Finished White on black with a Black and red interior, this 1954 Pontiac Chieftain First Call Hearse represents the budget tier of the professional car trade. First call vehicles served to transport the deceased ahead of the funeral procession rather than carry a casket in a formal cortege, and many were sedan-based conversions rather than dedicated commercial-chassis builds.
Pontiac supplied no factory hearses in 1954, so this Chieftain was converted by an independent coachbuilder whose identity is not recorded with the car. The body carries three doors — two front doors and a single rear cargo door — with no rear side doors, consistent with the sedan delivery conversions Pontiac supplied to coachbuilders that year.
Specifications
- Year: 1954
- Make/Model: Pontiac Chieftain
- Body Type: First Call
- Configuration: Three doors (no rear side doors)
- Exterior: White on black
- Interior: Black and red
- Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Status: ARCHIVED via eBay — last seen listed at $1942.00 in Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 2015)