anyone got any experience with hearses?
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anyone got any experience with hearses?
Yeah. I'm thinking about buying a hearse, like a late 70's-mid 80's Caddy
or Lincoln. I think it'd be a unique gear-hauler (music gear, big cabs and amps, keyboards, etc). I could just get a used truck, but that's just boring.
I've done a little reading online and it looks like I could score a decent one for
a good bit less than 10K. Obviously it'll be a gas hog but I don't really care, as it would only get driven on the weekends mostly.
There's the whole goth connotation but that doesn't bother me either. I'm looking at this thing as an amusing alternative to more sensible haulers.
Anyone got any input?
And I've already got an answer ready for the "Hey, you got a dead body back there? Haw haw!" remarks.
I'll just say, "No, but I'm about to."
har har.
or Lincoln. I think it'd be a unique gear-hauler (music gear, big cabs and amps, keyboards, etc). I could just get a used truck, but that's just boring.
I've done a little reading online and it looks like I could score a decent one for
a good bit less than 10K. Obviously it'll be a gas hog but I don't really care, as it would only get driven on the weekends mostly.
There's the whole goth connotation but that doesn't bother me either. I'm looking at this thing as an amusing alternative to more sensible haulers.
Anyone got any input?
And I've already got an answer ready for the "Hey, you got a dead body back there? Haw haw!" remarks.
I'll just say, "No, but I'm about to."
har har.
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We averaged about 11 mpg in a van to San Antonio towing a trailer (from dallas) Sunday night. I bet you would get equal if not better mileage than that + all your gear would be in the same car. I'd say go for it.
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this one might be on sale...
j/k
i'd say go for it. i used to want a hearse. but for different reasons. i was planning on turning it into a lowrider. 4 pumps, 12 batteries, 12" dumps...
there are local groups who are strictly into hearses. check them out. other hearse owners will have tons a info for you...
j/k
i'd say go for it. i used to want a hearse. but for different reasons. i was planning on turning it into a lowrider. 4 pumps, 12 batteries, 12" dumps...
there are local groups who are strictly into hearses. check them out. other hearse owners will have tons a info for you...
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If you're just using it to haul around stuff for your band I'd say that hearses > minivans, pickups, and full size vans.
I think the car aficionado has in his pic may actually have been an ambulance but I can't be sure. Look at the wheelbase on that car. It's almost as long as a crew cab F350 dually.
I think the car aficionado has in his pic may actually have been an ambulance but I can't be sure. Look at the wheelbase on that car. It's almost as long as a crew cab F350 dually.
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I don't really feel the hearse. I'd get a used Odyseey. I got mine used from my parents(it's a 00 EX) it's got 150 k on it now. i bought with about 140 k on it. then reselling(if you don't drive it till it pukes) is hell. because other than some goofball high school kid or someone who wants to be different wants a hearse?
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Originally Posted by Water-S
... other than some goofball high school kid or someone who wants to be different wants a hearse?
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Just posting it before someone else does
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I vaguely remember seeing Jesse James or one of those type shows modify a hearse. The back area that carries the casket is reinforced and carries alot of weight. That will kill your fuel consumption.
Just get a cheap van.
Just get a cheap van.
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Speaking of :smitler:, where is he these days?
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i wanted to get a hearse in highschool.
but the rents didn't like that idea.
my one friend almost bought one but then he bought an old limo which was pretty cool.
id say go for it!!!. put a system in it and make peoples heads turn.
but the rents didn't like that idea.
my one friend almost bought one but then he bought an old limo which was pretty cool.
id say go for it!!!. put a system in it and make peoples heads turn.
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It's funny, up until about yesterday I hadn't thought about getting a hearse until like middle school. Then I was driving home and was thinking about how to haul gear and was like "hey....why not."
I anticipate some weirdo unforseen problems (and vandalism, even) but I know enough mechanics around town to take care of that.
I figure if, after a year or so, it's working out, I'll get to work on mods, maybe even performace stuff, if that's even feasible.
I'd also thought about getting a late-model ambulance.
I anticipate some weirdo unforseen problems (and vandalism, even) but I know enough mechanics around town to take care of that.
I figure if, after a year or so, it's working out, I'll get to work on mods, maybe even performace stuff, if that's even feasible.
I'd also thought about getting a late-model ambulance.
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