Various online items of procar interest

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1962 Guardian ambulance:

http://www.misterw.com/Hearses.html

1960 Rescuer at accident scene; note early (Federal CP-24) siren speaker:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:21stWreck2Jun67.jpg

Great Falls VFD's 1954 Miller:

http://greatfallsvfd.org/?p=32

Hackettstown FARS cars; love that 1959 S&S!:

http://www.78rescue.org/images.html?cat=5206

Skokie FD rigs; note 1957 M-M combination:

http://www.skokiehistory.info/galleryfireapparatus/FDAmbulances.html

Various old ambulances; most familiar, but some new...NICE 1958 M-M:

http://public.fotki.com/chrismooney/old-ambulances/

Very interesting 1965 National/Chevrolet (next to a Suburban by National):

http://sbrescue.webalocity.com/vehicles/previous.htm

Southern FH's Pontiac:

http://www.southernfuneralhome.com/index.cfm

Maberry FH's 1951 Miller (scroll through):

http://maberryfuneralhome.com/main/...ry&PHPSESSID=cb191b6c28afc12a872eff570c9c5c14

1973 or 1974 Starline:

http://www.nationalems.com/2.html

Malden's MAC/Chevrolet:

http://www.maldenemergencycenter.com/old_amb.html

Waymart VAC's 1966 M-M:

http://www.waymartems.com/APPARATUS HISTORY-WVAC.htm

Hartsell FH's 1950 Miller; click on "About Us":

http://www.hartsellfh.com/index.cfm

Altavista fleet shots:

http://www.altavistaems.com/History.htm

SAVES S&S in action:

http://www.savesambulance.com/index.php?module=history

Ontario VES's 1971 S&S:

http://www.ontarioves.com/history.php

Bailey-Kirk FH cars:

http://www.bailey-kirk.com/history.php

Delehanty FH's Siebert ambulance:

http://www.delehantyfuneralhome.com/about.html

Enterprise Fire Co.'s (Hatboro, PA) old ambulances:

http://www.efc95.com/retiredapparatus.html

Deer Park's 1969 M&M; Steve, is this the car you owned at one time?:

http://www.deerparkfire.com/history.php

Old West End FC #2 rigs:

http://www.palmertonfire.com/aboutus.html

Highlands FAS:

http://home.comcast.net/~highlands1staid/history.htm

Marlton FAS units:

http://marltonfas.homestead.com/marltonFirstAidSquad.html

1954 Cadillacs in Germany:

http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.h...y.com/Units/Medical/USAREUR_USAHFrankfurt.htm

S-w-e-e-t 1961 Volunteer:

http://www.fotothing.com/vanalan78/photo/83baf2d18028655be158ec27ae3a2ffb/

Landrum's 1961 Sovereign Limousine combination:

http://www.landrumrescue.com/history.html

Cary will recognize this ex-Fanwood, NJ S&S:

http://www.dauerclassiccars.com/hsptlpic.htm

Wyckoff's Miller/LaSalle; there are photos of other cars in this site, but (a) you really have to dig 'em out and (b) they don't show up at times for some reason:

http://www.wyckoffambulance.org/

Updated Milton photos:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/9945552HkApvtMGBA?start=0

Old ambulance thread; check out the 1962 Olds chief's car:

http://www.nassaufdrant.com/forum/classic-old-ambulances-9525.html
 
Superior in Binghamton, NY; be sure and look through the "photos" section, as well:

http://www.superiorems.com/about.html

Clinton, MD rigs:

http://www.clintonvfd.org/wpg2-2?g2_itemId=2596&g2_page=3

Dauphin Co., PA ambulances:

http://rides.webshots.com/album/502237643rIMiWn

WDFH fleet, mid-1960s:

http://www.westanddunn.com/about.php

A few various procar photos:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/955322@N24/pool/page7/

Greene Co.'s Travelall ambulance:

http://www.vgreene.com/RyanFuneralHome/Greene_REcord_story.htm

Jeff Glancy's carved Meteor...love that old building, too!:

http://www.glancyfuneralhomes.com/theglancy.htm

1953 Junior ambulance:

http://abcnewspapers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3691&Itemid=27

