Do These Qualify As "Barn Finds"?
- Thread starter Kurt Arends
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the concrete floor deducts, but I guess you could call the pole barn finds. you collecting bookends now?:thumbsup:
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
It's still extremely hard for me to look at anything built in 1988 and see it as being "old"!
In 1982 I purchased a 1956 Meteor 3-way and a 1956 Meteor combination(converted to an ambulance. It has since bounced around to 6-8 different owners). Those coaches were 26 years old at the time. Those 2 coaches were real head-turners and a blast to own! A 26 year-old coach today was built in 1991 and would turn very few heads on the street. I just have a hard time getting too worked up over anything built after 1976!
I just had to see these 2 coaches saved from a fate they did not deserve.
In 1982 I purchased a 1956 Meteor 3-way and a 1956 Meteor combination(converted to an ambulance. It has since bounced around to 6-8 different owners). Those coaches were 26 years old at the time. Those 2 coaches were real head-turners and a blast to own! A 26 year-old coach today was built in 1991 and would turn very few heads on the street. I just have a hard time getting too worked up over anything built after 1976!
I just had to see these 2 coaches saved from a fate they did not deserve.
Tony Karsnia - Deceased - 1971-2020
September 12, 1971 - November 2, 2020
The Superior is a one-owner car.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
I know that the Academy Grey '88 Eureka was purchased new by the Roper Funeral Home in Lincoln, NE. I am not sure as to where it went from there. Both coaches have sat in that building waaaay too long!
Anxious to get those mud flaps off of the '90 Superior! I hate mud flaps on a hearse! They usually do more harm than good.
Anxious to get those mud flaps off of the '90 Superior! I hate mud flaps on a hearse! They usually do more harm than good.
what are the other vehicles in the barn?
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
They are history.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
Yes. This '90 Superior Crown Sovereign was delivered new to the Helgeson Funeral Chapel in Roseau, MN on 9/15/1990. Roseau is one of the northern-most communities in the state of Minnesota. Helgesons traded it in to Great Country Motors on 9/30/2005 when it was 15 years old. It has been in indoor storage at Great Country Motors since then(yes, 12 years!). The coach currently has 63,500 miles on it.
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Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
The Academy Grey '88 Eureka Concourse was traded in to Great Country Motors in 1999 and it was then sold to the Conway Funeral Home in Cresco, IA. Conways then traded it back in to Great Country Motors in 2002. It was then stuck in this building where it has been stored since then(yes, 15 years!). I am most anxious to get this one back on the road. Love the color combination with the burgundy interior. This one currently has 75,179 miles on it.
Darren Bedford
PCS Member
Absolutely..... POLE BARN FINDS !!!
Likely much better than BARN FINDS in that the condition is likely twice as nice.
:thumbsup:
Enjoy the rides,
Darren
Likely much better than BARN FINDS in that the condition is likely twice as nice.
:thumbsup:
Enjoy the rides,
Darren
100 years of dealing !
POSTED Vehicles were topic of discussion at noon today at C-W Coach Sales when Bob Hedges, Carl Woerner and Tommy Jones met to complete a 3-Way dealer deal that include 100 years of hearse selling knowledge in SAME place! Thankful for great memories they still have...WOW !!!
POSTED Vehicles were topic of discussion at noon today at C-W Coach Sales when Bob Hedges, Carl Woerner and Tommy Jones met to complete a 3-Way dealer deal that include 100 years of hearse selling knowledge in SAME place! Thankful for great memories they still have...WOW !!!
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
I am embarrassed to say that I just got the first of these two coaches home yesterday and did the initial cleaning of 15 years worth of dust. The first time this coach has seen daylight in 15 years. I was pleasantly surprised as to the condition of this one! Needs brakes and exhaust immediately. Tomorrow it is off to have brake lines replaced. I think that I am going to like the '88 Eureka better than the '90 Superior Crown.
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Peter Grave - Deceased - 1938 - 2022
PCS Member
Just shows what a little detailing will do. Just like Cinderella. Imagine the two 51 Buicks after a similar dust and fluff. Sure looks sharp! Hope brake lines are not toast.
Bill Marcy
PCS Member
Real good looking hearse, I love the colors of it, too!
To things destroy a car sunlight and mice.if you can avoid them storage is not a problem. Rust will grow on the bare spots still but if its dry not fast.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
'90 Superior Crown
........... and here is the '90 Crown after its first bath in 13 years! Hard to tell, but this one is actually "Shadow Blue", which is an '88 Lincoln color.... according to Superior's info in the door jamb. We ran up and grabbed this one yesterday. Washed it this afternoon.
A couple of minor this to do on both of these, and I will be offering both for sale.
........... and here is the '90 Crown after its first bath in 13 years! Hard to tell, but this one is actually "Shadow Blue", which is an '88 Lincoln color.... according to Superior's info in the door jamb. We ran up and grabbed this one yesterday. Washed it this afternoon.
A couple of minor this to do on both of these, and I will be offering both for sale.
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Peter Grave - Deceased - 1938 - 2022
PCS Member
Looks good for a quick dust and fluff. I am sure very few were made. Kinda busy trim wise for my taste but as my first boss at the Packard dealership said "There is an ass for every seat." Sure looks pristine.
Kurt Arends
PCS Elected Director 2021-2024
I agree with you Pete. Too much bright work for my liking. I prefer the look of the Eureka.
Tim Prieur
PCS Member
Both are striking in their own way. Beautiful vehicles Kurt.
