Gas Station Toys - Cities Service
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| Ideal Cities Service Tow Truck |
Besides the huge trucks shown on the previous pages, Ideal also made a more reasonably scaled
Cities Service tow truck. Its year of manufacture is unknown. Best guess - early to mid-sixties.
Cities Service tow truck. Its year of manufacture is unknown. Best guess - early to mid-sixties.
Branding their name on the hood was in keeping
with Ideal's low-key approach to name recognition.
with Ideal's low-key approach to name recognition.
Things were beginning to slip on the Ideal toy
assembly lines. Nice bed design though.
assembly lines. Nice bed design though.
The tow boom looked good, but its elevation was controlled by crude toothed supports that simply
ratcheted through the bed floor. It could have been better.
ratcheted through the bed floor. It could have been better.
