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Enjoy the spacious, luxury of these rare 1936 Convertible Touring Limousines - each painstakingly restored and properly updated for luxurious, dependable service.
History:
Of all the Cleveland-based auto manufacturers, the longest-lived company was
White Motor, which got its start with steam-powered cars, but became one of
the main truck manufacturers in America.
The White Motor company was started by Thomas White but this 100+ year old company did not start by building automobiles. In 1876 Thomas White moved from Massachusetts to Cleveland where new markets were opening up for sewing machines. By the 1890s, the company was a national distributor of ‘swing machines.’
In 1890 the bicycle craze swept the nation and White hopped right on. White thought he was on the cutting edge of transportation until the automobile popped up. This new horseless carriage fascinated Thomas White's sons Windsor and Rollin and they convinced their father that automobiles were something to invest in and create. Rollin was an excellent engineer and after studying various automobiles he redesigned the boiler used on steam-powered cars which were quite popular in the early days. He developed a flash boiler that was safer than existing boilers and allowed the automobile¹s engine to produce steam faster than a traditional steam engine. It was not difficult for the production lines at the White plant to produce the components necessary for automobiles and they began building steam powered automobiles.
In 1899, the brothers introduced their first steam-powered automobile, followed by a small delivery truck. The company quickly acquired a reputation for crafting quality vehicles and the Automobile Department was split off as The White Motor Car Company. White Sewing Machine continued to focus on its product line, and the new car company moved out, building a factory on Cleveland's eastern edge. Soon the steam-powered car was replaced with the gasoline-powered car, as White quickly adapted, continuing to build expensive, high-quality cars and light trucks. During World War One the White Motor Co. fashioned trucks for the United States military and abroad. Czar Nicholas of Imperial Russia purchased an entire fleet of White-built trucks, making White an international name.
In the 1930’s the White Motor Co. entered the great depression in a bad way. After a series of major setbacks Robert Black was appointed the new president of the White Motor Co. in 1935 and the White ‘touring sedans’ were born. The National Park Service worked up a program for production of canvas-topped ‘touring sedans’ to provide a special ‘multi-sensory experience’ for visitors sightseeing in the National Parks.
The White Motor Company designed and built 500 of these 25-foot-long ‘touring sedans’. That was a fairly large production run of a unique vehicle and most of the buses were retired from service in the 1950s.
These vehicles were used in various western national parks including Bryce Canyon, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Mt. Rainier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Zion National Parks. While the canvas-topped tour sedans were replaced elsewhere, the fleet of (red) sedans at Glacier National Park. These sedans were ideal for trips across the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The open-air tour sedan afforded visitors a unique experience as they rolled across the Continental Divide.
Most abandoned Whites lived out their years rusting in junkyards - their beauty stripped by nature. Our restorer stumbled across them in a Montana junkyard. He envisioned a sleek vehicle with beauty and nostalgia. He purchased a pair dilapidated Whites and began rebuilding. The old touring sedans began a new life as classy limousines.
Our 1936 White 14 passenger All-Weather Air-Conditioned Touring Limousines are a perfect choice for Wine Country Touring, Sightseeing, Rehearsal dinners and Weddings, School Dances, Celebrations, Birthdays, a Night-on-the Town, Graduations, Parades, and Corporate Special Events.
Contact us for special service packages that are always quoted based on your requirements.
Enjoy the spacious, luxury of these rare 1936 Convertible Touring Limousines - each painstakingly restored and properly updated for luxurious, dependable service.
Special Features:
California - Public Utilities Commission:
The Ambassadors Rolls is fully licensed and insured as a livery vehicle
with the State of California - Public Utilities Commission (Vehicle TCP
13758) and vehicles are always available by appointment for your personal
inspection.
It is hard to grasp the quality of our limousines from the images - Also please note that in these digitized pictures the colors are slightly off and the actual body color is sensitive to lighting and cloud cover conditions... Client always tell us that the images simply do not do our vehicles justice.
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