Thank you very much. I’ll gather more info on the Manley brand. This has been a very cool discovery for me. Up until today, I had no idea. He passed just before I was born, and my mother brought a large box of old family photos with her this weekend, and this one really caught my eye. When asked she said “oh I forgot about that, yeah he owned a gas station at one time…”

1941 Ford 1 ton .....wrecker looks to be a Manley, definitely not a Holmes unit.

just found this photo of my grandfather’s tow truck from his Detroit-area service station. I don’t know the location of the station, yet. Working on that. I’m looking for any information regarding the truck and body. Also wondering about the color scheme, as I’d enjoy building a model of it, too.   

Thank you everyone for the comments.....your opinions really do mean something......I guess the only thing missing is the stench.  Believe me, I seriously thought of rubbing rotten potato's on the inside of the packer and hopper before a show.  

Well done, looks really good. 

Yea...that makes two of us   BREAKER 1 9 , BREAKER 1 9  Got a bulldog Mack with a can on the back.  Anyone got a copy on me, come on! Ice Man Collections citizens band radio...going to scratch build a pair of mirror mount antennas.    

Looks great can't wait to see it done 

Very true I have 1 more patriotic Buldogs coming for my ho scale trucking company on the layout And 4 Bicentennial KW W900A aerodynes  2 K100 aerodynes    So yeah on both counts    But your bulldog is just Mooooooo-ving along 😆 🤣 😂   

.....Looks like between what you have and what I got going on, we are going to have ourselves one patriotic dog pound here on the forums☺️ 

Thank you both, the comments are much appreciated!   Here are a couple of the pictures that I scoured from the internet that I used for reference.....     Here is where I am at presently......   I thought that the rear fenders look out of proportionally too far outboard.  I moved them in to where they look like where they should be.  I added styrene strip to the frame for the bottom of the tank to be properly aligned and attached.