• SHARPE CONVERSIONS

1977 Brochure showing station wagon, van conversions  

• SUPERIOR COACH

1959 Cadillac hearses

1970 Cadillac and Pontiac hearses

1971 Sheet (’38 Flxible Cad. Carved hearse)

1971 Cadillac and Pontiac hearses

1971 Cadillac and Econoline ambulances

1972 Cadillac hearses

1972 Pontiac hearses

1972 Ambulances

1973 Cadillac hearses

1973 Pontiac hearses

1973 Ambulances

1974 Cadillac and Pontiac hearses

1974 ambulances

1975 Cadillac and Pontiac hearses

1975 Ambulances

1976 Cadillac  hearses

1976 Buick hearses (water damaged)

1976 Ambulances

1977 Cadillac and Buick hearses

1977 Ambulances

1978 Cadillac and Buick hearses

1979 Cadillac and Buick hearses

1979 Ambulances

1981 Cadillac and Buick hearses

1982 Long door Buick hearses sheet

1985 Front & Rear Drive Cadillac hearses

1987 Lincoln hearse sheet

1987 Cadillac rear drive sheet

1987 Buick hearse sheet

1989 Lincoln hearse sheet

1991 Chevrolet Concept hearse sheet

1991 Cadillac hearse folder – Making Perceptions A Reality

1992 Cadillac and Buick hearse and Limousine brochure

1993 Cadillac, Lincoln, and Buick hearse and Limousine brochure

• YANKEE COACH  

1972 Chevy Suburban ambulance conversion brochure  

FOREIGN LITERATURE

• C. MIESEN

1950’s Mercedes ambulance sheet from late

1977 Full line ambulance catalog

1980’s (early) Mercedes Bonna 2500 ambulance brochure

• BINZ

1960’s (early) 2 different Mercedes ambulance brochures

1970’s Mercedes ambulance sheet

1980’s (early) Mercedes brochure

• CITROEN

ID 19 ambulance sheet

1980’s (late) ambulance brochure

• COLLET

1980’s (late) 4 Different sheets showing Renault and Citroen ambulances

• SUPERIOR IND. PTY. LTD.

1980’s (late) ambulance brochure

TRUCK TYPE LITERATURE

Air Cushion Ind. Inc. – 2 pieces of hovercraft literature

American Coach Corp. – Van folder from approximately 1977

Braun Ind. – 1974 ambulance portfolio, also 2 pairs of ERV sheets showing Econoline bodies

Challenger Corp. – Water damaged folder showing and describing 1970 Suburban ambulance conversion built for Evendale FD. (Cincinnati)

Cortez, Inc. – 2 folders showing motor home conversion plus spec. sheet for same. 1973

Crestline Sprint - module sheet from late 1980’s

E & E Mfg. – Folder showing Dodge and Chevy modules

Excellance, Inc. – 1976 modular body folder

Gerstenslager Co. – 1974 rescue vehicle brochure

Grumman – 3 body folders from 1973

Horton Co. – 1975 package of advertising items including 3 color cards on van & modules, and one Pierce attack pumper folder.

Medical Coaches Inc. – Several folders & sheets showing full line of truck-based products from approximately 1976

Mid Continent Conversion Co. – 1976 van ambulance folder & spec. sheets

Modular Ambulances Corp. – Portfolio showing full line of modular and van bodies from 1976

Murphy Mfg. Co. – Folders, blueprints, and spec. sheets for modular bodies from 1973

National Custom Coaches – Sheets on Suburban, Chevy, and Dodge van conversions from approximately 1973

Pickwick Custom Motor Offices – 1973 sales brochure showing mobile office conversions

Pollock Rentals, Ltd. – Brochure showing Strathroy Suburban and van conversions from 1976

Providence Body Co. – 2 ambulance body folders from 1973

Roadsafe Emergency Vehicles, Inc. – 1975 Modular Ambulances portfolio

Springfield Equipment Co. – 4 large folders with inserts from Approximately 1971, plus 4 small folders from the same era

Springfield Equipment Co. – 2 large folders from 1974, same at 1971

Springfield Equipment Co. – Large modular folder, van sheet, option folder from 1976

Starline – 3 Folders showing vans and modules from approximately 1976

Stoner Ambulance Mfg. Co. – Folders & sheets on van conversions from approximately 1976

TEC Equipment Co. – 3 sheets on van & modular bodies from approximately 1976

Tulsa Emergency & Safety Equipment Co. – 1973 spec sheets on van & motorhome ambulance conversions

Wayne Corp. – Sentinel I & Sentinel III module brochures (2 each) Vigilance van brochure 1976

Wendel Equipment – 1976 module body folder

Yankee Coach Inc. – Folder & spec. sheets on 3 modules plus 2 vans from approximately 1976.