Nice 1966 Consort ambulance:

http://www.coronationca.com/43bbq07.html

Grab a cup of coffee, relax, and see what Google has to offer:

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=old+ambulance+photos&btnG=Search+Images

Interesting Houston ambulance history:

http://www.nemsmf.org/content/publi...970_Houston_Emergency_Ambulance_Service.shtml

Old WFH hearse:

http://www.wrightfuneral.com/history.jsp

DFFH ambulances:

http://www.hannemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com/history.htm

PFH cars over the years:

http://www.pricefuneralhomemaryville.com/history.php

Macungie Ambulance Corps; click on "history:"

http://www.macamb.org/

Bowmansville's '65 S&S:

http://www.bvfa.com/history.htm

Benito Flores was a Mexican funeral director that always had a nice fleet, including flower cars (not shown in this site):

http://www.capillasbenitomflores.com/album.htm

McLane's many Millers:

http://www.mclanefuneralservices.com/history.php

I wish the shot was better of Goff's 1962 fleet:

http://gofffuneralhome.com/

Updated Horne site:

http://www.hornefuneralservice.com/horne1/history.html
 
Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer FH's 1962 Flxette:

http://www.rukfuneralhome.com/about/

Cool Crain cars:

http://www.crainsonline.com/history.html

Old Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke cars:

http://www.sharerfuneralhome.com/html/history.html

Movie rental cars; love that '40 Packard limousine!:

http://www.classic-chassis.com/pages-tvmovie/movie-main2.asp?XX=1940

Aetna Ambulance:

http://members.cox.net/seanc504emt/History.htm

Pretty '66 Pontiac...combination?:

http://www.layitlow.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=222270&st=120&p=4571931&#entry4571931

Various old ambulances...:

http://community.webshots.com/album/9945552HkApvtMGBA?start=0

http://www.webshots.com/search?media=photo&query=ambulance&queryChannel=&sortBy=&source=search_menu

...and hearses:

http://www.webshots.com/explore/hearse

Henney military ambulance:

http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/2005show/05stanwood/html/page_3.php
 
Updated Port Washington VFD site; more ambulance
photos:

http://www.pwfdhistory.com/g1/view_photo.php?set_albumName=vehicles-fmco&id=fmco_vehicles15

1965 Crown Royale ambulance:

http://www.cambria-healthcare.org/agencyinfo.html

Various Livonia, NY rigs:

http://www.livoniaems.org/history.html

1960 Superior, 1969 M-M:

http://www.coocc.org/album.htm

Denver VFD's S&S combination:

http://www.denvervfd.com/fire/history

Stretched 1940s Chevrolet from Hope, RI:

http://www.firenews.org/ri/HopeJacksonRIoldamb.jpg

Cadillac and Pontiac movie procars (updated):

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?m...=1&PHPSESSID=6379afe81ade70cec2b2e6d5638d408c

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=pontiac&model=ambulance

Shot Superior suffers silently in salvage yard:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Captain...dYardInSturbridgeMA/photo#5015252571724220114

1975 S&S hightop:

http://www.dushorefire.com/EMS.html

Hopefully, this 1972 Superior will be at the PCS meet
in NJ this year:

http://libertycornerfas.org/ambulance.shtml

Yoe's 1965 and 1975 Cadillacs:

http://www.yoeambulance.com/vehicles.htm

Meet John Ringdahl:

http://www.ringdahlems.com/about.html

Old Melville, NY rigs; love that '41 Henney and the
'62 S&S!:

http://www.melvillefd.org/photos.shtml

Do any of you guys know where this 1957 M-M is?:

http://www.carspace.com/kevin2000/Albums/cadillac/100_1754.JPG/page/photo.html
 
Carved Cadillac in Mexico; keep scrolling for more
pictures:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=183098

More interesting photos; check out the 1967
Demers/Ford hightop wagon conversion:

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/556285082MBXCKH

Mendota 4x4 ambulance...Stoner?:

http://picasaweb.google.com/WNCFirePics/IllinoisPhotos/photo#5116439094824172514

Funk-y funeral cars:

http://www.funkfuneralhome.com/page.jsp?site=0181&key=history

"Mother, Juggs & Speed" meets "The Sugarland Express,"
courtesy Sears (note the Crager S/S mags on the M-M):

