1950 Dodge Coronet hearse

carchaeologist

Heres one i saw earlier..

Twas pretty ropey..

bangerboy

^ be nice on track, any chance of getting it?

carchaeologist

bangerboy wrote: »

^ be nice on track, any chance of getting it?

Over my dead body...:P

bangerboy

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

I'm not sure whatever became of CAI 911, there were only 14 of those '62 Chevrolets here.

The ZB reg'd Ford in Rigneys is there a long time. Nice to see one has survived.

wonder no more

bangerboy

carchaeologist wrote: »

Over my dead body...:P

what is it faith so, rot away?

carchaeologist

bangerboy wrote: »

wonder no more

Where did that get raced?

carchaeologist

bangerboy wrote: »

what is it faith so, rot away?

I dont know who owns it,it was in a yard i was at yesterday,i didnt ask either.
I dont mind seeing stuff get wrecked,i just dont want to have a hand in getting any of it to the track.
I scrapped a Woodhall Nicholson Granada hearse last year,as the guy who owned it wanted the running gear.
Some workmanship in the body of that.

bangerboy

seem them nicholsons raced before alright, alluminium bodies wernt they?

may aswell knock a bit of fun out of that merc before it meets the crusher?

biscayne was raced in skegness

carchaeologist

bangerboy wrote: »

seem them nicholsons raced before alright, alluminium bodies wernt they?

Yes..aluminium over a teak frame.

the_syco

carchaeologist wrote: »

Found a bigger picture @ http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y90/Xtine66/Cars/

smilee

mamakevf wrote: »

Some pics of a local Dodge hearse, supposedly 1948





were abouts is that car or does any body know whats the story on it ?

carchaeologist

Some more from the interweb..
This has been banger raced since,some pics of this have probably been posted here before,but these are much better ones.




No idea what the story with this Victor is though

carchaeologist

As an aside to this thread,Gleasures funeral home in Tralee took delivery of one of these monsters this morning,i suppose undertaking is the one trade that is pretty recession proof. I had a quick look around it earlier,pretty impressive,full leather,four seater and a panoramic roof over the rear deck.




All in all,one serious machine.

carchaeologist

According to the hearseclub,this roofchopped Austin is now meant to be in Ireland,anyone come across it?
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Hermy

I meant to post this ages ago...
From the Northside People December 2009...

MercMad

Thats a cool article.

I wonder who did the work ?

Also........are my eyes decieving me of is it now wearing a cheap set of number plates, instead of the original ACE plates ?

carchaeologist

After doing a quick Flickr search i came up with this Silver Cloud II hearse supposedly built by Duffy Coachbodies of Dundalk, Ireland for Staffords funeral directors. Originally four were built by Duffy.(cant copy the image for some reason)
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2008/07/340x_Rolls-Royce-Silver-Cloud-Wagon.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/13411027%40N00/4285355537/&usg=__AXS1hDRvWDYR2YV94fbVGQ81Ivc=&h=258&w=340&sz=22&hl=en&start=9&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=NcCW6ctGWR4wcM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstaffords%2Bdublin%2Brolls%2Broyce%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4FUJC_en-GBIE287IE287%26tbs%3Disch:1

Kevin_Herron

MercMad wrote: »

Thats a cool article.

I wonder who did the work ?

Also........are my eyes decieving me of is it now wearing a cheap set of number plates, instead of the original ACE plates ?

Thats the way it looks to me. And that car certainly had ACE plates!

carchaeologist

Must have cost a fair few quid to restore that shadow,seeing as the suspension had to be done too.
Is the reg 1111ZL or something close to it?

Hermy

carchaeologist wrote: »

Is the reg 1111ZL or something close to it?

I think so.
This link should take you to the Northside People (East) for December 2nd 2009.

Grimreaper666

The Silver Cloud hearse FZ1777 was a superior looking hearse imho.

MercMad

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

The Silver Cloud hearse FZ1777 was a superior looking hearse imho.

..............agreed !

603304529

The church that FZ1777 is outside is Clonakility - I was married there a couple of years ago!

Edit: Actually - I may be full of shyte. It might not be Clon....

MorrisCooper

That's definitely not Clonakilty. The cathedral there has a car park to the right of the front door beside a river and a load of trees. On 2 other sides there's streets.

carchaeologist

Nice 1980 Irish Toyota Crown 2.8 Hearse.
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/vintagecars/1173966

G Luxel

nice crown hearse, but why did they fit housedoor handles to the rear doors?

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

nice crown hearse, but why did they fit housedoor handles to the rear doors?

The ones on the right and left?Suppose that was the height of technology in 1980...:):p

G Luxel

carchaeologist wrote: »

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Doesnt it bear a style resemblance to a certain SSongyang Rodius:)

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

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Doesnt it bear a style resemblance to a certain SSongyang Rodius:)

Ha..a bit i suppose,quite a bit more expensive though!

MercMad

G Luxel wrote: »

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Doesnt it bear a style resemblance to a certain SSongyang Rodius:)

.............ha ! Yes it does.........only its not as hideous !:cool: