diamond "T" tanker texaco

this is just badass and I have never seen one in person but would love to build one in the future.

Oh now that is truly awesome

very cool truck.

That would make a great RV

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Kool,never seen one

They are great looking tankers. I've only seen pictures of them. Doesn't look like they would hold a whole lot of gas.

I'm with IronRat....sort of.....it would be a really cool RV, but my back gets sore just thinking about it

Bill - On 2nd look, it would be more of a "sleeper" than RV. But, I
'd still like to have one.

I found this: http://jcmotorsofficial.blogspot.com/2013/12/1934-diamond-t-doodlebug.html

only 6 made and none known to be around today. i wish i had the metal working skills to make one of my own.

Very cool!!!!
wonder what happened to them.

Wow that's awesome, Didn't even know those existed.

-Chris

Maybe you could chop and stretch a VW bus to fit it...

26Troadster said:

only 6 made and none known to be around today...

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Well at least there are few of these left :



So there's still hope to own one of my childhood dream cars.

26Troadster said:

only 6 made and none known to be around today.

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Well that sucks. Sweet looking rig! Could have had so many possibilities.... Open the back and pull a rat in and make it a toter home. I like the RV idea also. Just a neat concept. Wonder what happened to them.

Here's an article about it:




Definitely a lot of possibilities if any existed today. It's hard to believe from looking at them that this was a 1933 vehicle!

yup I would drive one.

thanks for adding the article!!! I ran across this by accident and glad I did. its just awesome and I bet some one some where has one rotting away but id still buy it!

Even if there is one in existence they are sure to want big bucks for it. There are none known to exist, so I doubt any of us will ever see one.

Back in that time period, when a truck was wrecked or deemed too worn out to use, they scavenged parts off of them, often using the frame and running gear and building their own cabs. That is how Freightliner came into existence. Consolidated Freightways was one that used old frames and running gear and built new aluminum cabs for them. Each truck was hand built. They had to stop production during the war because all the aluminum was needed for airplanes. In fact, the US Govt bought all the aluminum Consolidated had during the war. After the war, Consolidated went back to building cabs for their trucks, and others seen them and they wanted some too, so Freightliner was spun off as a new company to build aluminum cab trucks.

I figure Texaco probably did the same thing, when those trucks were considered obsolete, they probably parted them out, maybe even scrapped them for the war effort.

Consolidated Freightways went out of business in the early 1990's. By then, Freightliner had been bought and sold several times and now is a part of Diamler Mercedes Benz.

I have seen some military tankers that were close in design to the Texaco ones. I think they use them for re-fueling aircraft. I don't know if they are a copy or not.