her husband got rid of his car when he went back into the service, not because he wanted to leave her without a car, but because he wouldn't be using it for the duration of the war and because he figured she wouldn't want to learn how to drive it. Quoting him, she says: "'I didn't sell the Reo to tie you down. If you want to drive, buy a Ford; it's easier to learn on.' I told him I didn't want to drive; I would wait until he came home." In the novel Mrs. Bridges by Evan S. Connell, Mrs. Bridges drives a Reo. On the Andy Griffith Show episode Citizen’s Arrest, Andy and Barney are discussing a case that involved a man driving a Reo Flying Cloud. In the book The Power of the Dod by Thomas Savage, the Burbank's brothers drives a Reo. The famous Barnum & Bailey Circus exhibited sideshow performers, Tiny Tim and Tom Thumb, driving a scaled-down version of the 1906 Reo Model-A Light Touring Car known as the "Baby Reo". In the Television series "Murdoch Mysteries" Advertisements See also Ransom E. Olds Oldsmobile Wolverine List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers Notes External links A Tribute To The REO Motor Car Company many photos; angelfire.com site may be slow loading and have javascript pop-up ads R.E. Olds Museum REO automobiles at ConceptCarz REO Gallery at White Glove Collection REO Club of America REO (and Diamond T) Trucks (Hank's Truck Pictures) A REO Speed Delivery (State Library, Victoria, Australia images) Defunct manufacturing companies based in Lansing, Michigan Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct bus manufacturers of the United States American companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1975 1905 establishments in Michigan 1975 disestablishments in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan Transportation in Lansing, Michigan Defunct truck manufacturers of the United States Brass Era vehicles Vintage vehicles Pre-war vehicles 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars 1930s cars Cars introduced in 1905