This Truck Gets Blown up and is on Fire 3000 HP 

Wow that diamond T was a work of art! Pete seems like a very humble guy. Grateful for the interview.

Another great Merlon video! That old Diamond T was awesome! Thanks for sharing

Pete and Merlin both very knowledgeable guys, thanks for sharing that with us Mr Merlin

Thank you Merlin I enjoy see old cars and truck's

We are gonna miss all these old time builders when they are gone condolences to his family from Zion, IL.

Always good to spend time with you, Merlin! Thank you for your continued support.

GREAT stories like this should be more common on the internet, to inspire our younger generation. THANK YOU!

Thank you Merlin I can't get enough Bonneville Salt flats history. What a great story.

Pete was a great guy to visit with and knows so much glad i showed him the picture of that sweet 16 in Salina

Thanks for the history lessons.. people and machines make life happen, and without the memories, all is lost.

🎉🎉 really cool Marlin🎉🎉😊...

Pete is a mechanical wizard and so humble. I think he was a little emotional winning best of show. I bet he and Harry had some interesting adventures. I’ve never owned a diesel but you are getting me intrigued. Have you ever seen one in a 54 Chevy 2 Door sedan? If I do one it might as well be unique. Merlin you are the best. Thank you for taking us along

Awesome Merlin Thank you for sharing

I dig the Phillips 76 ball. Just perfect Merlin.

Hey Merlin family friends and fans alike, I like the fact that if a friend asks you for a helping hand, your their no questions asked other than what kinda vehicle do we need, but you don't worry about gas, diesel, vehicle maintenance nothing just a Big Yes, your no different than I I've spent the entire summer working on others machines than my own, but that's the way it is in life, thanks for sharing, your a true, friend and good mechanic

Mr. Schmidt is a master craftsman. The auto industry could learn a few things from this man.

Pete’s truck in insane!!!! Man that truck is beautiful!! Nobody was fabbin their own parts to that quality back then.

Love the sound of a old Detroit. Thanks Merlin for the ride along. God Bless

Loved this, Pete's Diamond T is a real diamond, built by a legend. Some beautiful trucks there thks for taking us

Good video Merlin and so nice of you to pull your dear friends trailer up to where he needed it! Lot's of amazing vehicles at the show and the Fab Rats team too!

I could listen to these to chat for hours. American treasure right here.

Thanks for making me teer up merlin

Two vids this week! What a great Treat to wake up too.

My husband and I had a 53 Galion Detroit motor grader. We bought it in 1992. It was a little work horse you could hear it from a mile away. Great memories ❤❤❤

Really enjoyed this video. My first big truck I drove was a V-6 Detroit in a 86 359. Loved the 76 on your antenna. Those Truck Stops where everywhere when I started trucking. Miss those days. I'm letting go one of my dream projects this Friday. I have a 1981 extended hood A model Kenworth and those are hard to find. I'm letting a good friend from Missouri take it. Might have to put it on video.

Thanks Merlin for taking us around 😇💗💗💗 love and bless you guys 💞 I saw the black smoke and new it's going to blow what a waist 😔.

Just hearing that Detroit made my day. I sure miss them. They’re a joy to drive.

Nobody does a walk around like you Merlin.... thanks to the "young cameraman" and to Pete for his willingness to share ! ... Diesels in the Mtn. .. good stuff.

Merlin on a Wednesday,,,,,awesome

🇺🇸👍🏼😎👍🏼🇺🇸 That's Green Diamond 💎 T is BADASS 🤙🏼

😢Thank's....He Was a Rad Guy...that was a great Video.. on bolth trucks..Harry's was a killer video you did not to long ago.. RIP...Harry

Outstanding and awesome content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

The smile merlin got out of him

Pete is my neighbor 2 doors down! Watched him build that truck and he is just one of the best people on the planet.

❤Merlin what a great story with you Pete and that B E A U T I F U L Truck! It was nice to see you soak up the information Pete was willing to share. So Cool! Thank you!

