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Caddy Superior Ambulance
Topic Started: Mar 26 2009, 03:11 PM (903 Views)
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jedimario
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Cool! I assume this is done up in Japanese resque colors. Were Cadillacs of this generation converted to ambulances in 1:1?
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No, that is not Japanese resuce colours (they were white).

Cadillacs were converted regularly to Ambulances and Hearses by a company called Superior. Matchbox did an older one back in the RW Lesney days and just recently a Hearse version.

Here's a real one of similar vintage:

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Same as the Tomica, different paint:

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Edited by diecastdingo, Mar 26 2009, 05:07 PM.
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JustDavid
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Gorgeous car Dave. Where did you find it?
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Support your local demo derby.

The one shown by Dave by Tomica is a '73-'76 model while the 1/1 shown in red/white is a '67-'70 model.
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I got it blister fresh off the bay. Yes this is American colors and was a 70's release. Superior company did the conversions as said above. Matchbox version was the S & S company but I cant find any info on them.
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I thought S&S and Superior were the same? Maybe I'm wrong...

The red and whit ambo isn't so hard to find - there's a blue & white one that fetches big bikkies on the bay.
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Then there's the 100% HWs Hearse - which as awesome.
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precision models do a version of the ambulances in 1/18 but it is the slightly earlier model with the stacked lights its pretty much the same as my hearse
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
There were a few other hearse/ambulance/combo makers in the '50s through the '70s. Unfortunately new regulations regarding ambulances spelled the end for more than a few of them. Superior and S&S were probably the best known, the others escape me at the moment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_Coach_Company
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And MB is doing a new Ambulance Caddy this year!!
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Mar 27 2009, 10:22 AM
And MB is doing a new Ambulance Caddy this year!!
this one is going to be great to compare to the original one
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Support your local demo derby.

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Mar 27 2009, 07:18 PM
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Mar 27 2009, 10:22 AM
And MB is doing a new Ambulance Caddy this year!!
this one is going to be great to compare to the original one
It's suppose to be a modified version of the Hearse that Dave showed in black. So not an entirely new casting to be accurate.
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i dont think the new matchbox is going to be as good as the original
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Although the MBs look good, I still like the Tomy.
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