Milton Reeves was a successful American industrialist whose company had built a small number of vehicles before the Octoauto was constructed in 1911. This experimental 8-wheel vehicle was based on an Overland, with the idea of making car travel more comfortable on very uneven roads. He later adapted the vehicle by removing one of the front axles and re-naming it the Sexto-Auto. There were no sales for either version of this automobile.