The Reo was named after its designer, Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950), who
eventually left Oldsmobile to form a new company of his own. The first
Reos were chain-driven, single-cylinder 8 hp runabouts with an engine
under the floor and nothing under the hood. At first the car could be
purchased for about $685, but was reduced to $500 by 1909. An upgraded
model which boasted a 16hp twin sold for a staggering $1,250. By 1911
Reo was offering a model called The Fifth (because it was, in fact,
their fifth design), at a retail price of $1, 065. Though it didnt
bear a very creative name, this little 4-cylinder left-hand drive car
was fairly popular. One of its most popular vehicles of the time, of
course, was a truck called the REO Speedwagon (from which the popular
rock group took its name) which was used as tow trucks, fire trucks
and other workhorse type vehicles. It set the standard by which most
companies producing trucks tried to imitate.
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Oh God Lynne, I LOVED the Eagles, and especially Desperado!!! Lots of good memories with that song. I'm feeling all emotional now!! :'(
Thanks for posting it!! :)
You're most welcome...didn't mean to make you sad though. It's a good memory for me - going 'parking' with my first serious boyfriend - he drove this big black four-door car - an Impala, maybe? with the vinyl seats he kept slippery so that when he took a sharp curve, I had to hold on or slide over. ::) Boys!
I love disco, David. Don't stop. :D
This was an annual song festival for children in Holland, Kinderen voor kinderen....
My favourites....
Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" from 1977.
Everytime I listen to this song, it invokes memories of me laying on my bed, florescent posters glowing from my blacklights, incense (sandlewood of course) filling the air and strobe lights flashing as I listened to the smooth strains of this song.
WOW!!!
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