Early Hearses and probably even todays service cars, are structured with wood rather than steel. I've seen a chopped late 40s Cadillac hearse at a NSRA Nationals in the 70s, maybe Oklahoma City??
I was rollin through the "mexican porn" post, and say that hearse and thought...how cool would that look. As they say, everything has been done...I would like to see some though
i 've seen years ago some heavily chopped 60/70's hearses in finland,it was a psycobilly gang....at list 3/4 chopped hearses... sorry,did'nt took any pix then.... impressively cool stuff....next summer will spend some time in scandinavia and tale all pix of the cars around...hope can met again those guys.... check it out my : "mexican junk " thread here on HAMB to see some cool hearses too....sled
That Barris one I think looks like crap. The top is angled but the side windows are straight with little angled fillers above them. I know that the side glass probably couldn't be cut, but maybe enlarge and angle the door frame or something.
yeah it does...however they use it for tours of dead hollywood stars places...saw it on tv,gotta be true..right
Why chop it? The roof on a hearse is what makes it look cool. Well, that and the fact that it use to carry dead people.
There is a dark pruple blown cadillac that looks like they chopped the front. Looks too cool. Sorry no pix.
That's the Barris hearse... Ugly...like a '67-'68 Caddy. Would have probably looked pretty wicked chopped if it were just black with no blower with normal hubcaps/whitewalls. But to each their own, right?
We just got done chopping a 55 ford panel truck....the hearse would be about the same I suppose. If it is wood inside,just cut it out and replace everything with steel.
Had this hearse a few years back. It's been to Paso. Never had the guts to chop it though. Had I know Brewsir back then, things might be different. Brew . . . Than panel looks awesome. Craig
I remember seeing the Barris Hearse on TV... a 60s model caddy hears with a good 4 to 6 inch chop on baggs and white walls might be pretty breath taking....course it could be a huge waste of time and effort...hmmm
Actually,it's not cool...Wood carved panel hearses like that are a no-no for chops..That's the only thing that makes those worth a shit..Some 50's hearses and definately 60's hearses look good chopped,but if you do it right
Interesting timing. My wife shot these pics for me at the boys track meet last week. It had a student parking pass in the window. INSANE!!!!!
Not to fond of it...The chop looks good on that Lesalle,but all the red accent..Satin Black with chrome accents would have sufficed..A little too OCC for me...
Looks like it might belong to Paul Jr. from OCC, he does a lot of that spider-web crap on his custom bikes......
Some of the spider web stuff is okay,like the fender skirts and the headlight covers and the hood ornament...But the red is what makes it look wrong..
Now that's more like it...now just shit can the shaggin-van sidepipes and the unfortunate hole in the hood...maybe some supremes. Thanks for posting the picture... BRT
By the way Grimm, I appreciate the fact that you respect the rarity of the old Caddy hearse from Mexico...
I'm pride myself of my hearse knowledge..I'm trading mine to a buddy for his Coupe DeVille on the understanding that he doesn't butcher the rollers and bed..
Hey, If you're thinkin' of choppin a hearse/ambulance built in the 50s, 60s or 70s, take a good look at the windshield........ The windshields used on most Cadillac and some other GM marques was unique to the hearse/ambulance/limo chassis. This windshield was much taller in these professional chassis, big buck to replace, and worth a preminum to proffessional car i.e. hearse/ambulance restoration guys. A sedan/saloon windshield may fit your chop, and would be much cheaper to cut down, purchase. Swankey Devils C.C.
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