Anyone sporting a hearse as a daily Driver ?

I'm thinking about picking up a Cadillac he**** as my daily driver.
I could use the extra room to haul my stuff and to take a nap in when I get the urge. I think that it's a great idea, but I'm having trouble selling the wife on the idea. I'm just curious, those of you who drive one, what kind of reaction to you generally get from people driving down the road ?

 

Tony Stewart ( 2 time Nascar Cup champion ) has one he drives a LOT

 

I don't daily it, but I do drive it a few hundred a year.

I took all the **** out of the back and made a kind of theatre seating. The first 2 weeks I owned it, it kinda creeped me out a bit. I'd shut the lights off in the shop and have to walk by it in the dark.... Just knowing it was there, but I couldn't see it was kinda creepy.

I've since kind of forgotten all that stuff and it's just a nice, smooth running car that I own, that freaks other people out. I'll occasionally take it to lunch, or get the mail, run parts, etc.

There are 2 kinds of people when you're driving it. Those that you know can see it, but REFUSE to look directly at it, and those that can't take their eyes off of it.

I've enjoyed owning it. It runs great, smooth, just a nice car, they're all generally pretty well cared for. It's just tough for some people to get pas the "use" of the car.

I bought it when my kids were trick or treating and we'd haul them and their friends around in it on Halloween. Of course I was dressed in the most BAD-*** Grim reaper costume you can get. I'd silently creep up to the car, people would say, "who are you", like I'd actually tell them, then I silently hand them a black rose and drive off. Scares the HELL outta people.

I go to the gas station and buy $6.66 worth of gas, stand there in line in my costume, never say a freaking word, flip the guy a $20 and slowly walk out... "Sir, your change"... and of course, never look back. freaks people out. I like it.

My youngster daughter is finally old enough to drive. I'm gonna let her take it to school on Halloween. 10 years of being hauled around in it, and now she can drive it. ...*sniff*... all growin up and what not... *sniff*...

I've about perfected my character. Anywhoo, they make great cars. Don't rule out the fun of it. I camped in it one night... nothing to it.

 

Oh yea, another great story related to the He****. I'm in the shop alone, it's late. I'm in the back, cutting and fitting floor panels, welding and building. I give a yank on an extension cord, I get more cord and it simultaneously closes the side door. I don't think much about it, 20 minutes later I need to get out and grab a different drill bit... I"M FREAKING LOCKED IN!!! ...lol... there are no inner door handles in the back... 'DOH.

I had to call my wife on the phone from inside the car, get her outta bed to come let me outta the car... It was pretty funny actually.

 

Not yet but my daughter and I are putting this 65 pontiac he**** back together.
As far a reactions people tend to either really dig it or are completly mortified buy it.

 

i dont own a he**** but ive wanted a older one for years.i have a 53 ranch wagon that is painted flat black and ive had a lot of people ask me if its a he****. at first id say no but now i ask tham if they would like a ride in one before their final ride in one. i love the reactions. but ill get me one soon. i hope i get to drive one before i get to ride in one.

 

This guy has been driving his down from the hills above Melbourne (Aust) for as long as I can remember, and its still got all the rollers etc in the back.....he reckons its "ace" for loading in guitar amps etc!!!!!

http://www.myspace.com/wildturkeymusic

They've even featured it in Videos and Album covers!!!!!

 

I'll admit they have a certain bargain parts chaser appeal, especially those with tasteful mild custom paint and mags. The black ones with curtains are a little too goth for my taste though.

What suprises me is how creeped out people are by he****s, but would love an old ambulance to convert. If ya really think about which one would have guts hosed out daily, or if ya believe in the stuff, followed by spirits. Which vehicle would it be?

Just goes to show how powerful ***ociation is. He****s equal dead people, Ambulance equals saviour.

 

My fiance drove a he**** when I met him. 75 cadillac with a caddy 500. That thing felt like you were driving on a pillow. It sure as hell put a dent in your wallet though, he got about 9 mpg! I still miss it though, that thing was hot!

 

a he**** dosen't creep me out but i wouldn't buy an ambulance.
people don't die in he****s

 

I came within a CH of buying a '61 Caddy he**** (aka a Cadaverlac) when I was about 19. $600 and I had the cash out in my hand at the lot.

I caved in due to family and girl friend pressures at the time. Which at the time with my driving record I could do without the attention that goes with it, BTW it was metallic purple.

Bob

 

I looked at buying one a few years back but it was too new, a 76. Didn't have that old car vibe. There's a 59 Chrysler he**** in northeastern PA I've seen a few times, that's really kool. Would like to have an old one, but not a Cadaverlac just to be different.