I left Northern California 97. To Springfield Missouri. When I left I was driving a brand new 96 conventional Freightliner with a cat. Didn't want to drive truck for a while. But my wife's brother convinced pulling the end dump. Truck was a old KW. Truck had to be from the late 60s with the old Detroit in it.. 265 318 model. I would go for a Springfield Missouri to Kansas City Missouri to get sand. What's the way back roads. What languages echo everywhere. It is more oil than fuel good thing I had a 13-speed in it. Once you got going it pulled good. How to organize lived out in the middle of nowhere in a corn ranch. He could hear me a couple miles away getting close can't stand outside and put his hand to his ear. I broke down one time right in front of his driveway. And he told me how he'd love that sound that old Detroit came out to help me I blew an airline. I got it fixed. My brother-in-law finally got rid of that truck. My ears would. 🤜🏽💥🤛🏽🫱🏽🫲🏽😎🪶. Good luck Merlin with yours.

I love the sound of a Detroit. They are loud and messy but a lot of power

I spent a lot of hours behind the wheel of a Kelowna built Star with a silver 92A 455 hp with 15 speed Fuller with deep deduction on the dash…of all the trucks I drove in my life time that one will always a special place in my heart…miss that special sound…🥰 that Diamond T

Love it when you come out with a Wednesday video what an awesome show that was. Thanks for sharing. Man, it’s been a minute since I’ve saw a Union 76 ball on an antenna Very cool.

Merlin thank you so much for interviewing the Diamond T for us. That was awesome and I thought that it was not going to happen. What a truck! Harry Wolfley, an amazing person. Cheers Cape town 🇿🇦🇺🇲🇺🇲

One of the coolest channels on RU-vid right here and this video was great!

I've seen a lot of those videos of diesel trucks blowing up on the dyno. This is the first one I've seen that chucked its pistons out across the grounds.😅😂 Great video as usual Merlin the king of OG Cool!

Merlin and his heart felt memories I wouldn’t have missed this video for the world thanks brother. My uncle past away two weeks ago he lived in kingmen an ran a truck stop back in the 60s 65ish Zeke Mefford he was a trucker all his life he would buy em and build on em he had some beautiful gravel trains in his days . He was my last living uncle on my mom or dad’s side . Thanks Merlin for all you do brings back great memories.

I enjoyed meeting you at the show . Thank you.

Love a Detroit. Link Belt line machines skidding logs can be heard for miles back in the day. When I can hear one now, I sit and listen to the "go" whistles and if lucky watch the drag go up the mountain from across the canyon. I think about the 66 Ford 4x4 flatbed with a Detroit in it since the early 70's and can still hear it in my mind when he'd leave the bar. I last saw it in 82 or so. Diesel conversion before it was a thing.

Great ending!

Thanks for another great video Merlin. What a shame that nice red Dodge at the beginning of the video wasn't quite the same at the end. Them' the breaks.

You sure have a great talent for shining the light on people. Plus, there's the cool factor. Thank you.

You can tell he us Paul's kid knows bout motors

Thank you for taking us along. Sad that the truck motor blew up. Glad no one was injured. Thank you for sharing 😊❤

Wow ,,, Mr schmidt ,,, unbelievable,,, I met and had a Detroit diesel class with him in the early 80’s ,,,, amazing ,,, that’s a nice truck,,,

Merlin You are the shit!!! Thanks 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great episode.👍😎✊

Awesome Merlin ❤️👍✌️💪🏻☮️

Really like these stories And the hand shake It's truly an honor to meet you And the sweet 16 stories All coming together.

Good video Merlin. I like the 8V92 Detroit that the military used in some of there trucks. The hardest thing that I had to do on a 8V92 was the fuel timing, we called it running the rack.

