Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 You must be younger than me Bob. I remember the hightop Oldsmobile and Cadillacs with the Q2 on top. Suburbans came along later. Ed Brando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Unfortunately, I experienced those too. emsbrando@... wrote: > You must be younger than me Bob. I remember the hightop Oldsmobile > and > Cadillacs with the Q2 on top. Suburbans came along later. > > Ed Brando > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Thank you, all of you who are responding to this thread. I was beginning to think I was a dinosaur when working with all of the young people I do, but now, I realize, I am still a young pup around all of you!!! : ) It is nice to know that dinosaurs still roam the Earth is some places, besides Jurassic Park!!!! : P Steve Dralle, EMT-P San , TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Bob, You forget the Half-Ring traction splint which was mandatory. GG E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 I also remember the Ford, Chevy, Buick, Mercury, and Oldsmobile stationwagons that were turned into ambulances by Mercury-Meteor or some such company. They had twin pipes, and the stretcher was so close to the roof that the patient's nose almost touched. CPR was not even invented. Before that, I remember that the black hearses were turned into ambulances. They all had maroon velvet upholstery. gg E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Gene That was -Metero and I had a new Cadillac 500 cui 4 bbl that would do 0 to sixty from 8th on Heights Blvd to 6th when I worked for Pat H. Green Fyneral Home in 1965. We also had the contract for the Astrodome when it opened and we use to sit on the ramp in the dome for all events. Maxine Ted Fleds taught me my first class in BOM first aid and Rescue at the HFD. I still have the County Emergency Rescue badge from my Ice Cream Hat when I worked with him and Fred Nailer at the dome. Do I quality for the farm-I need a place to stay. Mark L. Hill, LP EMS Instructor Gemini Training Services Be Safe-Stay Happy WWW.geminitraining.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Remember when there were white ambulances (Dudley M. ) and black ambulances (Black & ) in Dallas? I remember 's on North Main in Ft. Worth, but as I recall they were white only. Who was the black ambulance provider in Ft. Worth? And who provided the " Orchid Ambulances " in Dallas which were Cads painted in a sort of palloric lavender? As I recall, Houston had the " ambulance races " long after Dallas and Ft. Worth did because they were slow to enact any sort of controls, but my memory may be flawed. Of course there was the old Emergency Corps hosted by an infamous person a part of whose name was actually " Ransom. " Who can supply the rest? An exciting prize awaits (a year's supply of Limburger cheese). With that you get Ritz Crackers if you can identify Chuck Curtis. What city boasted Jack Schmitz & Sons, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett, and Goens? And finally, for the grand prize of one fetid week touring the feedlots in Muleshoe, TX, with daily complimentary boot scraping, in what city was Schaeffer's one of the primary ambulance services and what movie was based, in loose part, on it and it's counterparts? gg E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Yeah, Mark, You get the icecream concession. Remember the mileage those Cads got and the price of gasoline? I think $0.18 a gallon if I'm not mistaken. I had a '59 Ford Galaxy that would run a hole in the wind at 8 mpg. But who gave a damn? I would fill it up from the tax-exempt tank at the ranch which cost maybe 9 cents a gallon. I hope the statute of limitations has run on this one. gg E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Right ON . I actually remember being in Fort Worth on Belknap in 1948 when I was 10, with my parents, and seeing a Lucas Ambulance pass us. It was a Ford panel truck painted red. It had two red front facing spots on top and probably a Q in the middle although I'm not sure that was the nomenclature then. It was about a 38-40 model; definitely not a '46 or later and they didn't make them during the war. We were in a '48 Ford and it was older than that. I recall being fascinated by it. gene E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 Yep. It's LA, and MJ & S was based on it. Actually, you don't even have to do it unless you're particularly into cowshit. gg E. Gandy, JD, LP 4250 East Aquarius Drive Tucson, AZ 85718 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) 903 530-9826 cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 half-ring, hell we had whole-rings on the old Cadilliacs. Re: In Remembrance > Bob, You forget the Half-Ring traction splint which was mandatory. > > GG > > E. Gandy, JD, LP > 4250 East Aquarius Drive > Tucson, AZ 85718 > 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) > 903 530-9826 cell > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2002 Report Share Posted April 8, 2002 The " black ambulance " in Fort