2008 S&S Flower Car

Daniel Scully

Daniel Scully

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Was some one here looking for one of these?
 

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Wow! It is a looker, but $80,000 is a bunch of money for an 8 year old coach! What did it cost 8 years ago??
 
During its production run between 2006 and 2011, S&S constructed a total of 22 of these Victoria Florales. The first and only one built in 2006 was sold to The Moon Funeral Home in Flint, Michigan. Subsequently there were four delivered in 2007, eight in 2008, four in 2009, two in 2010 and an additional three in 2011.
 
Kurt Arends said:
Wow! It is a looker, but $80,000 is a bunch of money for an 8 year old coach! What did it cost 8 years ago??
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I was talking to Dan about this car, and he said that he was told by a coach dealer that they were over $140,000 new. I have no idea why they were so expensive, except for the fact that they probably were hand built one at a time, unlike the way that they "mass" produce the hearses today.
 
These are nice, but I could never own one, I cant get over the backward and strange landau bar location. It just does not make any sense like that. That looks even worse than crooked drapes do.
 
I sort of agree with John's comments regarding the landau bows. They are placed where they are to depict a lowered tonneau and, as such, are entirely correct. However, they appear out-of-place. They could nonetheless be removed to reveal a fairly smooth transition fron the vehicle sides to the faux tonneau. Just saying.....
 
Keith Snyder said:
I sort of agree with John's comments regarding the landau bows. They are placed where they are to depict a lowered tonneau and, as such, are entirely correct. However, they appear out-of-place. They could nonetheless be removed to reveal a fairly smooth transition fron the vehicle sides to the faux tonneau. Just saying.....
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I do not see it as being correct, because if depicting a lowered top, the landau bar would be folded, as the landau bar would hinge in the center. Even for instance if it was hinged on the lower button of the bar instead of the center one (for some strange reason) picture the top being raised, it would then have the landau bars on the wrong side of the coach, which as we know is a huge pet peeve of most pro car collectors.
 
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Chuck Kramer said:
Scroll down further to the Federal 2002 Cadillac COUPE DE FLEUR flower car!
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Did not notice that. Pretty nice also. This 2002 Federal looks similar to my 96 Eagle .Is there a reason for that ?
 

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Daniel Scully said:
Did not notice that. Pretty nice also. This 2002 Federal looks similar to my 96 Eagle .Is there a reason for that ?
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Because it is an Eagle (with upside down coachlight on one side at that). Federal didn't offer a flower car. The lack of coachbuilder knowledge and lack of attention to details (like the coachlight) says a lot of how they operate. Makes you wonder how many corners they cut that you do not see.
 
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John Royark JR said:
Because it is an Eagle (with upside down coachlight on one side at that). Federal didn't offer a flower car. The lack of coachbuilder knowledge and lack of attention to details (like the coachlight) says a lot of how they operate. Makes you wonder how many corners they cut that you do not see.
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no different then owning a superior.
 
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