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1940s Diamond T dealership in Oregon. The Diamond T Motor Car Company was founded in Chicago in 1905 by C. A. Tilt. Reportedly, the company name was created when Tilt’s shoe-making father fashioned a logo featuring a big “T” (for Tilt) framed by a diamond, which signified high quality. [1]
The Texaco Doodlebug (also called the Diamond T Doodlebug) was a futuristic American tanker truck of the 1930s.. The vehicles were streamlined and highly aerodynamic. [1] The overall shape, a flattened half-cylinder rounded at the front and tapered at the end, has been described as a "pill" [1] or "breadloaf". [2]
The Diamond T 4-ton 6×6 truck was a heavy tactical truck built for the United States Army during World War II. Its G-number was G-509. Cargo models were designed to transport a 4-ton (3,600 kg) load over all terrain in all weather. There were also wrecker, dump, and other models. They were replaced by the M39 series 5-ton 6×6 trucks in the 1950s.
Prime mover cargo truck Mack NO 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6: 1943–1945: 2,050: Prime mover cargo truck M1 Wrecker 10-ton 6x6 [11] 1941–1945: 5,765: Standard heavy wrecker during WWII Built by Ward LaFrance and Kenworth. Diamond T 980 12-ton 6x4 [12] 1941–1945: 6,554: Tractor for M19 tank transporter Pacific M26 12-ton 6x6 [13] 1943–1945: 1,372 ...
The band REO Speedwagon took their name from the REO Speed Wagon light delivery truck, an ancestor of pickup trucks. The band Diamond Rio took their name from REO's successor company Diamond Reo Trucks. [11] The band misspelled "Reo" as "Rio", but lead singer Marty Roe decided to make a virtue out of his mistake, saying "I like it like that. It ...
The Dodge Airflow truck was a special request model truck that Dodge introduced in late 1934 and available through 1940. ... International and Diamond T.
The HD inline-sixes, later to become the first in International's long running "Diamond" series, first appeared in the C-30 truck of 1934. [9] Available in three different displacements (see table), they were renamed "Green Diamond" in late 1940 for the 1941 model year after a number of detail improvements. [7]
A A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, Red John, model Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917. Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912. AC Propulsion (1997–2003) tzero model Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) Ace model Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911) Adams Company (1905–1912) 'Adams-Farwell ...