Classy Cadillacs

[Mike McDonald]

Low Band Antennas

Kind of an unusual (and impractical) place to mount the low-band antennas on the (BEAUTIFUL) Meteors...... mountings like that were famous to take out a whole row of florescent lights at service stations!

 

[Mike McDonald]

Alhiser-Wilson

Among other things, I've collected funeral home and ambulance service postcards for years. Here are two Cadillacs from those cards, cropped from larger views of the funeral homes:

McClave F.H. (Steubenville, OH)
1960 Sentinel

Alhiser-Wilson Mortuary (Escondido, CA)
1956 Meteor

The Alhiser-Wilson Mortuary is still in the same place, same building and same family ownership since the early 1900's. The only other mortuary in town is a Dignity version that doesn't seem to be as popular. MM

 

[Adam Borkat]

Miller F.H. (Vandalia, IL)
1969 Sovereign Landaulet endloader
(SL photos)

Thanks for this one Steve! Something about the '69-'70 Superior landaulet cars just does it for me. I think it's such a formal, classy funeral coach, and there's just not much with more presence. In my dream fleet, there is my A&H, a '58 Eureka or Superior landaulet hearse, and one of these.

 

[Attila Bethlenfalvy]

1960 Crown Royale Limousine combination from Janesville (SL collection)

Could it be that years later (and 600 miles away) this original paint example is the same Crown limo combination I had a deposit on in Winter, '05 near Grand Forks, ND? *sigh*

*This was the fifth of seven '60 Crown Royale limo style coaches that evaded me from '95-'08.

 

[Russ Austin]

Atti, you get that car outa NM yet?

 

[Steve Loftin]

Jim Green F.H. (Pryor, OK)
1970 54" Rescuer (ex-McCook, IL)
1967 Sovereign Tiara Limousine combination

(SL photos)

 

[Steve Loftin]

This newspaper photo, dated 1/30/57, was taken after the Elmhurst, IL P.D. took delivery of their new 1956 Miller. Their 1950 Eureka is in the background.

(SL collection)

 

[Richard Vyse]

Not sure if this is classy or not. This is the hearse Tony Stewart has done for him by Unique Autos.

 

[Steve Loftin]

Simply awful. The PCS was formed to help prevent this sort of rape and pillage!

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

Even though these S&S Victorias were a rather generic, "seen one, seen 'em all" design, this one was a nice looking light blue example before it was ruined.

 

[Keith Snyder]

Arrrrgh! Desicration. That's horrible. It may have been a very restorable vehicle that's been completely ruined. Keep it away from any PCS shows or displays.

 

[Jeremy D. Ledford]

I'll have to look but I just MIGHT have a before shot of the Tony Stewart car when it was up at C-W Coach. I know I seen it there but not sure if I do have a photo but I will look.

 

[Steve Loftin]

Who is Tony Stewart, and why is this his car?

 

[Jeremy D. Ledford]

Who is Tony Stewart, and why is this his car?

Tony Stewart is a NASCAR driver and he bought this S&S from Carl and Stewart had it on one of those "lets hack it up for ratings shows" and it went from being a very nice S&S Victoria to what we seen here.

 

[Josh Gentry]

It was a very nice looking light blue with I beleave a black top coach before it got destroyed. I think I still have a before pic of it also. I'll try and see if I can dig it up.

Josh

 

[Steve Loftin]

Back to the good stuff...

Douglas County F.D. (Minden, NV)
1960 Superior 48"
1972 Superior 54"

Provo, UT
1963 S&S 43"
1970 M-M 54"

(Tom Parkinson photos)

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

Similar to the Tony Stewart hearse

1980 S&S Cadillac Victoria: Erickson-Smith FH, Elbow Lake, MN

(Karsnia photo)

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

More from hearse hunting

1985 Eureka Cadillac Concours Landaulet: Green FH, Thief River Falls, MN

1987 Eureka Cadillac Concours Brougham Landaulet: Peterson-Albinson-Stohlberg Hillside Chapel, Minneapolis, MN

(Karsnia photos)

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

1976 S&S Cadillac Park Hill combination: Pederson-Hoialmen FH, Fosston, MN (we later purchased this car and repainted it green to match the interior.)
In service until 1990.

1976 Miller-Meteor Cadillac 3-way: Anderson FH, Alexandria, MN
In service until 1992.

(Karsnia photos)

 

[Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020]

1983 Superior Cadillac Regal Landaulet: Vertin-Munson FH, Wahpeton, ND
Wish I had been there on a sunny day. This car was pretty in burgundy with the tan top.

(Karsnia photo)