Tpc # 159

Great Article on Marilyn Monroes Funeral & the Eureka

Congratulations to Tom McPherson and his beautifully written article in the new issue of The Professional Car, titled "A Eureka Moment In Time". Great:applause:
 
Received 159 here in Southern CA today too. EVERY ISSUE is "over the top" from everyone involved including Tom McPherson, Walt McCall, Brady Smith, Patrick Martin and probably many others working hard behind the scenes. I don't know of any car-hobby club that even comes close to the "heavy weights" we have here at the PCS and hopefully they are never taken for granted!

As others have already mentioned, I throughly enjoyed the articles and pictures on Civil Defense H-P's by Patrick Martin, the "centerfold layout" on Bruce Biancalana's beautifully and accurately restored 1970 M-M Cadillac Chicago FD Ambulance (8) and of course Marilyn Monroe's funeral. I had the privilege of talking to Ron Hast one day after he was a key note speaker at a West Coast PCS event years ago and he said that Eureka's were by far his favorite coach. MM
 
Mike McDonald said:
Received 159 here in Southern CA today too. EVERY ISSUE is "over the top" from everyone involved including Tom McPherson, Walt McCall, Brady Smith, Patrick Martin and probably many others working hard behind the scenes. I don't know of any car-hobby club that even comes close to the "heavy weights" we have here at the PCS and hopefully they are never taken for granted!

As others have already mentioned, I throughly enjoyed the articles and pictures on Civil Defense H-P's by Patrick Martin, the "centerfold layout" on Bruce Biancalana's beautifully and accurately restored 1970 M-M Cadillac Chicago FD Ambulance (8) and of course Marilyn Monroe's funeral. I had the privilege of talking to Ron Hast one day after he was a key note speaker at a West Coast PCS event years ago and he said that Eureka's were by far his favorite coach. MM
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A friend of mine has a 62 Eureka 3 way that's an ex Abbott and Hast car. Is there any documentation existing that might show if it's the car used in Marilyn's funeral? There is a number in the corner of the windshield that they used on all their livery cars, but in all the videos and pictures we've come across that part of the car is blocked from view. I don't know how many identical cars they had, but there couldn't be too many of them. The license plates have long since been replaced with newer ones.
 
Pcs sign up sheet

One other thing I noticed today was that the mailer included a new membership form. We should all make copies of this form to carry with us to events to sign up new members when they ask us about our show cars and the hobby.... a golden opportunity that otherwise may be missed. MM
 
Mike McDonald said:
One other thing I noticed today was that the mailer included a new membership form. We should all make copies of this form to carry with us to events to sign up new members when they ask us about our show cars and the hobby.... a golden opportunity that otherwise may be missed. MM
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I have a digital copy on my phone that I can forward to anyone I visit with as I travel.
 
Please forgive me if this is the wrong post to ask this question. On the TPC magazine, is there a place on here that gives what articles are in each magazine? Like if I was looking for information for a 1948 National hearse, what TPC had articles on it? Thanks.
 
Herb John said:
Please forgive me if this is the wrong post to ask this question. On the TPC magazine, is there a place on here that gives what articles are in each magazine? Like if I was looking for information for a 1948 National hearse, what TPC had articles on it? Thanks.
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YES and NO. Over the past few years, I have been working on and maintaining a searchable database for every issue of TPC. The database even includes color (when available) photos of the front and back cover of EVERY issue. Unfortunately, it seems as though there is no interest in this information. I've sent a few copies to Brady (with no response), past President Steinberg sent copies to those in charge of the past issue of the PCS membership (which came out on CD-ROM), suggesting that the database be part of the package (which it wasn't) and I also emailed Dennis Goethe (webmaster of the new PCS website) offering the updated database for the site. He also never responded.

Jim
 
Yes, there is a comprehensive index of all past editions of TPC on the new web site. This includes each issue's cover and the first page lusting the contents. To access this, click on the "about us" box at the top of this page, then go to the new web site's home page and search for the TPC Index therein. You should find everything you want to know regarding the content of past issues there.
 
Working on publishing a disc...........

We are currently working on publishing a disc which will include all that information that you so kindly compiled. The Publications Committee has only recently become involved in this so while we are a bit late to the party we are working on it. Stay tuned.
 
Dieter Obeji said:
A friend of mine has a 62 Eureka 3 way that's an ex Abbott and Hast car. Is there any documentation existing that might show if it's the car used in Marilyn's funeral? There is a number in the corner of the windshield that they used on all their livery cars, but in all the videos and pictures we've come across that part of the car is blocked from view. I don't know how many identical cars they had, but there couldn't be too many of them. The license plates have long since been replaced with newer ones.
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Ron Hast told me a number of years ago that the coach that was used on Marilyn's funeral was sent to the Philippines in the late 70's early 80's!
 
Tim A. Fantin said:
Ron Hast told me a number of years ago that the coach that was used on Marilyn's funeral was sent to the Philippines in the late 70's early 80's!
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Tom McPherson says he'll check that out with Allan Abbott. It is a fact that they did sell quite a few older coaches to the Philippines but, we'll have to see if this was one of them. Stay tuned.
 
a vary nice article on Bruces ambulance nice tie back to were it has ended up.
I remember this one coming up on e-bay it was about 30 miles from me.

the common talk is the Oglala reservation. when Bruce and I talked about that car one day I never made the connection. there is in reality no Oglala reservation. but there is a reservation were the oglala tribe of the sioux nation live. it's proper name is the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. the fire department in question would be most likely out of the town of Pine Ridge. there is a community of Oglala on the reservation also as will as a town in western Neb that has the same name. the Iron pickers that picked up the car. would know which town it was close to down there. I run into Mr Briggs I'll ask Him

where I enjoy the factory history these reader rides really bring home the true meaning of restoration and preservation. the work Bruce has put into this body sitting out on the prairie is remarkable. then to have it come full circle and become one of the cars it was suppose to be, now thats neat
 
A lot of the stuff that was in the back of this car was marked as Oglala FD but some was marked Pine Ridge. It would be interesting to know where the car was actually used when it was on the reservation.
 
Keith Snyder said:
Tom McPherson says he'll check that out with Allan Abbott. It is a fact that they did sell quite a few older coaches to the Philippines but, we'll have to see if this was one of them. Stay tuned.
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Yes, I remember Paul Nix sent quite a few 3 ways down there. How many 62 Eureka 3 ways did Abbott and Hast have?
 
I must be very close to where these are getting shipped out of, as it seems like Im one of the first people that get theirs, Ive had mine for many days. I don't check my mail every day, and When I checked it on Thursday it was not there but it was the next time I checked, which was Tuesday. Where are these shipped from?
Like usual, fantastic job on a great magazine.
 
Dieter Obeji said:
Yes, I remember Paul Nix sent quite a few 3 ways down there. How many 62 Eureka 3 ways did Abbott and Hast have?
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Tom just spoke with Allan Abbott and was told that in 1962, they bought three matching Eureka three-way landaulets. He also told Tom, that to the best of his recollection, none of these were exported and he thinks that one went down around Girdner (where-ever that is). So...gentlemen, there you have it direct from the horse's mouth so to speak.
 
Bruce Biancalana said:
A lot of the stuff that was in the back of this car was marked as Oglala FD but some was marked Pine Ridge. It would be interesting to know where the car was actually used when it was on the reservation.
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Oglala and Pine Ridge are about 30 miles apart. but really it would have gone all over the reservation and a lot of laps to Rapid some 120 miles north. the Pine Ridge reservation is a large one . around 90 x 90 miles of rough country
 
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