Diamond Reo CF-55 Western

Diamond Reo CF-55 in The Arrangement, Movie, 1969

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
CougarTim ◊ 2011-05-09 19:31	GUESS: Fabco? http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/Fabco_Flatop%5B1%5D.jpg Anyone know what city this was filmed in?
vilero ◊ 2011-05-09 19:52	The capture, it's supposed, is taken from the cemetery where the funeral of Kirk Douglas father (Richard Boone) took place, next to a several highways....The movie begins in Los Angeles, I suppose this is the same place.
CougarTim ◊ 2011-05-09 20:14	Got it! It's a Diamond Reo CF-5542 or Wesco Jet with a Western body - http://www.classicrefusetrucks.com/albums/WS/WS04.html http://www.classicrefusetrucks.com/images/WS/WS05c.jpg -- Last edit: 2011-05-09 20:17:58
vilero ◊ 2011-05-09 20:31	Great, CougarTim. Thanks.
no-a ◊ 2016-06-06 03:03	-- Last edit: 2016-06-06 07:58:51 (night cub)
acptulsa ◊ 2018-06-09 02:33	Wow. Good catch on a very rare truck (rare when it was new)! Only, it seems to have tandems, which would make it a CF-5564. In any case, it does seem to be a CF-55.