You know, you guys are spooky, if not to say psychic! No sooner does Biglorryblog post a story (via Richard "King of the Brochures" Stanier) on Diamond REO cabovers, than I get this picture and message from fellow 'Keeper of the Flame' Martin Phippard who says: "Hiya, Yes I know it's a Diamond Reo rather than a Diamond T---but a Royale cabover in Steelcase livery was considered a fine catch at the time. (late 1970s). Note the seven diamonds in the grille. Martin."
To which BLB replies..Martin have you been stalking me again?
And if you want to know what that mystery Streamliner was I posted on Friday click through to find out the answer.
And for all of you wondering what this mystery truck was it's a Freightliner COE but with a home-made plywood (yes plywood) front fairing. It was spotted at the Walcott, Indiana, Trucker Jamboree and once again I have Bill Ayer from Seattle to thank for this great oddball shot.
A great photo of a very impressive truck.
Thanks for the kind comment Richard. Of course these days I would have a second follow-up shot from a better angle. But that picture was taken with an old wind-on Practika camera with a 200-mm Prinzflex lens that was so slow it only really worked at high noon in midsummer on a clear day! Having said that it's an unusual picture that has a certain appeal.
Via Gerald Woodgate, BLB co-host I've received this comment
REO
Posted by Yonny Kellerman at 03/12/2007 11:17 AM
REO Speedwagon and Diamond REO are of course both names of American bands, the former being better known of course.
The REO company, which made the REO Speedwagon, merged with Diamond sometimes in the late nineteen sixties before going the way of many a famous name.
REO, of course, is Ransom E. Olds
Via Gerald Woodgate, BLB co-host I've received this comment
REO
Posted by Yonny Kellerman at 03/12/2007 11:17 AM
REO Speedwagon and Diamond REO are of course both names of American bands, the former being better known of course.
The REO company, which made the REO Speedwagon, merged with Diamond sometimes in the late nineteen sixties before going the way of many a famous name.
REO, of course, is Ransom E. Olds
Love the shot, never seen something like that done before with plywood, although I have to poinbt out that it's a Kenworth K100 from the 80's. The windescreen and the rubber strip above the front wheel tells me that. A freightliner COE always had a massive chrome staircase molded into the cab of the truck behind the steer wheels.