My Grand father had several REO trucks 48-53 Speedwagon's and a golden comet. Keep up the good work man

I have only seen a couple of these trucks. Both used as lawn art. Signage. Beautiful lines.

Dear mr duff you remind me of my slap happy pappy .i love your shows and what you do on them .

Great start brother !!! Would enjoy helping you out !!! I enjoy working on old rescues !!!!

I love the mirror on the right side. I'd love a pair of those for my old school bus!

paint job & new uphosltery

Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

Have been waiting for this project every since I first saw this truck can't wait for you to start lol !!! Hope yall have a leeka day !!!! Let's see where it goes

Awesome truck !!!! Can't wait to see how it turns out for you brother !!! Say hi to everyone for me okie dokie !!!! Keep on ratting !!!! Please keep us updated

Now we talking..... Rockin Reo

I am looking forward to the finished truck.

Cool truck. That will make a great hauler

Wow now that's a project

REO brings back some great memories my father had 1929 REO Speedwagon was great truck and he had a REO Flying Cloud which was like a limousine it had jump seat in back Mohair Interior keep up the good work!

I'm close to your age I think I'm a little older maybe anyways nice to have someone young and strong come over and give you a hand sometimes it's hard to find that person you're lucky have fun with that 1 that's a cool build

Lekka Long Term Project 👍 👍

Thank you for the video. As a youngster my buddies and I used to play in an old logging and mining equipment yard. A graveyard for old big rigs, cranes and tractors. Lots of Mac, REO, Diamond, Autocar, White and International Harvester equipment from the same era as your "new" truck. Some good looking trucks back then. I appreciate you, thank you so much!

Nice truck

That's a great looking truck. It looks like they used that same body/grill through at least 1966 before the Diamond T merger.

I love the REO's! I have a 1930 model Truck, cowl, hood, doors, and fenders for my next project.

REO speed Wagon

i have heard of the Reo , its a cool old truck , i want to build a ramp truck too some day to take other cars and cars to shows with , stay safe my friend

El Reo fue un gran camion los conoci aqui en Brasil

Hey Diff the man of many projects !!! Hope this helps !! For the 1960's, REO was purchased by the White Motor Corp in 1958. White also bought Diamond T in 1959. In 1960 White closed the Diamond T plant in Chicago and moved all production to the REO plant in Lansing Mich, including heavy duty special order Whites. The REO cab had been designed in the mid 50's and was also used on Diamond T's after 1959. White had also bought Autocar in 1953 so the basic REO or Diamond T truck had the REO cab with an optional Autocar Driver Cab available. By the mid 60's basically the REO cab was used for local vocational day cab use and the Autocar Cab was used for over the road highway applications, with a hearty dose of mix and match of sheet metal and badges. During this period of time there could be 3 identical trucks come down the Lansing Mich assembly line and drive out the door as 3 different brands!!. On May 1st, 1967 White combined the 2 trucks and created the Diamond REO Name, and DR continued to use both cabs. The model listing from the November 1965 Reo Salesman's Manual provides some insight into how many different models REO offered. Model lists from the late 50's and early 60's Salesman's Manual show similar numbers of models. The many models, often with numerous engine, transmission and rear axle options, depict the challenge Reo/Bohn, Reo/White, Diamond Reo/White, Diamond Reo had as an independent producer manufacturing what is believed to be 5000 units or less annually. The information of one 60's Reo, the F-830D-OH, (F- Autocar cab; 830 - heavy; D- Diesel; OH- off highway) shows it offered five engines, eight transmissions, two auxiliaries, and five rear axles. Most of the lighter 200- 500 series, non diesel models would not have had the range of engine, transmission and rear axle options the F-830D-OH offered. There is said to be at least two survivors of this heavy duty Reo. Robert Gabrick has written books about both REO and Diamond T which may still be available thru Motorbooks and/or Amazon. There is another book on Reo called "The World's Toughest Truck" by Ebert, Neal, and Fijalkovich. that includes the '60's and later models. There was also a pretty active Reo and Diamond-Reo page on Facebook.

That's going to be a BIG hot rod Boet, loving the idea Div going to be a lekka rig once finished

Wow Duff go big or gaan huis toe. Going to be an exciting build. Thanks for sharing 👍

I have a king pin press in my tool box in a barn in Maryland...

Duff, I really enjoy your channel. I'm from the US and your style of building is what I enjoy the most because even though there are tool that are plentiful here I never had the privlidge of having them. Tool make the job a bit quicker sometimes but the man is what really makes the project. Keep up the good work ! I'll be watching !

Man that thing is a score Looks like it's in pretty good shape for being 60 something years old right hand drive man that thing's probably one of a kind

Hey Div, I have never seen an REO in real life. Only pictures and videos. They don't exist in my area and of course I know nothing about them, Will be interesting to see if the old engine still runs! Will make a very cool hauler (as long as you are not in a hurry). Must be cool weather there . Wayne is wearing shoes !

R E O s were originally built by Ransom E Oldsmobile, there is a reo club here in the states that can supply u with a lot of info

Yes can be job and a half fore sure

There's several videos on utube about reo gold comet trucks, might be able to find the information you need on one of those, pretty cool project and I hope you can find everything you need to get it going again, I'll be watching 👀 😀

"Ja daar kom hy" hahaha. Yes this is going to be fun!... Thank you for sharing.

