1933
Cunningham (USA)
"Cathedral" hearse; McC, p.177
Eureka (USA) miscellaneous funeral
coaches
Chieftain, 3-way funeral coach on V-8 chassis
[ illustration from a period ad ]
Chieftain funeral coach on V-8 chassis with special
running board tool box
3-way landau funeral coach (closed and open); side
doors are 38" wide
[ All photos, above 3 rows: © Thomas A McPherson and the Eureka Company, Rock
Falls, IL ]
Eureka (USA) Carved-side funeral
coach proposals on V-16 chassis
Inspired by the V-16 Cadillac models of 1933, these
carved-side hearse proposals
from Eureka were not actually built in 1933. The lower car was built in 1934
[ Photos, above 2 rows: © Thomas A McPherson and the Eureka Company, Rock Falls,
IL ]
[Unknown, Switzerland] Fire-truck
conversion on Cadillac chassis for the Aarau fire department in Switzerland. The car
was presented as a gift by the "Old Aarau" museum to the Museum of Fire-Fighting
Equipment ["Feuerwehrmuseum"] in Basel on January 16, 1984 (it was
transported to the museum on April 17, 1984.
Former picket-wagon of the Aarau fire department in
Switzerland
Photo: courtesy Basel Fire Department [slide #4172]
Miller (USA) Funeral coach, McC
p.186
[Unknown, Switzerland?] Fire truck
conversion from sedan model
[3 photos, Zurzach meet]
[Unidentified, USA] Fleets
like this one were quite commonplace with large livery companies and funeral homes
1934
Eureka (USA) miscellaneous professional
cars like the Chieftain funeral car, below
1935
Series 30, V-8, Fleetwood
Commercial cars
[cars with flat windshield]
146" wheel base chassis
Starting in 1935, Cadillac sought to find a niche
for roomy, 8-9 passenger sedans and limousines for the funeral trade. These were offered
on the series 30 chassis as also on a stretched chassis of 160" wheel base.
These custom creations are mentioned in Walter M.P. McCall's excellent book "80
Years of Cadillac-LaSalle" [p.194], as also in Krause Publications'
"Standard Catalog of Cadillac, 1903-2000" [p.161].
Fisher (USA)
Series 30, special livery sedan, style #6075-SL, list
price unknown;
the suffix "SL" presumably is short for "Sedan - Livery"
[similar to the car, immediately below, but with a partition and
division glass]
Series 30, special livery sedan, style #6075-L, list
price unknown;
the suffix "L", here, presumably is short for "Livery"
[similar to the car, below, but with a leather roof covering]
Series 30, special livery sedan, style #6075-LL, list price unknown;
the second "L" in the suffix suggests that this car may have had a
leather roof covering
Fisher (USA) [as above]
Series 30, special livery sedan, style #6075-L; the
suffix "L", here, presumably is short for "Livery"; this car
was similar to the preceding one but featured a partition and division glass]
Fisher (USA) [as above]
Series 30, special livery sedan, style #6075-LL; the second
"L" in the suffix suggests that this car may have had a leather roof covering
Kurtis (USA) Special Cadillac V-16 mobile
broadcasting van unit (one of two); SIA58, p.21.
Meteor (USA) ambulance, McC
p.194
This one too is by Meteor
Miller (USA) Cadillac introduced in
1935 a new, long wheel base chassis (160") for the ambulance and funeral
trades. One of the resulting vehicles is shown below. It is a carved-side hearse
built by the A.J. Miller Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio (McC
p.194)
[Unknown, Switzerland] V8 Fire
picket wagon of the City of Aarau (now in Basel Museum of fire-fighting vehicles - exhibit
# SFM 1984-4). For a long time, this car was missing its heron hood emblem. A replacement
was found through the Swiss Cadillac Club of which I was a founding member. Photos may be
available from the Museum [numbers 4691-4694].
[Unknown, USA] Various commercial vehicles
for the funeral and ambulance trades, like the examples below
1936
Cunningham (USA) carved panel hearse, McC
p.204
Eureka (USA) Police patrol wagon, McC
p.204
Eureka (USA) Blackhawk limousine
ambulance, McC p.204
Eureka (USA) Other miscellaneous
professional cars
Eureka custom-built ambulance
on Cadillac chassis
Eureka custom-built Chieftain
hearse on Cadillac chassis
Eureka flower car on 1936
Cadillac chassis
Fleetwood (USA) commercial sedan and
limousines for 7 passengers; ten were made with the V-12 power-plant (style #8503-L)
Meteor (USA) custom ambulance on La Salle
chassis
[Unknown, USA] Airport bus on stretched
Cadillac chassis
[ no image ]
[Unknown, Europe] mildly customized 1936,
series 75 V8 limousine, used as fire-chief car by Basel fire-department, Switzerland, form
1948 to 1959 [motor number given as 3110168]. License tag # BS-22283. Museum photos may be
available [ref.: #171, photos 9-13]