Intresting limo

Rocky Fluegge

Rocky Fluegge

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I was at Iola car show swap meet the past couple days, did not walk tru the car show. I was just on the parts hunt. In the swap meet was this limo, a 1954 chrysler from a company i never heard from. what do you guys know about this. Sorry about the quality of the pics early am bad light with shadows but at least there were not as many people walking around yet.
 

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Wow, very cool Rocky, you should have bought it! It's a limo/ambulance combo where the entire center door post on the passenger side comes of the car so you can put a patient and cot in. There would have been a seat for the driver, and the one jumpseat and rear seat are for the attendants. Here's a similar one on Rance Bennett's page website - 1952 DeSoto Sedambulance by McClintock
 
Here's a scan I took years ago from one of my 1950's AFD magazines.

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Somewhere in our club is one of my favorite professional cars, a 1962 Chrysler New Yorker by McClintock. I've only seen it once in person, at a PCS national meet, and Cary was sitting in it in the parking lot playing with the lights with the biggest grin I've ever seen on his face :D
 
Adam, That make alot more sence now it had a full bench up front, so it had me scratching my head. The guy that had it was not around so he could not answer any questions, but i thought the passanger post looked funny but did not look that close at it. Now i wish it was close so i could disect it closer. thanks. also on the car it was rock solid nice car, no carpet in it so you could see that it would be no suprises.
 
Another

Here is another that has been for sale up here in Michigan for many months.

http://flint.craigslist.org/cto/1833525025.html

1953 Chrysler Windsor (Limousine) - $5800 (Standish)

Date: 2010-07-09, 9:38AM EDT
Reply to: sale-qjg8r-1833525025@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

1953 Chrysler Windsor (Limousine)
4.3 L / 265 CI / 6 cyl engine
Automatic transmission w/clutch
This car appears to be all original with the exception of rear leaf springs, shock absorbers and upholstery
Original miles shown: 36,975

This car was modified for use as an ambulance/parade car for the small town of Ottawa Kansas.
I purchased it as is, put gas in it and drove it home.
I pulled all the carpet and inspected it for rust related issues. Nothing required repair
We reupholstered the front and back seats; the center fold-up seats’ upholstery remains original.
I replaced or rebuilt all wheel brake cylinders. Master brake cylinder is fine as well as power brake boost system.
Clutch works great, no noise.
Rear springs (leaf) replaced.
I replaced the broken card fiber heater ductwork with aluminum ductwork (not original).
Many pictures available

Extra parts:
Aftermarket air conditioner is off the car but functional
Fuel pump
Water pump
Heater core
Radiator
Dist caps
Rear axle seals
Car runs and drives great.

$5800
Call 989-313-1053
 

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Also on that car i dont know if someone added it but you can see the other jump seat is folded up on the right side. which would be in the way. Maybe later in life someone just wanted it like a limo. The other thing that i thought was kind of weird is the trim on the car the rear pieces went straight and just ended not well and then there is the sweep front trim. do you think that was the way it came from them?
 
Rocky Fluegge said:
it had a full bench up front, so it had me scratching my head............ Also on that car i dont know if someone added it but you can see the other jump seat is folded up on the right side. which would be in the way. Maybe later in life someone just wanted it like a limo.
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I noticed that too, but figured someone more knowledgeable on these may explain that here. I've seen others where there was a bench seat and/or the second jumpseat, but I've always assumed later in life someone added these to make a true limo. From the bottom side of the car, you're not talking a lot of work or time to put those in, and it makes for a more practical car...

Rocky Fluegge said:
The other thing that i thought was kind of weird is the trim on the car the rear pieces went straight and just ended not well and then there is the sweep front trim. do you think that was the way it came from them?
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No idea, I've never seen one like that. It looks like a customizer's afterthought in my opinion. I know it's not 1954 Chrysler trim though.
 
Adam Borkat said:
Here's a scan I took years ago from one of my 1950's AFD magazines.

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Somewhere in our club is one of my favorite professional cars, a 1962 Chrysler New Yorker by McClintock. I've only seen it once in person, at a PCS national meet, and Cary was sitting in it in the parking lot playing with the lights with the biggest grin I've ever seen on his face :D
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The other biggest grin was the ONLY "ALL YOU CAN EAT" Waffle House I had ever been too in Lebanon Missouri, we lived there and at one meal a day at like 3 pm .....Dont think I have eaten at one but one time since (and theres one 1/4 mile away).
 
looks to me like someones ida of a neat 2 tone. the molding may or may not have been put on by McClintock. they are not that many around to tell. the give away is the suicide door on the passengers side. if you get to look again see is it's not a split bench up front . most of these cars were set for dual purpose. and would do limo duty as well as ambulance at the plant. they were required to have one at the plant. so they built a limo - ambulance and used it as such. the passengers front seat would be removed and the jump seat on that side. the gurney went in feet first. letting the attendant sit on the drivers side jump seat and be at there head. the shorter wheel based ones the head end of the gurney woul be over the back seat. nice car but I don't know about the price.
 
These seem to be more popular than you'd think. A lot of funeral homes had one that would do combination service. Originally, this would have had two individual front seats, so the passenger-side seat could be removed for the stretcher.

Here's a photo of Len Langlois' '52 McClintock DeSoto Sedambulance.
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The interesting thing about the '62 McClintock Chrysler that Cary was grinning in is that it is NOT a combination. It's a straight ambulance, though side-loading. There never was the rest of the front seat, the floor the stretcher is on and the stretcher bar are permanently mounted, and the dual siren-lights on the roof (and, originally, airhorns) were also permanent. I'll post a picture of it when I get home if nobody else does first.
 
Suicide Doors

This may be a question more for our Chrysler Expert Walt McCall.... but did the Chrysler and DeSoto (Factory) 7 Passenger Sedans of that era (already) have suicide doors for easier access to the rear and jump seats? If so they would have been far easier to convert and maybe why McClintock only used those two makes? (*) Our 1938 Buick Series 90 Limited 7 Passenger for instance (already) had suicide doors when it was converted "in-house" by our Local VFD to a Sedan Ambulance..... making them only need to "cut, weld and and pin" the door post for the whole right side to open up. MM
 
That 62 is pretty wild, I like it gives me a whole different look compared to what im use to on my custom 62 300.
 

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Kenneth Howe PCS Convention

Steve: Was the '62 the same one that was at the Lebannon, MO. PCS Convention sponsored by Kenneth Howe? (*) I recall that it was incredibly pristine! Do you know where it began it's career? THX-MM
 
Mike, yes it was at Lebanon (in fact, that's my photo on EMS Classics from the Lebanon meet).

It was new at a funeral home in DuBois, PA. I'll have to look up the name of the firm.
 
Came across this interesting ad today while looking for something else. A Cadillac by Isenhoff (from a 1956 AFD magazine). I know of one existing Cadillac limo/ambulance, but not sure if it's a McClintock or Isenhoff.
 

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