Brocky

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.

OD
Thanks for the pictures. Great to see you on level ground (I-20).. Did you know how to act???

Here is a front view of another sharp N model and the lady who built it.

During the post war late 40's,No one knows exactly how much input Diamond T had in the development of the Comfo Vision Cab, But there was a lot of interaction on a personal level of the Design and Engineering departments with IH. Diamond T also built some heavy duty, special order R model IH's on their Chicago line. Attached is a picture of an Emeryville prototype badged as a DT taken outside the DT plant.

The Comfo Vision cabs were stamped by the Chicago Cab Co and Diamond T assembled their own so there are some differences in cab mounts and cowl configurations. I do not know if the other companys who used them bought the pieces or bought them assembled??

In 1958-9 when White Motor bought out Diamond T, the close working relationship with IH dissapeared and in 1960 the DT production moved to the REO plant in Lansing Mich using the REO cab with an optional Autocar cab. By 1965-66 the Autocar cab became standard, Then on May 1st, 1967 White motor combined the two and created the name Diamond REO.

Is there a decent reasonably priced motel in the area close to the show?? and/or where do all you guys stay for the show???

My buddy and I are planning on coming up from SC.

Thanks

Brocky

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