New Zealand Bus Museum

1930 Reo speed wagon preserved at ECMOT

Reo GB Speed Wagon. This vehicle provided the first motor transport service from Whatatu to Gisborne in 1930. After a period as a mobile home it was donated to Tauranga Museum and then mad its way to ECMOT. A replica of the original wooden body has been built. I hope the original had curtains as the trip would have taken 2 to 3 hours in 1930.
1930 Reo Speed Wagon
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Last Updated 31 December 2005