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69 Ambulance
I will be fixing up this 69 Catalina Ambulance. Probably put a 455 in it with 2-4barrel set up I have. I even thought of side pipes!!! The biggest part is I need a hood so let me know if anyone has one.
Steve
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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Front shot and why do my pictures come out sideways?
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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Cool!
Ever seen the episode with AZN and Farmtruck in the ambulance, hidden by looking like they were part of the front seat? The normal Catalina hood should be the same as for that car? Keep us posted.
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John, it was a hearse, not an ambulance!! |
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That is a very cool car! Nice project!
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Michael 1970 Oshawa built 1 option Judge. 24 year restoration/upgrade project finally finished! 1979 Trans Am - low-buck drag car project for when I retire |
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I owned an ambulance for a short period of time. Same Red light on top.
I was working in a salvage yard (Summer Job) basically just selling parts at a counter but free access to what the yard brought in. Deals like a 1966 Tri-Power in the trunk with all of the linkage, air cleaners, waterneck, etc for $15 and I carry it to my vehicle. So a Guy drives in with an 1965 Ambulance. He has a water pump leak at the hole at the bottom of the snout. Wants to know what the yard will give him for the vehicle. Owner was a "tight wad" from European extraction and says $15 for the vehicle. I look at the engine and it is a rebuilt 1964 engine in a 1965 ambulance. When they rebuilt the engine they put a crappy water pump on it and it leaked. Very few miles on it since the rebuild. So I offer the guy 5 times what the yard guy wanted, made a deal to meet the guy that night, and quit my job. So I drive to my Uncles Dealership that night, get a dealer plate, go back to where the meeting place is the next day, pay the guy the $75 and put the dealer plate on the ambulance, and drive it to my uncle's dealership lot. Over the next week before the new college semester started, I pulled the engine on my GTO, stored it at the dealership, installed the Ambulance engine, and later installed the Tri-Power and a Mackellar #10 solid lifter cam kit. I beat the crap out of that engine as well as going on many long distance trips. It was a great engine for $75 and some labor. So fix up your ambulance. They are cool vehicles. My uncle sold the ambulance body to a rock band a few months later and they installed a chebby engine in the vehicle and drove it for several years with that engine. Vehicle was white with one big light on top. Sorry for the long story but always nice to talk to another "ambulance owner"
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Good story, Tom.
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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Here are the pictures rotated so they're easier to see. There were a number of different companies that used to build ambulances and hearses, but the information I have indicates only Superior was building them out of Pontiacs in 1969. They built 250 that year, so it's a pretty uncommon vehicle.
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Make a great shaggen wagon
JL Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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Stuart, how did you get that info?
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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Interesting color for an ambulance. Is that Limelight Green or is it gold? Hard to tell from the pictures. Either way, I'd expect that most were either white or red.
Would make an awesome tow rig for your Firebird!
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1966 GTO 1969 Lemans Convertible- F.A.S.T. legal family cruiser. 12.59 on G70-14 Polyglas tires. 1.78 60' 1969 Bonneville Safari- cross country family cruiser. . 1979 Trans Am 400, 4-speed, 4 wheel disc. View from the drivers seat racing down Atco Raceway- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYDMdOEC7A Ride along in the other lane-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzgpLtF_uw |
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From John Gunnell's book "75 Years of Pontiac". It was published by Crestline, I bought it in 1982. It's a very handy reference, but has been out of print for ages and is hard to find these days.
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GOOD STUFF...
I've always had a soft spot for Professional Pontiacs ever since I saw the one below in '09.
That "CHERRY" light is cool best of luck with yours!
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When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep. Not screaming like the passengers in his car. Last edited by Jeff Hamlin; 02-26-2024 at 07:15 AM. |
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Neat project, the grille on your car is Bonneville spec rather than Catalina. All 69 fullsize car hoods were identical (except those Canadian spec cars) and they didn't seem particularly prone to rust, should be an easy find. Those front side markers light bezels are unique to chassis cars like an ambulance, tourist car or hearse.
If you watch the earlier seasons of the original Hawaii Five-O you regularly see 67, 68 and 69 Pontiac ambulances. They were all white iirc.
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s) 1969 Custom S 2dr ht 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht) 1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & 2dr ht) 1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat 1969 Exec 4dr post 1969 Bonnie Cvt & 2 wagons 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s 1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian) |
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North, I think you are correct it is a Bonneville. I was told by the junk yard that it was a Catalina. I will check the vin.
Thanks
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67 Firebird 3440 lbs, Pump gas 537 IA2, tiger heads, 4.86 rear, 32 x 17.5's, full interior, 4 mufflers, street shape 1.36 60', 6.11@113.42 1/8 mi. 5.67@123 on small shot. |
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