asking $20,000. The tuck is located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts where it can be viewed. If you arrange for shipping, he certainly help load. My brother had a good experience with http://www.truckersexpress.com shipping a half-track from Ohio to Massachusetts and it cost him 3k. This truck probably ways half as much at that.

Contact Info

If you have any additional questions you can email or call Jane Phillips who works for Byard. Her cell is 508-769-1121 or Send Mail

Here are some pictures, click for a larger view

Updated on April 9th, 2007

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