History Have you ever seen a 1932 Ford hearse?

"May your last ride be in a Deuce" ...Danny Bonaducci

 

They may have used one of the BB frames, I know all the '32 Cars & pickups share a 106 in frame, I'll do some more research and try to locate the sizes of the BB truck frames. HRP

 

Or just made the entire body on a supplied cowl forward ch***is .

 

I found my 1932 Ford Book and it list all the 32 Frames

All the p***enger frames are 106" wheel base

The panel body, stake body & platform body frames came in two sizes - 131.5" and 157"

The School Bus frame was 157"

My thought is they used one of these as a base for the he****. HRP

 

It’s hard to tell for sure but it looks like the character line is pressed on the rails.
The Truck frames are slab sided and have a deeper vertical section than the P***enger and Commercial Car frames.
I’m thinking it is a lengthened P***enger frame, but don’t know for sure.

 

You are correct, the BB truck frames are void of the character line denoting the '32 but it's hard to tell if the frame is a commercial or a p***enger piece. HRP

 

John, I honestly don't know but I would think more than one. HRP

 

I was thinkin he had one. Had opportunity to tour his facilities. You should see his office and boardroom. Very gratuitous host.

 

Didn't I see one in the HARRAH collection years ago ?

 

Never from the inside.

 

LARS, 2014. Probably same car as in Post #16 and others.

Charlie Stephens

 

My dad is a mortician (funeral director in his explanation). He is 89 years old and always into cars. So his firsthand knowledge goes back to 1952 or so. That 32 wouldn't have been used much when he started in 1952. The pre-war cars were ditched as fast as they could have been after the war. The fact that it survived is nothing short of amazing. Same with flower cars, ambulances and the like. He states that a lot of these were custom one offs. The main players were Miller Meteor Superior and a couple others. But back pre war there were so many one offs and (by todays standards) smaller companies that yet to be absorbed by the bigger manufacturers that is very difficult to track who made what. Truly a rare car. If there was do***entation I bet dad could offer an opinion.

 

**** I would hate to share stores about dads 1960 Superior Caddy funeral coach that my 2 brothers and I drove. I guess the way to say it is this way: Has anyone else done neutral drops in a 1960 caddy funeral coach or is it only us 3 boys?? Sorry to hijack the thread HRP.....

 

yes **** never rode in one.......

 

When the pic of the 34 Ford He**** was taken in Sydney it was owned by Gary Hicks, he lived in Katoomba, west of Sydney in the Blue Mountains and it was part of the Blue Mountains Rod & Custom Clubs display at the New South Wales Hot Rod Show in the Bankstown Square Shopping Centre..........around 1982/83 maybe........good to hear its still around & being restored........next to it is Mike Burrells 48 Chev Sedan then Dennis Lee's 64 Impala H/top......the "Redtape Motor Registry" was our dig at the registration process back then.......lol...... ..andyd

 

No apology necessary, I appreciate you sharing your dad's knowledge. HRP

 

That would look good sitting beside the gray dodge that belongs to McDougalds funeral home there in Anderson.

 

Henry himself took his last ride in a Packard.They looked high,and low for a Ford product,and couldn't turn one up.There was NO way FoMoCo was sending him off in a Cadillac .

 

That's because it's spell't hearst silly: b

 

Even then they were building "he****/ambulance combinations". The funeral service generally ran the "ambulance" service. In 1959 a high-top Cadillac combination could carry 7 patients and/or corpse. A problem developed with corpse being financially worth more to funeral home than transport of a patient. The first "ambulance" on the scene would scoop up the dead. Second ambulance got the injured. Not exactly what you would call First Responders!
Just yesterday saw a t-shirt with 1959 Cadillac landau he**** and the lettering Last Responder. Lol

1 more car I promise, Rex Winter
Dry n windy Lubbock TX

 

Lose the fenders and chop it 5 inches. [emoji41]

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Even stranger...Henry's wife Clara drove Detroit Electric for nearly 20 years.

 

I remember this car from a few years ago on trademe, our version of ebay, but actually a ‘33 I believe.
Interesting anyway. If not appropriate let me know and I will delete it.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1932-ford-he****-one-of-a-kind-new-zealand.414296/

 

Well now that makes perfect sense, at least until the invention of the electric starter, many (most?) women were not strong enough to start a car.

 

As an added plus, every car on the streets of small towns will stop and yield to you as you p*** through. Uh, maybe p*** through wasn't a proper choice of words ! LOL.

 

How fitting...... suicide doors in the rear

 

For those who might not know, that pic is a 34 Packard, not a Lincoln. We now return to our regularly sheduled programming...

 

I haven't seen a 1932 Ford he**** but in the late sixties there was a junkyard in a town 20 miles east of home that had a 33/34 ford he**** behind the office. It was definitely not for sale. It sat there until the owner died then everything got crushed.

 

To answer, no....and I’ve never seen a Uhaul on a he**** either

 

Subject: My old he**** was just like this one, big fun at the drive-in movie, was 17 years old took took all the kids to the show, parked backwards in the back row , opened the back door and watch the show.