Anyone know what car this is?

[duffer]

Thought you all might know what this car is.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

NO, but thanks for the laugh.

Actually I have seen that before, but I don't recall where.

 

[peters180a/170b]

it is now forsale on ebay..121002104590 m 1929 V8 Cadillac funeral Coach in Argentina ...$28,000 u.s. dollars.....butt f-en ugly....

 

[CHuDWah]

it is now forsale on ebay..121002104590 m 1929 V8 Cadillac funeral Coach in Argentina ...$28,000 u.s. dollars.....butt f-en ugly....

I agree - ugly as is. But I could see it in a Disney parade with colorful paint and a red-jacket brass band in the back - maybe even Mickey waving out the passenger side and Donald hanging on the back.

eBay listing says "It was imported into Argentina in 1930 as a hearse" but the rear fenders (and maybe bumpers) sure look like late-30s/40s.

 

[rtruax]

It is a funeral hearse.

 

[Marklambert61]

2nd... f-en ugly

 

[ronn]

I picture it down in Orleans, with jazz musicians following on foot-shimmying through town slowly

for somebodies wake.... a festive occasion!

 

[glenn in camino]

It looks Middle Eastern.

 

[Rowdy]

What a waste of what was likely a nice car at one time. That's so ugly it would make a freight train take a dirt road. Rod

 

[LukeDahlinger]

Looks like a hookah on wheels. Junk the body and keep the sheetmetal & chassis for something else.

 

[jkcrosson]

I agree, it would work in a Disney parade with a different paint job.

 

[teejay99]

Fugly is right , but a (c)rap group would probably think it's "gangsta" ! ...looks like a merry-go-round on wheels .

T

 

[inex01]

That thing is just plain UGLY ! what a waste of a old Caddy

 

[Roadster62]

I wouldn't want to be cought dead in that thing. Bob

 

[Special Coupe Frank]

That thing is just plain UGLY ! what a waste of a old Caddy

I do not find it particularly attractive, and as another Barner wryly stated, "I wouldn't be caught dead in that thing!"...

However, it IS a period hearse body, and I believe it is largely comprised of hand-carved wood.

Aesthetics aside, it is a significant example of a period "funeral car"...

For some more pics of other ... interesting... period hearses, flower cars, etc, Google "professional car association" - or something like that... there is a group dedicated to the history and preservation of "professional" vehicles, as hearses & ambulances are sometimes called.

Imagine something like this in white ?