REO Speed Wagon
The vehicle, not the band.
In 1915, creator Ransom Eli Olds presented his latest
addition of the REO Motor Car Company to the world, the REO Speed Wagon. This
buoyant motor truck was the forbearer of the pickup truck. Ransom’s business
was one of the leading producers of commercial automobiles previous to World
War II. There was an array of different Speed Wagons to serve an assortment of
needs. They manufactured pickups, panel trucks and passenger buses to help
with essentials such as deliveries, towing, dumping, fire trucks, hearses and
ambulances.
Some Speed Wagons were altered for varies necessities. They
offered the “Gold Crown” series of engines for more power and other models to
step up sales. By 1936, REO was only producing trucks and in 1953 production
stopped all together. The rock and roll band, REO Speedwagon, appropriated their
name from this automobile.
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