[El Fez]

Spent the week in Pentwater Michigan and was enjoying the quaint little town and stumbled on this. It had a Cadillac front end but was stymied by the appendage. I didn't get a shot of the bed but it was a long, finished truck bed of some vintage.

Any ideas what this might have been used for originally? Luxury, 2-seater firetruck? (there were no lights or sirens on it). If a truck, why would someone convert a Cadillac and not use a Chevrolet or something similar?

[isawyou]

Johnny Cash's One Piece at a Time car?

[Greasyman]

It is very much like a funeral flower car, but those are almost always black or grey, not red.
https://www.google.com/search?q=flow...w=1680&bih=959

[T Squared]

It's the wrong color, but Cadillac made "flower cars" for funerals. Google "Cadillac hearse flower car" to see what I mean.

edit: I see Greasyman just beat me to it.

[rjs2005]

A Cadillac flower car I'm sure many are familiar with:

[El Fez]

I don't know. The flower cars all seem to have tailgates on them in my googling. This did not. Looks like the rails are for loading of equipment without damaging the sheetmetal.

Some googling the on the placard seems to indicate it was a commercial truck with New York vehicle weights listed.

New York Unloaded Weight
New York Maximum Load
New York Maximum Operating Weight

__ Enjoying the mystery while it lasts.

[arathol]

Its an old fire truck.

[T Squared]

I bet this is the same vehicle. It was on Craigslist in Muskegon, Michigan. Barnfinds.com

Comments seem to mostly agree its some sort of fire department vehicle.

[Dragonfighter]

I wonder if it was used as some sort of utility vehicle, to carry extra hose, etc, or was maybe the Chief's vehicle.


If this isn't the same one in its better days, it's another one of the supposed 11 that were made, if the article that TSquared linked is correct:

[rsa]

Originally Posted by rjs2005

A Cadillac flower car I'm sure many are familiar with:

Looks more like a Cab to me.

[maarp]

Originally Posted by Dragonfighter

I wonder if it was used as some sort of utility vehicle, to carry extra hose, etc, or was maybe the Chief's vehicle.


If this isn't the same one in its better days, it's another one of the supposed 11 that were made, if the article that TSquared linked is correct:

If that's the case, it must be worth a buck or two.

[arathol]

Originally Posted by Dragonfighter

I wonder if it was used as some sort of utility vehicle, to carry extra hose, etc, or was maybe the Chief's vehicle.


If this isn't the same one in its better days, it's another one of the supposed 11 that were made, if the article that TSquared linked is correct:

An older Caddy that's similar, used apparently as an airport rescue vehicle

[El Fez]

Originally Posted by T Squared

I bet this is the same vehicle. It was on Craigslist in Muskegon, Michigan. Barnfinds.com

Comments seem to mostly agree its some sort of fire department vehicle.

Ooh! Great googling sir!