NEVER SAW THESE TRUCKS BEFORE. NOW WE KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY WERE. BOB WAS SO PROUD TO DRIVE ALL THESE GREAT TRUCKS. TKS AGAIN FOR VIEDO. THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA
If you know just a little bit about old engines, you old see that it is a side valve or flathead 6 cylinder. Virtually all Diesel engines have overhead valves. The spark plugs are visible which is an indicator that it is a gas engine.
Almost certainly the engine is a Hercules inline flathead 6 made in Canton, Ohio. My father had a Diamond T Model 80 one ton farm truck that was running until about 1956. I drove it in the fields.. I am 80 now.
C'mon, the guy doesn't know its a 4-sp w/ 2-sp rear axle, making it an 8 speed? Limited to 30 mph, are they driving it in low-range? Sounds like a tappet-clatter or exhaust-manifold leak. Sweet ol' truck though. The chroming of the misc bits and all the steel trailer-and-door hardware is exceptional. What an absolutely class-act stealth camper this rig would make. Put-in a couple roof skylight-vents and you could stealth-camp almost anywhere, just limit you're comings-and-goings. Course, you'd have to overdrive it, or re-gear the diff, maybe bump-up the hp with a super-charger or repower. That old flattie maybe pumps-out 60 hp max (w/ aviation gas) ...
Beautiful job
Remember seeing that truck sitting in a shed at the Colton dist center in the late 80s early 90s. when I was in there to deliver product.
BEAUTIFUL 1947 DIAMOND TRUCK NICE VIEDO.
TKS
THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA
OUR FRIEND DROVE ALL THESE TRUCKS AND MENTIONED THE DIAMOND T IN THE SONG HE WROTE THE B MODEL MACK SONG.
NEVER SAW THESE TRUCKS BEFORE. NOW WE KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY WERE.
BOB WAS SO PROUD TO DRIVE ALL THESE GREAT TRUCKS. TKS AGAIN FOR VIEDO.
THE COUNTRY TIGERS CANADA
I DROVE FOR EATON, S OF CANADA
Sweet looking truck. I've heard of Diamond T, but I've never seen one in person. :)
Im looking at it right now on the freeway
Man. Neither one of these guys really knew anything at all about this great old Diamond T
Ever try 2 ND gear in the two speed axle? Holy Crap!
It goes alot faster than 30mph they just choose to drive it at that speed... They can go 55-65
very humble...nice!!!
FOR HOW MANY TEARS WERE THESE TRUCKS MADE?
big fan of diamond t's ===what model is this
What kind of engine is powering the truck? Is it a diesel engine?
If you know just a little bit about old engines, you old see that it is a side valve or flathead 6 cylinder. Virtually all Diesel engines have overhead valves. The spark plugs are visible which is an indicator that it is a gas engine.
@@tracylemme1375 I've never seen a Diamond T Truck before, so no, I don't know about the engines these trucks were powered with.
@@jasoncarpp7742 it's a Diamond T flat head industrial 6 cylinder gas engine, very few trucks were diesel back then
Almost certainly the engine is a Hercules inline flathead 6 made in Canton, Ohio. My father had a Diamond T Model 80 one ton farm truck that was running until about 1956. I drove it in the fields.. I am 80 now.
Sounds like the engine needs a rebuild . She’s knocking
little man in engine with a hammer
That is the air compressor.
C'mon, the guy doesn't know its a 4-sp w/ 2-sp rear axle, making it an 8 speed? Limited to 30 mph, are they driving it in low-range? Sounds like a tappet-clatter or exhaust-manifold leak. Sweet ol' truck though. The chroming of the misc bits and all the steel trailer-and-door hardware is exceptional. What an absolutely class-act stealth camper this rig would make. Put-in a couple roof skylight-vents and you could stealth-camp almost anywhere, just limit you're comings-and-goings. Course, you'd have to overdrive it, or re-gear the diff, maybe bump-up the hp with a super-charger or repower. That old flattie maybe pumps-out 60 hp max (w/ aviation gas) ...
the knocking sound is actually the air compressor.
Sounds like it has a rod knocking. :/
That is the air compressor.
I believe this truck was stolen but recovered at the Mexican Border.
God it sounds like crap what's up with it?
It sounded just fine, the knocking sound you hear is the trucks air compressor.
Dude didn’t make any sense