This was my 1956 Packard Caribbean in the early '80s. I found a sales brochure in Russian under the seat. If you are old enough to know him, the car was bought new by Bob Crosby, Bing's brother.
Mr. Loudbang, Bob McCoy ...Sprint Car Driver, Bob McCoy ...Hot Rodder, Bob McCoy ...prize winning artist,--all the same guy?
swi66 thank you again for even more great pics. I really enjoy the pic of the 1959 Cadillac hearse. Hearse came in 3 basic body styles: landau hearse with solid panels usually adorned with a big chrome landau iron; limousine style hearse which had Windows down the side usually with velvet drapes tied open to view casket; and flower car which makes you think of an El Camino or Ranchero with a stainless steel bed cover with bed rails. The casket slid inside bed. Floral arrangements would lay on "bed cover". Flower cars were frequently used to transport just the flowers while deceased was ahead in hearse. The family rode in comfort in a 1959 Cadillac series 75 limousine with or without a divider window separating the driver from passengers. While this limo was solely built by General Motors, the hearse/flowercar was designed and custom built by a coachworks firm. In 1959 the predominant companies building Cadillac hearse, flowercar and ambulances were Superior, Miller Meteor (M & M), Hess and Esinhart (S & S), and Eureka. Each one significantly different. There were minor manufactures of these vehicles such as Barnett, and National making more budget minded vehicles often on chassis other than Cadillac. 1 more car I promise, Rex Winter Dry n windy Lubbock TX
caption said 'prostitute entering house' - not sure how that was verified (maybe the strappy shoes). Peoria IL '38 ~
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