 

I drove a 59' caddy he**** for two years, I was 19 and it was my only car. I also lived in it, mine was black with a purple velvet interior and crystal cross's that lit up when you opened the door. I painted "last ride" on the rear door. I loved that thing

 

+ 1 . Ambos are creepy. He****s are cool.

 

Had a '69 series 75 Limo. The "Family car" once used by the Funeral Home. 9 pasenger limo is hard to park! 22 feet long, 6900 Lbs, 472 with plenty of power would cruise at 80 all day long. Sure got the looks too, and that ****er was plush, even had rear heat/AC, and radio.

 

anyone know where to get a '59 caddy he****??

 

I have a 58' Cadillac m&m 3 way he****. in fact i took about a three hour nap in it yesterday and it felt great. some people die in ambulances, not in he****'s. and hears's can rarely be haunted anyways for the fact that thier is prabably some other significant occurance that happened to the person's life other than being wisked away in a beutiful cadillac.
Just my two cents.
and punkabilly...... good luck on finding a 59'. the pimpest of the pimp. if you got plenty of money to drop on one thier out there, but i dont see to many "Fixer Upper" 59's. or i would grabbed one up !

I hope you get one though. They are fun to work on and design the inside with. I go for a real nice look on mine. No skulls or halloween ****. The more real the he**** is the more creepy it is. that's my opinion. good luck punkabilly

 

Me & a buddy went in halves on a '66 Caddy he**** right after high school. Had it a week & the motor went south. The guy that sold it must have seen us coming.
Peddled it to a friend of ours for half that or less & he parked it across the street from the body shop he was working out of. Some kid in a 280Z rounded the corner & lost it, broadsiding the big old Cad. Saw insurance pics of the Z car & the only thing I could recognize was a wheel. And of course the insurance company shelled out some ridiculous money to my friend for the Cadillac. The story of my life!

 

There used to be on around here (LaPine Or) I could go see if it is still here. PM me for contact info.

 

That guy that owned the funeral home in "Six Feet Under" drove one as a daily driver until about two minutes into the first episode when he took his eyes off the road for a minute and became the "featured death" of that week.

I had a '59 cad he**** to haul my booth around in the 60's and it was the smoothest highway car I ever owned. Six years old and had about 5000 "easy" miles on it. I got it for $550. Really ****ed when the power steering went out, I didn't have the money to fix it, and had to drive it that way for a while.

 

They look like death traps to me...

 

Bump cause i love the topic and time of the year

 

I had a '67 Plymouth Belvedere I six-p***enger wagon that was sold new to a guy in Brussels, Belgium for use as a he****. The car was shipped new to a commercial car converter in Belgium to be fitted with the he**** accessories, then off to the Belgian buyer. It had the XHD rear springs, HEMI torsion bars, 3.55 8-3/4" rear axle, and a 225 Slant Six with a three-on-the-tree. Only real options other than listed were a clock, HD heater, 200 km/h speedo, and carpeting. It was radio delete, too. It was black with a two-tone blue interior.

I still have the build sheet on it. An identical one was sold to the buyer's brother, who was also a mortician, and a third identical car went to Sweden new, as well. As far as I know, these are the only three '67 Belvys that I'm aware of that went overseas specifically to be fitted out as he****s, and all went to the same Belgium commercial car converter. The roofline remained entirely stock. The seat was simply folded down, and the roller ***emblies were fitted, along with side curtains, exterior flower arrangement holders and a crucifix. When I got my car, these accessories were already removed.

Drove it nearly daily for a year in germany, then brought it back to the US in 1992. Traded it off to a friend who painted my '67 Suburban. He still has it - with a 360 auto and Torque-Thrusts on it that I put on it after I got it home. My personalized OK tag read "DEADONE".

Never bothered me to drive it. Kinda freaked some of my German neighbors, though!

 

Id remove the vinyl top and turn it into a 2 door handymans wagon. Its like a elcamino with a cap! Measure one out and see if you could fit full sheets of plywood!

 

www.grimrides.com

Here's a good place to start.

 

You mean like this???

 

Who you gonna call?..........GHOSTBUSTERS....sorry had to do it.

 

Ive owned a 58 plymouth and a 60 cadillac he****. I currently have a 47 on here for sale. I've never got to own one I could drive! But I guess it aint over yet!!!

 

There are clubs just for He****s. They have meets where 30-40 of them show up and most are in Great shape from being garaged and constantly, cleaned/waxed and well maintained. I like a previous comment that no one has died in he****, but I'm sure plenty "got laid" in them!! Tom

 

Hey tom-
here's the irony to your statement about my statement-
i just logged in and my last conversation on my cell was about gettin it on in a he****. cracked me up when i read that ha ha-
Jason