Bouctouche SJA Identification Project

Jean-Marc Dugas

Jean-Marc Dugas

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I have this picture of an old ambulance used not far from here. Unfortunately, no one seems to remember it, and I was not able to find any information about it.

The car was definitely heavily modified with the addition of the high roof, and maybe extending the D post.

What are your thoughts about the car itself? Are we looking at a Ford or Chrysler chassis and possibly the year of the vehicle?


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Thanks.
 
Hard to tell with the front and back cut off in the photo, but I agree with Ed that it is a Demers, since they were common in your neck of the woods. I would guess that it's about a '72 Chrysler or even a Dodge. Nice looking car!
 
The St. Johns ambulance appears to be a 1970s (?) Dodge Monaco Station Wagon. The car in post #4 is a Ford product.
 
Strathroy built a ton of "entry level" van ambulances that were sold all over Ontario and into Manitoba and beyond for many years. The private service that I worked for had a pair of them. They also did suburban conversions. To the best of my knowledge, the only car-based unit that they were involved in was putting a raised roof on a '69 Superior Pontiac Consort. There are photos of that rig floating around somewhere.
 
Terry Lange said:
Strathroy built a ton of "entry level" van ambulances that were sold all over Ontario and into Manitoba and beyond for many years. The private service that I worked for had a pair of them. They also did suburban conversions. To the best of my knowledge, the only car-based unit that they were involved in was putting a raised roof on a '69 Superior Pontiac Consort. There are photos of that rig floating around somewhere.
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Thanks Terry!
 
Ballyntine was out of Windsor. Built mainly on Chryslers and Dodge units. EMS Classics shows a few Ballyntine vehicles.

To add to Terry-I think Strathroy was an autobody shop out of Strathroy, Ontario.
 
This was our hospital's Ballantyne Dodge high rise. It was sold to Gull Lake (30 minutes west) to start their ambulance service. It was sold later to an RCMP officer who took it with him when he was transferred. One of those things that is gone for good.


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My buddy's Strathroy Suburban. Kind of cool. 3 door body. Hard to see from these pictures but the body and frame were stretched a bit.
Thing only has around 8,000 miles on it. It was owned by a nickel mine in northern Manitoba.

He has this and a '71 Longhorn I keep going after. So far all I get told is 'no'!


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