Salvaged from a junk yard in Isère, South of France, a big restoration work lies ahead ! The fact that, to the best of our knowledge, only 5 such vehicles survive in Europe motivated this ambitious move. The fact also that the truck as the crane are complete (the missing truck hood and crane…
History Originally manufactured in the US for civilian purposes, this truck has been adapted to British military specifications and then manufactured in Canada. This truck became a movie star since it “played” in the 1953 famous French movie directed by Henri Georges Clouzot “The wages of Fear”. It was Canadian military Dodge despite its left…
History The company’s name was created when Charles Arthur Tilt’s father, shoe maker, chose as quality emblem for its products, the diamond. The T of Tilt was included in a diamond originally painted gold. His son who grew up in a workshop environment with machines everywhere built his first car in 1905. When…
History The name of the company was created when the father of Charles Arthur Tilt, shoe manufacturer, chose a diamond as the emblem of the quality of its production. The “T” for Tilt was thus set in a diamond that was originally painted in gold. His son growing up in a workshop and machinery environment…
History The first prototype was designed on the basis of GMC AFKWX (Cab Over Engine). It is is a threesome that presided over its development: Rod Stephens Jr. of the firm Sparkman & Stephens Inc. who was designer of yachts, Dennis Puleston, an English navigator who resided in the US and Frank W. Speir, a…
