1957 Reo Gold Comet

[leafsprings]

On 5/14/2020 at 4:52 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Thanks. Would the later AMT Diamond Reo chassis be at all appropriate?

IMO, that frame would be very good choice, it is much thinner than the Louisville  extra heavy duty dump frame, not to mention, keeping it in the "family"

[Chariots of Fire]

Got a present in the mail this morning.  Timely!  B-day coming up.  Anyway, as promised here is the '53 Reo cab with interior bucket, dash, steering wheel and column, fenders, running boards and bumper.  The inside door panels were cast in place and are used to snap the dashboard in where it belongs.

The openings in the grill are just skimmed over so opening them up is real easy with an Xacto knife and a small file for finish.

[Ace-Garageguy]

32 minutes ago, leafsprings said:

IMO, that frame would be very good choice, it is much thinner than the Louisville  extra heavy duty dump frame, not to mention, keeping it in the "family"

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[Ace-Garageguy]

30 minutes ago, Chariots of Fire said:

...Anyway, as promised here is the '53 Reo cab with interior bucket, dash, steering wheel and column, fenders...

That's pretty. I'm starting to get strong desire to build some old trucks. Seeing work like this is certainly inspirational.

[Chariots of Fire]

A couple of photos of the first pop in color.  Just a trial actually to see what flaws there might be.  Not many but some little things that might need tweeking.  Just a curbside at this point.  And not even really up on all 6's yet.

 

[gotnitro?]

Beautiful truck

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Looks Awesome!!

[bigred63]

Wow, awesome looking truck, love that color! What is the name of the color?

[Chariots of Fire]

7 hours ago, bigred63 said:

Wow, awesome looking truck, love that color! What is the name of the color?

Duplicolor GM Dark Jade Green

[Dutzie]

Looks great Charles!

[Hermann Kersten]

The first pop looks great, and with these awesome colors it really fit the truck.

A really great and sweet looking truck.

 

Hermann.