Hello! I just got a 1958 Bonneville high-top ambulance and I'm trying to research its history. Other than the VIN there is a little plaque in the engine bay from the bay saying that it was turned into an ambulance by the Superior Coach Company. I've reached out to phs-online.com and the Superior Coach Company but neither of them have records going back to '58.  Here's the information that I have including what's on the plaque:

VIN: P758H37167

Mfgr's Serial: 251

FSN Number: 2310-542-4927

Contract Number: DA-20-113-ORD23216

There are some hints that it might have been a military vehicle at one point because the insides of the door wells and engine compartment are olive drab with some information stenciled on.

The car also came with the owner's manual, a parts catalog, and some pretty fun marketing material from the era, which is exciting!

I am surprised you have nothing from PHS-online. While this is an ambulance and this would have been sold by Pontiac  as mainly a commercial chassis and the firewall forward half of the Bonneville and the rear quarters and then shipped to Mississippi to have the ambulance/hearse body built on top of the chassis. I am surprised PHS has nothing.

If you suspect it was an Army or Navy ambulance, I believe that the armed services have records of the VINs over the years, especially given the popularity/controversy over the Kennedy ambulance has been.

21 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I am surprised you have nothing from PHS-online. 

They said their records don't go back that far.

 

23 minutes ago, Frosty said:

If you suspect it was an Army or Navy ambulance, I believe that the armed services have records of the VINs over the years, especially given the popularity/controversy over the Kennedy ambulance has been.

That's what I was hoping too but I haven't found anywhere to look up the contract number or the FIIN. If you point me in a direction I would be very grateful.