Mike Burkhart - Deceased 1948 - 2016
December 30, 1948 - October 21, 2016
My favorite body builder up to 1954 is Henney, and from there is S&S. Both because of the quality and style. Tell us, what is your favorite and why? This will be fun.....
When I saw the thread, my first thought was Bill Pearl. After reading some of the replies, I'll change my answer to Miller-Meteor--Probably because of those groovy grimes lights.
For me .... My Favorite Coach builder is Eureka ( both Rock Falls and Toronto )
My favorite Eureka is the 1954 Electric three-way Landau coach. But In Toronto in the 1980's, Eureka and Tom McPherson changed the way Professional Cars would be built in the future.
Early 1986 models had stamped steel rear quarter panels, these were replaced later with a one piece fibreglass roof cap that ran from the A-pillars to below the rear loading door and included the rear quarter panels.
They also offered four-wheel disc brakes on their Cadillacs Professional Cars
even before Cadillac offered them on their passenger cars
they also had a exclusive rear suspension consisting of trailing arms and a beam rear axle therefore they were able to emliminate the rear Struts and the bottleneck between the rear wheelhouses in the casket area.
I know a lot of people were never fans of the "new Generation" Cadillacs they had stubby hoods, and were just "odd" looking compaired to the older professional Cars of years gone by. but what Tom and Eureka did in the 1980's was ground breaking at the time. And thats why I give my vote to Eureka...( plus I own a 1987 Erueka Concours Cadillac)
My favorite Ambulance builder..........Superior
Superior. Why? They were the cars I grew up with. The Superior dealership had the corner on the market here in southern Alberta (the M M dealer was way over in Vancouver BC almost 700 miles away) other than the rare C B. If I had to choose a model...definitely 65 Pontiac Rescuer.
Who is Bill Pearl? Please forgive my ignorance.