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I’ve just been hired by a local museum to do research and restoration work on a 1939 Diamond T truck with a bus body. This vehicle has an extensive local history, being used for door to door gro... »
William started the topic Our History in the forum GENERAL B.S. 11 years, 6 months ago
The Diamond T Motor Car Company was founded by Charles Arthur Tilt in Chicago in 1905. The company produced cars, but in 1911 the first small truck was produced. This model proved successful, and within a few years car-production was abandoned altogether. During the Great War Diamond was supplier of the Class B “Liberty” trucks to the US Army.
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