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| Fiat 615 RN Il Bell'Antonio (1960) |
Boy, whatever that is - it looks great and I´ve never seen it before! Many Italian hearse builders used to restyle the whole bodies of their hearses as well as coachbuilders often did in France and in Portugal. So this could be some ordinary Italian chassis by Fiat or Lancia or whatever. The body strongly reminds me of Carrozzeria Accossato, as well as Fissore or Santori could have been the constructors. That´s what makes enthusiasm for funeral vehicles so absorbing: You may have seen 10.000 different vehicles, but you´ll never know them all. .gif ";)") |
2008-02-05 01:00 | |
| Dodge Brothers Funeral Coach Chiefs (1983) |
OK, I can´t tell for sure, especially not from this single picture. There were innumerable American hearse coachbuilders prior to the wallstreet crash, offering an incredible variety of carved bodies. So I had two possibilities: 1) I have by accident pictures, brochures etc. of the very same 8 column hearse shown here or a similar one, 2) I have records of a Dodge hearse of that era which reportedly still existed when the movie was shot. None of them happened. Keystone Vehicle Co. of Columbus/ Ohio made similar bodies on Dodge chassis around 1918, but that´s the nearest relative of this funeral coach I could find by now. -- Last edit: 2008-02-05 00:43:51 |
2008-02-05 00:43 | |
| Dodge Brothers Funeral Coach Chiefs (1983) |
Ok, that´s quite an interesting homework... Impossible to identify from memory.  I´ll get back to this when I´m in my record office again. Any additional picture is welcome. -- Last edit: 2008-02-04 15:41:27 |
2008-02-04 15:40 | |
| 1979 Cadillac Funeral Coach Superior Sovereign Landaulet Steel Magnolias (1989) | I think it´s a Superior Sovereign Landau | 2008-02-04 12:02 | |
| Volvo 940 Ambulans Nilsson Snoken (1993-1997) | Standard ambulance -> Nilsson | 2008-02-04 11:51 | |
| Land-Rover Defender 90 Les poupées russes (2005) |
When I was in London in 2005, I saw an AEC Routemaster near Trafalgar Square with Lion King advertising similar to the one shown here. It could very well have been the same bus like above. (What a shame I didn´t take a picture...) -- Last edit: 2008-02-03 20:22:58 |
2008-02-03 20:21 | |
| 1951 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special [6019] Atraco a las tres (1962) | No, not 1954. Rather 1950-52. | 2008-02-02 21:17 | |
| Suzuki Carry Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Red one? Suzuki Carry, I think | 2008-02-02 03:46 | |
| Citroën U23 Corbillard Carrosserie Dumont Babette s'en va t-en guerre (1959) | OK, I beliiiiiiieve I got ´em: Carrosserie Dumont must have built some Citroen U23 with very similar front end styling - and they built funeral vehicles as well. I´m quite sure this is an U23 hearse. | 2008-02-02 03:45 | |
| 1978 Nissan Pulsar [N10] Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Cherry comes in my mind... | 2008-02-02 03:39 | |
| Nissan Vanette [C120] Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Toyota Lite Ace? | 2008-02-02 03:38 | |
| 1983 Honda Acty [TB] Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Suzuki Carry? | 2008-02-02 03:37 | |
| 1983 Nissan Sentra [B11] Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Not a Nissan? Sunny or something? | 2008-02-02 03:36 | |
| 1980 Cadillac Seville Eleganté Death Ride to Osaka (1983) | Seville 1980+ | 2008-02-02 03:34 | |
| 1971 Melex 202 Diamant (1993-1994) | And Melex is from Poland if I remember correctly. | 2008-02-02 00:45 | |
| 1968 Mercedes-Benz Bestattungswagen Stolle [W115] Tatort - Reifezeugnis (1977) | Obviously bodied by Stolle of Hannover/ Germany. | 2008-02-01 23:50 | |
| unknown Ikiru (1952) |
First commercial manufacturer of motorized funeral coaches in Japan was Yonezu Kobo (est. 1949), so it´s very likely we see one of the earliest hearses built by this company - but I have no idea about the chassis. -- Last edit: 2008-02-01 23:50:00 |
2008-02-01 23:49 | |
| 1973 Cadillac Funeral Coach Miller-Meteor Citation Landau What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) | Miller-Meteor Citation Landau | 2008-02-01 00:16 | |
| 1964 Chevrolet Panel Truck Ambulance Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973) | Conversion appears to be done by Armbruster & Co. | 2008-02-01 00:04 | |
