1963 STUDEBAKER 2-TON DIESEL TRACTOR

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 […]

Unsung Hero

A 1947 US Motors Diesel Generator on a Historic Ship Diesel generators have many uses aboard a ship. Usually they have a fairly central role, […]

CERLIST DIESEL

THE OTHER TWO-STROKE Four-stroke diesels have long been the norm. Two-strokes? Sure, we all remember the “Screamin’ Jimmys” of years past… sometimes even fondly… and […]
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Diesel History Retrospective: REO, World’s Toughest Truck

At the beginning of America’s industrial age, one Ransom Eli Olds was born in the Midwestern farming community of Geneva, Ohio, on June 3, 1864. […]
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Diesel History Retrospective: AM General and the Humvee

AM General is without qualification an American survivor. Its heritage has roots which run deep into the 1800s when Standard Wheel Company—located in Terre Haute, […]