Photographed at the airport station by Duane Troxel in 1976:
Pontiac procar pics
- Thread starter Steve Loftin
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Photographed at the airport station by Duane Troxel in 1976:
Wish we had one of those at my airport fire station....
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Thanks, Steve. When I posted this and some of the other LFD pix that you had sent me (for which you got credit) on the elightbars board several months ago, I got a note that Duane Troxel had passed away not long ago. I knew Duane back in the days when these pix were taken and he was a good guy. As you note, this shot was taken in 1976. It went up for auction about a year later, but I got beat out, as I've already noted. I saw it on a car lot on the east side of Lubbock, and I've mentioned, the guy had a ridiculous price on it. It eventually disappeared and my best guess is that's when it left Lubbock, since I haven't seen it since other than the pictures you sent me.
Argonia, KS - This lovely 1966 S/P 48" was originally owned by Ambulance Service Co. in Denver, CO. This car had lots of options including bucket seats and floor console as well as a built-in dual-tank resuscitator in the center of the partition cabinetry.
I took the photo almost 30 years ago, and the ad came from Joe Unrein.
I took the photo almost 30 years ago, and the ad came from Joe Unrein.
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Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Very nice old car, Steve. Any idea whatever happened to it since you took the picture?
I might have seen that very car when I was a teen. I remember seeing a couple of Superior Pontiacs when I drove down the alley behind the garage in that ASC ad. Thanks for posting!
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Interesting placement of the beacons on those two cars.
Obviously necessary due to the very low doors in the old firehouse (first photo). Probably, the new firehouse was built sometime after the '70 was delivered - and when they built the new firehouse, they obviously also added two roof beacons.
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
I hadn't even noticed that, Steve. Now I wonder what sirens they had: 28s under the hood, or electronics.
'57 Military rig captured in Panama..
By '67 this '57 had been retired and was in private hands. Owner loved his new LeMans so much that Superior was painted to match.
By '67 this '57 had been retired and was in private hands. Owner loved his new LeMans so much that Superior was painted to match.
Don't think that they are the same car, since the one with the motorcycle escort doesn't have tunnel lights, and the one pictured with the car does... 
They are not. Merely posted together as they're both '57s.
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
That military ambulance is easy to spot, as it had one of the small "M" light beacons on top which were quite common on the military Pontiacs.
In 1966 the Lubbock Fire Dept. bought about 8 1957 lowtop Pontiacs, one of which is posted in this thread. You can see the "M" light on it which was attached to a contoured base because of the sloping roof on the car. When Lubbock bought those cars, they had just taken over the city's ambulance service as all but one (as it turns out) of the local funeral homes left the business. They initially had a lot of problems with those already-old cars, so when the one funeral home announced that they would continue their service, the FD was delighted and abandoned the project immediately---never to attempt EMS again.
She's a '70 model.
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
a few oops on that inside back door to.
From Wikipedia. I actually considered Photoshopping into 94-49196 just to gauge reaction time.
Larger: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/US_Navy_Ambulance_1971.jpg
Larger: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/US_Navy_Ambulance_1971.jpg
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John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
shows the lay out of the jump seats. one other give away for military a ambulance. my olds was layed out the same.
Pontiac Pro Car Pics
Brings back memories having been a Navy Corpsman, we had a '61 and a '65 Superior Pontiac at the Naval Training Center Orlando Recruit Dispensary in 1972. Someone had even put wig-wag headlights on the '65.
Brings back memories having been a Navy Corpsman, we had a '61 and a '65 Superior Pontiac at the Naval Training Center Orlando Recruit Dispensary in 1972. Someone had even put wig-wag headlights on the '65.