ever see one of these? OT

[John Reddie]

The front is a '39 Cadillac but the back appears to a suburban type of vehicle.

John R

[Niel Hoback]

Some sort of an airporter, maybe. Whatever it is, I want it.

[John Reddie]

[John Reddie]

[John Reddie]

Not many of these around for sure.

[greg g]

inmate transport???

[Don Coatney]

Globetrottermobile?

[John Reddie]

This car is in the film "Cell 2455 Death Row" from 1955. That is where I captured these images from.

John R

[BobT-47P15]

Looks like a woody wagon, larger than average, built for some purpose

like a shuttle bus, use in a national park to transport tourists, or some

such. Sometimes they were used to carry a dance band and their

instruments.

Here's a link to a picture of a similar woody nicely restored........http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddyspig/7021769615/in/photostream/

Here's an even longer one.........

Quite a lot of woodies of all sorts on this web page...........http://pinterest.com/kittinger/woodies/

Edited September 21, 2012 by BobT-47P15

[John Reddie]

That's it Bob. I did not know that these types of vehicles were made. Thanks for the info.

John R

[Rusty O'Toole]

Evidently a custom job, probably built for a posh hotel or dude ranch (who else would pick a Cadillac chassis?).

Probably the same chassis Cadillac supplied for funeral coach, ambulance and limousine duty.

Then bought by the studio's transportation or prop department as a used vehicle.

Still it's an interesting example of a one off vehicle. It may still be around somewhere, movie studios kept stuff like that on hand for years, then most of it got sold off in the seventies and eighties. Could be in a private collection today.