Found this randomly searching on Craigslist. Tri-State Chapter folks, do you know anything about this?
Link Here.
Link Here.
68 Buick Sport Wagon ex-Ambulance
- Thread starter Steve Lichtman
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Bill Marcy
PCS Member
Has anybody seen this car in person? It would be a seven hour ride for me, but if anyone has information of any kind, please share it with me. Thanks in advance.
Bill Marcy
PCS Member
Yes, it has been posted here since January. You never know why a vehicle fails to sell, it could be condition, price, or other factors. I really need a car that fits in my garage at home, because I no longer have the big garage I used to rent. I would like to bring this car back to it's original ambulance configuration.
u gonna pull the trigger Bill? somebody did as I went to make a bid and its gone.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
Ken,
Look at the back of the second seat. That is not stock Buick.
Look at the back of the second seat. That is not stock Buick.
other then a dirty back window what am I missing?
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
Look at the split back on the second seat. That was done by the conversion company. That was not offered on a stock Buick wagon. My '61 Richard Bros. Chrysler New Yorker had a similar split back.
Kerry Lange
PCS Member
I recently saw a '66 Buick Sport Wagon at a local auction and it had the same seat configuration as shown.
Bill Marcy
PCS Member
The seller told me that this car belonged to a fire department and they ran ambulance service with it. supposedly, he has some of the original stuff. I really can't buy it, until I sell at least one of two cars that I have for sale, so that may not be any time soon. if any of you guys wants it, don't wait for me. I have been watching this one, since it came on, I would like to get it, if I can. we shall see.
While it may or may not have had, or retained, any ambulance-specific parts, a little google searching turns up at least a couple people that have first-hand knowledge of it serving as an ambulance for the Floreffe Fire Department in PA when new.
Here is one such discussion, there are others if you look for them:
http://gmlongroof.4umer.com/t4450-caught-in-a-cross-roads
Here is one such discussion, there are others if you look for them:
http://gmlongroof.4umer.com/t4450-caught-in-a-cross-roads
Bill Marcy
PCS Member
If I am right, they used that second seat in the three seat wagons only. Obviously, it works well in ambulance form, because the small seat stays up for the attendant and the big seat folds down, to allow a stretcher.
not unusual for a start up crew to run a converted wagon first.
the split seat is in the 9 passenger wagon. the small seat would fold and tumble allowing access to the rear seat. factory option. but as Bill said either seat would fold down independent of the other. so lay the 3rd seat down the the large section of the center seat and you had a flat floor to load the gurney in with and a ready made attendants seat. all from GM or Ford or Chrysler
what is unusual on this one is to find one of the wagons that survived and has papers to prove it! toss in the equipment and one of you wagon buffs needs to have it.
the split seat is in the 9 passenger wagon. the small seat would fold and tumble allowing access to the rear seat. factory option. but as Bill said either seat would fold down independent of the other. so lay the 3rd seat down the the large section of the center seat and you had a flat floor to load the gurney in with and a ready made attendants seat. all from GM or Ford or Chrysler
what is unusual on this one is to find one of the wagons that survived and has papers to prove it! toss in the equipment and one of you wagon buffs needs to have it.