Not sure what this car is. Looks sort of like a limo, but not really?

[theconvertibleguy]

Found this in the back yard of a truck show today. Not really sure what it is. THink it's a Chevrolet?

[Bloo]

1955 Chevrolet. I believe you would call that an "Airporter" or an "Airport Limo". Hard to guess if it is really from 1955 or if someone built it, but it sure could have existed back then.

 

Here's a 1958 DeSoto Airporter:

 

 

And a 1959 Ford:

 

 

And a 1950 Mercury:

 

 

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[Studemax]

Yup. Started out as airport transportation, then most ended up on local bus lines. I used to ride in a '66 Chevrolet Suburban that was stretched out to 4 doors. We'd load up at the hotel, ride 100 miles to the small town, and then a couple days later ride back. 

[8E45E]

Most likely modified by Armbuster.

 

Craig

[JACK M]

This one came thru my hands several years ago,

56 Chrysler. Total rust bucket.

 

[Oldtech]

Must have had some serious frames under them!

[m-mman]

These “buses” (Airport limos) were built and designated by the number of doors.  3 per side or 4 per side. 
Shown are 8 door limos. More common and practical were 6 door limos.  
 

Sometimes one or more doors were welded on the street side for safer passenger egress.  But they were still referred to as 6 or 8 door cars. 
 

Airports, yes but they were also used by Stagelines to move passengers regionally.  There was a LA to Palm Springs company that plyed that route during the 50s.  
 

The Hershey school regularly brought 6 door station wagons to move the students.  One for each dorm. 

[Jolly_John]

There was a time in the 1950's and 1960's when bands (rock, country, polka, dance, you name it), would seek these out (used) for transportation. Lots of room inside for the band members, and plenty of room in the trunk and on the roof for equipment. John

Edited August 24 by Jolly_John (see edit history)

[Reynard]

Oldsmobile Toronado Jetway 707

 

 

 

 

 

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[58L-Y8]

These 6-door and 8-door stretched sedans were common fare for regional stage-line/bus-line operators where the patronage wouldn't warrant a full-sized bus.  Typically built from taxi/fleet-spec's sedans with base powertrains, they were relatively economical, easy-to-repair, good for hundreds of thousands of miles until it was no longer economic to repair them further.  Written off and junked for whatever scrap value was left.

 

The main coachbuilder of these workhorses was Armbruster/Stageway of Fort Smith, Arkansas:

Armbruster & Company, Tom Armbruster, Ed Robben, Armbruster/Stageway, Fort Smith, Airport Limousine, Earnhart & Johansen - CoachBuilt.com

[Barney Eaton]

Those Toronado conversions were a common sight at Love Field, Dallas back in the '70's