1952
Eureka (USA) various commercial vehicles for the ambulance and
funeral trades, like the examples below; in addition to the illustrated models, a service
car was also offered. Eurekas commercial cars were
available in four different versions: the 3-way, the rear loader, the combination coaches,
and the ambulances.
 
Eureka Chieftain ambulance, with full-size
medicine cabinet
(lower left) and low entrance step (lower right)
Eureka Chieftain Landau; two versions
were available: the 3-way
servicing funeral coach or the combination ambulance/funeral coach
  
(left) Regular, rear-loading funeral coach table;
(center) electric carrier, operated through
side door or rear doors; (right) the 3-way carrier seen from the side door
 
Eureka Chieftain limousine; again, two
versions were available: the 3-way
servicing funeral coach or the combination ambulance/funeral coach
Folding attendant's seat (right) allows conversion to ambulance configuration
Eureka Chieftain flower car
S&S [Hess & Eisenhardt] (USA)
S&S Knickerbocker hearse (right)
 
The special chrome trim on the front of the roof was
unique
to S&S cars; they were called "Date Marks"
Superior Coach Corporation (USA) Various commercial vehicles on
Cadillac chassis for the ambulance and funeral trades, like the example below.
 
[Unknown, Europe] Special, ornate hearse with lamps at each
corner of roof. Photo I have shows Buick wheel covers and the emblems under the headlights
mounted upside-down!
[Unknown, USA] Roving TV studio car on Series 75
limousine, with blacked-out rear windows and back light to prevent spurious light
reflections on the TV monitors. The car features two roof-mounted turrets [tank
machine-gun turrets], over two sliding roof panels. Mounted on roller bearings on each of
these turrets (giving 360 degree rotation as required) are the TV camera and the
transmission antenna; each has its own operator who can stick his whole upper body thru
the open trap doors. Rear passenger area of the limo was brim-full of various TV
equipment. There was a gasoline-powered generator in the trunk. The whole thing was a
convenient and sophisticated rolling TV studio. The chief of outdoor TV operations for NBC
at the time was C.H. Colledge, who designed the car.
1953
Eureka (USA) various commercial vehicles for the ambulance and
funeral trades, like the examples below;
 
 
Miller, A.J. (USA) Various commercial vehicles such as
ambulances, hearses and flower cars. Some examples are shown below.
 
Two Miller funeral coaches
 
End loading view (left) and side loading view (right)
Miller flower car
Miller ambulance
S&S Commercial Cars by Hess & Eisenhardt
S&S Superline Victoria landau hearse
Superior Coach Corporation (USA) Various commercial vehicles on
Cadillac chassis for the ambulance and funeral trades, like the example below. The
survivor, below the artist's view, is a special wagon said to be one of five built
by Superior for one of the big bands that were popular in the early
fifties. The five wagons drove in caravan as the band toured the country with their
act.
 
Photos: Internet, 1999; on the right is the Superior
logo I.D. plate on this car,
which has been butcgered; the modified roofline uses
sections from a late ‘50’s Chrysler station wagon
 
 
The red ambulance: another survivor found on
the Internet
This car?
This Superior hearse belongs to a member of
the Professional Car Society (PCS)
a club that groups together enthusiasts of commercial cars on Cadillac and other chassis
Note how the non-functional landau bars have been
mounted on the wrong sides of the hearse
Enthusiast Jim Crabree says that landau irons sometines get reversed (in error)
after a paint job or other repair
[ Photo: Book, Cadillac by Stephen Salmieri (cropped image) ]
Superior ambulance (promotional photo)
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