O Scale Motor Vehicle Chronicle Nov 1

I don't have a single hearse, come to think of it.  Closest I have is this Solido 1931 V16 Cadillac: this is a police car version but they offer it in ambulance and hearse.  It's a monster - so big I thought it might be ought of scale but no, they were just really, really big.  It is also almost 25 years before the time period I model on my layout.  But I got it and have it on the shelf because I remember my dad talking to me about  the balancing of piston weights and forces inside piston engines - about how it really wasn't done that well on automobiles until after WWII, and the result was that pre-war, the only way to get a smooth running engine was to use lots of cylinders.  He always thought the Cadillac V16 was a very fine engine. 

Also from Phoenix is the Studebaker U S Army ambulance.

Bob

Here is a custom built flower car in my collection- the flower car!Which today are becoming dinosaurs in my profession as funeral service reinvents it self to adopt to a changing society, its more cost effective to use a minivan as a multipurpose vehicle. To build one you remove the hardtop, cut, ad flowers and yes added headlights to lead the procession! You can use a el camino or similar vehicle to serve the same purpose

Motor City made a number of Buick and Cadillac hearses and flower cars for the 1949-66 time span. Recent sales on eBay range from $264 to $1,136. I think these limited production hand-built models cost about $150. when new. I'd guess most of them went to those on a waiting list.

This is a very interesting thread.dk122trains - I appreciate the flower car and the very neat trick you did with using the top of the car.  Nice model.