Good start,only the original brake part's were riveted on, some ball joints on early Holden here in Australia, all the best to yous and your loved ones, Lekka

What a cool old truck! I've never seen one of those before. My neighbor had an old REO Speedwagon, I think late 40's model that he was going to fix up. He gave up on it and sold it though. Shame, it was a neat old truck to and in pretty good condition. Have a great day! 👍

Now THAT'S a beauty!!!😲👍

Beautiful Truck, looking forward to seeing it on the road again. Best of luck. 👍👍👍

Now that’s a HUGE project!!! 😉 Can’t wait to see more of this!

Go big or go home! I look forward to the videos on this build.

Very nice outfit. The truck I mean, not the sweater. Lol This one’s gonna be fun too!

Love your project, can't wait to see it finished.

That's going to be a great project truck 👍👍🇨🇱

i bought a 1966 Dodge D500 about the same size truck had been sitting for 20 years got it up and running it has a Holmes 500 wrecker on the back bought new that way i drive it all along for fun have towed a few cars with it does good

Cant wait to hear that beauty run , there's a company called truckpartstrading in the Netherlands stock lots of reo parts ... just saying

Hello, much laughing at the work, must have good fun with the axel, haha.

She's a good lookin' old truck! Good luck with her!👍🇨🇦

I drove what we called a Diamond Rio tire service truck in the mid 70s , it looks alot like yours but as I remember it had a longer pointed nose ( grill&hood). Don't know much about the mechanics but I remember it always ran well , but was slow a hell going up hill or level , but run like the wind down hill.!!! The two speed rear end was a problem most time. Just shifted when it felt like it . If I was to guess it was mid 50s to mid 60s for the year. Sorry can't tell you more .

@ 10:33 Those rivets might eventually become half of a new Cadillac. 👍

Great truck Diff. You should check out Bad Chad customs. He is also making a car hauler out of an old fire truck.

What a cool old truck! Nice find man! 👍

I have thought about buying a tanker truck that I have seen locally and making a small camper out of the tank somehow, just depends on what was being used inside of it I don’t know what it was used for or if it’s for sale yet I think it would be a cool idea, look like a water tank truck but it would be a camper inside the tank

She's a very musical ole gal

Yes, that will make a excellent transport truck , if you happen to pick up more vehicles ...... lol

If you go to take the back wheel’s off. Just loosen the nuts then. Whack the wheel with a hammer. To loosen up the wedges they’re under pressure. And will fly off at a high rate of speed.

They sell king pin sets with pins and bushings... bet you could do it in your shop

Very desirable truck here even in Canada. Shes a beauty!!

Nice truck. Will look great as car carrier. Could be called something else in different countries maybe. Looks like a Diamond Reo T perhaps?

Have to agree king pins suck to do.

Mooi trokkie!

R E O DONE HER RIGHTEOUSNESLY.

That is definitely a lot of play in those kingpins! I have never seen backing plates riveted on either. Sounds like something Ford would do. lol. Did Wayne just come from an Ugly sweater contest?

Div you did not say where you found the Reo - CapeTown or PE.? But a most challenging project that will yield a useful vehicle for your business.

This ought to be a cool building project, are you gonna have the axle rearched?

Dif- That gun rack behind the cab should go inside the cab.......looks like it should hold a cannon... just sayin'...................

Is there nothing but solid old trucks in South Africa? You sure keep finding all the stock piles of old iron?

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Great looking truck. Any suspension lowering in your plan for it?

Hy kort n diesel engine met n turbo 2.8 Isuzu lig op diesel dan kan jy wyd ry om nog karre te gn haal.

Gold Comet sounds like Leyland ,they still build Leylands in India with the Comet name,Super comet etc etc. Ashok Leyland I think is the company. Would it have been a South African built truck under license ?

Mal oor die trok nog van yster gemaak

I only knew that Rockband REO Speedwagon ’ till now. 😂 This thing is huge 🤗 👍That bracket in the back of the cabin isn't that a mount for a spare tire?

Hi Diff met die 19 mm unpack het jy 13mm ID pyp ombeter te laat werk

Are those Vervet monkeys ⚡️

Lots work lol . Now i dont know if this applies to the reo but to turn a drum being i to have a shop in the woods beyond electricity got solar and generator. Its a ways to town so back to the brakes ive started flipping the drums putting them on the rear and turning them by putting the truck in gear spinning the drum alowing me with a good flapper weel to turn out imperfections, wear , and groves . I just try make sure as i go i grind it even. So far ive turned drums and rotors that way on a rotor it just won't take out a warp .just a idea 💡. Thanks for the hard work and videos

Hey diff, shouldn’t you be starting on the wife’s truck ? Being a Brit it would be nice to see a British truck build and it might save you a rollacking from her indoors 😂

I thought I heard Jewish music in one of your previous videos but didn’t bother asking about it. Shalom!

Hay Duff wenn your Dunn weth my truck can you please geve it back lol 😂😆

My guess is you will have to machine a lot of parts or did REO use a third party company's parts?

REO is the initials for Ransom Eli Olds . He founded the Oldsmobile Motor Car Company , and was swindled / forced to sell his interest in the original Oldsmobile Brand / Mark to General Motors . That is when he created REO . What is your gmail e mail address ?