This was parked out my front door today...

[Quigley Brown]

This 1940 Cadillac limo/hearse was awaiting the casket of some lucky guy during a funeral service at a Presbyterian church a couple of addresses from me. It was one of the most beautiful vintage autos I have ever seen.

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[WH1]

Wow!!! talk about going in style. That is beautiful.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

okay...

now you are talking....

I -adore- hearses....and thats a stunner.


Denise...wiping drool off chin.....

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

That is stunning, and in such pristine condition! I don't know if I'd call the person it was waiting for "lucky", but we all have to go sometime, might as well go in style!

 

[John in Covina]

A cool ride for somebody on ice.

It is a pretty restoration on it, a real beauty. As a uncommon car too the hearse & ambulance bodies you just don't see everyday. Dean Martin had one as a custom limo in the Matt Helm series of movies.

Hearse ride from LAX to Las Vegas in "Diamonds Are Forever"
Thug: "I had a brudda, once."
Bond: "Small world."

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

That is a nice Caddy.

Anybody ever ride in one of those modern "Stretch Limos"?

I can't find anything luxurious about sliding through a standard car door and crawling on my hands and knees to my seat. :rage:

 

[scotrace]

Gosh

Imagine the frame under that car!

It's spectacular. Beats heck out of being haunled off in a minivan.

 

[Harry Pierpont]

Is it a hearse or a limo, the way the rear doors are arranged it looks more like a limo. Did the very rear have a door for loading/ unloading of the casket?
Either way VERY nice!!

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Actually....i just did a quick bit of research and Mr. Pierpoint is correct.

Its a Stretch limo, not a combo hearse.

Actually found the company in MD they rented from...since they have a picture of that exact paint color combo and car....


http://www.americanclassiclimousinellc.com/fleet.shtml


Sadly, they have modernized a lot of the features, although thankfully not the exterior appearance.

Still very cool.

 

[scotrace]

Ever seen a flower car, Miss Neecerie?

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Ever seen a flower car, Miss Neecerie?

oh yes.....oh yes indeed....I -lust- after flower cars....vintage of course...the few modern ones I have seen....bleh..

but give me a 50's era Caddy Flower car.... *swoons*

 

[Twitch]

I'm not sure the guy awating it was actually "lucky" since he is dead:eusa_doh:

 

[celtic]

i've always wanted one of them there cadillac station wagons...

 

[GentlemanFarmer]

Absolutely gorgeous.

Hey Quigley, I'm just up Route 15 from you in Mechanicsburg.

 

[Jay]

That is a nice Caddy.

Anybody ever ride in one of those modern "Stretch Limos"?

I can't find anything luxurious about sliding through a standard car door and crawling on my hands and knees to my seat. :rage:

They don't jack up the roof line anymore? That's ashame. There's an old (well mid 80s) Caddy limo in someones driveway by my house and the roof on that is as boxy and tall as could be. Guess they don't do that anymore? Anyone have any insight?

 

[Dinerman]

hey- I know exactly where that is. cool.

 

[Dan G]

incredible car....

 

[henderson field]

What a way to go!

What a beautiful piece of machinery!

A car like that is more than a vehicle for getting you from A to B. It is a symbol of a country suffused with confidence and looking to the future. They just don't make 'em like that any more!

As I gaze out of my office window ( yes I know I should be working!) at the line of cars crawling by, I can hardly distinguish between the makes and models. Uniform, steel bubbles with no flair; more concerned with their drag-coefficients than making a statement. Oh for the days when style meant something!

Sigh,

HF

P.S. If you gotta go, why not go with style!

 

[MikeBravo]

It's all relative,I suppose

I'm not sure the guy awating it was actually "lucky" since he is dead:eusa_doh:

Well, if you have to be dead, may as well go out in style, baby!!


It's a pity we didn't know him, he may have been right at home on Fedora Lounge. :eusa_booh

 

[Marc Chevalier]

This 1940 Cadillac limo/hearse was awaiting the casket of some lucky guy ...

lol lol lol

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