Hope this works. First time I have tried to post photos. Please forgive my ignorance if this doesn't work. This is my fleet from 1984. 1984 Ford Wheeled Coach Ambulance, 1970 Cadillac M-M Eterna Combination, 1980 Chevrolet Wheeled Coach Ambulance.
Fleet shots
- Thread starter Steve Loftin
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Hope this works. First time I have tried to post photos. Please forgive my ignorance if this doesn't work. This is my fleet from 1984. 1984 Ford Wheeled Coach Ambulance, 1970 Cadillac M-M Eterna Combination, 1980 Chevrolet Wheeled Coach Ambulance.
Fleet from 2007. Two cars in the center are 1992 S&S and 2006 Federal. Limo on the right is at 1998 Federal.
Exclusive Ambulance Service dated 8/20/34. Packard closest (and captured individually), possibly Packard on opposite end. What are the middle two makes?
Stuart Thomson photographer and part of City of Vancouver Archives.
Stuart Thomson photographer and part of City of Vancouver Archives.
The white one next to the black one to me looks like a Buick. I have no idea on the other one... Paul
Keith Snyder
PCS Member
Fantastic photos, Atti. Thanks for posting these. The cars are, from left to right - Packard, Packard, Studebaker, Packard. The Studebaker is a Big 6 and is probably a Superior as these were commonly imported into Canada where they were sold through Studebaker Canada in Walkerville, Ontario and its dealers nation-wide. The bodywork on the Packard may be by a Canadian coachmaker.
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Larger.
And Hartson's fleet a few years earlier.
Thom Hilson photographer of both.
I love those gold Pontiacs. They remind me of my white and gold '69 Consort that was a work-horse.
Talleyville Fire Co dated 1967. Looks like a '61 Superior peeking out behind '66 MM.
Hey it is! Here's an earlier shot from 1965.
Hey it is! Here's an earlier shot from 1965.
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Talleyville Fire Co dated 1967. Looks like a '61 Superior peeking out behind '66 MM.
Hey it is! Here's an earlier shot from 1965.
Where's Talleyville? Looks like they liked the Macks! I love the old Carryall ambulance in the bottom pic.
Exclusive Ambulance Service in Vancouver dated 1948.
Art Jones photographer and from Vancouver Public Library's Special Collections Historical Photographs.
Art Jones photographer and from Vancouver Public Library's Special Collections Historical Photographs.
Packard Junior in a York fleet on Lambton Ave (currently Toronto Fire Station 421) dated 2/15/58.
James Victor Salmon photographer and part of Toronto Public Library Digital Archive.
Cropped/enlarged:
James Victor Salmon photographer and part of Toronto Public Library Digital Archive.
Cropped/enlarged:
Keith Snyder
PCS Member
Atti- These are some very interesting photos. The Henney-Packard Junior in that fleet shot in front of a Toronto Fire hall is a 1954 model. The Vancouver Exclusive Ambulance Service vehicles lined up in the group and individual images include - from left to right - a pair of 1947-1948 Superior-Cadillacs, a 1940 Brantford-Henney-Packard, a 1940 Flxible-Buick an unidentified vehicle that may be a 1936-1937 Cadillac (the picture is too small) and a 1937 Chrysler that may well have been a sedan ambulance. Thanks for posting these interesting images.
The ensuing images stem from Cape Cod FD.
Early postwar Meteor in front of Sandwich Fire Station circa '54. '35(?) Chevy next to Meteor.
'54 Superior in front of Harwich Fire Station circa '55.
'58 MM(?) at Cotuit FD circa '67.
'60 MM at Harwich Fire Station. (Saf-T-Vu apparent under magnification.)
Superior Pontiac in front of Mashpee Fire Station.
Early postwar Meteor in front of Sandwich Fire Station circa '54. '35(?) Chevy next to Meteor.
'54 Superior in front of Harwich Fire Station circa '55.
'58 MM(?) at Cotuit FD circa '67.
'60 MM at Harwich Fire Station. (Saf-T-Vu apparent under magnification.)
Superior Pontiac in front of Mashpee Fire Station.
Abe Bush
PCS Member
I agree...the "74 ambulance" is a 76 and also has a BLUE light on the grill......
BLUE lights were off limits to any FIRE department or private agency other then CHP and some local police jurisdictions....here in California
If that's the case, how come one of the old Modular ambulances on the tv show EMERGENCY! had flashing blue lights in front? It seems like they were red at first, but in later seasons were blue. None of the beacons or lightbars had blue lights, but I know for a fact that the front flashing lights were blue.
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Since "Mayfair" was a fictious service, NBC could probably run whatever they wanted. On the side, the original KKK-1822 specs called for blue or blue / clear lights on ambulances. There are a few states that permit blue lights on ambulances.
Martyn Donaldson
PCS Member
The ensuing images stem from Cape Cod FD.
'58 MM(?) at Cotuit FD circa '67.
'60 MM at Harwich Fire Station. (Saf-T-Vu apparent under magnification.)
The black '58 is a Eureka Hi-Boy. Eureka's trademark curved c-pillar can be seen on the open driver side rear door.
The '60 is also a Eureka coach.. Those are not M-M Saf-T-Vu lights, but '58 Cadillac taillight assemblies, which Eureka used as the front tunnel lights on most of their '59 -'62 ambulances, like this one -
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
The ensuing images stem from Cape Cod FD.
Early postwar Meteor in front of Sandwich Fire Station circa '54. '35(?) Chevy next to Meteor.
'54 Superior in front of Harwich Fire Station circa '55.
'58 MM(?) at Cotuit FD circa '67.
'60 MM at Harwich Fire Station. (Saf-T-Vu apparent under magnification.)
Superior Pontiac in front of Mashpee Fire Station.
Wow! Some neat old units. I really like the '55 Ford wagon and the '55-6 Chevy wagon in the top picture.
Skip Goulet - Deceased 1945 - 2018
August 19, 1945 - July 26, 2018
Nice aquisition, Steve. Congrats.