Shop millions of cars from over 21,000 dealers and find the perfect car. In the 1971 film harold and maude the character harold, played by bud cort, drives two hearses. Advertising free delivery possible on eligible purchases. It shows pictures of parts, along with part numbers and. Its really rough right now but one day hoping for a. A 1969 cadillac appears on the cover of the 2017 book we three by paul anderson. The roots of the superior coaches date back to 1915 when the garford motor truck company of elyria, ohio, transferred its production operations to lima, ohio.
Superior coach company had restyled their funeral cars for 1959, and that restyle carried over into the 1960s with only very minor adjustments. What would someone pay for a 1959 cadillac superior hearse. The cadillac commercial chassis is a chassis that was built by the cadillac division of general. Its a silver car with a white top we will professionally dye the top any color the car runs and drives as it is should with no major defects. Can this 1958 cadillac hearsecamper be raised from the dead.
This 52 year old vintage funeral coach gives testimony to the incredibl. In my younger days, any hard cover book touting the exotic cars of the late 80s and early. Here is a sayers and scovill masterpiece coach on the cadi. I love my hearse but havent been able to keep it up, its been sitting for a few years. The major changes to the series 70 eldorado brougham in 1958 were seen inside the car. This pompeii red hearse with black painted landau roof is one of 128 3way superior funeral coaches sold in 1960. The ultimate chariot ushering you to the afterlife. Find the best used car deals for your search hearse. Unfollow 1958 cadillac hearse to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Funeral directors were apparently on board with the blended, bipolar design of these 59 hearses.
Find the best deals for used funeral hearse cadillac. Extremely rare 1958 cadillac hearse made by the superior coach co. I have one that i keep getting offers on, the latest being a trade for a 1986 corvette. The cadillac series 70 models 70 and 75 is a fullsize v8powered series of cars that were. Buy 1957 1958 cadillac superior hearse ambulance flower car parts book. A total of 2,267 professional cars hearses, ambulances and flower cars were produced in 1959 with 2,184 on the cadillac chassis. Hearse up for public auction tucson arizona automobile related books. The cadillac hearse used in the film is now privately owned in central california and is preserved, looking essentially. Classic, vintage and antique cadillac parts dealer. Front windshield glass new glass cadillac parts online. The parks family has been selling and servicing new and preowned funeral vehicles including hearses, limousines, first call vehicles and flower cars for for nearly 70 years. In the 1971 cult classic, harold and maude, harold bud cort drives two hearses. A facebook page dedicated to cadillac landau and side carved hearses only.
Although superior titled the book parts and service manual, it appears to be all parts and not to have service instructions. Five famous hearses historic vehicle association hva. The seller doesnt provide a lot of information about the vehicle, which is built from a superior coach corporation ambulancehearse, but if a. This was really the newest cadillac since the 1948. This is a car of which only a few were built in this year, with the 3 way electric table design. Cadillac was allnew for 1957, featuring new styling and a completely new chassis. Ok, we have up for auction a 1959 superior cadillac. One thing i hear a lot of too is i want a hearse, i wont accept anything unless its a 1959 cadillac superior 3way with a red velvet interior and in great condition. For mechanical parts and body parts that professional cars share with other cadillacs you will need the cadillac parts book. Buy now to own this hardtofind manual for your car. For sale professional car and related items from other websites. A cover gallery for gold medal books don juan, american civil war, pulp fiction. We have searched the internet, hearse clubs and professional car societies and have only found 2, and one is in australia. This rare professional car was built on february 12.
This is a quality, authorized reproduction of the manual printed by superior to order parts for bodies. While cadillac had gone through three different bodies since 1948 194849, 195053, 195456, they were rather evolutionary in their styling changes and not that different under the skin. The coach was not built as a combination hearseambulance. While the cadillac hearse survived filming and was eventually purchased and preserved by a collector in northern california, the jaguar was destroyed as part of the. This hearse drives like any other cadillac like a dream. According to superior only 500 were made in 1958 and of that 500 only 50 had the 3 way electric casket loader, which this car has. The 1958 cadillac series 86 commercial chassis could be modified into a hearse or ambulance or. Select a 1958 cadillac model below to get used tradein values and retail price cadillac my first car.
This manual covers all 1960 cadillac superior bodies including hearse side service, rear loading, landau, flower car, and ambulance. Superior pontiac lawndale funeral coach,black,143,brooklin. Superior coach for sale tractor parts and replacement. Pulling double shifts, this 1958 cadillac still a working stiff. Cadillac coaches cadillac hearses superior coaches. If you are interested in this hearse please call 9546476655 thank you. It includes models 601, 602, 604, 614, 606, 608, 609, 626, and 616. My little gostbus license plate is still in pretty good shape, it needs new paint and some reupholstering. This 1959 cadillac super royale hearse will need a full restoration, but the next owner might be interested in undertaking a bit of detective work on the cars past, and well get to that shortly. This was not a good candidate for restoration, so i decided to build a mild custom. Though the car needs lots of work before id drive it more than onto a trailer or into the shop. You are looking at a 1958 cadillac hearse built by superior. You are bidding on a 1958 cadillac combination hearse and ambulance built by superior.
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