Projects 49 shevy hearse build starts this week

hey guys,i'm sure you have seen my 49 chevy hearse for sale here,no bites,so it's getting built,it's getting clipped this week,rear is also getting bagged,might run g78's or some 22 inch wheels i have,did a crappy photoshop job,but you get the drift,i'll get build pics up this week

 

You shouldn't ruin it with 22's. But you had to expect that kind of answer on this board.

 

22s? They're for semi trucks

 

Why stop at 22's? I say if you're going to go DUB, you might as well go DONK



haha, just razzin' ya. I like the hearse. I've owned three Caddy hearses in my time. If I could afford to buy yours, I would. I think that an early 60s build would be cool with that. Lace paint roof, Astros and small white walls. Just my .02

 

22's? I think you are on the wrong board. Move along.

 

shoe shoe kiddy your on wrong side of the tracks. not to mention the street lights are on so you should be home by now...

 

if your gonna put 22s on it, make sure you save enough money for some gold teeth! cause they look good too!!!

 

loose the twenty twooos! thats the worst thing I have ever heard of for a 49-52. If you want to do some thing cool shorten the middle door and length the front door to make it more proportioned.
If I was closer Id take it off your hands.

 

i knew every one would cry,i said g78 white walls or 22's

 

got some whitewalls comming from coker,gutted the front and rear,started setting up my front clip,rear is going to get done this weekend,still kicking around engine combo's,probaly small block with 700r4

 

that's sick!

 

Isn't that actually an ambulance?

 

That's gonna look killer man. I love chevy hearses as they're much rarer than the caddy's and the curves look great on that stretched wheelbase.

Wheel size is a tricky thing with hearses. Big wheels sort out the proportions and stop them looking like they're gonna sag in the middle. I LOVE the overall stance of mine but hate the wheels. They were on it when I bought it and even though the spokes have a gothic look about them and match the landau bars they still look way too modern. Was thinking about going for the largest diameter steels I could find and looking for some white walls that had an overall diameter the same as the 24" rear wheels I have on at the moment. I wanna keep the proportions cause it looks like a Roth cartoon when I run with the back end up in the air and the front in the weeds but would rather have an exagerated old school look to the thing.

Anyone got any ideas? Maybe you could help us both out......I guess I need a white wall with a 24" outer diameter (preferably thin band)

 

back in the day there were alot that did "double duty".......serious,When I lived in Indy Ks. the same guy did both,kinda a unsettleing feeling when your layin in the back

 

It depends. If the person you stuff in the back is alive, then yes; if they are dead, then it's a hearse.

 

If he dies during the ride?

 

If the siren and lights are on and it's going fast, it's an ambulance. If they're off and it's going slow, it's a hearse. When I was growing up, the only ambulance service in town was operated by Freeman Harris Funeral Home, and they used the same vehicles for both. That was probably the case in most small towns up until the late '60s.

 

Perhaps the most common professional car variation was the combination coach.

 

At least they butchered a 4 door POS instead of something nice...

 

It's a funny thing about hearses(service cars). A 1937 Chevy hearse floated around Houston for about 20 years being sold and resold and, to my knowledge, was never built or even worked on by ANY of the buyers. It was a darn nice buildable car but I'm thinking a lot of darn nice young ladies made it clear to their husbands and boyfriends that neither they nor their children were RIDING ANYWHERE in a hearse until it became necessary.
I wonder where that old dog is now?

 

ha ha ha ha....... LOL

 

No car I ever owned got more attention from the ladies than my hearse. whether its the hot blonde in the porsche at the lights or the mental asian woman attacking me in the street for being disrespectful to the dead.......my girlfriend digs it and she ain't no goth chick.

 

here is a couple rear shots,should have it done by this weekend

 

shot of the front and rear

 

That poor caprice.

 

Which front clip are you using.

 

Are those 2 reverse Cragars? You wanna get rid of them?

 

22s are for shootin rabbits.
riverrar

 

clip is 70's camaro,got it rolled out of the shop today,will put of some day pics later.going to start mock up of motor and tranny,i keep ya posted

 

got a couple new pics,took 3 inches out of her