1948 Diamond T
13 years 10 months ago #30946
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The owner has too much money,
Too much time,
And NO taste.
A 'pimpmobile'
RACEYA ?? It was a truck once.
Cheers
RS
Too much time,
And NO taste.
A 'pimpmobile'
RACEYA ?? It was a truck once.
Cheers
RS
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13 years 10 months ago #30947
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For all the vast amount of money spent on making that thing into someone's idea of a dream .. I'd think it would tend to be pretty useless to drive.
If I was going to build a 'rod, I'd at least want something that handled and drove well, as well as showing off some engineering skill.
To me, the builder has ruined a perfectly good pre-WW2 truck, that probably went very well. The Diamond T's of that era are highly desirable rigs, and the original dash and gauges are magnificent.
It appears to me that the rig has been U.S.-built and someone with a drug-dealers-size, stash of $$'s, has picked it up and brought it here to try and make a killing. He probably bought it for $25,000.
I dunno how you'd go getting it registered here .. maybe things like this, are why the authorities are clamping down on imports.
For mine .. if I was laying out 65,000 or 85,000 big green ones .. I'd at least want the steering wheel on the correct side ..
If I was going to build a 'rod, I'd at least want something that handled and drove well, as well as showing off some engineering skill.
To me, the builder has ruined a perfectly good pre-WW2 truck, that probably went very well. The Diamond T's of that era are highly desirable rigs, and the original dash and gauges are magnificent.
It appears to me that the rig has been U.S.-built and someone with a drug-dealers-size, stash of $$'s, has picked it up and brought it here to try and make a killing. He probably bought it for $25,000.
I dunno how you'd go getting it registered here .. maybe things like this, are why the authorities are clamping down on imports.
For mine .. if I was laying out 65,000 or 85,000 big green ones .. I'd at least want the steering wheel on the correct side ..
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