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Diamond T Other models

42 models in this series

Diamond T – other models: the collective page of US trucks outside the named ranges, from pre-war civilian types to the 980/981 tank transporter, six-cylinders of 3.9 to 15.9 litres

This page gathers the Diamond T trucks the register could not assign to a named range – the Chicago maker C. A. Tilt founded in 1905, which built its reputation first with civilian delivery and goods trucks before becoming a major US Army supplier in the Second World War. The best-known chapter is the tank transporter: the 980 and 981 types pulled heavy tanks to the front as tractor units with the M9 low-loader trailer, while heavy recovery vehicles such as the 969A served as wreckers. After the war Diamond T stayed in the heavy-truck business but came under growing competitive pressure and in 1967 merged with Reo into the new Diamond Reo brand, under which production continued into the 1970s. Some of the vehicles listed here come from Dutch registration data, in which individual Diamond T chassis are recorded with the details of Dutch bodybuilders.

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The register lists here 42 versions from six-cylinders of 3,884 to 15,880 cm³, unladen weights from 3,370 to 19,320 kg, gross weights from 4,834 to 31,941 kg, lengths from 6,610 to 8,350 mm and widths from 2,280 to 2,600 mm.

Diamond T is known today above all in the military-vehicle and classic-vehicle scene; the tank-transporter combination of tractor and low-loader trailer counts as one of the most recognisable American vehicles of the Second World War and is still shown at military-vehicle rallies.

On used examples, on the military vehicles the originality of body and equipment and the condition of frame and axles count, on all types engine and gearbox condition and rust; parts run almost exclusively through specialist classic and military-vehicle dealers, since the brand has not been produced for decades.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Diamond T (weitere Modelle), Zulassungsdaten RDW (Niederlande)

Models compared

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	4T1955	509S1947	968A1942	969 A1943-1967	969 A WRECKER1943	969A1943-1944	9811944	DIAMOND1943	M 5,2 A21959	M201942	MOVER1942	TANK TRANSPORTER M9811942
Cylinders	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Displacement	–	4,300 cm³	8,700 cm³	8,600 cm³	8,775 cm³	8,700 cm³	14,063 cm³	8,668 cm³	7,791 cm³	14,610 cm³	6,977 cm³	14,600 cm³
Wheelbase	4,500 mm	4,580 mm	4,500 mm	4,530 mm	4,530 mm	4,530 mm	5,250 mm	4,500 mm	4,950 mm	4,540 mm	5,230 mm	5,220 mm
Length	6,950 mm	7,100 mm	6,800 mm	7,550 mm	7,410 mm	7,060 mm	7,170 mm	6,820 mm	6,650 mm	6,850 mm	8,100 mm	7,010 mm
Width	2,430 mm	2,280 mm	2,440 mm	2,550 mm	2,530 mm	2,520 mm	2,550 mm	2,450 mm	2,500 mm	2,550 mm	2,600 mm	2,550 mm
Unladen weight	9,220 kg	3,370 kg	7,315 kg	9,060 kg	8,770 kg	9,281 kg	12,235 kg	7,290 kg	8,215 kg	12,000 kg	9,400 kg	11,710 kg
Gross vehicle weight	13,210 kg	4,834 kg	11,986 kg	9,843 kg	9,850 kg	12,564 kg	20,430 kg	11,985 kg	19,254 kg	20,430 kg	20,000 kg	20,430 kg

Diamond T Other models

Diamond T – other models: the collective page of US trucks outside the named ranges, from pre-war civilian types to the 980/981 tank transporter, six-cylinders of 3.9 to 15.9 litres

Models compared

Models

Truck in 3D section

4T

509S

696 A

869B

921-B-36M

968-A

968A

969 A

969 A WRECKER

969 B

969A

969B

975-A

981

BA 3884 cm³ flatbed truck, 2 doors

CARGO 968 A

DIAMOND

M 5,2 A2

M-62

M20

M52

M52-REOMIE

M52-VAN GINKEL

M54

M969

MOVER

T

T 967

T 968 A

T 969 A

T 969 RXC

T-M20

TANK TRANSPORTER M981

TM52.A2

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972

975

975A

980

DIAMOND T 981

M 52

M52-ROELOFSEN