I Bought The CHEAPEST REO For My Daughter! 

If it were mine I'd restore it back to original and put either a wedge car-hauler body on it or maybe find and adapt a 1950's era vintage travel trailer/camper body onto it, wouldn't that be slick rig to tow a vintage Chris-Craft mahogany runabout to the lake for a week of camping with? 😊

I saw a comment under here talking about keeping it on a heavy duty chassis and I agree. You could find a bus or like an f600 with a diesel in it to swap it on to.

Exactly what I wanted to see over coffee this morning

That truck is beautiful and what a great price I wish I could have found it I’d of restored it keep everything the way it is reuse the frame rear everything I could use. I hope you do something nice with it. The best part is you get to do something with your kids take pics videos and have fun with it that’s most important. God bless y’all.

Nice play on scripture! Absolutely love it, and the fact you have your daughter with you? Golden! She’ll be as good or not better of a mechanics that Dad. Good job on all fronts!

An other amazing video I enjoy watching an smiling an long with you an your daughter keep up the awesomeness thank you for making me smile every time ❤ much love 😍

Im so much looking foreward for progress on this. Just went and subscribed, just in pure expectation of updates on it!

Spicer transmissions were used in lots of trucks and greyhound class buses…this should be a fun build

Central California watching

I want to do something similar with a 58 gmc 9830. It is such a beautiful truck. Great job, man.

Ive got a 52 REO gold comet. Solid trucks

I'm 80 years old my great-uncle 70 years ago had four of these 3 yd cement truck

It's like semi because it is a semi truck, it's a class A truck tractor trailer truck. It looked like it was used for many jobs like dump truck at one point. The dual air tanks are for tractor trailer air system (second tank is for the trailer.

That REO would make a nice ramp truck for someone who moves vehicles.

Yeah thats ah score for sure, Cadillac of semi trucks im jealous 😊

It would be cool if you kept it a heavy duty chassis, like from a ram 4500 or similar

The cab is in good shape, for how old it is.Great video.

That truck is called Reo I had two of them back in the sixties

Cool video man -- tons of info in there between the jokes :) good stuff

Man some buff and wax and y'all will be riding high in that rig 👍

In my long ago youth there was 1946 genuine Speed Wagon, red, western, no rust, 14' stake bed, same truck other than flat head engine, seems like gage cluster was in middle of the dash. It was a 45 mph cruiser.

Its R-E-O. It stands for “Ransom Eli Olds”. Just like G-M-C stands for “General Motors Company”. Using initials of car manufacturers is extremely common. Examples: BMW, VW, FCA, AMG, FIAT, SAAB.

It's a shame you seem so against using the original engine and driveline right from the word go. Those Gold Comet sixes can run as smooth as silk and have both surprising power and pretty decent on gas and the 2-speed rear it has is a blessing as well. When I was young my mom's boss had a small construction company, and around 1975 he bought a '50 REO Gold Comet very similar to yours, although his had hydralics not air brakes. He bought it from the original owner, a potato farmer in CT who bought it brand new and it was used mostly in the fields and relatively little on the road, and then with Farm Plates on it. It only had 30,000-ish legitimate miles on the day it came in the yard and it ran like a watch and was as straight and rot-free as a razor blade! Only the owner, me, and one other of his drivers were allowed to touch or drive it as we 3 had the gentle touch with the crash box and 2-speed rear. Almost 50 years later and I can still see her in my mind's eye and hear the unique sound of her starter and instantly purring and willing engine. Many of my fondest memories are all the times and miles I spent piloting that REO. Consider giving that motor and driveline a chance or you won't know what you missed, or what I'll never forget... ❤

Awesome truck guys. So what are you're plans for the truck?

RS means Rally Sport...you got a fancy one

There's a fellow down here in South Africa with a REO Gold Comet truck on Ratrods for Africa, he could use those spares. 😅

It's not pronounced R-E-O. R-E-O was a second rate band. REO was first rate, premium quality TRUCK. By the way, the name REO came from the initials of the company's founder, Ransom E. Olds after he sold his original 'Oldsmobile' company and left General Motors to found his own independent car and truck manufacturing company.

Cant help but think how cool it would be with a erra aproproate detroit 6-71 turbo in it!

Fill the cylinders with some tranny fluid let em sit. And while they sit get the carb lubed up and moving then get the points cleaned and get the spark going so you can start it up will help you to sell it anyway plus it’s a great will it start video.

Some of the nicest most seemingly “straight up” people can just be damn good CON ARTISTS!!!

Im new hre. Well REOs from Lansing. Its initial means Ransom E. Olds. The founder of Oldsmobile and REO.

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I'd go with the band R.E.O. Speedwagon. Would they steer you wrong? 😀

Im hauled 85 cans of milk on a 1950 RE

Oh put some free up juice in the cylinders and let it sit a few days and she will spin

that carb is either a carter or rochester

Reo😍🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🇺🇸

No one's righteous 😂 trust your instincts if you suspect the neighbor you don't like down the street has a stinky breath

So you're gonna kill another REO, great, another great truck bites the dust.

Poor mouse :(

It is a REO pronounce Rio

It needs a Cummins ISL 8.3 with the works