This is a pick on the minor nit: I believe his name was Ransome (not
Raymond) and he never produced Olds for GM. He made his own car (the curved
dash Olds), which was bought out by Billy Durant (made the Buick). Durant
called the resulting company General Motors. Olds then went on to produce
the REO cars and trucks.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: "Jarrid Gross" <JGross@econolite.com>
Cc: <bmounce@bellatlantic.net>; "Ben Mies" <bmtbm1@mindspring.com>;
<alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: Making an Alpine handle and gearing
> >Years ago in college I worked collecting trash (long before
> >recycling: I was a 'trash man'). I remember the Diamond Rio I drove.
>
> A VERY minor nit. This would have been a Diamond-REO, REO standing for
the
> company's founder, Raymond E Olds, who also produced the "Oldsmobile" line
> for General Motors. GM announced six months ago that Oldsmobile would be
> shut down in a couple of years, a rather sad ending to a long-term
enterprise.
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315
> Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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