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1973 Chevrolet Chevy Van Superior 61 Wide Body [G-30] 
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◊ 2010-01-14 18:41 |
This is a 1971-74(since movie is 1974) Chevrolet G-Series Stretch. Some coachbuilders made modifications to their ambulances where they extended the bodies and widened them. That is why there are black areas on the grille and the wheelbase is shorter than the width of the vehicle. I do not know what specific coachbuildres did this. |
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◊ 2010-01-14 20:05 |
I don't know all the companies that built ambulances like this either, but Superior was among them. This is a Chevrolet G-30 in particular, and if it's built by Superior, it's more than likely a Chevrolet G-30/Superior 61. Page 115 of "Classic American Ambualnces 1900-1979 Photo Archive" by Walt McCall and Tom McPherson. Link to "www.amazon.com" |
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◊ 2019-07-13 06:12 |
@AnimatroniXx. You missed this one .gif ";)") as it was listed incorrectly. I will label it exactly how you labeled the others while fixing the name to reflect Chevy Van. Chassis is [G-30]. |
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◊ 2019-07-13 14:16 |
@dhill_cb7 Ah, cool! Yes, I tried to find more of these a while ago (also in the Dodge section, without success), but may have missed some, as vans are really challenging my attention span.  |
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◊ 2023-01-11 09:12 |
I wonder if this is a real Marriott / Dulles airport shuttle, or if it was decorated as such for this film. I would suspect it is a bonafide Marriott shuttle, but what raises this question for me is it looks like there is a red siren on the top like an ambulance. My limited knowledge of these unique albeit awkward-looking vehicles is that these primarily were designed for ambulance use, and some that were decomissioned became campers, etc. It would make sense for Superior to build this as an airport shuttle bus, but so far, this is the only unit I have seen. |
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◊ 2023-01-11 11:15 |
@sixtiesswing: Here are all of them on the site so far. Superior's "61" wide body conversions had an additional 14 inches in width and a raised steel-supported fiberglass roof. They were available on Dodge Maxivan 300 and Chevrolet G-30 chassis, introduced late in the 1972 model year. The same technique was used for Superior's Dodge and Chevrolet V-1700 and V-1800 Motor Homes. While this is indeed the same company that also built the Superior buses, I have no records of the type 61 wide body vans being offered or used as shuttle buses - possibly because being wider isn't much of a benefit for shuttle buses and a regular (maybe longer) vehicle does that job as well without causing heavy conversion costs. |
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