...or will it have?
Presenting my newest ambulance...
- Thread starter Paul Steinberg
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...or will it have?
I believe I have a pair, I'll check when I get home from work in the morning. If the ones I'm thinking I have are these, they are painted, not chrome, and one was cut with a saw but both pieces are still there and could be repaired.
Do you want a stretcher, like a Model 30?
I believe Lloyd added a beacon as the one on there now is different from the one that was there in '96. That may explain extra holes. The curtains, signs, and demountable beacon don't necessarily mean it was a combination, as those could be on an ambulance as well.
John Royark JR
PCS Member
Lloyd changed that beacon a couple times that I know of. When I first saw it in 2004 it had a blue lens and the skirt looked different to me (may have been the same though), he put this beacon on about a year and a half ago. Not sure why, I thought the other one looked lots better. Also the bullet lights have been on it since at least 2004.
The styling on the new one isnt as nice, but it is way cooler light!
Steve, are these the more-correct lights for the CB?
(By the way, I didn't cut the one, it was like that when I bought them several years ago. It's just a steel piece and it looks like a straight cut that can be easily welded.)
Paul, are you interested in these? I can add 'em on your tab!
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I think the ones in the first picture of the '59 (a Steve Loftin action shot!) are somewhat common, but the second picture does show a '63 with the same lights I have. The ad photo from '63 shows C-B's light that is most common.
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John Burchfield
PCS Life Member
Ach! eine C/B Chevrolet! What a rare car-congratulations on your purchase, Paul!
John Burchfield
PCS Life Member
Very nice looking '71 C/B Olds! It needs to lose those wide whites, though, and though the torpedos are unusual, it would look better with built-in tunnels, Solar Rays, or 888s on the raised roof, imho.
Steve......Thanks for the offer, however, at this point, I don't want to be painting the roof, so I will just keep what I have. At some time in the future, I might change my mind, but definitely not this year. I have too many other projects in process that need to be finished before starting another.
Third time's a charm, I guess...?
Ron Devies
PCS Ohio Chapter President PCS Past Vice President
Funny you should ask (a third time) It came with a mortuary one man type cot. Paul had to brake suddenly the other night, the cot went slamming forward and rapped Sandy across the knuckles. I think Paul was content to leave the one man in there but since that he called to ask if I had an extra model 30 cot bar. Funny how those things work.........
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
if you move the peg for the 24 forward it will lock into the bar the same as the #30. all it's held on to the gurney by is a couple of drift pins. take them out slid it forward drill two holes and tap them back in then lock it down. don't for get the crutch tips or you'll skin up the floor badly. we used one for years that way.
The mortuary cot has been removed from the car and is now resting comfortably in the garage. It is going to be sold as soon as I get home from the International Meet. No room at the inn for this item..
Some how, I missed your question...
The siren is a very small Sireno that is operated through the use of a solenoid. It is activated by the horn contacts, and there is a small toggle switch located on the left side of the dash that is marked horn - siren. This appears to be factory installed. I believe that the siren was installed by Lloyd, since the previous owner told me that there was no siren in it when he purchased the car from the funeral home. I found some dried flower pedals under the floor, so it appears that it must have been a flower car at one time ....
Kent Dorsey is sending me a non elevating cot for the car. Now all I have to do is find a cot bar.
Thanks!
As far as cots, the following would have been the most commonly used in a car like yours: #32, #27, #54, and #54-L.
The cot bar would be a standard #1.
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
Steve in your collection do you have a pictures of a Ferno #27. the only one I have is a new style mortuary cot.
Paul, This looks great. I am sure, while driving it you would be on cloud nine. Those around you must be envying. I am not, I am happy for you.
Somewhere, but I'll have to dig...
To answer your question or questiions.............
After speaking to the first private owner when the car was sold from the funeral home to him, I learned that there was no siren in the car, nor was there a gurney. He did tell me that there were some holes in the metal floor, which indicated that at one time it did have a cot bar, and hold downs for a skeleton rack. This indicates to me that this was originally built as a combination vehicle, even though the last owner, Lloyd Ray, had dressed it as an ambulance. I also am inclined to believe based on the information that I received from the funeral home and the past owner, Lloyd was the person that added the siren and roof lights. One of the problems with trying to get detailed information is the amount of time that has passed since it was sold from the funeral home to the first buyer, which didn't own the vehicle for very long. An example is the funeral home operator told me that the window curtains were left in the car, but the first purchaser has told me that they were removed. There are some small drilled holes around the windows that are yet to be explained. I will be investigating this further in the future. Same with the hole in the roof for the beacon. Funeral home said he didn't remember, and second owner says it was drilled and plugged. I have established with certainty that the siren wiring and the beacon wiring were installed by C/B when the car was built. The one thing that I am fairly certain about this vehicle is that it has always been properly maintained, and I have some serious doubts as to how much it was used for in either / or ambulance or funeral service. The rear loading floor stainless steel end plate is virtually scratch free, and there is not even a dent in it, as you usually see from casket loading.
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Looks like a beacon fell off between Ct. & Albany ??