How long has this been lying here
 

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This picture comes to us courtesy of Ian Patrick who found it on a farm in the Tumut area of New South Wales.

His father Noel is restoring a C60S dropside tray.

http://www.oldcmp.net/Images/locations/Tumut/c60l_1.jpg

Ian also sent me a couple of pictures of a pair of US6 Reo trucks.

http://www.oldcmp.net/Images/locations/Tumut/pair_1.jpg

More pictures here.

So how does one tell the difference between a Reo and a Studebaker?

Lynn,
I am no expert on them, but did drive a Reo version at Corowa once, and it had the Reo emblem on steering wheel centre and I think the data plate showed them as manufacturer.

I see in the photo of the two trucks, that the left one is a right hand drive conversion as was the one I drove. Only trouble was that the gear lever was still angled off to the left....made it a long reach!

Richard

Thanks for posting the pictures of the REOs!! I brought mine home on Oct 1st. It is sitting in the driveway now!! It is serial number 218621 delivered on 4-24-45. It has seen some hard use in the eastern Washington state wheat fields. Nice to see that a few more of these fine vehicles have survived. I understand from a previous post by Keith, that 23? REO US6s were shipped to Australia amongst the 1200 Studebaker US6s. I wonder how many are left. I will try to post some pictures of mine if I can figure it out. The pictures of all the vehicles are great!!:) Thanks again. Jon S.

Here's a pic of REO US6 218621 at my house here in Oregon. The REO US6 has a REO horn button, the frame data plate says REO and the dash plates are printed REO. In addition, the engine plate is a Hercules JXLD plate and the intake manifold does not have the Studebaker name or turning wheel logo. Jon S.