Sad Pro-Cars

Cadillac power window switches found in junkyards are among my priorities pulling. Never seen any mounted vertically, single or group. Hard to tell detail in this shot, are the switches themselves slightly rounded, and having knurled scallops? If so, I removed perhaps an identical driver's power window switch from a '51 or '52 Fleetwood in NM a couple years ago.

Sorry about the pic, should have gotten closer. Yes, exactly as you describe. This is the drivers door, with the four vertically mounted. As I remember, the passenger door has a single horizontally mounted (don't hold me to the mounting position.) The passenger side rearward door has a group of two switches mounted just inside to left (interior of the C pillar) - I have to assume for the windows in the back doors. I wasn't smart enough to see if that was duplicated on the drivers side. I remember for certain that group of two was horizontal, I just hadn't realized what they were for at that point.
 
I found this '66 M-M combination in Nashville, AR last week. It's unusual in that it has a cloth interior, usually only seen in hearses. In fact, this is the only '65-'70 M-M combination I can remember seeing that had this option.

This car has good metal and glass. It appears to have been sitting outside for some time and consequently has suffered the usual maladies. It had a cheap repaint at some point and has been used as a haunted house prop. The rear floor has been modified and the attendant seats are missing.

Please excuse the lousy cell phone photos:
 

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Lost track of this '55 Superior Pontiac a couple years ago.

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Shriners. An admission of the devil making them do it helps. ;)

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I stopped back at the location of '51 Flxible Buick combination from an earlier post (#134), to get the info from the build plate. It is as follows: Model # 21-551, Serial # 17412, Engine # 65501895.
Jacob.....According to Tom Mcpherson, this car (a model B21-751) is a Flxible-Buick Sterling end loading funeral car. It was sold to A. Sanborn & Son Funeral Home in Camden, New York and delivered on January 1, 1952. The motor number was/is 65501895 and the frame number was/is 16344785. Power windows and driver's seats were standard equipment on Flxibles of this era.
 
'55 Pontiac

That bumper guard on the back bumper of that Pontiac looks like the optional front bumper guard off of a '60/'61 Plymouth.
 
Lee F.H. (McAlester, OK)
1965 Victoria combination
1973 Consort combination

While basically in good shape, these cars had been OOS for some time when photographed in 1990. This firm is no longer in business and the cars are long gone.

(SL photos)
 

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Just got done cruising the Criterion site and thought I would add these.
 

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