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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Feb 8 11:01:09 2011, in response to Re: The (Not So Good) Old Days, posted by Mitch45 on Tue Feb 8 10:46:34 2011. Believe it or not, he got that monster from his friend, who had it sitting in a corner of his salvage yard on Liberty Avenue, but didn't want it. He restored it precisely because it was gaudy, clumsy, and, as he put it, "gives the tree-huggers agita when they see it"...LOL!I once had the opportunity to acquire a 1975 Cadillac/S&S ambulance (think of the movie Ghostbusters), in fairly decent condition, complete with a Federal Model Q mechanical siren and Mars lights. Today, I wish I'd done it. Those old Caddys weighed over three tons, got about half a block per gallon, and just stormed down the street like nobody's business. The last of them (built in 1980) were still in service with Century Ambulance and Keefe & Keefe in Queens when I first became an EMT in late 1984. The '70s did produce some truly awful American cars...but they were dramatic, I'll say that! |
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