| 1975 Cadillac Funeral Coach Superior Landaulet Tales from the Hood (1995) | Superior Landaulet. | 2008-01-31 23:49 | |
| 1976 Simca 1200 Ambulancia Pinedo Villaamil Verano Azul (1981-1982) | Sorry, it´s "Pinedo Villaamil". | 2008-01-31 23:36 | |
| Mitsubishi Galloper Das Inferno - Flammen über Berlin (2007) |
Yes, that´s correct. |
2008-01-31 23:29 | |
| 1978 Opel Senator [A] West Beyrouth (1998) |
I think Ingo is right. It´s a 1978 Senator A with Commodore grille. For these grilles are interchangeable, I also used to drive my former A-Senators with a Commo grille, because they simply look better. |
2008-01-31 20:24 | |
| Mercedes-Benz [LN2] Tais-toi! (2003) | LN2 series. | 2008-01-31 19:37 | |
| 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible Family Guy (1999-2013) | Front end clearly wants to be 1969, tailfins are more 67/68-ish. | 2008-01-31 19:36 | |
| 1978 GMC MagnaVan [G-3500] The Fall Guy (1981-1986) |
Oh my... Once I run out of interesting professional car material, I´ll probably start to identify those awful modular ambulances on imcdb. So please, please try posting tons of hearses and passenger car-based ambulances, guys, for I really abominate that boxy EMS containers...  |
2008-01-31 19:21 | |
| 1980 Seat 132 Fúnebre Xativa 3a generación Nos hacemos falta (Tilt) (2001) |
Another hearse manufactured by Spanish coachbuilder Planxisteria Xativa. -- Last edit: 2010-01-02 21:18:26 |
2008-01-31 18:59 | |
| 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Bestattungswagen Pollmann Funeral in Berlin (1966) |
As far as I know it was a 1959 Fairlane. The hearse is well known among enthusiasts. I have several factory photographs of this car (and an original advertisement, I think). It was custom-tailored by Pollmann Karosseriefabrik of Bremen/ Germany. Edit: No, the factory photographs show a different, but similar vehicle. (just for the records) -- Last edit: 2008-11-29 10:09:14 |
2008-01-31 18:58 | |
| Hanomag L28 as Opel Blitz Luchterhand & Freytag Funeral in Berlin (1966) | Correct. Hence it´s again the "Hanomag L28 as Opel Blitz Luchterhand & Freytag" | 2008-01-31 18:55 | |
| 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Funeral Coach The Corruptor (1999) |
Yes, 93 - 96 Fleetwood for sure. But if this claims to be a funeral coach, I claim to be Audrey Hepburn! That car has a standard roof height, so it can´t be more than a standard wheelbase flower car (e. g. Lansdowne by Wolfington or Metropolitan by Shasco as shown below). Extended wheelbase flower cars - which load a casket - normally have a high roofline similar to the conventional funeral coaches. http://www.specialtyhearse.com/specialty_hearse/fc_sideview.jpg -- Last edit: 2008-01-31 18:42:53 |
2008-01-31 01:35 | |
| 1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Mansquito (2005) | Again 1989 at the earliest | 2008-01-30 10:55 | |
| 1955 Cadillac Coupe Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974) | IN any case 1955 Coupé (de Ville or Series 62) | 2008-01-30 02:26 | |
| 1979 Cadillac Eldorado Depeche Mode: Only When I Lose Myself (1998) |
Looks like 1979 onwards |
2008-01-30 02:25 | |
| 1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006) | Eldorado Biarritz 1984 | 2008-01-30 02:21 | |
| 1989 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Malevolent (2002) | 1989 at the earliest. | 2008-01-30 02:05 | |
| 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Funeral Coach Six Feet Under (2001-2005) |
Oh, I´m sorry for having confused you with your comrade. According to my sources, the Dacia was built by a company named E. Neumann (Alfred?!? ) in 1987. It seems like they had in mind to craft more of these, but suddenly the fall of Berlin Wall intervened and protected the world from additional Dacia hearses. -- Last edit: 2008-01-30 02:01:14 |
2008-01-30 02:00 | |
| 1997 Ford Fairlane Hearse by Hillier Conversions [NL] Suburban Mayhem (2006) |
Yes, Animatronixx is right! Body by Hillier Conversions (and Fairlane is most likely) |
2008-01-30 01:47 | |
| 1977 Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine We Own the Night (2007) | Fleetwood Limousine (= successor to Fleetwood 75) up to 1984? | 2008-01-30 01:42 | |
