First Call Car Thread

[Adam Borkat]

Service cars to drool over

Just sharing some photos of service cars, since we see so few now-a-days, and I love 'em...

Unidentified 1950's Chevrolet service car (Church & Son Funeral Home)

1950 Economy Chevrolet service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

 

[Adam Borkat]

1950's Ford service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

1953 Acme Pontiac service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

1957 Memphian Chevrolet service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

 

[Adam Borkat]

Unidentified 1950's Chevrolet service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

1962 Dodge Dart service car

PICTURES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

 

[Mike Stevens]

its a 47

Adam,
Great pictures, thank you for sharing. The Church and Son car in the garage is a 1947 Chevrolet. Wonder how many of these are still in hiding waiting for us to recue them?
Mike
61 MM

 

[Cary Livingston]

Just a quickie......51 Economy

56 Superior Pontiac

47 Flxible

 

[Cary Livingston]

41 Meteor Cadillac

55 National ( I think)

20's S&S

While it's not a procar....it was a service car for a rural mountainous funeral home somewhere....I wish I owned it
early 60's GMC with RARE 4WD

 

[Cary Livingston]

The 55 Chevy I posted above is most likely NOT a National. This one deems more studying.
This one however is a National

 

[Bill Marcy]

Very nice! But, some of them are going to need a little more than drool, don't you think?

 

[Steve Loftin]

Unidentified '55 Chevy

My money's on Barnette.

 

[Steve Loftin]

1950's Ford service car

1957; for sale at the '57 Heaven museum (all things 1957) in Branson, MO. This car has dual red spotlights as well as a folding attendant seat in the rear, so it was likely used as an auxiliary ambulance.

Here's what sold at their auction last October:

http://mecum.com/auctions/consignment_list.cfm?startRow=1&AUCTION_ID=HE1009&consignday=ALL

 

[Adam Borkat]

The Church and Son car in the garage is a 1947 Chevrolet.

Thanks, Mike. Looks like I was a decade off...

Wonder how many of these are still in hiding waiting for us to recue them?

You just never know...

At this same funeral home, there was a brick building a block away, which was the original funeral home, furniture store, and car dealership from the 1920's. Stored in the back, unseen for 30 years until we went in, were also the funeral home's late '20's Studebaker ambulance, a '40's Cadillac hearse, and a '50's Cadillac combination. Sadly, the owner passed away shortly after we found these, and they all disappeared after an estate auction.

 

[Adam Borkat]

A few more pics.

 

[Cary Livingston]

Love those Clarkesville pics Adam. Before 441 was 4 lanes to NC I used to drive past Church and Son FH and see the white fleet in the driveway. I never caught anyone there....DOH!

A 49 Superior Cadillac

A 38 Meteor

39 Flxible

a 51 J.C. Little Pontiac (from Walts collection)

 

[Adam Borkat]

a 51 J.C. Little Pontiac (from Walts collection)

Cool picture Cary! And you may have helped identify one of my photos from my extensive "I don't know what heck these coaches are..." files.


The torch sconce on the J.C. Little service car looks a lot like the one on this hearse. Could it also be a J.C. Little coach?


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[Cary Livingston]

Yes Adam it is a 1953 J C Little Pontiac landau from Hughson Funeral Home in Ontario shot in 1961 by Walt. (I was 2 years old) ee_smilie:

 

[Cary Livingston]

One of the last years a service car was offered on a Cadillac Chassis. I have never seen a pic of an actual car.

 

[John Royark JR]

Speaking of service cars what happened to the 80s S&S one that Bill Wright built?

 

[Mike Boyer]

For some reason I now want a First Call Car for my collection, I don't know why ? there is not much to them especially the newer van types. So I was thinking we should have a special thread for these cars and vans.

The only one I have seen in person is Len Langlois "s 1960 Fisher Chevorolet and I think Dwayne Brooks owns a 64 Pinner.

I don't know much about the History of First Call/ Service Cars Hopefully some people on here can educate us ?


Len Langlois 1960 Fisher Chev Service car

 

[Mike Boyer]

A 2006 Pontiac Montana Mini Van Service Van with Landau bar Decals

 

[Josh Horton]

I LOVE service cars! I don't exactly know why. I think I see form in the function. I like things that are more industrial looking, building, cars, etc. I hope to have a service car one day. I was so happy when I found out my hearse was used as a first call car. There are not that many service cars as most funeral homes used older hearses. Now they are using vans.