We aren’t sure why old funeral and ambulance cars are so fascinating. There is something about them that is both intriguing and disturbing. We find this 1948 Chrysler Sedambulance to be especially interesting, as it was designed to serve as an ambulance/funeral car and a day to day sedan. We aren’t sure about hauling a corpse in the same car we haul our groceries, but if utility is a major concern then this is the car for you! Find it here on craigslist with an asking price of $1,200. Thanks Mike J for the tip!

Non-wagon sedans typically aren’t well suited to haul coffins or stretchers, so to make loading this Chrysler Windsor a bit easier, McClintock made the B-pillar removable. With the pillar removed, a stretcher could easily be loaded behind the front seat. Reattach the pillar and you were ready to go. Now as you can see, this car is in rough shape inside and out. It is going to need a complete restoration before it will be hauling anything anywhere. Well, anything living at least…

The F.H. McClintock Company performed the conversion to this Chrysler. After WWII, these big sedans were hard to sell, so companies like McClintock would pick them up and convert them into funeral and ambulance cars. Since these cars could be used for both work and personal use, they were much easier to sell. There weren’t many of the Sedambulances built and very few are left today.

The restoration of this Sedambulance is going to be a massive undertaking, but when it’s done you will have quite a unique machine. You certainly won’t see another one at your local car show! We have our concerns about that removable B pillar though, especially given all the rust. So would you take it on? Or would you rather not be caught dead in this Chrysler?