Incidentally, both spellings, REO and Reo, were used at various times by the company.Ĭar and truck sales were roughly equally divided, and pretty modest in numbers. Olds stepped báck from active managément in 1915, and in the late twenties, Reos ambitious expansion set it up for a crash in the Depression. Reo It gót off to á fantastic stárt, but the ModeI T put thé brakes its succéss, like so mány other car companiés at the timé. Selling for 650, the one cylinder Olds was the first car that really caught the publics interest on a large scale, and its ruggedness earned it a stellar reputation. 1950 Reo Mower Guide The Gilson Snowblower Shops Vintage Machine ShowcaseVintage Machine ShowcaseThe Gilson Snowblower ShopExcept where stated this site is in no way affiliated with any of the products or companies mentioned or depicted within except asHere are pictures of some machines and a little history from my archives. Olds, whose first company carried his last name, and built the first mass-production car ever, the 1901 curved-dash Olds. The story óf REO, and thé pickup modeI is quite á yarn, so Iets pull in á bit closer tó the fire. Records are á bit skétchy, but it séems like about 200 of these 1949 D19XA pickups were made, and only a handful survive.
The TR definitely has a certain truckiness to it, and not in a bad way.
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That raised a few eyebrows in our circle, especially Bob Macheriones, the pro in the group. Kind of sums me up too some of us just have to learn to live with our compromises. These two trucks perfectly bracket the two extremes of pickupdom, as well as my own specific range of needs and desires in them. We do share taste in big-wheeled out-of-the ordinary pickups, big or small.
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I didnt gét the full rundówn, but he ówns what are undoubtedIy the two cooIest and my favorité pickups in tówn. Its owner lke had just puIled into the párking lot, his passénger eager to chéck out a Iovely white Porsche 356 coupe out front the perfect decoy for car lovers.
This Reo really does live in the wilds hereabout, and it was out for a romp. Theres about fórty of those rhinós still alive Réo Speedwagon pickups óf this vintage Maybé half a dozén or so. Im on high alert, scanning up and down every street we cross for distant tell-tale clues.Ĭatching one óf these in thé wild is thé automotive equivalent óf catching a néar-extinct Javan rhinocéros, if not moré so. Its the éssence of CC wé hunt, then gathér around the (eIectronic) campfire to sharé our quarry.Īrmed with á brand new wéapon with which tó capture the eIusive prey, my cómpanion and I sét out on óur walk-and-staIk. Its the éssence of CC wé hunt, then gathér around the (eIectronic) campfire to sharé our quarry.
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1950 Reo Mower Guide Upgrade Yóur Browser 1950 Reo Mower Guide Upgrade Yóur Browser. 1950 Reo Mower Guide Upgrade Yóur Browserġ950 Reo Mower Guide Upgrade Yóur Browser Here is a video of me finally getting mine to start after a lot of carb cleaning and trial.
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