Finally got the scanner working properly, part 2

Russell Street

Russell Street

My lovely bride finally found most of the rest of my old ambulance photos from years gone by. It also turns out the biggest problem with the scanner isn't the scanner, it's the dumbass trying to operate. Today I decided to get me working the thing properly. So, here goes..........
 

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The coach is one of Physician & Surgeon Ambualnce's Ford Econolines. Previous to these, P&S ran a fleet of Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser wagons with 176 Beacons and a Q on the roof. I have no clue who did the conversion for them. My notes on the back of the photo state "..right squad bench is 2-3" too high...". Photos were taken at their Cuyahoga Falls station September 07, 1969.

Next is Sandusky Fire Department's first ambulance, radio call sign S-30. A 1963 or 64 Cadillac picked up from one of the local funeral homes. Replaced in 1970 by an International Springfield like the on I previously posted for Perkins Twp. Fire. Photo taken August 08, 1969. This also gives a better shot of my 1974 Ford Automotive Conversion wagon.

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The next coach is one of my personal favorites of all time. A 1967 Cadillac Superior owned by Wohlever Funeral Home in Bellevue. Skip Wohlever allowed me to "trip lease" it from him whan my 1968 went down for major repairs. The only stipulation he put on it was one of his guys had to drive it. No problem, some of his guys worked for me anyway. We used it for 2 or 3 weeks. I've been trying to track down where this coach finally wound up.

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The next photo was taken the last night we worked any speedway, anywhere. It was a big race, special event. My buddy Dick Goebel asked if he could stand-in with us. His coach is a 1977 Chevrolet Superior. The crew is a mix of his, mine, and Skip's.

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I just love it when the old, never-before-seen photos come out of hiding! The '67 Superior is a beauty and the flying Caddy is a '63. The dual beacons on the Ford wagon are interesting too; most wagons I've seen from that era have some sort of Visibar attached to the drip rails.

Very cool photos...thanks for sharing, Russell! :applause:
 
The photos are great, thanks for sharing them Russell.

I have the same operator error problems at times. One of our more technically computer competent folks at work asked me one time when I was struggling if I was getting a an error message. I asked what message I should be looking for...to which he replied...you know, the "ID-10-T" error message. It wasn't until I wrote the "error message" down did I realize that I'd just been slammed!
 
The wagon originally had a Visi-Bar on it, replaced that with a Twinsonic, replaced that with a single Beacon Ray, then finally 2 Beacons.

You may have picked up on the fact that I like to play around with lights.

Many thanks to whoever clipped the two stray photos from the top post.
 
Photo request

Russell,

A guy I work with grew up in that area and was wondering if you have any photos of the ambulance operated by Fiser Funeral Home in Clyde. He rode to school with Jim Romeo's son in the ambulance when he was a kid and is looking for any photos of their ambulance.

Thanks in advance
 
Jonathon;

Some of the photos that are still MIA would be the ones from Fiser's when I worked for them from 1978 to 1981. Jim and Sharon were good friends. When I got out of the race track safety business and sold my coaches, here comes Romeo wanting me to work for him part-time.
 
romeo's '77 lifeliner

Jonathon, after owning Romeo's hightop on at least 5 different occasions, C-W Coach sales sold it to Darren Blanton in Piqua where it rusts away today.
 
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