Brocky

Yes that is John Vanatta's COE Ford.. Does anyone know who owns all the sharp Diamond T's???

The Super 8 was nice and clean, reasonable prices,refrig and micro but no coffee pot in room,24 hr coffee in lobby, no problems.. Even had white Americans that spoke English working the desk!!! First night went down the road to Cracker Barrell, the second night just walked next door to a great Pub!! A couple of beers and big a$$ good sandwiches with no worries about driving afterword. My buddy and I ran all back roads from the bottom of Fancy Gap back to Winston Salem with a stop at the Keystone Museum on Sunday on the way home. Leon said it was the best trip we had taken since roaming all over northern New Mexico and Colorado on our way to the ATHS Colorado Spgs show in 2007.

I spent 3 hours at the museum on the way home from Lititz. A Fantastic place you can lose a whole day there!! They bought 6 or 7 trucks at Del DeYoung's auction.

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We are leaving South Carolina Thurs AM. Hope to meet many of you.

I saw the Wilkins one at Macungie several years ago. He is a son of Art Wilkins who had the big Diamond T auction in Kansas last summer, and has a big shop in Bethel PA.

What is the story on the extended snout??? Bigger engine / better cooling???? Was this factory??

He is a member of the Western North Carolina chapter and drives it to a lot of shows. It will definitely be at Cherokee on October.

Mark Email Dave Hemelright at Brockway-Dave@charter.net and he can give you any info you want on that truck Brocky

The man who appraised my DT 201 for insurance asked me roughly what I had in it and wrote that figure down, which is about $20k over the present going prices.

Dougstr That is definitely a 59 or 60. Ford used the same grille both years above F-700. It would have the "Super Duty" Ford designed heavy truck engine which came in three sizes, can not remember the smallest but the other 2 are a 477 and 534. The 534 would run with a 220 Cummins and pass everything but a gas station!! Contact Michelle Cole in Smithville TX. MichellHC@aol.com She is the Ford Guru Has an N-950 and a LTL 9000. Her dad was a Ford shop foreman back in the 50's and 60's and she has all the old shop manuals. My 55 F-600 has the serial number tag inside the glove box door but they might have moved it by 59-60.

OD Is that one from Georgia?? There was one at ATHS in Huntsville in 2009 like that.. The had used the smaller 3000 cab from a Coke a Cola 1-2 ton delivery truck.

Doug Thanks for the info. Hope to get to meet ya'all Friday or Saturday.

Bubba had his yellow Mack at Lincolnton NC last weekend and is planning on being at Cherokee next month. It is his everyday work truck so some of his show attendance depends on how his loads fall. Also Bob Anders maroon LJ will definitely be at Cherokee.

Thanks guys. Got a room at Super 8 in Lancaster for a decent price. Next Question: Is there any place like a food court, with chairs, where a man can sit down and rest / catch is breath?? My buddy is almost to the point of having to carry an oxygen bottle. Can walk a while then has to sit a while. Or should we plan on bringing some lawn chairs?? Thanks Much Brocky

Bigdog We have them in the fall.. By my calendar there is some kind of farm tractor and/or truck show going on almost every Saturday from Labor Day to Thanksgiving Granted they are spread out from Winchester VA to Cookeville TN to Snead AL email me at brocky45@prtcnet.com and I can update you

Anmd Winchester VA is the same weekend also

The sloped nose Giants had the air cooled Deutz engines in them. There was another construction outfit out of Harrisburg that had a lot of them also. Had a 4 letter name? KEMP?? Something like that

I went two years ago with my Diamond T 201 and enjoyed it very much. Will not make it this year as I have made plans for Gerharts the next W/E

If the sign is in English that means half of the steering wheel holder will not be able to read it and go up anyhow!!

Mike Looks Like a great show.. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

Vision Thanks for the Hendrickson Picture, as they continued to buy and use IH Cabs for most of their truck building years. Green Dash Since in 1955 (+/- a year) DT already had the 921 "China Closet" COE which got squared off to the 931 in 1961 for their own COE. The DT historians believe that this picture was an example of how close the DT and IH design and engineering departments worked together from the end of WW2 thru the White purchase days. DT originally contracted the Murty Bros of Portland OR design the "low cab forward" model which IH liked and eventually bought the rights to. Appearently the truck in this picture was built in the DT facility in Chicago by and/or under contract to IH during the middle 50's as a COE to replace the Highbinder. Whether it was for lack of space in Springfield Ohio or for industrial security purposes is unknown? So to answer your question, YES, DT / IH pulled the double stacking maneuver about 10 years ahead of Ford.

Big Dog You could say that, or the reverse!! Here is a picture of the DT 931 COE badged a REO. In the 60's White Motor was building DT's, REO's and heavy duty special order White's all on the same line in the old REO plant in Lansing Mich. We had a long discussion of this a couple of years ago on the old ATHS What Am I? forum. There was definitely a lot of mix and match of parts going on. It was possible for three identical trucks to come down the line and then come out the door badged three different brands!!! We guess it was what ever brand the customer wanted or what White though might sell..

The John Deere Hendrickson pictured above is not a ComfoVision cab.. It looks more like the A model cab which followed.