Just used my Willys for my daughter's wedding ride. Got me to thinkin', how many other fellas have used there cars for this important role. Post up with pics of yer ride doin' its duty! I'll start.
This is a photo of Brenda & I and the car & the spare tire cover we used in weddings, this photo was taken in Knoxville, Tennessee the day we were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary. We used my old black deuce 4 door in my daughters wedding and her sister in laws wedding and the last and final time was for a friend's daughter, some grown adults decided it would be fun to throw hands full of bird seed at the bride & groom sitting in the back seat, and spraying them with shaving cream... I was pissed and vowed never again and have kept that promise. HRP
1973 Left the reception, went on our honeymoon in daily driver, came back the next weekend and drove to the nationals in Tulsa in the T-Bucket. Unfortunately lost her to cancer this past March. T-Bucket went away in '76.
Has anyone done this for people who were not relations? I have three Studebaker sedans that I have considered hiring out for weddings. However, I an not really sure I want to be part of somebody else's "big day". Could turn into a big hassle.
It can be a major PITA , not so much idiots like I dealt with but I later found out from my insurance company had I been involved in a accident while chauffeuring the newlyweds I would have been in serious trouble as I don't have a license for that job and receiving payment makes you liable and not the insurance company. HRP
Yeah, I didn't consider the insurance angle. A person may be able purchase "event insurance" but it may still be required that you are an actual business as opposed to an individual providing a paid service. As always in America: consult the lawyers first.
I have often thought about this. UBER drivers are licensed to chauffeur folks about. So why not create a UBER WEDDING service where people hire you and your ride for special occasions. You don't have to accept the order but if you have nothing better to do... I also thought about UBER TRUCK, in case you don't own one and just bought a sofa at a garage sale so you can strip the leather off of it and sew up your hot rod seats. There are two types of people in the world, those who own trucks and those who borrow them. UBER SPEED is still being thought out but basically my son and daughter in law are expecting a baby and if they need a quick trip tot he hospital, wouldn't it be nice to have a fast driver and fast car? Just a few thoughts from a cluttered mind.
Loaned my 1936 Dodge Brothers touring sedan out to my friends for their wedding back in about 1971....I did the artwork on the "Just Married" sign....
UBER drivers are not insured through their own insurance just like, as HRP stated, anyone else who took a paid fair to drive someone around. UBER provides the insurance when the vehicle is being used for ridesharing.
I have used my 39 Ford convertible 4 times for wedding related stuff. None of the weddings have been for people I am related to. They can be fun but do take up a considerable amount of time. One time I was asked to bring the car to a wedding just as a background for pictures of the wedding party. Another time I drove the bride to the wedding. I had not considered the insurance side of doing this though.
I have been searching Google over the issue of car-for-hire. Essentially you need commercial coverage for your car if you take passengers for a fee. Much the same as being an Uber driver. I wonder if you can buy it for just the event or whether you need pay for it full time. Car insurance for Uber is controlled digitally. you only pay for it while you are on the job. I would like to explore this possibility more in depth. I gotta do something to get money out of these Stude sedans, sure as hell no one will ever buy them from me. lol Here is what the state of Michigan has to say about it:
We parked my old rpu at the entrance to my daughter's wedding and everyone piled the wedding gifts in the bed. Then they did a photo shoot with the truck and that was the image on the thank you cards they sent out.
I drove both of my sons and their new brides from their weddings to the receptions in the rumble seat.
Years ago my first wife "volunteered" my Model A 68C Cabriolet to haul the bride to the ceremony. I had never met the bride and you can imagine my surprise when she arrived and planned to step on my fender to get into the rumble seat. She had to weigh at LEAST 350 pounds and there was no way she could fit in the opening for the rumble seat! We finally ended up squeezing her into the front seat (tight fit). I said that would never happen again (and it hasn't).
The first is my lovely wife and my wedding with my uncle's 38 McGlaughlin Buick, and the second is my nephew and his bride with my 51 Poncho.
My 41 Chrysler has been in at least 5 and maybe more wedding since 1975 when I got it. One cool thing is my brother and his bride used it in 1979 and their daughter and her husband used it in 2013.
Got married a bit over 13 yrs ago. Used both my '51 Ford F-1 and my Dad's '49 Packard at our wedding. We encouraged attendees to drive classic cars as well. We had better than 6 cars show up at a rather small wedding. Unfortunately the '51 got T-boned on the way home after the wedding by an 85 yr old man who could no longer see stop signs. The box was stuffed full of gifts, not a single one broke.
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