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10-14-2019, 09:15 AM
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That’s a nice field find, but the one I posted is something I’ve never seen before. Very unique possibly one of a kind. 
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10-14-2019, 01:05 PM
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Most assuredly, there are aftermarket "Professional cars". However, this 1949 Cadillac Series 75 factory limousine was delivered to Cleveland Cliffs Inc in Toledo, Ohio. How do I know? Because I own it and have the build sheet and the delivery information. That's me on the right picking apples out of my grandma's tree circa about 1959 - 60... From Toledo, Cleveland Cliffs shipped it to the Iron Range in MN to chauffeur their executives that came to visit their area mines. My dad bought it in 1958. This photo was taken the last time my dad saw his car in 2001. |
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10-14-2019, 07:35 PM
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TAKerry didn't say so, but I assume he was talking specifically about ambulances and hearses.
In the US, Amblewagon, Armbruster Stageway, Automotive Conversion Corporation, Memphis Coach, National Coach Company, National Body Corporation, Pioneer Coach Company and Superior were some of the companies building them. I'm sure many other countries had their own companies, and there were probably any number of one-off hearses and ambulances built by various body shops and coachmakers. |
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10-14-2019, 09:10 PM
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I was thinking Buick...because of the "port holes" in the front fender
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10-14-2019, 09:34 PM
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All the glass was so the deceased could be displayed for all to see as he was paraded through town for everyone who wanted to get a last look.
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10-15-2019, 01:29 AM
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My dad sold all GM brands except Chevrolet during his career in the auto industry which spanned from the late 40's through the mid 90's. He did sell, and deliver both hearses and ambulances to area ambulance services and funeral homes - but he did in fact have to run them through one of the aftermarket coachbuilders. Today, limousines aren't an OE factory option anymore. But "back in the day", they were. |
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10-15-2019, 08:36 AM
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I didn't consider limo's Champ, but you certainly have a unique car. I know going back to the infancy of the auto industry many of the manufacturers did indeed build their own limo's. At least in name as there were many 'coach builders' that did the body work. I would have thought that by the late 40's this practice would have been stopped in house.
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10-15-2019, 11:27 AM
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Supremely cool MA. Vista Cruiser window look. I like the little chandelier light thingies inside. Looks like a roof ornament of some type outside.
I used to cruise in 1973 in Texas in a friends 58 Caddy hearse. Kind of creepy / cool. His observation was only certain girls would make out in the back.
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10-15-2019, 06:04 PM
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Lots of pictures of it on this site:
http://www.cultofweird.com/transport...-buick-hearse/ Click on the flicker link and it will take you there. Actually, I like the English Ford Granada wagon sitting next to it. Not a common car itself when they were new and I would doubt there would be any at all left on the road in the UK now.
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