1960 B-81
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I remember seeing some of these Emeryvilles in Pittsburgh, after BVBS had bought them. The mixers had been replaced by then. I have a question about the deep mixer subframe - what was the purpose? Was this to get the loading height higher, similar to that of the big Autocars? Great photo, thanks!
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http://www.constructionequipment.com/article/CA6629982.html
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There was a one-page article in the January 2009 Construction Equipment magazine about the 'new' T-Line trucks. These appear to be the same trucks that were marketed as Diamond-T's in the late '90s, with updated engines. Article says they are also handling Diamond Reo parts - must have all of the old records from the Harrisburg plant, which they are operating in. The new trucks have the S-line Navistar cab, rather than the Autocar cab.
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It is the same cab - Diamond Reo, Autocar and Western Star were all owned by White at one time. White began using the Autocar cab on most of the conventionals of its various brands.
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Thats a great looking truck. I own a '79 C16664DB concrete mixer. The later sloped hood isn't the same as the ones on the Deutz trucks - that hood was much more aggressively sloped. If you wanted to see a really strange-looking truck, find the "2WMX" - it was a mixer, with the Deutz engine, and a set of truck controls in back, so that it could be driven on site like a front-discharge truck. I can't remember who they developed the mixer with. I think there is info in the Herman Sass book.
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