Ambulance ID
- Thread starter Daniel Scully
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Bill Marcy
PCS Member
My guess would be National, because it has a similar stepped-up roof as John Ehmer's National Buick.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
That IS a '63 C-B Oldsmobile 46" ambulance.
Terry Lange
PCS Member
I believe that photo is of Metro West Kildonan's '63 C/B taken at Keystone Dragway just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba. In fact, that looks like Gerry Maeren, the company owner, standing beside it.
Here are my photos of the same rig. The only difference is the offset CP-25 siren speaker on the driver's side of the roof, which they removed after a short time, prior to me photographing it.
Here are my photos of the same rig. The only difference is the offset CP-25 siren speaker on the driver's side of the roof, which they removed after a short time, prior to me photographing it.
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Interesting photos and facts, Terry!
Abe Bush
PCS Member
This has probably already been answered previously in different posts or threads, but what is that very strange looking cone looking thing in the front portion of the siren? It almost looks like a "muting" device sometimes used in brass instruments to make them a lot quieter, and giving them a different sound effect.
It caller a stutter. The siren is pulsater and does just what you say in a pattern.
Here's what they did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtqaY52RDyk
These were available in smaller models, too. For example, adding the Pulsator feature to a 66-G made it a P-660 as seen in the video.
To my knowledge they weren't offered on C Series or double tone models. If they were, I've never seen them advertised, in photos, or in real life.