Bryan Burch

Cool stuff.

Bryan Burch

Crud--mods, can you move this to General? Operator head space and timing....

Carlarena1

Very cool! Olds should have stayed in the commercial truck business. I wish my heating oil man would pull up in one of those!

redoldsman

This is not an Olds truck. It is a REO which was started by Ransom Eli Olds after he left Oldsmobile. They built cars but were noted for their trucks. Here is a link.

REO Motor Car Company - Wikipedia

Vintage Chief

As Glenn correctly stated the truck is an REO truck, not an Olds. As a follow-up, it appears to be a 1960's REO Gold Comet Tanker. There are several other videos on YouTube featuring the REO Gold Comet Tanker.

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/342309...-comet-rescue/

Vintage Chief

joe_padavano

You do realize that REO is a completely separate company from Oldsmobile, right? In any case, Olds DID make trucks.

Andy

JP. I did not know Olds made trucks. That one tonner would be a very cool retro mod project..

69HO43

When I was a kid in the late 60s, there was an old farmer used to come to town every Saturday to the local IGA supermarket in his old late 30s Oldsmobile pickup truck. My dad said it was a "30s something" so I'm not sure the exact year. First time I'd ever seen one. Not many around. Of course it was only about 30 years old at the time. Couldn't tell if he was delivering produce/eggs or just there to shop. Never saw him in the store when I went with my mom grocery shopping, though.

Bryan Burch

Thanks for the education, I wasn't aware REO was different than Olds. Either way, trucks of both companies are pretty cool. Would love to see some restored.

Charlie Jones

During the twenties and thirties GM sold GMC trucks branded as Oldsmobile outside the US.
They, as well as the GMC's used flathead six Olds engines.

kpl70sx

The Beverly Hillbillies truck was a 1921 Oldsmobile found in California and modified for the tv show by George Barris.
Here's an article describing the truck:

What Was The Beverly Hillbillies Truck? | The Daily Drive | Consumer Guide®

Also, from the article linked above:
"Another truck was also created for the series. For an episode in the 1968-69 season, Jethro built a hot rod. Barris based that vehicle on a 1925 Oldsmobile roadster with an Olds 442 engine and other modern components. That truck even had shiny paint."
Note the lettering on the hood!

And here is the detail of the hotrod build:

Beverly Hillbillies Hotrod | Star cars Wiki | Fandom

joe_padavano

Something like this?

REO442

WOW! That is a real classic truck, done right and lookin good.

Olds64

Very cool! 😎

Oldsguy

I think I watched that video a few years back, have to say they didn't give up but those two mini excavators were almost too small for the job. Wonder where that thing ended up and in what condition it is now.