Worth was, for many years, Funeral Home in the Como section of town. The white ambulances were Owens & Brumley Funeral Home, 's Funeral Home (later Baumgardner Funeral Home), Biggers Funeral Home, Lucas Funeral Home, and I think ran for a while. There used to be two painted " x " marks o the street outside Kips Big Boy on Camp Bowie Blvd. where two ambulance drivers were killed racing each other to a call. In thosedays, the city painted white crosses on the street where a traffic fatality occurred). BEB Re: In Remembrance > Remember when there were white ambulances (Dudley M. ) and black > ambulances (Black & ) in Dallas? I remember 's on North Main in > Ft. Worth, but as I recall they were white only. Who was the black ambulance > provider in Ft. Worth? And who provided the " Orchid Ambulances " in Dallas > which were Cads painted in a sort of palloric lavender? > > As I recall, Houston had the " ambulance races " long after Dallas and Ft. > Worth did because they were slow to enact any sort of controls, but my memory > may be flawed. Of course there was the old Emergency Corps hosted by an > infamous person a part of whose name was actually " Ransom. " Who can supply > the rest? An exciting prize awaits (a year's supply of Limburger cheese). > With that you get Ritz Crackers if you can identify Chuck Curtis. > > What city boasted Jack Schmitz & Sons, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett, and Goens? > > And finally, for the grand prize of one fetid week touring the feedlots in > Muleshoe, TX, with daily complimentary boot scraping, in what city was > Schaeffer's one of the primary ambulance services and what movie was based, > in loose part, on it and it's counterparts? > > gg > > E. Gandy, JD, LP > 4250 East Aquarius Drive > Tucson, AZ 85718 > 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) > 903 530-9826 cell > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 I recall seeing alot of movies and tv shows with " Schaeffer's " in Los Angeles........ Am I right on that one????? Don't know the movie though... Do i get a 1/2 week??? Jay ----- Original Message ----- And finally, for the grand prize of one fetid week touring the feedlots in Muleshoe, TX, with daily complimentary boot scraping, in what city was Schaeffer's one of the primary ambulance services and what movie was based, in loose part, on it and it's counterparts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 I just was in need of vacation!!!! jh > > Wrom: IVOTQNQEMSFDULH > Date: 2002/04/09 Tue AM 01:40:01 CDT > To: > Subject: Re: In Remembrance > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 McCoy FH in Sweetwater got a new '68 Pontiac Safari wagon converted for use as an ambulance. It had 425 Horse 389 engine, the same as in the GTO, with three 2-barrel carbs and dual exhaust. It was white with navy blue upholstery. I got the assignment to swap the bubble gum lights and the Q from the old wagon to this new one. Using the skills and technology of the day I ran all the wiring to one single fuse, lifting one fuse end from the block and wedging the bare wires underneath. Of course it popped the fuse the first time we tried lighting it up so I replaced it with a bigger fuse. When that one popped and I didn't have a bigger replacement I just wrapped the old fuse with foil and stuck it back in. It worked fine for a while, but the first time they tried to run the lights, the Q and the headlights all at the same time it smoked the whole fuse block. Donn Re: In Remembrance > I also remember the Ford, Chevy, Buick, Mercury, and Oldsmobile stationwagons > that were turned into ambulances by Mercury-Meteor or some such company. > They had twin pipes, and the stretcher was so close to the roof that the > patient's nose almost touched. CPR was not even invented. Before that, I > remember that the black hearses were turned into ambulances. They all had > maroon velvet upholstery. > > gg > > E. Gandy, JD, LP > 4250 East Aquarius Drive > Tucson, AZ 85718 > 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) > 903 530-9826 cell > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Gene, I remember $0.19 gas and a buck buying enough to last most of a weekend. Do you remember drip gas? My ride back then was a '57 Galaxy 4-door with a '59 model 312 cid " police interceptor " engine. I bought an aluminum Edlebrock dual quad manifold with Holley high-tops and could get 4th gear scratch with no sweat. I would go the well sites on the place to drain the drip gas off the tanks so we would have enough fuel to get to town Saturday nights. That old motor would bang and clatter like I'd filled the tank with black cats. Donn Re: In Remembrance > Yeah, Mark, You get the icecream concession. Remember the mileage those > Cads got and the price of gasoline? I think $0.18 a gallon if I'm not > mistaken. I had a '59 Ford Galaxy that would run a hole in the wind at 8 > mpg. But who gave a damn? I would fill it up from the tax-exempt tank at > the ranch which cost maybe 9 cents a gallon. I hope the statute of > limitations has run on this one. > > gg > > E. Gandy, JD, LP > 4250 East Aquarius Drive > Tucson, AZ 85718 > 520 299-4448 home and fax (call before sending fax) > 903 530-9826 cell > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Oh come on Steve, you are only 29. You have several more years to go before you are a dinosaur. Blum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 When I worked in LA we used to call 'em " Scraper's " Re: In Remembrance I recall seeing alot of movies and tv shows with " Schaeffer's " in Los Angeles........ Am I right on that one????? Don't know the movie though... Do i get a 1/2 week??? Jay ----- Original Message ----- And finally, for the grand prize of one fetid week touring the feedlots in Muleshoe, TX, with daily complimentary boot scraping, in what city was Schaeffer's one of the primary ambulance services and what movie was based, in loose part, on it and it's counterparts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Would that have been Wild Bill Ransom? Maxine Re: In Remembrance >Of course there was the old Emergency Corps hosted by an > infamous person a part of whose name was actually " Ransom. " Who can supply > the rest? An exciting prize awaits (a year's supply of Limburger cheese). > With that you get Ritz Crackers if you can identify Chuck Curtis. > > What city boasted Jack Schmitz & Sons, Schmitz-Floyd-Hamlett, and Goens? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 My mother was one of those who would check the mileage on the car. When I was allowed to use the car to go to a specific place, back home, and NOWHERE ELSE, I would (of course) gather up my friends, drive all over town, drag main, etc. We would then pool our resources to replace the gas (I remember gas as cheap as 15 cents a gallon) and then go to the beach and back in circles to roll the miles off the odometer (yes, you babies out there, you really could roll back the miles) so she couldn't tell how far I had driven. Found out many years later that she knew all along, as most parents do. Maxine Re: In Remembrance > Gene, > > I remember $0.19 gas and a buck buying enough to last most of a weekend. Do > you remember drip gas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 > I recall seeing alot of movies and tv shows with " Schaeffer's " in >Los Angeles........ Am I right on that one????? > >Don't know the movie though... Do i get a 1/2 week??? > >Jay > ----- Original Message ----- > And finally, for the grand prize of one fetid week touring the >feedlots in > Muleshoe, TX, with daily complimentary boot scraping, in what city >was > Schaeffer's one of the primary ambulance services and what movie >was based, > in loose part, on it and it's counterparts? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 I think that was -Meteor Gene. And they did make some fine Olds, Pontiac, Cadillac, and Chevy units. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Gene: I worked with Chuck Curtis before he went to Houston. He was a cameraman for KTBS channel 3 in Shreveport and I was partnered with him on a few night shifts. We would go to a wreck or shooting and he would film me and bystanders or cops putting the patient in the ambulance and he would drive to the hospital. All I had back then was a first aid card, and after we got to the hospital we had to drive by Channel 3 for him to drop off the camera and pick up a fresh one. This is when we worked for Bossier-Shreveport Ambulance owned by Jimmy Jordan. Now how's that for old. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 Gene: I worked with Chuck Curtis before he went to Houston. He was a cameraman for KTBS channel 3 in Shreveport and I was partnered with him on a few night shifts. We would go to a wreck or shooting and he would film me and bystanders or cops putting the patient in the ambulance and he would drive to the hospital. All I had back then was a first aid card, and after we got to the hospital we had to drive by Channel 3 for him to drop off the camera and pick up a fresh one. This is when we worked for Bossier-Shreveport Ambulance owned by Jimmy Jordan. Now how's that for old. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2002 Report Share Posted April 9, 2002 In a message dated 4/9/02 7:02:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, emsbrando@... writes: > > I think that was -Meteor Gene. > > And they did make some fine Olds, Pontiac, Cadillac, and Chevy units. > > Ed > > > I used to drive an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon as an ambulance in Irving. It would really " fly. " We had 4 speakers on the front, 2 straight ahead, and 2 to the side. We would go through the old tunnel between the old Amon Airport and the new DFW Airport and turn the sirens on. You could hear them all the way to Ft. Worth. You had to have an Advanced First Aid card back in those days to work on an ambulance and be an " ambulance driver. " I think back to those days and realize just how far EMS has actually come. , B.S., LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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