| 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood d'Elegance We Own the Night (2007) | Half vinyl roof makes me believe it´s a 1986 Fleetwood d´Elegance http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1980-1989-cadillac-13.jpg | 2008-01-30 01:39 | |
| 2006 Chrysler 300 C Touring [LX] Comme tout le monde (2006) |
Absolutely right! Thank you.  Blaugam of Spain were responsible for this conversion and they´re some kind of specialized in Chrysler 300 funeral coaches ( http://www.blaugam.com/Fotos%20%20CHRYSLER01.html ) Some of these hearses are really beautiful, and others... ummm... well... how shall I put it... others are five door cabin-hearses which look like they´re planning to file a lawsuit against their plastic surgeon...  -- Last edit: 2008-01-29 20:42:52 |
2008-01-29 20:39 | |
| 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Funeral Coach Six Feet Under (2001-2005) |
@Mackster: Beneath the beltline it reminds me of the 93-96 Fleetwood either, but the edgy door frames make me believe the original car was an earlier FWD De Ville/ Fleetwood or even a Brougham of the early 90s. Also the rear wheel arches make believe in an early 90s Fleetwood, @Ingo: No, I didn´t know the last Oldtimer Markt (the last magazine was the AutoBild Klassik incl. the feature of you and your K 70 collection ), but it could only be that light grey or blue GDR Dacia hearse prototype by a coachbuilder who currently refuses to come in my mind. A TÜV inspector once sent me a picture of that car and I furthermore know it by an older KFT issue (GDR car magazine). Anyway, thanks for this hint. .gif ":)") In GDR, most hearses were slightly modified Barkas B 1000, of which we also list some on this site. -- Last edit: 2008-01-29 20:14:36 |
2008-01-29 20:13 | |
| 1985 Mercedes-Benz Bestattungswagen Stolle 'Hamburg Panorama' [W123] 23 (1998) | Yes, there were some Caprices locally built by Stolle (as well as most of the other German players like Pollmann, Rappold, Welsch...). Quite possibly the hearse you saw then changed its owner last year via ebay. | 2008-01-29 19:48 | |
| 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Malevolent (2002) | Oh... 1959, of course. | 2008-01-29 19:47 | |
| 1959 Cadillac Series 62 Malevolent (2002) | Yes, Convertible Series 62! The Eldorado Biarritz has much more chrome trim. | 2008-01-29 19:29 | |
| 1978 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Out of Sight (1998) | Think so, 1977 - 1979 again | 2008-01-29 19:27 | |
| unknown Automobile Parade (1900) | What do you expect of a movie that was shot 108 years ago? To me it´s a real gem seeing these pictures here - no matter if the cars may be assuredly identified or not. | 2008-01-29 13:10 | |
| 1967 Cadillac DeVille Convertible Barb Wire (1996) |
Agreed. |
2008-01-29 11:19 | |
| 1997 Ford Fairlane Hearse by Hillier Conversions [NL] Suburban Mayhem (2006) |
Could also be a Falcon with Fairlane or even LTD trim, which is a common practise down under, as well as the limousine style "custom rear end" seen on many Australian funeral coaches. I´m quite sure this body was made by "Hillier Conversions" of Tenterfield/ Queensland, AUS. My friend Al Beyer shows you two similar hearses: The Hillier Silver Wing on Falcon chassis http://mitglied.lycos.de/albeyer/346f47a0.jpg The Hillier Gold Wing on LTD chassis http://mitglied.lycos.de/albeyer/348f4b70.jpg |
2008-01-29 11:13 | |
| 1980 Cadillac Seville The Fall Guy (1981-1986) | 1980 - 85 (the "backpack" Seville) | 2008-01-29 11:01 | |
| 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Funeral Coach Six Feet Under (2001-2005) |
This is an established professional car mystery and maybe this is the database to solve it for good.  The hearse that was hit by the bus was in fact an older Cadillac hearse, built around the late 80s or early 90s (see rear fender style and - way more evident - door frames and windshield), but the film company carried out several modifications (incl. mounting an entire new front end) to make it look like a "modern" funeral coach, for they couldn´t or didn´t want to afford a contemporary hearse to smash. So the car is a complete bastard - or something you might call a "Greatest Hits of 90s Cadillacs all-in-one". I´m not even sure about the body, which reminds me of several coachbuilders.  Any ideas what could have been the chassis most likely? |
2008-01-29 02:20 |
