Donald Yeomans had some beautiful vehicles in his automobile collection before he died, but one stood out in particular — a 936 Ford Siebert Ambulance directly from the family of Henry Ford. Yeomans bought the vehicle the late 1960s and it was in his possession his entire life, including being fully restored in the mid-1990s, according to his family. He occasionally drove it around town and entered it in car shows.
But after his death in 2008, his children went through his 30-plus cars — all ’36 Fords — to raise money for their mother. The 1936 Ford Siebert Ambulance is now for sale. It was once given to the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville from Edsel Ford — son of Henry Ford.
Edsel Ford had two sons who attended the school; the library there is named for him, after a major Ford family donation to it. Yeomans’ four children have taken inventory of the vast collection. The cars range from mint to models used for parts.
In all, about eight cars remain. Yeomans acquired the Ford Siebert Ambulance in 1968 near the Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts, his family said. “It’s an interesting piece of history,” Donald’s youngest son, Dwight Yeomans, said.
“A couple of guys were going to make a hippie wagon out of it. “They had bought it from one of the fire departments in Connecticut that was in the Lakeville area. In the mid-’90s my dad had it restored.
The body has never been off the frame.” When the paint was stripped off, the elder Yeomans discov.
