Never mind the fodder for jokes in this picture. The ambulance in front of an attorney’s office. The blissful use of an entirely wrong car for a Ghostbuster’s recreation.
What really captured my attention in this submission to the cohort by canadiancatgreen is the rarity of this Pontiac commercial chassis. With 240 built, this was just over 10% of Cadillac’s commercial production that year. This is likely one of the rarest B-bodies of the year, and likely even this generation. It’s still more plentiful than the Pontiac commercial chassis of 1974 and 1975 as production fell by half each year.
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I always appreciate seeing these odd ducks. The occasional 1977 to late 80s Buick Estate as hearse or a Caprice hearse or a Panther hearse.
The Caravans and Suburbans that have taken over the jobs (when Cadillacs aren’t present) just don’t have the same presence.
It’s actually fairly sleek looking, if you focus on the lower half of the completely unadorned body. And sooooo looooong. I know I saw the linked post at the time but completely put it out of my mind, I think I only recall the Cadillac (being used as ambulances, they used one quite often on “Emergency!”.
There may be one at the airport museum in Sioux City, IA, or it could be a Buick, I can’t recall offhand, just remember seeing it over the summer when we were there…
It actually belongs to Curiosity Incorporated. He has a cool YouTube channel filled with automotive stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgclKg8oaVlkuCurCxo2hOw/videos
He bought a Frontenac that I passed on about a year and a half ago. Too rusty for me.
I recognized the car from his channel immediately! He actually uses the car for hauling and road trips it regularly, breakdowns and all. Cool dude.
“Too rusty for me” – Coming from David Saunders that really means something in regard to the rust level!
It was a cool car. Looked solid in photos but very rusty underneath. The owner had replaced the floors will crudely attached tin. There was not even enough good metal to weld to for a decent floor replacement.
The young guy at Curiosity Inc. told me he sold the Frontenac to a person down east in Ontario who was an Avro Arrow enthusiast.
The Frontenac was cleaned up and adorned with RCAF decals and made to look like an Arrow chase car. Weird, it helped sell the car.
I’ve never seen a Pontiac commercial vehicle before – very interesting. Is this a one-off for the Canadian market or were they available in the U.S. too?
I believe these were available in the US. Pontiac had supplied a small number of commercial chassis every year for decades. I recall getting a ride once in a 63 Pontiac ambulance – on a recreational basis, not a professional one.
I don’t think I would like it because the ride is too stiff.
John F Kennedys body was taken from Air Force One in Washington in a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville hearse or ambulance.
Although of a different vintage, any mention of Pontiac hearses immediately makes me think of the ’63 Bonneville hearse that transported JFK’s body to Love Field.
http://www.hauntedvehicles.com/jfkhearse.html
Read the web page again. The president’s body was transferred from Parkland Hospital to Love Field in a 1964 Cadillac hearse. That car was up for auction in Houston several years ago – a classless episode, IMO – as part of the very classy Keels and Wheels vintage boat and automobile show at the Lakewood Yacht Club.
Great post Jason. Living in Central Canada, we have always been envious of the quality of CCs residing in the three western-most provinces. Include Manitoba as well. And thanks to David Saunder’s GBC articles, and William Stopford’s Vancouver-based posts, it is clear the west is the mecca of the Great North for genuinely offbeat CC spotting.
Having watched all the 70s crime drama TV series like ‘Medical Center’ as a kid, all featuring Caddies, Econolines and Chevy vans, I admittedly have trouble wrapping my head around a Pontiac in this role. 🙂
It is a Anique store Curiosity Inc is a antique store specializing in transportation stuff among other things