classiclines Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) Not Mine https://saginaw.craigslist.org/cto/d/sanford-51-packard-funeral-coach/7538449273.html 51 packard 3 way hearse straight 8 manual ran when parked needs gas tank reply by Craigslist email only Edited September 26, 2022 by classiclines update (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 If I recall right, those are cloisonne hub caps. I certainly wouldn't leave them outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 That's the wrong engine photo. At first I thought it was a transplant, but everything under the hood is wrong for a Packard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, auburnseeker said: That's the wrong engine photo. At first I thought it was a transplant, but everything under the hood is wrong for a Packard. Sorry - guy put a monte carlo steering wheel on post too -so Im guessing engine is a monte carlo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearheadengineer Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Engine pic sure looks like a Monte, which I think came with the longest fan shroud ever! I like this Packard. Cool car. I’m glad it’s not nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Gearheadengineer said: Engine pic sure looks like a Monte, which I think came with the longest fan shroud ever! I like this Packard. Cool car. I’m glad it’s not nearby. I am glad it's not nearby either. Ever see "The Hearse"? Pre slasher 70s horror at it's best This just might be that Packard... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) The front seat is out of a 1970s GM hearse/ambulance. Looks like maybe Superior body. The Packard is a "3-way" sideloading hearse. The goodie on this car is the casket table. A hearse is useless without it, but is commonly removed and lost when someone makes it into a station wagon. The fact that it is there (and the glass is all there) makes the restoration of this hearse no more difficult than a passenger car in the same condition. A lot of stuff on a professional are made from unobtainaium. Glass and the hearse/ambulance related interior parts are what makes or breaks a professional car restoration. If they are gone, then it nothing but a parts car. (if that) Edited September 26, 2022 by m-mman (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I wonder if it was caught in the flooding when the dam broke a few years ago. Too bad it was left outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Looks like the seller edited out the incorrect pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOutThere Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 The ad is down. Presume sold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumBob Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Back in the 60's, bands would buy old hearses like this and load all their equipment into them and drive to gigs. Neil young had a couple of Buick hearses, both of which he named Mort. I was probably fifteen, when I saw some band pull into a gas station in an old hearse with The Critters painted on the side. I thought it was the famous Newark, NJ band that had all the hits, but it was friends of theirs, a band named Alan Vallone & The Spirits, who borrowed the The Critters' hearse for the night. Still pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now