Say What??
the 59s were junk they were built by superior.
Ed, with all due respect to "the feather in your cap" I don't know how in this day of 'Political Correctness' you can offer up such a negative opinion about Superior when, at my count, of your posted ownership I only see 2 Superior Cadillac Hearses and a 6 door Limo. I think you also spoke of tearing into a Pontiac Superior once and being disenchanted but, I wrote that off to being one of the low-end models where Superior WAS indeed trying to churn out product at a low price point.
Personally, I found :
1. It means a great deal where you buy a coach from. Salt Belt states produce rusted Service cars. So, maybe that's where you sourced the Superior Coaches you're so unhappy with?
2. My experience: of the 10 S&S's, 6 Superiors, 6 MM's, 1 Meteor, 1 McClain, 2 Henney's, 1 Barnette and 1 (in question)'Superior Equipped' Ambulance.... I've owned/restored/or currently own, MM is my least favorite for the exact reason Kurt specified. (Hidden) & outward panel Rust is/was MM's middle name. Would I buy another MM? Only if it was from a road-salt-free-state, garage kept and after running a magnet test for filler/ a thorough deep panel search.
I've had occasion to speak with many old-timers who worked at the different plants and at the dealerships- all but one, (recently, Galion [sp] in TN) voted Superior Coach the Best. Best designed, Best Quality of Build, Best Value. Every one of us are entitled to an opinion but, I really had to give pause here coming from a respected source, sorry.
Another 'Sponge Worthy' footnote: when it came time for Precision to create gorgeous models- most of them weren't the 'other' Coachbuilders. I remember only maybe ever seeing 1 MM model? Hopefully, this post doesn't start a full blown War but, I felt it necessary on behalf of us Superior Coach Lovers, Peace Coach Brothers!. LOL.