Nicholas Studer
PCS Elected Director 2022-2025
I was very surprised to have the opportunity to realistically add this vehicle to the "fleet" very soon after my wife and I decided to let the SPAC 1971 Superior-Cadillac go. Not really part of our plan to get this as we wished to cut down our ambulance fleet, but had to jump on this when it came up. Serendipitously enough, this became possible after I happened to mention to President Karsnia how much I liked the 1964 Eureka-Cadillac Hi-Boy owned by Joe McDonald.
Overall condition is not horrific - but very much needs new paint and new windshield. A lot of the flat glass on the sides is cracked, thankfully the rear glass is not. It has been white since the early 1970s, but obviously was dark blue previously. Original purchaser was somewhere in NJ, then shipped to Socorro, NM FD in the early-mid 1970s where it may or may not have ever been in service. It then spent another 20 years with a small rural fire district in Tres Piedras, NM - then was used as a parade car for a few years by the Taos County EMS in the 1990s. It then sat in a yard until sold to a car dealer in 2012 and then to me. I've had the privilege to briefly speak with some folks in Tres Piedras/Taos and found two news stories from the 1990s when the car was repainted for parades.
The car has an inverter somewhere, plus piped oxygen system with M-cylinder holder behind the seat similar to Paul's 1969 M-M. Dual ashtrays, some hanging hardware appears to be missing. Tres Piedras told me they removed things to make it more "user friendly." Still unclear what that means... Some curtain hardware from the rear is missing - but looks like we can replicate. Fascinating battery-kill switch in the engine compartment.
I am interested in learning any more I can about this car in particular. It's a fascinating vehicle - and the history I've heard thus far is almost as interesting as the Pinner-Chrysler (nothing can surpass that). I'd be interested in finding more literature than a small handout I found on Phantom Coaches website as well.
WAC - Feel free to change my teaser title.
Overall condition is not horrific - but very much needs new paint and new windshield. A lot of the flat glass on the sides is cracked, thankfully the rear glass is not. It has been white since the early 1970s, but obviously was dark blue previously. Original purchaser was somewhere in NJ, then shipped to Socorro, NM FD in the early-mid 1970s where it may or may not have ever been in service. It then spent another 20 years with a small rural fire district in Tres Piedras, NM - then was used as a parade car for a few years by the Taos County EMS in the 1990s. It then sat in a yard until sold to a car dealer in 2012 and then to me. I've had the privilege to briefly speak with some folks in Tres Piedras/Taos and found two news stories from the 1990s when the car was repainted for parades.
The car has an inverter somewhere, plus piped oxygen system with M-cylinder holder behind the seat similar to Paul's 1969 M-M. Dual ashtrays, some hanging hardware appears to be missing. Tres Piedras told me they removed things to make it more "user friendly." Still unclear what that means... Some curtain hardware from the rear is missing - but looks like we can replicate. Fascinating battery-kill switch in the engine compartment.
I am interested in learning any more I can about this car in particular. It's a fascinating vehicle - and the history I've heard thus far is almost as interesting as the Pinner-Chrysler (nothing can surpass that). I'd be interested in finding more literature than a small handout I found on Phantom Coaches website as well.
WAC - Feel free to change my teaser title.