Photos of Kurt Arends 1975 Superior 54 in service

Bruce Biancalana

Bruce Biancalana

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I was looking through some pictures today I found these photos of Kurt Arends Superior 54 in service at Decatur Ambulance Service in Decatur IL. I also located a picture of it out of service in cold storage with The owner ( Dave Burkham) of Decatur Ambulance Service standing next to it. The in service picture is a Bob Hedges photo. I took the out of service picture some years ago.



 
I know a man that cut up the old fire hose and used it for drive belts in his blacksmith shop. quite a pile there might explain a dip or two in the hood.
 
Here's another photo of the 75 Superior from Decatur Ambulance Decatur, IL. The photo was from a festival in downtown Decatur, sorry the year I took this escapes me.
 

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Yes, that hood is going to be in the scrap pile by Spring, along with both front fenders. I just purchased a replacement for the hood a few weeks ago, not a mile from where I live. Between the "dips" and the holes from the Federal Fireballs, it was just cheaper and easier to replace it with a nice hood. That "dry storage" photo is really a sad one!
 

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Kurt Arends said:
Yes, that hood is going to be in the scrap pile by Spring, along with both front fenders. I just purchased a replacement for the hood a few weeks ago, not a mile from where I live. Between the "dips" and the holes from the Federal Fireballs, it was just cheaper and easier to replace it with a nice hood. That "dry storage" photo is really a sad one!
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It will be nice to see this one running and restored soon...
 
lay the hood on it's side. just standing there it will bend the corners up. they are a bear cat to put back on by your self. but only around 5 ft by 5 ft
 
Kurt... are you going to put Fireballs on the new hood?
 
it was 1986

the downtown Decatur photo is from 1986. Sitting beside the '75 Superior is (formerly) my '73 Cotner-Bevington Olds 48"..........we had a "mini-meet" show at the Decatur Celebration, the weekend before the Tulsa, OK International Meet.

Dan Brintlinger
 
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