1928 Reo Speedwagon


Just keep it clean please....

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Post Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:51 pm

1928 Reo Speedwagon

saw this at the auto swap today, 1928 3 ton REO

I like that it hasn't been hit with any spray can primer, very solid, beautiful patina

the guy showed my the motor, has spring clips to hold the valve cover on, so you can service valve train,

pretty cool,
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Post Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:56 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

It's unbelievably nice. Complete.
I've only ever seen one Reo that I remember. It was one of the early models with the gas tank in the dash. A true "barn find". Exposed valvetrain?
Maybe valve cover was just missing...?
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Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

it had a valve cover, but instead of being secured with bolts or screws, it had spring clips holding it down on head, he un clipped it and lifted to show valve train,

another kind of cool thing was all the spring mounts on the frame were very large cast and had a fill plug at the top, you put oil in them instead of zerk fittings,

I wish I had more time to crawl around it, had some neat 1928 era technology engineering,
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Post Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:14 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

Oiled suspension points instead of grease zerks? A new on me.
My 1930s Mack EE Chassis has the most unusual shackles...the end of the spring leaves are held in a giant rubber clamp enclosed with even bigger forged (?) bolt-together boxes.
Totally alien to me. However, no looking for new shackles and pins. :)
I finally understand the TRUCK quality difference between Ford Chevy Dodge International Mack.
Chevy frames are so pretty...graceful...but much more car-like. My pared-down 1934 1.5 ton Chevy frame COULD pass for a 1/2 ton frame.
Ford and Dodge are a step up. More truck-like. Deeper, wider channel. Thicker gauge. I recently pared a 1934 Ford 1.5 ton frame down and disassembled a two-ton 1946 Dodge.
International is a TRUCK. Generally speaking, everything is bigger and stronger. Although I have to admit the C-30 frames are kinda wienie. I've had several C30s apart. I'm not impressed.
THEN we have MACK. My goodness. The frame looks like skyscraper girders. Everything HUGE.
I now understand why you would buy Mack. The two-speed differential center-section is as big as an old auto engine.
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Post Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:37 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

the owner of the Speedwagon claimed to me this rig could go 50+ MPH in 1928, he said farmers liked em cause they could get town with a load a lot faster,

I said being able to go 50 in this and wanting to go 50 in it are two different things,

he laughed,
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Post Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:03 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

I never knew the "SpeedWagon" part.
Is that true? 50mph?
NO shock absorbers, wood-framed cab squeaking and tweaking all the way...
I think not.

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Post Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:59 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

Monsonmotors wrote:Oiled suspension points instead of grease zerks? A new on me.
I now understand why you would buy Mack. The two-speed differential center-section is as big as an old auto engine.

The British buses had a system, there was an air over hyd pump, every time the brakes were applied it sent a shot of 90W gear oil down one tube to one lube point, when the brakes were released, the distributor advanced to the next tube/lube point. Little 1/8" plastic tube to every lube point. Mike, who worked in England before coming to the states, said that there was a special tool, that was used to get all the air out of the system so it was bled like hyd brakes.
May be that was why none of them were working by the time the buses made it to the states, we replaced the tubing with grease zerks.
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Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

Monsonmotors wrote:I never knew the "SpeedWagon" part.
Is that true? 50mph?
NO shock absorbers, wood-framed cab squeaking and tweaking all the way...
I think not.


look at the pic of the grill tag, he was so lucky no one ever stole that,

now That would be an impossible part to find,

yes, he claimed 50 MPH, I don't know if I believe him or not but he showed me pics of 3 other speed wagons he owns and seemed pretty knowledgeable on them,
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Post Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:50 pm

Re: 1928 Reo Speedwagon

Has to be on the top-ten cool automotive truck badges list.
A Rock N Roll band is named after it, come on!
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[quote="Monsonmotors"]Has to be on the top-ten cool truck badges list.
A Rock N Roll band is named after it, come on!
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