Vintage Diesels

1951 Caterpillar D364 Diesel Electric Set In the ‘30s, Caterpillar entered the diesel electric generator market. Cat assembled the units in house, sourcing the generator […]

Nate Wilson’s Wild 5.9L Cummins Lincoln If you’re looking for a dare-to-be-different ride, you don’t need to look much further than Nate Wilson’s wild Cummins-powered […]

A Wildly Custom 1938 Cummins Swapped Dodge Nate Wilson, of Grass Valley, California, wanted something different. In the last few years Nate has become a […]

At the dawn of the 1960s, most of the smaller independent American auto and truck manufacturers had faded away under the searing light of “The […]

R.H. Sheppard was a well-established diesel engine manufacturer when the single cylinder 2 KW Model 14 generator featured here was built. At that time, Sheppard […]

More Sick Week News Also joining in on the fun at Sick Week was Wyatt Stengel and his brand-new K15 Duramax build. Although Wyatt struggled […]

Diesel World Reader’s Rides Truck of The Month sponsored by Shell Rotella Be a part of the Diesel World Truck Of The Month Contest! Trucks; […]

Is The War On Diesel Emissions Working? Asheville Engine, Inc. owner, Robb Newcomb, makes the case that it isn’t. In fact, he all but proves […]

1976 Deutz D13006 The Deutz name goes back a long way, back into the dawn of diesel in the late 1800s and the early days […]

1897 Mietz and Weiss Oil Engine In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Rudolph Diesel had a worldwide stranglehold on patents related to his four-stroke […]

Michael Loya’s First Gen Dodge Packing a 1000 Horsepower Cummins This month’s Shell Rotella Truck of the Month comes from Michael Loya of Midland, Texas. […]

1940s Hill 2R Generator Back in 2019, we published a story about the Hill Diesel and it’s connection to Ransom E. Olds, the founder of […]

John Deere 1010RU John Deere transformed itself on August 30, 1960, when it unveiled a completely redesigned line of tractors and a new focus. They […]

An Art Deco ’37 International, Re Imagined for the New Millennium Although everyone likes to be behind the wheel of something unique. If your goal […]

1955 Hercules DIX-4ES Supercharged Diesel Hercules was one of the founding fathers of engine manufacturing in the U.S. and one of the earliest manufacturers of […]

1968 Oliver 2150 Four-Wheel Drive As a tractor brand name, Oliver was just about lost to history when they started building their most powerful rear-drive […]

Early vs Late Farmall 706 The Farmall 706 and 806 tractors debuted in the summer of 1963. Both were badly needed touchdowns after several unexpected […]

1955 International Harvester UD-18A International Harvester is well known for tractors, crawlers, combines and construction equipment, almost all powered by engines built in-house. For the […]

1955 Massey-Harris 33D When you talk to Massey-Harris tractor collectors, one 1950s model stands out as a proverbial “hen’s tooth” tractor, the Model 33 diesel. […]

1942 Caterpillar RD-1820 Radial Diesel In today’s world, a Caterpillar diesel in a tank seems like a naturally good idea. In World War II, however, […]