Re: 1946 Diamond T

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Howard R Pletcher" <n9ads@domain.elided>
To: <ihc-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 17:17
Subject: Re: 1946 Diamond T


> There was never any corporate connection between IH and Diamond T.  I
> guess the answer is in the old saying to believe none of what you hear
> and half of what you read, particularly when generated by an used-car
> selling auctioneer.
>
> Diamond T began in 1905 when C.A. Tilt began building cars in Chicago.
> The Diamond T was a logo used by his father in a shoe-making business and
> Charles adopted this for his cars and trucks.  During the 1950's, IH and
> Diamond T did work closely in some areas.  The so-called R-Line cab was
> originally a Diamond T design that IH began building.  The CO-190 cab
> over models were also a Diamond T design also adopted by IH.  In the
> mid-1950's, IH built this model for Diamond T in Fort Wayne and for a
> time, Diamond T build the heaviest of the R-lines, the models that
> evolved into the M-series Mixers, in Chicago for IH because of plant
> capacity constraints in Fort Wayne.  But this is as close as the two
> companies got.
>
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That sounds pretty close to me!  I mean, they built trucks for each other
you say, right?

-Ryan