1960 Vanden Plas Princess 4-Litre Hearse Dottridge Brothers

1960 Vanden Plas Princess 4-Litre Hearse in Piège pour Cendrillon, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Funeral — Model origin:

01:10:09 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
s13a ◊ 2021-02-16 00:46
Big Dave ◊ 2021-02-16 05:28	Austin Princess hearse
130rapid ◊ 2021-02-16 11:44	Since 1955, chassis code [DH2].
130rapid ◊ 2021-02-16 11:49	https://www.vpoc.info/cars/austin-a135-hearse-ambulance
Animatronixx ◊ 2021-02-16 19:42	The website in 130rapid's link lists various coachbuilders which provided Princess hearse bodies and this one was made by the one they misspelled: Dottridge Brothers Ltd. @s13a: Is there a special reason for 1955? I think it's younger and Dottridge claimed in an October 1962 advert they have been building fibreglass bodies (like this one) "for five years", hence my suggestion 1957+.
s13a ◊ 2021-02-16 20:22	AnimatronixX wrote @s13a: Is there a special reason for 1955? I don't know, I had no input with the year here. Or even the make!
dsl ◊ 2021-02-16 22:06	59+ hubcaps with P logo, so not Austin. Princess or 61+ VdP as make, big rear lights suggest newer version.