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Diamond T Trucks 1911-1966 Photo Archive
The Diamond T Motor Car Company manufactured automobiles until 1911 when the first truck, purchased by a satisfied automobile customer, led to exclusive truck production and soon gained legendary status as style leaders. While ''The Handsomest Truck in America'' became a long-standing slogan, Diamond T also emphasized its engineering leadership. Builders of more than 1500 Class B Liberty trucks in World War I, Diamond T produced nearly 50,000 thousand prime movers, half-tracks, army wreckers, tank tractors, and tank movers in World War II.
The late 1940s were years of peak production, but as the 1950s progressed, Diamond T found independent status problematic. The White Motor Company purchased Diamond T in 1958; moving production from Chicago to Reo's manufacturing facilities in Lansing, Michigan, in 1960, creating the Lansing Division to produce Diamond T and Reo trucks.
Both Diamond T and Reo ceased to be separate trucks starting in 1967 when White's new Diamond Reo Division began producing Diamond Reo trucks. Travel back in time to see these handsome trucks in large archival photos with in-depth captions.
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Author:
Robert Gabrick
Details:
128 pages, 21.5 x 26 x 1 cm / 8.5 x 10.25 x 0.39 in, paperback
Between 1940 and 1945, the Diamond T Motor Car Company delivered just over 50 000 vehicles to the American army and the Allies. In this production, just over 30 000 were 4-ton, 6x6 heavy trucks, which would have many versions: cargo, tow truck, pontoon carrier, engineering dump truck, cartographic box, etc.
The "Diamond" would be present in all theaters of operations, where its robustness and reliability would allow it to take on all tasks without weakening. Due to its expertise in heavy machinery, Diamond T would also be used for the production of the famous Half-track, with more than 10 000 units. All of these models are described in this book by a great specialist on the subject, using archives and hundreds of period photos.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Diamond T Story. 1. The Beginning of a Story. 2. The First Generation: The Diamond T Model 967. 3. The Second Generation: The Diamond T Model 968 969 & 970. 4. The Third Generation: The Diamond T Model 968A, 969A & 970A/968B, 969B & 970B. 5. The Cargo Trucks Model 968 & 968A. 6. The Wrecker Trucks Model 969 & 969A. 7. The Ponton Trucks Model 970 & 970A. 8. The Dump Truck Model 972. 9. The Canadian Trucks Model 975 & 975A. 10. The Bare Chassis. 11. Very special uses. 12. Diamond T Half-Tracks. 13. Prime Mover Trucks 980 & 981. 14. Production. 15. Diamond T Trucks Technical Data Sheets.
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Author:
Didier Andres
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148 pages, 29.5 x 21 cm / 11.6 x 8.25 in, paperback
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