Charles A. Tilt did not believe trucks had to be homely. Tilt borrowed liberally from styling concepts of the most eye-catching automobiles of the 1920s and 1930s, enabling his Diamond T Truck Co. to ...
Ever since Gottlieb Daimler made his No. 42 in 1896, the world has never been the same. As soon as that century ended and the 20th began, trucks became a commonplace presence on the world’s roads in ...
4 May 2023, 15:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea // Even though production of the Diamond T 201 lasted from 1938 to 1949, only about 7,000 of them left the company's factory. And most of them are gone. 1946 ...
C.A. Tilt built his first car in 1905, and the name he used was Diamond T, the same as his father’s shoemaking business. The diamond indicated quality, and “T” was for his last name. Tilt made cars ...
After a Wichita On Wheels article about Day Radebaugh's 1949 Diamond T truck was published late in 2013, a farmer from Caldwell contacted him about an even older Diamond T. One thing led to another ...
Our readers rarely see wood-bodied commercial vehicles, known as Depot Hacks in their day, in this vintage truck publication. However, this unique woodie wagon was a big old Diamond T truck in a ...
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Saturday at Barrett-Jackson is commonly known as “Shatterday” as it’s typified by record-breaking sales. On our radar for today was the Snake and Mongoose pair of yellow and red 1967 Dodge D-700 ramp ...
French resident Thierry Becker has begun his latest vehicle restoration project, a U.S. World War II military wrecker built in 1942. The U.S. Army used the Diamond T 969, a 6×6 wrecker with 10-ton ...
T-Line Trucks & Chassis, a low-volume business that evolved from the old Diamond T and Diamond Reo operations, plans a return to production later this year. Its principals promise quality and ...