DIAMOND T TYPE 980/981

The mighty Diamond T celebrated with a magnificent book. The comprehensive history is illustrated with excellent black and white and colour photographs, depicting the vehicle and a wide variety of military and civilian loads. Each photograph has an extensive caption. The heavy tractor was originally designed for use by the British Army in World War II as a tank transporter tractor, and post-war enjoyed an equally illustrious and even longer career in civilian life as a heavy duty prime mover. The book features around 500 images of the type in service with such names as Pickfords Heavy Haulage, Robert Wynn and Sons, Sunters Brothers, Annis and Co, Crook and Willington, Elliotts, plus many examples serving in the fleets of the European and American heavy haulage contractors. The book also features extensive sections on the use of the 980/981 in the Recovery Industry, in Showland, in the construction industry, with Australian Road Trains and general road haulage service. The Diamond T's history and original role is also well illustrated - in both war and peace, the type serving for many years in the colours of the British Army as well as with European, North American, Australian and Israeli Armies. This book is the ultimate celebration on what - for very many enthusiasts world-wide - is considered the most handsome of heavy vehicles ever to be built - its clean, classic lines even to this day remaining unsurpassed.