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Date Posted: Sun, Nov 13 2005, 14:37:37
Author: Grant
Subject: One -and a two. More info. to Mike Vogel's report

Dad's first car.
I will add what I remember about the car. It was a Reo touring car, 1916 model I think. It was a large expensive car at that time. It was a 7 or 8 passenger car. There was so much room between the front and the back seat there were what we called jump seats that could be folded up or down.
Each front fender had a wheel well and had a spare tire in each one. And it had a big 6 cyl. engine. It also had a self starter (not electric as today's starters). I don't know how it worked. It had a tank that I think built up pressure. It was very quiet. Most cars did not have self starters in those days. We also had one or two model T fords that we used every day. The Reo was used to go to church and special places when the weather and roads were good.
About 1924 an auto salesman came to our place from Mitchell (40 miles). He was driving a Chev. and
traded it for the Reo. I do not know what kind of a deal was made. Later we heard that Lawrence welk was using it to carry his band. The salesman did not tell us that he had a buyer for the Reo but I am sure he did.

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