Thank you, Mal! I was unaware of this.

A Reo Speedwagon! I wonder what that was like, before reconstruction "built
from the chassis up" -- and recognizing that what operators do to change
their vehicles is just as important as how they were in their earlier
lives; think, maybe, W2 (ex-W1) 442 vs. restaurant tram 442; and so on).

Hal cain, sometimes nostalgic -- I did manage a tram ride to Point Ormond,
once

On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 2:33 PM Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:

> On 22/10/2020 13:54, Hal Cain wrote:

> > Thank you, John. "Reo" yes, I remember (faintly). Wikipedia

> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REO_Motor_Car_Company

> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REO_Motor_Car_Company tells us the

> > founding entrepreneur was R. E. Olds of Oldsmobile fame, and the

> > company also built buses on its truck chassis. I think I remember

> > seeing one or two of those!

> >

> There's one (much rebuilt) still in service in Melbourne!

>

> See: https://squareup.com/au/en/townsquare/american-doughnut-kitchen

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