James Fischer
PCS Member
Her are a few photos of the 70 after her bath......
NOW we can see what needs to be done.........
NOW we can see what needs to be done.........
70 Superior Gets Washed...Results
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gorgeous car !!!!!
Nice enough survivor to go through mechanically but otherwise leave as is. Preservation over restoration.
Mike McDonald
PCS Member
Jim: I see you have your (CA) STEADY RED already pre-positioned... nice rig! MM
Bill Marcy
PCS Member
Jim, she looks good already! You got another great ambulance!
John Royark JR
PCS Member
Looks nice. Giving her a bath really made a difference. I bet a good wax and buff would really make this thing shine. Looks like only minor areas need touched up, most shops can computer match the paint very close.
Looking good! I'll bet this car made many trips to the hospital in Montrose during its time in service.
James Fischer
PCS Member
Ohhh yessss......
The flat faced AVIATION bulb they had it there...really had to be changed out.....plus I want to be Ca legal......
Mike Burkhart - Deceased 1948 - 2016
December 30, 1948 - October 21, 2016
Looks good! Original is always better. I would not paint it..........
James Fischer
PCS Member
Wellllllll.......
I havent posted the "BAD" pics yet......she does have a few issues......
mostly on the passenger side ...looks like that side took the bulk of the weather..... for example ..on the rear fender the fiberglass is actually starting so show and peel....and there is quite a bid of pitting on the rear door and again on the "weathered" side doors ..not a large area......but enough...and of course the front lower rear part of the fenders...is rusted through...
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James Fischer
PCS Member
I am sure it went there......not so sure of the "many" part.....
The retired fire chief that owned it said it was their first out car for a few years...but they then used it as a "back up" for the volunteers when the " suburban" (Stoner) was purchased......
James Fischer
PCS Member
gorgeous car !!!!!
Chris,
I dont know if you saw it in another post of mine,but I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for posting the Craigslist ad for this rig......
It is much appreciated and I am sure others have benefited from your postings also.......thanks again !!
JIm
See, after a bath, it does look a lot better. And that ALF red isn't looking so bad anymore, either.
Chris,
I dont know if you saw it in another post of mine,but I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for posting the Craigslist ad for this rig......
It is much appreciated and I am sure others have benefited from your postings also.......thanks again !!
JIm
Your very welcome glad it went to a good home. I did not post right at first and had to give it serious thought but it wasn't my favorite year, so I just passed the info along.
Kevin Lynch
PCS Member
I miss my 68
What a classic ambulance!!! Enjoy!
What a classic ambulance!!! Enjoy!
Martin Harvey
PCS Member
Really love it!!
Just wondering how was and how is the smell before and after the bath?
Just wondering how was and how is the smell before and after the bath?
I am in love !!!!
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
how is the top? the lower half may be all you need to do. but we know pictures lie. really not a lot of bad there. the original paint doesn't hold up well on the fiber glass fillers. I'm not sure why but they check out and fall off first. but the chance to get on as it was is a one in a lifetime find. get the lower half done at lest the car deserves that. then all you need to do is let your wife enjoy it. it's still her's right??
James Fischer
PCS Member
Ed,
The top is pretty decent....the usual cracking especially around the 2 front corners...but other then that not to bad.....
As fars it it being the wifes.....yes,I am doing this one for her........she was a newly graduated RN in 1976....and would get "hired" every once in awhile to transport a CCU patient from an smaller outlying hospital to a "real" hospital...usualy UC Davis or UC San Francisco....an 1 1/2hours away (by code 3)....and this was the same type of ambulance she ran her 1st call in.....
She was exhausted..after that trip being a new graduate and then a Long ride in an ambulance.....and on top of it..we had a CHP escort the last 20 minutes of the trip into SF traffic....and at the hospital the CHP asked her out !!!!:argue:
Funny how things have changed......
The retired fire chief that owned it said it was their first out car for a few years...but they then used it as a "back up" for the volunteers when the " suburban" (Stoner) was purchased......
Did he happen to mention the 61 (or was it a 62?) MM Guardian his FD once owned?