Buick35 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Just curious, is REO an acronym? If so,what does it stand for. I know my MG is for Morris Garage. Thanks.I also heard once that LTD stood for long tail dog.Just kidding. Greg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Yes, Ransom Eli Olds. First built Oldsmobile's. And then REO cars and trucks trucks. Edited August 8, 2018 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Just now, Dandy Dave said: Yes, Ransom Ely Oldsmobile. Actually, his name was Ransom Ely Olds. The "mobile" part was his first company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Yes, I caught myself and corrected it as you replied Joe. Dandy Dave! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Oldsmobile was purchased by William Durant and became part of General Motors. Olds the person wanted to continue in the automobile business so he had to come up with a new name for the company. He used his initials to make up the name for his new endeavor. Same is true for spark plugs, Champion company came first and then AC the initials of Albert Champion the founder of Champion for his second company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 There was also the E-M-F auto manufacturer from 1909 to 1912 that became part of Studebaker. With slang names like "Every Morning Fix-it", "Every Mechanical Fault", and "Every Miss Fire." Actual name was Everett Metzger and Flanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Olds also built stationary farm engines early on. Worked on and ran several a friend owned years ago. http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=12970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dandy Dave said: Olds also built stationary farm engines early on. Worked on and ran several a friend owned years ago. http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=12970 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thanks,interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 A similar situation arose when Harry Stutz was ousted from the Stutz car company. He started a new company to make HCS cars and fire apparatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 There was also Billy Durant the founder of GM. After the second time he was ousted he started the Durant Motor Co. In the early years of the auto industry there was a fair bit of movement in jobs and ownerships with the movers and shakers I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Walter P. Chrysler was president of Buick when my 1915 Roadster rolled off of the production line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 39 minutes ago, Dandy Dave said: Walter P. Chrysler was president of Buick when my 1915 Roadster rolled off of the production line. Charles Nash was there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Joe in Canada said: There was also the E-M-F auto manufacturer from 1909 to 1912 that became part of Studebaker. With slang names like "Every Morning Fix-it", "Every Mechanical Fault", and "Every Miss Fire." Actual name was Everett Metzger and Flanders. Barney Everitt (with an i not an e), William Metzger and Walter Flanders. After Studebaker took over EMF, and after WW1, those three were responsible for the Rickenbacker car. There were also Everitt (1910-12) and Flanders (1912-13) cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Add to that list of acronyms of auto makers RCH for Robert C Hupp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I was surprised a while back (well, quite a while back anyway) when I discovered Fiat was an acronym too: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Mechanic Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 And the SCAT project that I was chasing was Società Ceirano Automobili Torino. Unfortunately I had a lot of competition from Italy and the eventual buyer, who was from Germany. Another one that left Australia to return to Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KURTRUK Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 29 minutes ago, zipdang said: I was surprised a while back (well, quite a while back anyway) when I discovered Fiat was an acronym too: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino. I found it to stand for Fix It Again, Tony! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) There was a German bubble car called a Goggomobile. The builder, Hans Glas, attempted to be the General Motors of German mini cars. This particular model was named after his nephew whose nickname was Goggo, possibly the silliest reason for a car name ever. We still don't know if he liked the kid or had a grudge against him. Edited August 9, 2018 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 22 hours ago, KURTRUK said: I found it to stand for Fix It Again, Tony! Or was it "Finally, I'm almost there." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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