Are you dieing for one last Model A ride?

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[BILL WILLIAMSON]

GEEZ! how WEIRD! If one used it for a camper, you'd be awakened by a crowd dressed in BLACK, asking, "WHO DIED"?
I'd rather be the hero with a pickup haulin' the Porta-Pottie on tours! On looooong stops, I could also make some GAS MONEY$$$$$$$$$ Bill W.

[Elcastor]

I am with Bill. Humm. I wonder if he would split the gas money?

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Elcastor

I am with Bill. Humm. I wonder if he would split the gas money?

Elcastor,
What kind of "DEAL" do you have to offer? Bill W.

[Jordan]

Would it not just be simple enough to strap a coffin in the back of a model a pickup. I've been to several Model A funerals where they have done this.

[duffer]

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I love the looks of this ,but then again i like hearses.

[Roadster62]

The upside down mounting of the T lights, just looks dumb. Bob

[Fred K-OR]

I have it set up with our local undertaker to haul me out to the cemetery in my huckster! So guess I will have to keep it going for a few more years.

[TonyM]

I'll take the late 30s or early 40s Buick or Cadillac Hearse on the way to the Crematorium.




1937 Buick Hearse

[Mikeinnj]

So that's where all the Model A wheels and fenders have disappeared to.......

[Clem Clement]

I live in the DC area and some years back we lost a dear clubber. The family wanted him to take this last ride his open pickup. I and a couple of others took his car to my garage and fresehen the old girl with some wax and cleaning and tightening. On his day at Arlington Cemetary I was honored to drive the truck to the cemetary prep area. At that point the family asked me to drive... A member was to go with me and hold the box. But the rules were that in this case only one person in the vehicle along with the ashes. Man I was shaking. there was no way out. I brought the truck up front and left it running telling it that if it failed on this job, it was going in the potomac. She and I and the "box" made it to the Columbarium in fine order, me being the worse for the wear. May he rest in peace.
Clem

[Mike Peters]

This thing is actually advertised in Old cars Weekly. I can't imagine buying something like this for only one trip. Thanks for posting, Dave.

[Terry, NJ]

F**King weird! What's next, a mod A garbage truck? A cesspool cleaner's tank truck? Yuucccckkkk! I'll be thinking about this all day! And only two wheels! I can think about what happens if the road is rocky, that corpse is coming back to life! I'll pass!
Terry

[29ModelA]

My guess it is marketed toward funeral homes that want to offer a niche service. We have a Harley Davidson hearse locally, he seems to make good money with it.

[eagle]

The emotions that are at the surface when a death has occurred makes people spend lots of money on foolish things. On the other hand, an extra couple hundred for a trip in an old funeral coach thingy... maybe not so bad. Might as well show off that $10,000 cherrywood casket one more time.

[jim1932]

Funerals are way too expensive these days. I told my kids I wanted to be cremated and then flushed like a goldfish....

Off course the older I get I may rethink that.....

My Aunt was a school bus driver. No we didn't put her in the Bus, but we did have a school bus to take some of the mourners from the church to the cemetery.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by jim1932

Funerals are way too expensive these days. I told my kids I wanted to be cremated and then flushed like a goldfish....

Off course the older I get I may rethink that.....

My Aunt was a school bus driver. No we didn't put her in the Bus, but we did have a school bus to take some of the mourners from the church to the cemetery.

Don't rethink it........when you're right, you're right!

I don't want any extra money spent on me after I'm gone.

[redmodelt]

I wonder if the lights are 6 volts? I guess you could add a couple of wheels to the front turn the lamps the right way add oil and pull it by horse. Be just like the olden days!

[1931 flamingo]

NEAT ! ! ! ! !
Paul in CT

[Roadster62]

Actually they are 1926-27 T wire wheels. Bob

Originally Posted by Mikeinnj

So that's where all the Model A wheels and fenders have disappeared to.......

[700rpm]

That would make an interesting camper...

[newshirt]

Historically, were hearses ever offered in "trailer" format? I thought they were all integrated with the cab and engine, like modern hearses. Were they ever separate trailers like this?

BTW, I've opted for the "goldfish" treatment too.

[Brad in Germany]

Though only an HO scale model (made by Busch).....could be used for some creative ideas.....


....or perhaps even easier, go in the real-deal:


Fordially,
Brad in Maryland

[Marcus]

ALL: If you REALLY want see something "crazy" along these same lines: go to the Mustang Club of America website, and look at the Mustang Hearse..............I admire the handiwork involved, if not the actual concept.

[Brobrian]

Originally Posted by Jordan

Would it not just be simple enough to strap a coffin in the back of a model a pickup. I've been to several Model A funerals where they have done this.

That's exactly what my Dad has asked for! Happy to oblige. After the funeral I'll just keep on driving the truck own home to my place.

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If you got to go, you might as well go out in Model A Style......

[jim1932]

Just saw a really good Robert Duval movie on DVD called Get Low. It is a true story from the 30's about an old hermit who threw himself a funeral while he was alive. A main "character" of the movie was this hearse..... Not Ford but really cool (and there were a lot of model A's)

[jim1932]

Sorry, here it is

[Brad in Germany]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

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If you got to go, you might as well go out in Model A Style......

....go out in REO style I think you mean. The hearse in your photo is a 1924 REO in the AACA museum.

If you are looking for a snazzier looking Ford Model A hearse, here is a photo of the one in the Den Hartogh Ford Muesum in the Netherlands:


Fordially,
Brad in Maryland