Cadillac Ambulance

1972 Superior Coach 54" hightop Ambulance. Served Medford, OR. till around '86. It started it's life as an Advanced life support unit and ended it's career as a BLS Unit. Currently it's a parade and PR Machine. I attend events on behalf of my union mostly. The Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia. CUPE 873.
The coaster siren is a Federal C6b with solar ray mounted in the front of it. On top is a Dietz "hill light" for a primary warning light.

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[ls15236]

is that an LED flasher that was added right above the amber reflecter at the front of the ambulance?

[911caddy]

Shhhhh. Not so loud :) Yeah, I gave up trying for the period correct intersection light that I wanted. So, this little whelen LED warning light did the trick.

[narutofightindreamer]

Beautiful freaking piece of machinery, you got there. Always cherish that piece of "Living History". Anyway, what exact year is it? And I can't remember the name of that particular "kit manufacturer"? There were two ambulance kit companies that GM did business with back then, but I can't think of either of their names. I think one might have been more preferred to the other. Or at least that's what an old EMT turned Cop told me once.

[911caddy]

Hello,

She was my baby until july '08. She now lives in NC. She was built by Superior Coach of Lima Ohio. This particular unit was leased by a company in Redeer Alberta Canada to Medford OR Ambulance.

The other larger coach builder was Miller Meteor. S&S was another less known coach builder at the time.

All these coach builders produced Ambulances as well as funeral cars.

[brostugen]

I never thought ambulances V8 sounds so good...

[Code3forever]

I remember going to Lima to pick up ambulances for my employer, Schaefer Ambulance in LA, on a few occasions during the 70s. I picked up Cadillac 51 inch coaches and we bought a few Chevrolet wide Guppy high top type vans. It was a real trip bringing those back to LA.  I stopped in Amarillo to eat and a lady asked me why a beer truck had red lights and a siren. Schaefer Beer was not in LA at the time and I thought the old gal was goofy. Superior made a good coach in my opinion too.

[EMT2272]

Can you do a video of the inside of it too?

[weasel884]

damn that thing sounds nice!

[Smacco90]

Ghostbuster car

[daewooparts]

these old ambulances are cool , but also a little creepy too, they look like the hearses that they also built :P go to the hospital by cadillac ambulance. if you din't make it come out by cadillac hearse :{

[toadabc]

I am surprissed there are any in servicel The Feds passed a law that any vehicle working as an ambulance must have a specific mimunim of equipment on board. That is why they went to the vans. Those great caddys and such just didn't have room.

I have a '58 Cad superior ambulance original waiting some tlc. First car ever was a '40 LaSalle hearse, 3rd car was a 41 Bucik ambulance. Sure wish I stil had them.