Combination car (ambulance)

A combination car was a vehicle that could serve either as a hearse or as an ambulance,^[1] and had the capability of being swapped between those roles without much difficulty.^[2] This hybrid usage of the cars reflects an era when funeral homes offered emergency ambulance service in addition to their primary trade, especially in smaller towns and rural areas.

Combination cars were often built on a Cadillac Commercial Chassis^[3] and were customized by coachbuilders such as Superior, Miller-Meteor, Hess & Eisenhardt and Cotner-Bevington.