Drs. David & Ann Richards
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1973 Miller-Meteor Cadillac Volunteer Ambulance

This 1973 Miller-Meteor Cadillac Volunteer 48" ambulance -- the first ever purchased by Washington County Ambulance Service (WCAS) -- originally served a spacious area surrounding the small community of Akron, Colorado, located northeast of Denver. It was used there actively, accumulating close to 100,000 miles in the process, from 1973 until 1985. Subsequent to the ambulance's retirement from active duty, it has been owned, preserved and well maintained -- attested to by the remarkable condition it remains in today! -- by Professional Car Society members Fred McPeck -- whose company originally sold the car to WCAS in July 1973 -- as well as by Tom Hutton and Tim Fantin... prior to joining Dr. Richards' collection of vintage EMS vehicles in 2008.   The last photo is a PRE-DELIVERY PHOTO! This Jim LoSasso photograph from July, 1973, shows Dr. Richard's ambulance in front of the McPeck Motor Coach Company garage, prior to delivery to the WCAS.

The LAST Cadillac Ambulance
1979 Superior Cadillac Transport Ambulance

This is the very last ambulance ever built on a standard passenger car chassis. Dr. Roger White purchased it "solely as a collector car" from the Superior Division of Sheller-Globe Corporation when it rolled off their assembly line, in Lima, Ohio, on February 19, 1980.  Dr. David Richards was subsequently offered the privilege of acquiring this special vehicle from Dr. White in 1999 -- reuniting it with its former "garage mate" of many years, a 1952 National Pontiac Ambulance.

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