Replacing Pistons and Such 1935 era

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

seen this Lionel

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...ry=Advertising


http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar...ry=Advertising

G'day Mike,

No I had not seen the two advertisements on Trove. Thank you for posting up the links.

The top link features two lots of "1935" the straight vertical grille is from the financial year 1934-1935. The more slant back tip truck style is from the financial year 1935-1936. Mine is the nice one - oops the 1935-36. I did find that they were referring to the "Gold Crown" engines in the heavier capacity trucks. I dug out my collection of REO advertising folders I have been collecting over the years and they too say "Gold Crown" for the heavier truck like mine. The Gold Comet engines came out around World War II.

So my truck has a Gold Crown motor. It will help me use the right name for the engine when I go looking for parts The light weight trucks came with the Silver Crown engines..

So that is good news about getting the name of the engine right

I had a win today - I found a radiator cap online - cross fingers that it fits as the truck did not have one when I bought it. It seems a common theme in photographs of 1935 REO Speed Wagon trucks that are on the internet. I have tried to find an accurate photograph to make sure what one looks like. Some real flash ones were available with wings as optional extras. The advertising brochures show a mix of fancy to plain dome tops.

The second link has the 1936-1937 model that has the curve in the centre of the front bumper.

Thanks again for the links Mike.

Kind Regards
Lionel