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpBXm2M_60[/ame]

Scroll down to see Arlington's S&S cars...possible
combinations?:

http://arlingtonfirejournal.blogspot.com/

Traer, IA's Criterion:

http://www.traerems.org/our_vehicles.html

Silver Spring's (New Kingstown, PA) '46-'48 Miller:

http://www.silverspringambulance.com/history.html

What appears to be a short-wheelbase 1957-ish
Comet/Plymouth (scroll down):

http://police.ci.lubbock.tx.us/History/2.htm

1956 Superior/Cadillac lowtop:

http://www.sars.org/history_of_second_alarmers.htm

Bridgewater, VA's '63-'64 Rescuer and '68 Suburban:

http://www.bridgewaterrescue.org/about.html

New Whiteland, IN's 1950 Eureka ambulance:

http://www.townofnewwhiteland.com/images/History/ambulanceLarge.jpg

Burlington's '57 Ford wagon:

http://www.bpl.on.ca/localhist/lochistory.htm

Old Copeland F.H. vehicles:

http://www.copelandfuneralhomes.com/history_sewickley.php

Covington rigs; LOVE that '33 Flxible/Buick (thanks,
Walt!):

http://www.fire.covington.va.us/Covington Rescue Squad.index.htm

Beautiful '34 Henney/Packard:

http://www.freewebs.com/washingtonambulance/washington_ambulance_history.htm

Port Washington's classics...I'll take the '55, the
'71, AND the old station to keep 'em in, please!:

http://www.pwfdhistory.com/fmco.html

Summit's '65 S&S:

http://www.summitems.org/history.htm

More Fairborn, OH rigs...how 'bout that '65 Pontiac
hightop?:

http://www.wright.edu/~jajones/ffd/trucks.htm

Martyn's (North Bay, ON) horse-drawn rig with sleigh
runners:

http://www.martynfh.com/pages/mfh_history.html

Cedarburg (WI) American Legion's '63 Rescuer:

http://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/history/Cedarburg/AmbulanceService.htm

Oakland's '56 First Aider:

http://www.oakland-nj.org/History.html

Arcanum's '38 Superior/Buick:

http://www.arcanumhistoricalsociety.org/april_2005_newsletter.htm

A few Henney facts and photos:

http://freeportcruisenight.com/historic

I have no idea what this Hornthal's car is:

http://home.att.net/~berliner-Ultrasonics/automot3.html

1937 Meteor/LaSalle hearse:

http://www.wvhandpaintedlamps.com/id4.htm

1947 S&S:

http://www.guildclassiccars.com/photo_gallery/page7.html

1965 Parkway...anyone here recognize this car?:

http://picasaweb.google.com/christine.mitchell/ThanksgivingParade2006/photo#4998775461943574546

Sad, sad '59 Superior hearses:

http://www.stillruns.com/kruse.php

http://www.flickrcars.com/2007/3/22/the-holy-grail
 
Ridge VRS; the first thing they should do to restore her former glory is get rid of those awful inappropriate whitewalls!:

http://www.ridgevrs.org/content/apparatus/

Lexington Park's '64 M-M:

http://www.lpvrs.org/content/history/

Updated Mechanicsville site:

http://www.co29.org/index.cfm?mws=show.history

Click on the '48 Meteor to enlarge the photo:

http://www.wefr15.com/Past_Firehouses_and_Apparatus.htm

Waldo FH's '58 Comet:

http://www.waldofuneralhome.com/aboutUs.aspx

Henney/Pierce Arrow Arrowline ambulance:

http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/intelligencer/from-the-archives-an-outside-perspective/

1972 51" Pontiac from British Columbia:

http://news.therecord.com/article/288134

Various old EBHFD ambulances:

http://www.eastbloomfieldfire.org/past_rigs.htm

Henniker's Travelall:

http://www.henniker.org/departments/My Webs/Pictures of the Past.htm

Lewisberry's Superior/Cadillac (two if you look hard):

http://www.lewisberryfireco29.com/historyinphotos.htm

Lary FH's '69 Cotington:

http://www.laryfuneralhome.com/history.htm

Williams FH's '20s hearse and ambulance:

http://www.garlandhistorical.org/downtown_photos.html

Slade FH's fleet of multi-beaconed Superiors:

http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/92711657

Anybody recognize this guy?:

http://michiganwllz.com/2009/07/classic-ambulances-hearses-limos-coming-to-flint/

