1932 Nash Ambulance Hemmings

[Peter Grave - Deceased - 1938 - 2022]

Can't post pictures on this cause don;t know how someone step up go to Hemmings site its a neat rig

1932 Nash Eight Series 990 ambulance by Miller. From the seller’s description:

This Nash epitomized classic-era elegance with its stained glass quarter windows and hickory spoke artillery wheels. Originally built by the renowned A.J. Miller Co. of Bellefontaine, OH, its exquisite restoration earned many awards, including an AACA badge. Originally commissioned by a funeral home in Port Jefferson, NY, at a then-staggering cost of nearly $4,800, the wheelbase of its top-of-the-line 990 series Ambassador chassis (powered by an overhead valve 298ci 115hp “straight-eight” twin ignition engine) was extended to just over 13 feet. The one-off rig subsequently served a succession of Long Island fire departments until the early 1960s.

The vehicle is equipped with a vintage emergency kit, a hand-pumped Pyrene fire extinguisher on the driv*er’s side running-board and a cowl-mounted warning bell that rings several times with a single pull of the cord. The radio was originally a one-way unit that was incoming-only. If you got a call, you had to pull over and use a pay phone to respond.

It has a single side mount

 

[Daniel Scully]

Here ya go. Link to Add

 

[James Shao]

Potential dumb question, but are the round tire marks just the rubber reacting with the flooring material or are they wear marks?

 

[John ED Renstrom]

booth and this is not the correct gurney for this car way to new. but was this not the same car that was at the 2004 Daytona meet. were I was not there I do have some pictures of that meet. back when we wee not offended by each other sharing pictures of old cars.

 

[Adam Borkat]

Isn't there some unusual history with this car? Been a long time since I last thought about it, but it was something along the lines of it was originally a hearse, later turned into an ambulance? I may be thinking of the wrong car altogether though...

 

[Steve Loftin]

Isn't there some unusual history with this car? Been a long time since I last thought about it, but it was something along the lines of it was originally a hearse, later turned into an ambulance? I may be thinking of the wrong car altogether though...

You are correct.

 

[Steve Loftin]

Potential dumb question, but are the round tire marks just the rubber reacting with the flooring material or are they wear marks?

Wear marks like this are common.

 

[Bruce Oliphant]

I find what appears to me to be a lighted ambulance sign above the windshield interesting. I've never seen one like that. If its not a lighted ambulance sign then I retract my previous comment as to not appear ignorant.

 

[Fred Goerlitz]

Unless there are 2 of these floating around this used to be owned by a gentleman named Bob Cosgrove from Islip Long Island who was a PCS member at the time.

 

[Bill Marcy]

I spent some time speaking with Mr Cosgrove, in Daytona in 2004. He was a nice man, who was very happy to talk about his ambulance. If my memory serves me correctly, this Nash was originally a straight hearse and when Mr Cosgrove bought it, he decided to make it an ambulance and he did a wonderful job. Mr Cosgrove passed away, maybe eight, or ten years ago and his estate was selling the ambulance. I sure hope it finds a good home.

 

[Martin Harvey]

I might be a purist but this car have a lot of emergency bling bling for 1932; spots, flood lights, letterings, etc. If this car was previously a hearse they did a wonderful job on the window leaded glass and cabinet from what I see on the picture.

 

[John ED Renstrom]

The tendency when redoing anything is to add to much. I have never seen a picture of this car with the cot bar in it.

 

[Steve Lichtman]

This is an amazing car, yet it is quite "over-restored".

Nonetheless, where have you seen another one?

I find what appears to me to be a lighted ambulance sign above the windshield interesting. I've never seen one like that. If its not a lighted ambulance sign then I retract my previous comment as to not appear ignorant.

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