Nice site about limos. Amongst the photos and stories some nice wagons: http://my.net-link.net/~dcline/limostg1.htm
wow Holy smokey! Where are those wagons today. fitting a surferboard in the back, would be a no problemo. In fact, it could fit a whole football team, and they all could ride in class.
That Limo site is fun! You can see how many different designers saw their work as utility vs. style, over decades! Heck of a panorama of vehicle history. I went through every page, and I was impressed by the variety! One stretch model was done so on a White Ash Frame with masonite exterior panels, but it looks straight as a die, from the late 1930's. Imagining a wooden frame holding up a heavy car like that is just too much! I always knew that Good Ash was hard to find, but one guy did! Rare Airport Limousine Thanks to Mike Murphy for this photo, possibly a Chevy conversion by Eureka or Armbruster, year is unknown. Thanks to George Miller for this information on what he believes this car is. George believes this to be a 1942 Chevy "Bus" Sedan, converted 15 passenger 4x2 US Army "BG1503" 6-cyl. 83 HP 3F1R Military conversion by Fitzjohn Coach Company of Muskegon, Michigan. As a means of saving critical rubber and helping to eliminate traffic bottlenecks at the aircraft and other production plants, Fitzjohn developed this 15 passenger Defense Workers Coach from a standard 5 passenger Chevy sedan. The body framework was white ash with exterior panels of tempered Masonite Presswood Seats are full cross type seating 3 passengers each. http://my.net-link.net/~dcline/limoair1.htm
what ever happened to airport limo's, anyway? You never see them anymore. Why were they around in the first place?
My Airport had a Fleet of 1975 Chrysler Newport 8-door limousines. They were very impressive looking! They used them for several years until they had a million or so miles on them. The last one I saw was sitting in a field near the Airport rusting away in 1984. They replaced them with.....you guessed it....SUVs. They used stretched 8-door Chevy Suburbans. Nowadays they use stock Ford full size club wagons. I'd guess it is just cheaper to buy stock full sized vans to do the job. They don't require stretching. They have rear A/C from the factory and can carry plenty of people and luggage. The Newports they had were not fancy luxury limos. Just plain utilitarian sedans. But one day in 1986 I did spot a stretched 1975 Newyorker 6-door limousine. That was a nice civilian limo, not an Airport one. I even snapped a Polariod picture of it. A few years later I spotted a 6-door Buick Estate wagon! About a 1985 model. I only saw it that one time.
Speaking of wagon limousines....... I dug out this 1992 ad from my collection. I don't know how many they made, but it would sure be nice to find one!
