Which pre-2000 set had a mobile crane with lights?

Question

I had a set similar to this when I was younger (I am fairly sure this was before the year 2000), although:

The model was red, rather than yellow.
The model was more of a breakdown truck, rather than a cargo lorry.
The model used a cleveryly hidden 9V battery to power a winch and flashing lights.
There were no supporting "arms" coming out the side like in the model below.

Can anybody help me find what set it was?

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score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 13 '12 at 20:05

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I believe the set you're looking for is the F1 Hauler (item no. 6484-1):

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Here are the details:

It was released in 1995.
It's a red-and-white truck for towing Formula 1 cars (and has no support legs).
It has an 8 x 4 x 2.33 9V battery box, which is hidden in the body of the 6-stud-wide truck.
It has a 1 x 4 light bar and a motorized winch driven by a 9V micromotor.

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edited Jan 13 '12 at 20:05

tombull89

answered Jan 13 '12 at 15:13

gnovice

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That's it! Although I do not remember the the battery box being the tool chest, I thought it was built into the model and hidden behind the panels. After reading the reviews I see the model is 6 studs wide and the battery box was 4, so it's certainly possible. I'll have to see if I can find the manual somehwere. – tombull89 Jan 13 '12 at 15:25
@tombull89: You're right about the battery box. The first image I found made it hard to tell what the width of the truck was. I'll update with a better picture. – gnovice Jan 13 '12 at 15:29
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I found my copy of the manual and took a picture of stage 14 which shows the location of the battery box. – tombull89 Jan 13 '12 at 20:05

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