Hey Merlin, I am not a fan of diesel noise, the smell of diesel fuel or the nasty black smoke, but that was a really great adventure with a lot of amazing old trucks. I have sit behind or on top of that screamin 6 banger, the old cumins 350, and the Cat 3408. But the engine I liked most was the 8V92 Detroit. I drove semis for ten years all over the USA and into Canada a couple times. One thing I really enjoyed many times was the south bound drive through the Virgin River Gorge. It's been over 40 years since my last trip through the Gorge. I thank you for that view.

Beautiful truck. I have permanent hearing loss from a straight piped Detroit in a Freightliner FLD.

Thanks for taking us subscribers along for the ride. Love the channel. Keep up the great work. Absolutely loved this content. My family has a 51 Henry J drag car that my uncle ran at bunker hill drag strip in northern indiana,he was A/Gas champ 1968,69,70. And he ran about 10 seconds in the quarter mile. My cousin has the car now. It still has a springer front end an a push bar on the back of it. So I can relate to your video. I had spent many a nights,with a blanket an pillow on a hood of a car at the drag strip. ✌️👍🤙🤙🍀🍀🍀🍀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🪄🪄🤭😝😃😋🤗❤️.

damn allergies . what an amazing tribute to your friend and his reunion with this ole girl

Thanks for the ride along 😊

Thank you Merlin' loved Loved the ending.

I had a V 16 at one time first time I run the rack It took me a full day lov that motor

Always killer content! Super cool truck.

They say, when a old man dies a library burned down.

Hope all is well!! My boy is getting stationed in California so I may get to see you again after all

The Colorado is beautiful this year!

epic video, epic event and epic meeting and hearing the story of that truck, thanks for sharing

Merlin great video thank you love seeing them old school heroes

Diesel fuel, ATF and liquid floor wax will give you a long lasting shine thats very durable, used to use that mix on the front of a ready mix truck to keep splatter to a minimum.

Wow what a Fantastic Old rig he has built. I used to drive an old Autocar in the 80' and 90's. The military had Detroit's in the Hetz's I used to tow them to a Detroit repair facility. With a wrecker that had Detroit Power. That Detroit had the torque that would twist the frame if your weren't careful. What a trip down memory lane Thank you Merlin!! I am currently trying to buy an old 60's dodge pickup I want to 12 valve it. lol

Very nice video . If things go like I would like I may be out there next year . Joel Reppe Clear Lake SD

Great video

Beautiful scenery

I was at that show and at industrials bbq, I looked in the dumpster to see the carnage too…. 😂

Been waiting for this video

Good stuff!

Keep up with the good work love watching your videos on RU-vid they are lovely God bless

Wicked pissar Wednesday ❤ Great video.

was great to visit with you at the show i had the black cabover

Very COOL video! Eddie

Love you Harry. We will see you later.

Epic adventure

All I can say the ending got me 😢

Your rig with pulling camper looks tough

Awesome 😎👍

You interviewing the owner of that Diamond Rio reminded me of something I would joke about when I worked in a heavy truck shop. What does a Harley and a Detroit Diesel have in common? They both leave a puddle of oil where they set.

hell yer.KABOOM...

Rip! We lost another old timer!

Wow great episode,make's up for your worst episode ever🤣 . Would love to see that 6v92t on the dyno.

Hey Marlon whose School The who. Looks like the old guys school you.😂😅..

That red diesel truck on the dyno had a slight malfunction. Nothing too crazy. That'll buff out. 😁😁😁

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Merlin out there picking on Robby Layton, poor Colton, falls victim for being in the same car with the likes of Robby 😂

What’s up with broken windows ? You ,Matt, Paul, Rory, Rudy have em!

Did you notice right before Randys truck blew the exhaust smoke changed from black to clean, indicates a large shot of nitrous 😮 maybe to much 🤔. I would say so 😢

Yep. That’s a clown in ac clown car 😂😂😂

Sad to think of what's in store for that motor in that red 2nd gen

Dyno = more parts for the dumpster!

I don't merlin i think 🤔 this interview with the Detroit fellow is one of your best pretty engaging awesome