Hi, nice to see another REO in the making. I have a '45 REO Gold Comet. It's all stock body and chassis (single axle, air brake), except I retrofitted with a 453 Detroit Diesel. Real cool strictly a show truck to tool around in. I know another local guy around here did what your after. He did an old Pete' on a late model chassis. He runs this highway truck everyday and looks awesome. As far as a good donor chassis pretty well any will be good as long as air ride suspension. Propably simpler to have an engine with all mechanical controls rather than all the computer electrics to incorporate but that's even no problem if you have the time and know how................or a fat wallet and have someone do it for you.
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