Vehicle
1929 REO Speed Wagon with model FE six cylinder Gold Crown engine rated at
24.3 H.P.
Calliope
New Tone Air Calliope by National Calliope Corporation in Kansas City,
Missouri. Features a 53 note system. Original keyboard removed leaving only
the music rolls to make sound. This Calliope was completely overhauled in 1993
by Roy Weisenberg of Denver, Colorado, a former employee and travelling
service man for the National Calliope Corporation.
Features
2 - 1929 Vintage Kohler Electric Plants with 110/24 D.C. Volts, with starting
and charging systems.
1 - 1929 2 H.P. D.C. Electric Motor to drive
1 - 1929 Roots Blower which is a high-volume, low-pressure system running at 2
1/2 pounds maximum pressure.
Specifications
Vehicle Gross Weight - 10,300 pounds
Wheelbase - 152"
Width - 7' 4"
Height - 9' 4"
Ownership Record
1929 - T.A. Halverson - Original Builder fro Metro Goldwin Mayer, Hollywood,
California
1938 - Perkins Paper Products - Massachusetts
1963 - Swigart Auto Museum - South Carolina
1968 - Henry Ford Museum - Greenfield Village, Michigan
1984 - Kennith Wilken - San Antonio, Texas
1987 - Domino Pizza Auto Collection - Ann Arbor, Michigan
1990 - Webster Industries - Wayzata, Minnesota
Ground-up Restorations - 1996
Directed by - Dave Maulsby - Rockland, Wisconsin
Assisted by - Brian Schmitt - La Crosse, Wisconsin
Subcontractors - Roger Lund - Rockland, Wisconsin
Doug Maulsby - Tomah Wisconsin
Rob & Sherry Kneifl - West Salem, Wisconsin
Coordinator - Russ Lehmann - Mindoro, Wisconsin
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