Hello all:
This is my car, a 71 M & M Volunteer. You see it here on its way to the shop a week ago. The short term goal is to get it running so that I can drive it home under its own power. Hoping to get it restored over the next few years.
The story is that it was an east coast car, possibliy in CT. It has no factory air conditioning, no piped in oxygen system, no manifold suction. There are places on the roof where there once were Full-Vu lights on the four corners, a #184 light in the center, and a Q2b siren above the windshield. It has a mounting bracket for a Ferno cot and wheel/post cups for a second stretcher on the floor. No hardware to hang stretchers. There are two attendant seats on the right side, one folds for the second stretcher. Apparently the med cabinet is rather unique. Will try to post a photo of the cabinet in the future. There are vertical tubes for four "D" or "E" cylinders. Someone bought it and drove it to Colorado in the '80's and used it for a tree trimming business. It was sitting in someone's back yard for the past ten years before I had it hauled back to Minnesota.
I've benefited greatly from reading the various posts on this site. A special thanks to Tony Karsnia for his patience and assistance when I purchased the car and helping get it transported.
As for me, I worked for several years in Minnesota as a paramedic. In the early years from '73 to '77, much of the work was in Cadillac ambulances, and I had lots of great adventures. We made the switch to vans in 1978. Spent a few years working in Agusta EMS helicopters, which have less interior room than any Cadillac that I ever worked in! Left EMS for the fire service in 1990 and am still working in that capacity. (The police are the primary first responders to EMS incidents in our city, and paramedic ambulance service is provided hospital based EMS in our area.) Over the years, I have looked at several old Cadillac ambulances but with kids, home improvement projects, etc, never took the step and bought a car. That all changed this past summer.
More as the project moves along.
Scott Anderson
This is my car, a 71 M & M Volunteer. You see it here on its way to the shop a week ago. The short term goal is to get it running so that I can drive it home under its own power. Hoping to get it restored over the next few years.
The story is that it was an east coast car, possibliy in CT. It has no factory air conditioning, no piped in oxygen system, no manifold suction. There are places on the roof where there once were Full-Vu lights on the four corners, a #184 light in the center, and a Q2b siren above the windshield. It has a mounting bracket for a Ferno cot and wheel/post cups for a second stretcher on the floor. No hardware to hang stretchers. There are two attendant seats on the right side, one folds for the second stretcher. Apparently the med cabinet is rather unique. Will try to post a photo of the cabinet in the future. There are vertical tubes for four "D" or "E" cylinders. Someone bought it and drove it to Colorado in the '80's and used it for a tree trimming business. It was sitting in someone's back yard for the past ten years before I had it hauled back to Minnesota.
I've benefited greatly from reading the various posts on this site. A special thanks to Tony Karsnia for his patience and assistance when I purchased the car and helping get it transported.
As for me, I worked for several years in Minnesota as a paramedic. In the early years from '73 to '77, much of the work was in Cadillac ambulances, and I had lots of great adventures. We made the switch to vans in 1978. Spent a few years working in Agusta EMS helicopters, which have less interior room than any Cadillac that I ever worked in! Left EMS for the fire service in 1990 and am still working in that capacity. (The police are the primary first responders to EMS incidents in our city, and paramedic ambulance service is provided hospital based EMS in our area.) Over the years, I have looked at several old Cadillac ambulances but with kids, home improvement projects, etc, never took the step and bought a car. That all changed this past summer.
More as the project moves along.
Scott Anderson
