1949 Diamond T pickup, Cliff was able to persuade all of his family that he would give granddad's Diamond T truck a great home

I'm astonished... I have never heard of a Diamond T pickup til now... it's great to still discover new vehicles I've never heard of

Cool crank front windows, only one gauge replaced, and they all work. I've never seen Diamond T gauges before, the Diamond T semi's I've come across all had Stewart Warner gauges I think

Cliff's granddad owned a lumber mill, and had these running boards helped out, plus the wood on the bed of the truck

Nice black stripe across the doors, makes the truck look great

The spare matches the tires on the truck, and they may be originals, or they may be a 1960's replacement set... pure speculation... but notice the spare still has the inventory paint mark on the top

These hub caps, I've never seen them before... and they are so rare, that when traveling cross country a cousin of Cliffs spotted one on a wall decorating a roadside restaurant, and called the granddad who told him to buy it at all costs!

If anyone knows where Cliff can find a fule tank for this truck, please send me an email jbohjkl@yahoo.com and I'll pass the info along to Cliff

two Diamond T semis were in the parking lot of the LA Roadster show, the red is a 1946

compare and contrast the simple utilitarian red with the road trip ready green above

9000 original mile Diamond T fire truck has been stuffed away in Chuck's garage for 20 years

Thanks to Jim for sharing this with us! Except for a couple emergency runs, training, and maybe a parade or two... this hasn't been used or abused in it's 70 years or so. Garages are very kind to furetrucks!

The spring Big 3 swapmeet at Qualcomm stadium brings out a lot off cool stuff (lots of yard sale junk too) here's some cool stuff I saw

Look familiar? I just took the following photo at the Grand Nationa Roadster show:

These Vertex magnetos are up for 700 bucks

I've posted a bit about tool boxes before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/tool-boxes-from-history-made-of-wood-by.html

how about that buggy?

Model T tool kit, looks complete, maybe I'm wrong

Above will be going home with some one new for about 2-300

5 to 10 dollars apiece

cool funky shapes

Don't look for these, I brought them home by trading an issue of Rodders Journal

I want the above to put ont he wall to inspire me to get involved more in drag racing

Gas and electric in one

Own a piece of history! now that is a good sales pitch

Clever! License plates into dust pans.

Jim Beam bottles

wow, this is old and cool, complete and in terrific condition!

Don't look for this Chrondek photo electric timer... I had to give it a good home in my garage!

This old beer keg is one of a dozen I found there, and begging to become a gas tank for a hot rod!