Texaco Doodlebug - Wikipedia
WEBTexaco Doodlebug. The Texaco Doodlebug (also called the Diamond T Doodlebug) was a futuristic American tanker truck of the 1930s. The vehicles were streamlined and highly aerodynamic. [1]
Re-writing the Doodlebug history – Update # 47 - Project: Texaco …
WEBApr 22, 2023 · By the end of his research, Rich had amassed a comprehensive file on the Doodlebug that included 1930’s write-ups, patent drawings, details of the equipment used by Diamond T between 1933-1934, other historical material and photographic evidence.
The origin of the streamlined tankers – the Texaco Doodlebug
WEBAug 25, 2018 · Five years before the 1938 Diamond T tank truck was manufactured, the Heil Co, in conjunction with the Diamond T Motor Car Company, worked with Texaco to produce the unmistakable, distinctive Texaco Doodlebug.
Replica of the Texaco “Doodlebug” Under Way - Hemmings
WEBApr 26, 2023 · For years, all anybody seemed to know of the strange, Texaco-branded Diamond T-based fuel truck in the photo is that it no longer existed, but Steve and Sue Keys aim to change that with their plans to replicate the so-called Texaco Doodlebug.
Truck Rewind: 1934 Diamond T Doodlebug Tanker - Streamlined Awesomeness ...
WEBMar 24, 2018 · Designed in the early 1930s, the 1934 Diamond T Doodlebug tanker was a multi-purpose tanker that either hauled gasoline, home heating oil or both (it had segmented liquid holding tanks).
The Diamond T Doodlebug Story
WEBMar 7, 2014 · The Doodlebug was a Diamond T tank truck with an extremely low, clean body configuration, with bodies fabricated by Heil in Fort Payne,Alabarna. It was stylistically important for several reasons. First, it departed from all common car and truck-body conventions.
Just A Car Guy: the 1935 Diamond T Doodlebug, 26 feet long
WEBJul 4, 2011 · At 72 inches, the Doodlebug stood a mere 4 inches higher than a '34 Ford sedan. No one was building trucks that low in those days, nor do many manufacturers do so even today. Bel Geddes' inspired Texaco fleet, helped prompt other oil companies to produce similarly streamlined commercial vehicles.
1935 Diamond T Doodlebug - The Gentleman Racer
WEBThis has got to be one of the coolest trucks ever built, the streamlined 1935 Diamond T Doodlebug, Texaco commissioned 6 of the Doodlebugs to give the company a modern image with the public. The trucks itself was innovative with a rear-mounted engine, low overall height, and inboard wheels.
The 1933 Texaco Doodlebug: Bel Geddes’s Truck of the Future
WEBJun 16, 2013 · Perhaps his best known design for ground transportation was the Texaco Doodlebug, a Diamond T-based tanker truck commissioned by the oil company. Six were built, and Michael Lamm had the story on the origins and purposes of the Doodlebug for SIA #149, September 1995.
Follow along the process | 1938 Diamond T Tanker Restoration
WEBDocumenting each step through restoring this rare Diamond T Texaco Tanker truck. One of only two known survivors puts this truck in rare company!