1930
Cunningham (USA) Carved side
hearse which appears to be mounted on a stretched Cadillac chassis. Professional car
enthusiast and expert, Bernie de Winter says the chassis also is by Cunningham
Photo: Internet 3/2002
General Auto Body (Canada) Ambulance on
LaSalle chassis. Here is a beautifully restored survivor.
Proctor Keefe (USA) Police
"Paddy Wagon" on stretched 1930 Cadillac chassis
[Unknown, New Zealand] Special
Cadillac 6-door coach operated by the Newmans brothers of New Zealand in the thirties; SS,
5/96, p.5
[Photo: Cadillac-La Salle Club, New Zealand]
[Unknown, USA] (???) Series 75 sedan
converted for railroad track operation (!); features include large roof-rack and front
plough; SS 4/92, cover + pp.6-7
[Unknown, USA] (???) Funeral coach on
stretched Cadillac chassis
[Unknown, USA] (???) Funeral coaches
and ambulances on
stretched Cadillac chassis
Hearse ... or "paddy wagon"?
Here's a similar-looking vehicle, also
on a stretched Cadillac chassis
[ Photo: Internet, 2014 ]
[Unknown,
USA] LaSalle coupe converted to tow truck
Cropped Internet image, 2015
[Unknown, USA] Special LaSalle
motorized advertising prop for "Moxie" (a drink that was popular in the twenties
and thirties).
I believe the
first such vehicle was built on a 1930 La Salle chassis. The
"driver" sat atop the fake horse and controlled the car with special
"stirrup" pedals that operated the brake, clutch and accelerator; a regular
Cadillac-LaSalle steering wheel on an extended column was mounted through the neck of the
horse.
[ Photos (above 2 rows): Philippe Hulet de Limal,
a Belgian member of the American Car Club de France ]
1931
Cadillac (USA) roadside assistance
trike for Cadillac customers in trouble on the road. This entry refers to the trike
but the image shows a patrolman, with his trike, coming to assist the owner of this
lovely, 1931 town sedan. I just couldn't resist showing it here!
ureka (USA) custom side-loading
hearse on V12 chassis, McC p.157
Eureka (USA) limousine style hearse
on stretched, 1931 V-12 Cadillac chassis
Eureka (USA) Limousine style hearse
on stretched, 1931 V-16 Cadillac chassis
[Unknown, USA] Ambulance on
stretched, 1931 (???) Cadillac chassis [photo OCW, 22.8.91]
1932
Anheuser-Busch (USA) "Bevo-Boat"
V12 [now V8] parade car; articles: SSA 1993, p.30; OCW, 27.8.92, p.36. Owned
by Anheuser-Busch to promote "Bevo", its soft drink, during the Prohibition. Car
was restored by Beaumont Graphics of St. Louis, MO, in the early Nineties. Originally
built on a 140" Pierce-Arrow chassis, it was acquired by "Cadillac Jim"
[James] Pearson in the later Sixties. At that time it was on a 140" Cadillac V12
chassis that had first carried a sport phaeton body that had been sold new in the St.
Louis area in 1932. Several of these cars are reported to have been built at a reported
cost of around $15000 each at the time (!). This one [said to be the last of its kind]
features red and white stripes, red leatherette upholstery and various bits and pieces of
nautical trim. It now sits on a 140" Cadillac V8 chassis and looks more like an open
launch than a car. Photos SSA93, p.30, also SCC p.53-54.
Cunningham (USA) Built by James
Cunningham & Co. of Rochester, NY this rare (possibly unique) 1932 Cadillac hearse was
labeled "Style 324-A". It is built on the V8 chassis
[Photo: courtesy Detroit Public Library, NAHC]
Eureka (USA) Hearse
Flxible Co (USA)
Limousine style hearse on V8 chassis. [photo McC p.167]
Here again we see the optional full wheel discs
Silver-Knightstown (USA), special
ambulance on Cadillac V12 chassis
[Unidentified, USA?]
Carved hearse
The extended fender sides (front and
rear) suggest a 1933-34 modification or update;
nevertheless, the blue-dot tail-lights, rear-bumper shape (though cut)
and wheel covers all spell 1932
[Unknown, USA] (USA), custom
tow truck
