1918 S&S Twelve Column Funeral Coach

1918 S&S Twelve Column Funeral Coach in Bad Day at Black Rock, Movie, 1955 IMDB

Class: Cars, Funeral — Model origin: US

1918 S&S Twelve Column Funeral Coach

[*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene 

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DAF555 SE

2008-10-02 19:17

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Raul1983 FI

2008-10-03 08:46

S & S (Sayers & Scoville) ??

http://www.herrfuneral.com/heritage/museum.htm

Animatronixx DE

2008-10-03 20:41

Well spotted, Raul1983 :king:

This is in fact an S&S of that time, but a way more expensive model than the eight-column hearse shown by the Herr funeral home. Seen here is a twelve-column hearse. S&S assembled their own chassis back then and offered the industry´s largest selection of custom carved funeral coaches with all carvings being carried out by hand. So if you don´t have an original sales catalog, you have no chance to find out the exact model name... What a shame I don´t own such a catalog! The S&S Model 245 looked quite similar, but had different carvings, same goes for the S&S Corinthian and the Westminster. I'm not completely sure about the model year, but 1918 appears plausible. By the way: Co-founder Mr. A. R. Scovill didn´t carry an "e" at the end.

Anyway, this will be a new vehicle make on IMCDb and "1918 S&S Twelve Column Funeral Coach" will be correct.

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