Tom Hall Posted April 4 Posted April 4 While rummaging through eBay I came across a resin cab/hood for a GMC B7000 which was the GMC General of the late 50's/early 60's. I was looking for an older model semi-truck I could convert into a semi-wrecker...a large car wrecker as it were. Perfect! I ordered one, a bit pricey but it's only money. It arrived and I started building almost immediately. Aside from the scratch-built wrecker unit and the resin cab the entire model was built using spare parts from my spare parts totes, I have four of them. It took the better part of the winter of 2022-2023 from start to finish. 14
freightshaker2 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Sharp looking unit. Those trucks were iconic wreckers. And the Holmes were true work horses. Great build! 2
Biggu Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Nice job on this one, Tom . Your scratch wrecker is beautifully done. Those old Holmes’ units are not easy to replicate. I love the B7000 trucks. This is a perfect combination and looks great Jeff 1
BK9300 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Great scratch building, Tom - definitely a heavy duty wrecker in its day. The Holmes wrecker looks really good. 2
Gary Chastain Posted April 5 Posted April 5 Now that is a cool build, well done, got some skill/knowledge right there. 1
leafsprings2 Posted April 6 Posted April 6 Nice to see another Frontier Resin GMC built, I believe this is the 4th one I've seen on this forum. Good choice teamed with the large wrecker body. Impressive detail work, looks great. Does it have a V6 gas or Detroit?
cifenet Posted April 7 Posted April 7 Sophisticated work and amazing result! I must say it is very unique and one sweet looking wrecker. Great craftsmanship building this truck this good! 1
Tom Hall Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 On 4/6/2025 at 5:12 PM, leafsprings2 said: Nice to see another Frontier Resin GMC built, I believe this is the 4th one I've seen on this forum. Good choice teamed with the large wrecker body. Impressive detail work, looks great. Does it have a V6 gas or Detroit? The resin casting is too heavy to separate the hood from the cab. However, I did put a 6V71 in the chassis so when viewed from beneath the model does have an engine. Research said the V-6 Detroit was available right alongside that V-12 gasoline motor that was quite popular in the B7000.
leafsprings2 Posted April 8 Posted April 8 13 hours ago, Tom Hall said: Research said the V-6 Detroit was available right alongside that V-12 gasoline motor that was quite popular in the B7000. Right, I did a V6 gas version a while ago which would make my build a B6500 1
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