RE: Hearses: the different choice
Discussion
unrepentant said:
PSYCHIATRIST
That's very interesting, Harold, and I think very illuminative. There seems to be a definite pattern emerging. But tell me, what do you do for fun? What activity gives you a different sense of enjoyment than the others? What do you find fulfilling? What gives you that certain satisfaction?
HAROLD
I go to funerals.
Nice to see a review on Pistonheads about this. I run 2 hearses currently. One based on the E Class Merc as pictured and a Jaguar XJ8. May only be the 3.2 V8, but it still shifts if needed!!
We used to have a Granada hearse, the frog eyed version and that was fitted with the 2.9 Cosworth engine. Good lord that went. We were even featured on the evening news as an employee at the time was caught speeding in it!
On a more serious note, a local company to me were having there hearse serviced at the local village garage, and the service guys did a similar trick of driving through the village with someone lying in the back. May have been funny at the time, but the funeral directors didn't do any more work from that area for many years. Sued the garage for damages and loss of trade!
We used to have a Granada hearse, the frog eyed version and that was fitted with the 2.9 Cosworth engine. Good lord that went. We were even featured on the evening news as an employee at the time was caught speeding in it!
On a more serious note, a local company to me were having there hearse serviced at the local village garage, and the service guys did a similar trick of driving through the village with someone lying in the back. May have been funny at the time, but the funeral directors didn't do any more work from that area for many years. Sued the garage for damages and loss of trade!
When my time comes it better be in the back of a Daimler 420 hearse. There's something a little un-dignified about going to meet your maker in a Saab / Ford etc. Sadly now days there aren't many suitable cars left in production for hearse conversions, even the Jag XJ LWB looks a little too lithe in black.
oagent said:
When my time comes it better be in the back of a Daimler 420 hearse. There's something a little un-dignified about going to meet your maker in a Saab / Ford etc. Sadly now days there aren't many suitable cars left in production for hearse conversions, even the Jag XJ LWB looks a little too lithe in black.
Aye, how about an Aston Oscar India
Used to have a funeral parlour round the corner from me when I used to work in Manchester years ago.Sometimes the drivers would race each other back to base after a job and it would be quite funny to see a hearse powersliding around the corner followed by a couple of old daimlers giving it some pain!
I have let it be known that when I pop off this mortal coil, the hearse carrying me must at some point drive directly away from wherever I am to be buried and must, however briefly, touch 100 mph. If it doesn't then I'm not going down the 'ole.
I understand motorcycle sidecar hearses are getting popular. With a selection of Harleys, assorted Japaneserie, and this nice Triumph Speed Triple:
I understand motorcycle sidecar hearses are getting popular. With a selection of Harleys, assorted Japaneserie, and this nice Triumph Speed Triple:
This is how they build them in my home town:
[url]www.huiskamp.com/rouwautos.htm[/url]
[url]www.huiskamp.com/rouwautos.htm[/url]
Funny but I almost bought a de-commissioned hearse back in 1779 when I was 18, I always had a strange facination with them,not sure if it has something to do with the fact that my favourite film of the time was Harold and Maud. Anyway I have always fancied making a hearse out of a TVR Cerbera. I am sure the would be a market for something a bit out of the ordinary.
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