We bet you thought they didn't allow anyone outside of Ford, GM, and Chrysler to produce heavy-duty trucks back in the classic days of American cars. Maybe you That no other company would be allowed ...
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 ...
In our day and age, there’s a market for everything – and we’ve seen this in the auto industry, where there’s virtually no limit to how much one is willing to spend on the object of their desire. And ...
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 ...
A distinctive piece of postwar American trucking history is set to cross the auction block. The heavily customized 1947 Diamond T COE flatbed is featured in the upcoming Mecum Houston auction, ...
Day Radebaugh's 1949 Diamond T pickup truck proves that a vintage working truck could be stylish as well as functional. Only about 7,000 of this model were built from 1938-49. The Wichita Eagle Day ...
T-Line’s aluminum cab, built by a body maker in Wisconsin, can be altered for specialty applications.Photo: Diamond Specialty Vehicles LLC T-Line Trucks & Chassis, a low-volume business that evolved ...
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- Long before heated seats and rear-view cameras, one pickup truck was all work and no play. Even the name was no nonsense: the Diamond T. Michel McQueen of Phoenix has taken a ...
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 ...
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 ...