Westwood's '64 Volunteer...ouch!:

http://www.westwoodvolunteerems.org/wvac history.htm

This Summers Suburban looks like the rig that took "J.R. Ewing" to the hospital after he was shot:

http://www.modernoffroader.com/cash-for-clunkers-added-to-house-climate-bill/525/

German hearse photo site:

http://www.hearse.de/pics1.htm

Farmers Branch's Ford wagon:

http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/...artment-celebrates-50-years-ambulance-service

Yates fleet from the '40s:

http://www.yatesfuneralhome.com/about/
 
Updated DeBaun FH photos from Terre Haute, IN; love the '61, '62, and '64 Superior/Pontiacs! The Plymouth looks like a Comet:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/curtdebaun/sets/72157606883283185/

Midland Park VAC rigs; note 1960 Guardian by M-M:

http://www.midlandparkambulance.com/albums/Past Ambulances.php

Valatie VRS site:

http://www.valatierescue.org/squad/history.cfm

Harris Hill VAC's '65 S&S, and very rare '74 MAC/Ford fiberglass-bodied modular:

http://student.buffalostate.edu/schrmj04/web/hhvfc/pastapparatus/index.html

Updated Wasson FH site:

http://www.wassonfuneralhome.com/history.shtml
 
Steve, thanks for shareing these links with us, there are lots of great pro car pics. I'm still not done going through all of them. It could take days.:D

Josh
 
White Walls

Have you ever seen a 72 MM with whiteWalls this big?:bonk:

Josh
 

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1957&58 cad pics

:bonk:Steve, thanks for all the sites and eye candy. Now you have me all worked up again!! Seeing the 57 or 58 cad photos I want to really add one to the collection. Rocky
 
Steve Loftin said:
More interesting photos; check out the 1967
Demers/Ford hightop wagon conversion:

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/556285082MBXCKH
Click to expand...

That's my old webshot page! about the Ford, it was restored few years ago by a cinema car rental shop:

http://www.cine-mobile.com/vehicules.php?catID=59

and if you wonder about the 1930 Lasalle, it transported the Frere Andre from Montreal Oratory...

here's an article but in french (check the pics!) It's now owned by a good friend of mine, restoration took 6 years.

http://amateurdebeauxchars.forumactif.com/t5182-ambulance-cadillac-lasalle-1930?highlight=ambulance
 
rumour

I had heard about an old ambulance that was parked in the back of the oratory and finally discovered by someone who restored it! Never knew the whole story or saw any pictures! This is great! what a find and a beautiful job
 
Robert if you got a chance to see it with your eyes it's unbeilevable!! To get my part of the "restoration" project I found him an original hat from the 40's used by the Georges Godin ambulances, the owner, who is a good friend, is pretty proud of this historical piece also:

 
notice they did not use any base clear on it either. that's lacquer on them doors. spraying that is better then meth
 
Callaway-Smith F.H. - Bryan, Texas

I've searched hundreds and hundreds of funeral home, rescue squad, fire company, and ambulance service websites over the last few years looking for procar photos, some of which I've shared in this thread. Here's another one:

http://www.callawayjones.com/our_heritage.html

Here are enlargements of the photos with cars:

1. This one shows a 1954 Ford Country Sedan, a 1953 Meteor combination, and a 1954 Courier ambulance conversion. I'm guessing that the wagon was probably the firm's "yeoman car" serving for first calls, flowers, a backup ambulance (note the red spotlights), and possibly even the owner's personal car.

2. Here's a closeup of the ambulance; note the O'Connell-approved whistle on the fender!

3. This appears to be a matchbook cover from the late 1960s. From left to right are a 1962 Mercury and 1968 Pontiac wagons as well as 1963 and 1965 S/C combinations. Warning devices on the Mercury include dual Mars FL-8s, a beacon, grille lights, and a B&M whistle.

Oh, to be able to go back in time with a camera...!
 

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