Yankee Coach Inc. – 1970 Suburban conversion brochure

Yankee Coach Inc. – 5 1973 spec. sheets showing van and Suburban conversions.

See also miscellaneous literature.

MAGAZINE ADVERTISEMENTS

There is a thick stack of ads clipped from various magazines.  This stack of information is of such a nature that it’s best left in loose form in a folder with a list of subjects covered in the broadest sense.  Its scope has defied repeated efforts at further cataloging for reasons such as different ads on opposite sides of clippings.  Items included are:

B & B, S & S, Superior, Ambruster/Stageway, A.G. Solar, Buick, Indiana EMS, McClain, Lehman-Peterson, Professional Cars inc., Eureka, AHA, Automotive Conversion Corp., Hunter F.H., Miller-Meteor, Cotener-Bevington.

In addition to the aforementioned items, there are several items that could be cataloged.  They Include:

S & S: 1969, 70, 76, 78, 79, 80.

Cadillac: 1970, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80

Miller-Meteor: 1969, 70, 74, 76, 77

National Custom Coaches: 1973

Superior Coach: 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80

Phaeton Coach Corp.: 1980

NEWS CLIPPINGS

Luxury Coach Combines Hearse-Limo Functions, GMC Motor home conversion, from AFD, date unknown

The Ahlgrim & sons Family Album, from AFD 2-78

The One-Car Funeral, by McCall, from AFD, date unknown

The Side-Servicing Coach Marks It’s Fiftieth Year, by McCall, from AFD, date unknown

Whatever Happened To The Casket Car?, by McCall, from AFD, date unknown

British Funeral Cars, from AFD, date unknown, parts I & II

Wheels Of Mercy, by McCall, from AFD, 1978

The Landau At 40, by McCall, from AFD, 1978

Lower Priced Athena Introduced by Miller-Meteor, from 10-77 AFD

First 20 Years Of The Professional Car, by McPherson, from C&S, Approximatly 1973

Miller-Meteor Olds Athena announcement from C&S, 5-78

AHA Lincoln Hearse announcement from C&S, 5-78

1980 Automotive Preview from C&S, 10-79 (not complete)

1980 Automotive Preview Part II from C&S, 11-79, including interview with Dwayne Shields about Miller-Meteor closing

1970 Professional Car Announcements from AFD 9-69 (not complete)

Our Transportation Heritage, Parts II & III, from C&S, by McPherson, the early history of Hess & Eisenhardt

The Munz-Pinnstill Family Album, from AFD, date unknown, shows Kunkle Haynes carved hearse from Bucyrus, Ohio. (not complete)

Devil-May-Care Marketing Made Him A Hearse Honcho, by Susan Kastner, from Toronto newspaper, date unknown, about McPherson and Eureka.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Miller-Picking Pickway, complete set of photos as used in article by R. Kraft published in TPC

1966 Cotington Limousine badly damaged in wreck.

1950 S&S delivery photo at plant showing 3 Knickerbocker hearses (2 different views)

Henney Oldsmobile hearse in driveway

Packard funeral omnibus from brass era

1952 Superior Cadillac Limousine coach in junkyard (3 views)

1951 Superior Cadillac field ambulance in junkyard (2 views)

1953 S&S Knickerbocker in junkyard (3 views)1956 Miller Cadillac ambulance with ’56 Chevy panel truck conversion (2 views)

Interior shots of 1969? CRS Mercury ambulance conversion with raised roof (3 views)

