Pontiac procar pics

[Steve Loftin]

This place has a nice looking 56 Pontiac ambulance... would be nice when its finished.... ?

were these stretched or just converted on the regular Chieftan stationwagon chassis? Theres a 56 wagon for sale locally and from the pics the square side door windows look about the same as the ambulance?

The ambulance is a long-wheelbase National; the windows are taller and shaped much differently than those on the wagon.

 

[Terry Lange]

I photographed this '57 Superior a few years back at an AZ auto wrecker. Based on the vintage background iron, it may have been Desert Valley Auto Parts at one of their locations.

 

[Kurt Halverson]

It looks like you could drive that yellow and white ambulance right out of the yard. Hopefully someone saved it.
Kurt

 

[Jack Ramsey]

Hopefully someone saved it.
Kurt

See "during" and "after" photos on page 3 of this thread.

 

[Attila Bethlenfalvy]

Think you meant page 9, response #83.

http://www.professionalcarsociety.org/forums/showpost.php?p=39071&postcount=83

 

[Jack Ramsey]

I'm sorry, I didn't know the page numbers varied by user. I should've just stated the post number. Thanks for the education.

 

[Kevin M. Lyons Sr.]

Type in 57 Pontiac under photos to see the finished product

 

[Steve Lichtman]

Link here to the '57 Pontiac photos - scroll down a bit.

 

[Kurt Halverson]

Thank you everyone! The finished car looks great!
Kurt

 

[Jeremy D. Ledford]

1968 Superior Pontiac 48" Ambulance, model 207 I believe.

Facebook photo, Ontario Canada according to front plate. 1980's photo judging buy the Fo. Mo. Co. cars in the back ground.

 

[Terry Lange]

Here's a pair of interesting Pontiacs that I shot at the PCS National meet in Decatur, IL in '88.

'61 Superior Landau hearse owned by Larry Leist, and a '63 Superior combo that Bob Hedges brought for sale.

 

[Steve Lichtman]

Hehe, the red and gold Chevy Suburban in the background of the pic of the '61 was my parents' brand new truck. I drove the '65 Superior Pontiac to the meet that year, while they rode in comfort in the 'burb.

 

[Attila Bethlenfalvy]

'63 Superior Pontiac limo, at DeBaun Funeral Home's Prairie Creek Chapel, then funeral home.

Each photo circa '65. Captures courtesy of and permission granted from Curt DeBaun III. Copyright DeBaun Funeral Home's Prairie Creek Chapel

'63 ('64?) Superior Pontiac ambulance and air ambulance, also circa '65.

'61 Pontiac ambulance (Consort?).

 

[Terry Lange]

Great shots, Attila. That low top Pontiac at the airport is a '64, and that beautiful decked out '61 is indeed a Consort......the first year for that model.

 

[Attila Bethlenfalvy]

Terry Lange: This '56 Memphian Pontiac combination was photographed just a few days ago in your roundhouse - Phoenix!

Looks familiar to me for some reason. May be thinking about the nice white '56 fraternal twin north of the border.

 

[Jack Ramsey]

According to Tom McPherson in Superior: The Complete History, this is one of seven. I had no idea. Were the photo on page 347 in color, it might help identify the gray Bowman car in Marshall, NC, twenty miles north of Asheville.

This was Bowman's first straight hearse in at least twenty years, and first purchase after stopping ambulance service in '66. A '65 Consort combination became removal car and spare hearse before the Chevrolet station wagon seen in the background took the removal duties.

One of the locals turned in front of me one day & I plowed into him with the '70. On the day it returned from the body shop, Mr. Bowman told an employee to take it across the street for gas filling. We watched him check the other fluids as gas was being pumped and saw him add brake fluid . . . after which he sat the brake fluid can on the newly painted hood. Back to the paint shop. I thought Mr. Bowman was going to scalp him.

The '65 was given to an employee, I left in '79, & the station wagon & '70 were part of the sale to a conglomerate in the 80's. The place closed in the 90's.

Ambulances I remember before the '65 were a '55 Pontiac/Superior, '57 Chevy/National, '58 Plymouth/National, '61 Olds/CB combination, '62 Dodge van/homemade, '63 Corvan/homemade (its service as an ambulance was very shortlived) & '64 Ford van/homemade (bought after the Dodge was wrecked), and given to the county when they began furnishing ambulance service, which is now contracted to a hospital, along with the service for two other counties.

Warning equipment was always a WLRG until '61 when a red 17 & underhood 28 became standard. The exception was a Q in the grill & J.C. Whitney bullet lights on each corner of the Dodge. It was wrecked because the oncoming driver said she didn't see the warning lights as our driver pulled into her lane to pass.

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

I've always thought this is a crisp and clean looking example of "the last of 'em"; a 1975 Superior Pontiac limousine combination. This is a car that passed through Carl Woerner's hands several years ago.

(DeWinter-Karsnia collection)

 

[Steve Loftin]

1963 S/P - U.S. Army

The condenser on the roof indicates this car had an aftermarket air conditioner installed. It's the only military Pontiac I've ever seen like this.

Love that Buick hardtop in the background!

(SL collection)

 

[Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018]

Short car that will fit in most garages. Think it was about 19ft.

Such a neat car, Danny. Much too nice to be used for advertising!

 

[Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018]

Terry Lange: This '56 Memphian Pontiac combination was photographed just a few days ago in your roundhouse - Phoenix!

Looks familiar to me for some reason. May be thinking about the nice white '56 fraternal twin north of the border.

Attila, that big long wheel based Pontiac is a '64. We had a '64 Pontiac combo like that, that came with a 17D beacon on top and a 28 underhood. We swiftly added four DoRay lollipops topside, two on each side of the beacon and replaced the 28 with a B&M Siro-Drift siren. Yes...the gorgeous '61 is a Consort...one of the first!