Don't forget Utica Bend.......I have a 57 M35 built by them.
Jon
At 09:56 PM 10/9/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/9/00 8:23:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
>rkltd@fullnet.net writes:
>
><< Reo built the first ones in 1952. M35's only
> Studebaker built them from 1953 to 1964 approx. M35's & M35A1's
> Curtis-wright built also in that era, i never found out when exactly
> Kaiser built them from 1964 to 1970. M35A1's & M35A2's
> A.M. General built them from the fall of 1970 to the end
> a interesting note Reo was bought by Studebaker which was bought by
> Kaiser which was bought by A.M.C. which A.M.General was a division of.
> when A.M.C. went under A.M. General split off and became its own company >>
>
>This close, but not quite right.
>
>Studebaker merged not with Reo, but with Packard. You can find deuces built
>by Studebaker-Packard.
>
>Studebaker
>Studebaker-Packard
>Curtiss-Wright
>Kaiser
>General Products Div of American Motors
>AM General
>
>All were built in the Ex-Studebaker facility in South Bend, Indiana (since
>vacated by AM General except for the proving grounds).
>
>Reo Motors was in Lansing, Mi. I don't have the detail on the following as
>committed to memory as I did the Studebaker lineage. But it goes something
>like...
>Controlling interest in both Reo Motors (founded by Ransom E. Olds, of
>Oldsmobile fame) and Diamond T was bought by White Motor Company. And became
>Diamond-Reo. The business still didn't prosper, and was sold, eventually
>being owned by there largest dealer (in Pennsylvania, I think). The part of
>this paragraph I am uncertain of is whether Reo and Diamond T got together
>before or after White came into the picture.
>
>Hope this helps,
>David Doyle
>member
>MVPA
>American Truck Historical Society
>Studebaker Drivers Club
>
>owner of:
>Studebaker M45
>Curtiss-Wright M35
>Reo M35
>Kaiser M36A2
>AM General M45A2
>
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