Indy 500 ambulances

No pictures but...

Conkle Funeral Home is still in business in Speedway, Indiana, the suburban town around the IMS. I saw a hearse at Butler Coach sometime in the early '80s w/ a Poindexter nameplate in the side door. Thought I was imagining that name until I spotted it in Pascal's pictures of the Type I Chevrolet ambulance. There's a Poindexter-McClure FH in Washington and Odon, Indiana, a ways southwest of Indianapolis, maybe the same folks. AID = Ambulance Indianapolis Dispatch. I used to go over the Indy yellow pages with a fine toothed comb in the "ambulance service" and "funeral directors" sections when we were visiting relatives :D. I remember Myers, Parr-Lance, and several others. Back in those days you could count on some nice photos and graphic art in those ads.
 
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