History of Cummins Engines | Diesel History Episode Two - Part 1 (Pre-WWII)

not only did he invent the Cummins diesel engine, he also was the first to do a Cummins swap. My hat is off to you Clessie.

Great video. I own a tugboat that has the original 1946 Cummins HMR-4 4 cylinder engine. The builder of the tug named Russel brothers was a big dealer of Cummins engine as one of the partners was also a Cummins dealer named Norman Hipwell

I have read the book about Clessie Cummins and it’s a little over technical at times but the life of Mr Cummins is still worth the read!!!

I grew up in the neighboring town of North Vernon Indiana. My grandmother retired from Cummins after 19 years. I love Columbus. Lived there several years myself. Now I love in the other neighboring town of Seymour. Famous for John Mellencamp.

The old footage was awesome. Thanks

Until this year, every company I’ve worked for has run the, now old, 855 Cummins in their dump trucks. They’ve all been tough and hard to kill, even though most have head gasket leaks. Ours have kept going and going if properly maintained. A little underpowered against a lot of modern engines, but they get the job done still today. The new truck we just got has a 500 hp Detroit 60 Series and I’m loving the extra juice. Hopefully it’ll be a great engine for years. I’ll always have a fondness for the old Cummins.

Having been to the Indy 500 the past two years in a row, and visiting the museum it’s awesome to see the Cummins Powered race cars! They also ran one around the track just before the race this year!

I'm pretty sure that the Marmon-Herrington air-conditioned articulated buses used by the Nairn brothers had Cummins diesels of 150hp for their across-the-desert bus service between Beirut and Baghdad in the 1930s. Heroic pioneering trail-blazing indeed!

Cool video I love the old Cummins engine I got a 335 in a B773 mack I'm restoring thanks for the great videos

So the first cummins swap was like 94 years ago hahaha bad ass

Awesome series. Looking forward for next episode.

I like cummins engines I have a dodge pickup with a 12 valve in it and that thing is a animal for pulling and like how it sounds as well

Interesting presentation and informative. Thank you

Great info!

I started out in a cab over Freightliner with a 318 Detroit road oiler. I then bought a cab over Kenworth with a 350 Cumapart, and then I got wise and bought a Peterbilt conventional with a 425 Cat.

I would have really liked to hear some technical details of why it was so good and revolutionary. Still interesting though thanks.

Beautiful knowledge

Nice Micromentary!  Thank You!

excellent video I cant wait to see next weeks episode

Its a  1936 Arburn not a Packard. Love the info, keep it up..