1967 Bowles Top-Pack

Unable to obtain another top pack from Bemars, SCD turned to the S.Vincen Bowles Co. of Sun Valley, who produced this nearly identical copy of the Bemars. Mechanicals are the same; White Compact CO with V8 gasser engine and automatic transmission.

Unlike the Bemars, this truck came with over-the-cab lift arms as original equipment. This special-order truck is the only Bowles Top-Pack ever documented here at CRT, and it is probable that this truck is a "one-of-kind" from Bowles.

Finding any working Bowles from 1967 would be remarkable find in itself, but this rare truck is especially nice!













Below is a a true yard gem, a 1957 Chevrolet Apache with unknown model roll-off




Finally, Bill shot took some pictures of truck photos hanging on the walls of SCD.
I particularly like this mega-mother White with a Bowles half-pack FL:




And the view from the back end




Another sixties Bowles half-pack on an MB series Mack




Half-pack with vertical cylinders, probably by Bemars




The unmistakable Western Shu-Pak





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