1940 Lincoln Zephyr ambulance ad from newsprint – Laminated

1951 Acme Pontiac Landau hearse

1963 Cotington Limousine on Olds 98 w/Superior bullet lights

1959 Olds ambulance in Lyons, IL. FD Livery – possibly National

1951 Coast Pontiac swb ambulance

1955 Franklin Cadillac modular ambulance

1961 Eureka Cadillac 3 way Landau (3 views)

1962 Euraka Cadillac Landau

Front view of 1939 LaSalle hearse (builder unrecognizable from this view)

1950 Flxible Premier Limo. Combination (R. Huffman)

1951 National Chevy ambulance (Ex-Vincentown, N.J.)

1968 M-M Classic combination coach (R. Huffman)

1956 Austin Princess hearse (2 views)

Unrestored carved hearse on trailer at 1978 PCS International Meet at Indy.

Late 70’s Ford Econoline ambulance conversion (builder unknown)

1915/18 Daimler ambulance

1922/3 Talbot ambulance

1935 Talbot AY95 ambulance

1911 Dennis Ambulance

1935 Talbot ambulance

Late 30’s Bedford ambulance

1929 Weyman Austin 20 ambulance

1916 Sunbeam ambulance

1950 Hooper Daimler ambulance

1950 Bedford ambulance

1940 Bedford ambulance

1947 Bedford ambulance

1944 Bedford ambulance

1950 Bedford maternity ambulance

1935 Bedford export ambulance (2 views)

1935 Bedford ambulance export photo showing 3 rigs

1955 Bedford export ambulance (2 views)

1931 Austin 20hp hearse

1929 Lomas Rolls Royce ambulance

1932 Bedford ambulance

Bedford Utilecon ambulance

1911 Siddeley Deasy ambulance

1973 Citroen Safari ambulance conversion

Postwar Bedford ambulances (4)

10 photos of early Ohio area meets.

MAGAZINES

THE PROFESSIONAL CAR – Every item from the beginning, though many of the early issues are photocopies of originals

ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE – vol. 43  # 5, vol. 44 #’s 3,4,5,6, vol. 45 #’s 1,2,3,4, vol. 46 #’s 4,5, vol. 48 #’s 1,5

Ford Truck Times – Summer 1969, features article on Econoline ambulance conversion

JOURNEY WITH OLDS: Volume 7, # 6

VINTAGE VEHICLES OF CANADA:  Jan/Feb, 1982.  Contains article on Miller-Meteor history by Roy Hurst; also July/August 1980 issue with ambulance history article by Hurst.

THE GOLD CROSS: 3, 4, 5, 1989. Contains article: THE GOLDEN ERA OF AMBULANCES by Craig Stewart

FUNERAL SERVICE JOURNAL: 5-76 (British Trade Journal)

THE AMERICAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR: 5, 7, 8, 9, 1979; 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 1980; 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 1981; 9, 10, 12, 1984; 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 1985; 2, 3, 5, 1986.

CASKET & SUNNYSIDE: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1979; 4, 5, 1980

CASKET & SUNNYSIDE: 9-80, 1-81 (Incomplete issues with pages cut out)

THE DIRECTOR: 7-8, 11-12, 1984; 3, 6, 8, 1985

BOOKS

AMBULANCES OF THE NETHERLANDS by P. G. Hoving 1982

THE AMBULANE: THE STORY OF EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED THROUGH THE CENTURIES by K. Barkley

MISCELLANEOUS SALES LITERATURE

• CADILLAC

1963 folder

1965 brochure

1967 Fleetwood sales brochure

1970 Sales brochure

1971 Sales brochure

1972 Sales brochure

1973 Sales brochure

1973 Sales brochure (large)

1974 Sales brochure

1975 Seville brochure

1976 Large sales brochure

1976 Sales brochure

1977 Sales brochure

1977 Sales brochure (plain)

1977 Eldorado brochure

1981 Sales brochure

1983 Sales brochure

1989 Sales brochure

• CHECKER

1977 brochure and price sheet

• Emergency One

5 pieces of fine apparatus literature.

CHAPTER NEWSLETTERS

THE LIVERY – TRI_STATE

THE CRITERION – NORTHEAST

ON CALL – MID-ATLANTIC

THE NORTHLAND BEACON – NORTHLAND

THE BUCKEYE COACH – OHIO

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