All things related to the REO Royale Eight.
Some of you probably know but our friend Mark passed away last Summer from cancer. He was an avid contributor to our first forum. Mark and I first came in contact with each other in 2014 when we both bought cars from Bill Barker. He bought
Probably a good way to start is an introductions thread. I'm A.J. SanClemente a 49 year old computer programmer from Massachusetts. I grew up in a car family where my dad bought his first Auburn Speedster in 1957 and went on to collect many
Hi Everyone, 8-3-2025 58l8134 is now registered, glad this forum has a new on-line home. Steve
Last time a REO Royale went to Pebble Beach was in the 1980s when John's convertible coupe was there. John told me last night it was first in class and BOS which is incredible. This year I'm going to be showing my Dietrich sedan. I'm typica
Here is a run down of show day at Pebble. Many of the non mobile cars (like the race cars) are placed on the field Saturday afternoon but for 90% of the cars, Sunday morning is about doing the dawn patrol. That is where all the cars line up
The tour was Thursday and it rained. What a disaster. Saturday is the traditional pre-show cleanup in the truck lot. A lot more work than the usual year. We got there around 10:15 and we were finished by 1:30. So about 3 hours of work. The
Here is a video on the book on my car I'm bringing to Pebble next week. The result of 20-30 hours of assembly, 14 years of research and maybe 2 hours of messing with the publishing site. Each copy is around 50 dollars to print hardcover wit
Did 11 miles in 84 degree temps. Car ran cool and well. Shifted easy except for one time I had a little trouble on the downshift which you will see in the video. Note the slide from 1st to 2nd. This is the Clark 425T four speed and first is
Here is a thread for discussion of the Convertible Coupes. I believe there are 10 or 12 known examples left?
I'll update this thread with what I'm up to with the car. It arrived on Saturday and did spend a good part of the weekend crawling over it. I'm going to put a plan together with the specific issues that I would l like to address. With 3 kid
