Talk:REO Speed Wagon

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Not sure on spelling --Speed Wagon --orSpeedWagon however,the truck remains the same(ref the truick on this site) It was not known as a pick up,bu't was called an Express Wagon back in late 30-s. The section for cagro was enclosd with what we now call "chain link fence". During winter cold curtlilns were on outside of chAin link. Driver was a bit cooler. First saw truck with just j Misseltoe (sp?) Express logo. Very loud on exaust. No muffler. Just noise. Across western Oklahoma flat land,mid nightsound about a mile. Few autos of that day could maintain sight to say nothing of passing on the road. Those drivers knew only one speed--flat out. No idea if this will be seen.Just an old duff down memory lane. Take care,I enjoy reading about old things,and thanks. Drumtrap..

Surely the "James & Sons transport company" collected not just grains, but spent brewers grains, or Distillers_grains for delivery to farms outside of London. A link should be added in order to clarify this. Benjamindees (talk) 23:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Merger proposal

This entire page could be a section of the REO Motor Car Company page. Useddenim (talk) 15:01, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

It could be, but I'm inclinded to leave it as it is. The Speed Wagon is one of the most famous Reo products, we have a good sized article on it, and the Reo article is already a bit long. -- Infrogmation (talk) 23:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Strong no. Ditto on the no merger... to a modern reader is probably of more note than any other REO truck, and most cars. It also helps that I have fattened up the article a bit now with some sources and details... regardless, the iconic nature of the REO Speed Wagon (with a bit of help from a certain band) make it a distinct topic that should have it's own article... splicing it in the REO Motors article would either make it harder to find or harder to distinguish between info about the company and the truck.--Marcinjeske (talk) 05:34, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

STRONG NO A notable product produced by a notable company. PLUS, A LOT of precedence here on Wikipedia with Specific models by automative manufacturers, such as Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Suburban etc.--Degen Earthfast (talk) 15:56, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

typo in text

Was not sure how far away the 4th paragraph stated that the building's location was originally written as '50 metros'. I am guessing, but it probably would be '50 metres (meters[en-us??])' away, as opposed to 50 metro(subway ) stops away. Richard416282 (talk) 02:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Building time

At the article i can't see wich time delivery-trucks named R.E.O. Speed Wagon made. Se-65 (talk) 08:29, 3 January 2014 (UTC)

A citation for mil-only production 1942 through 1946

... is not needed, because EVERY American manufacturer ceased production and development for the civilian market in those years. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_the_United_States#Great_Depression_and_World_War_II --2605:6000:151A:121:D974:6392:7097:6375 (talk) 00:40, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

JoJo Reference

I think the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure character Robert EO Speedwagon's name was moreso based off of the band than it was this actual car. I believe the statement about the character should be omitted from this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.127.61.228 (talk) 20:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

If you're going to link a specific article OP (or whoever did the linking if someone else), please make sure it links directly to that article, not a disambiguation page like JBA. Also, please sign your articles yourself, not make someone else finish your post. 32.212.102.239 (talk) 00:19, 14 November 2022 (UTC)