Kent Dorsey
PCS Member / Funeral Director
I have been struggling with an issue over whether I want to sell one of my cars. I have acquired two in the last six months and that has pushed my storage space to the limit.
Right now, with seven hearses and one high top ambulance, I have a six car garage, one place at home to keep a car, and an aluminum car shed that will hold two - but the funeral home van stays in one place.
Sometime last year with the '78 ambulance, I reached a point similiar to what I reached with the 1964 Superior Combination - I felt like I had all my fun with it. There wasn't a lot of seller regret after the '64 went, and the funeral home that bought it markets it and uses it on funerals...
After acquiring the '85 Eureka and the '81 S &S, I reached a point where I thought I would be happier to walk into the six car garage and see only the hearses lined up. The ambulance has been a lot of fun, it's my favorite year of Cadillacs, and color and styling are great... As a side note, I have a lot of folks in my community who actually think I took a hearse, painted it red and white, and stuck lights on it to look like the '59 in Ghostbusters. You can see why I don't care much for that movie...
However, I put the '76 M-M up for sale twice, and now I'm glad it didn't sell, with the new drapes in it, it sure looks stately now...
In frustration, today I managed to get the six car garage (2 deep, 3 bay) with seven cars in it... the '92, '90, '81, and '97 are packed in the front like sardines and I don't care for that either... I have the '73, '78, and '76 across the back and was going to take the '85 home.
So, how do you decide when you are going to sell and not regret it? I had been in a mood for weeks to sell the '78, and today in mood to keep it, yet the crowded garage is frustrating...
What say ye?
Right now, with seven hearses and one high top ambulance, I have a six car garage, one place at home to keep a car, and an aluminum car shed that will hold two - but the funeral home van stays in one place.
Sometime last year with the '78 ambulance, I reached a point similiar to what I reached with the 1964 Superior Combination - I felt like I had all my fun with it. There wasn't a lot of seller regret after the '64 went, and the funeral home that bought it markets it and uses it on funerals...
After acquiring the '85 Eureka and the '81 S &S, I reached a point where I thought I would be happier to walk into the six car garage and see only the hearses lined up. The ambulance has been a lot of fun, it's my favorite year of Cadillacs, and color and styling are great... As a side note, I have a lot of folks in my community who actually think I took a hearse, painted it red and white, and stuck lights on it to look like the '59 in Ghostbusters. You can see why I don't care much for that movie...
However, I put the '76 M-M up for sale twice, and now I'm glad it didn't sell, with the new drapes in it, it sure looks stately now...
In frustration, today I managed to get the six car garage (2 deep, 3 bay) with seven cars in it... the '92, '90, '81, and '97 are packed in the front like sardines and I don't care for that either... I have the '73, '78, and '76 across the back and was going to take the '85 home.
So, how do you decide when you are going to sell and not regret it? I had been in a mood for weeks to sell the '78, and today in mood to keep it, yet the crowded garage is frustrating...
What say ye?