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look how much better it is with the taillight taken off the end gate
 

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In walking around one, the interior is subtle, if you can keep your eyes closed the outside doesn't hurt yours and your dogs feelings. The back seems snug and a bit tight. I would like some feed back if someone buys one and uses it. I think an oversized casket would rub on the interior. I think the Town Car is avail by special order then you can have it customized. I am used to the more powerful v-8 and the 6cyl doesn't appeal to me. The unibody concerns me also about long term structural stability. Does anyone have some insight as to how long it might last on rough roads; we do much reservation hopping and spend hours on washboard roads and its hard on limo's and coaches, but frames are rigid and support the cars well. The 65 Galaxie was unibody and they were not the best for the old roads, they bent easily, if towed wrong and I believe in solid frames. The vehicle is just to new for my appreciation. But I would like to hear back about how it performs for service and dependability. Thanks for your input. I am trying to sell myself on a new one.
The Chrysler idea sounds good if Dodge was a bit more dependable.
 
I really think the Cadillac Escalade will be made into a hearse. One company at the NFDA convention in New Orleans last year, had a GMC truck that they made into a hearse. It actually didn't look that bad. It was MUCH better looking than the new lincoln.
 
Word on the street says Cadillac is going to downsize the Escalade to the Lambda platform - i.e. the Acadia, Traverse, former Saturn Outlook, and Buick Enclave, which are all considered crossover vehicles. If I were a betting man, I would put my money on GM and Cadillac offering that platform for the next professional vehicles, regardless of what the Cadillac lady said at the Banquet. That would put it on a similar chassis as to what Ford is now offering. It will certainly be interesting to see what developes!
 
Body-on-frame means nothing anymore. All of the FWD Cadillacs and the professional cars derived from them since 1985 have been unibody automobiles. The "legitimate" coachbuilders learned sometime ago how to construct structurally sound vehicles based on these unibody or monoque platforms. Remember, Eureka in Toronto built scads of those "uni-built" Cadillacs, Buicks and Oldsmobiles in the late '80s as did Superior and S&S with Cadillacs. I have never heard anything about these FWD vehicles from any of the experienced builders being anything other than solid, well-constructed vehicles.
 
Loren Baldwin said:
Not to go off topic here, but Kenn...I can assure the 65 Galaxie was a body-on-frame car. I spent a year restoring the frame of mine!

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I always thought of my 65 4dr as a unibody, I got it stuck in the mud and they towed it back for me and the car was bent in the middle from the tow. My dad and I pulled the engine and trans and sold the rest for parts. Thank you for the insite. I appreciate the useful info.
 
While it's better than those ugly Lincolns and doesn't look too bad, one of the big problems with hearses based on the Cadillac Escalade, or anyother SUV, is the high road clearance and, as a result, the high loading height. Old feeble pallbearers have enough trouble getting the casket loaded into a passenger car based funeral coach with a loading height of 23-25-inches, can you imagine the difficulties that are encountered with a vehicle so high? On top of that, it still looks like an SUV and lacks that "road presence" that a funeral car of necessity requires.
 
Keith Snyder said:
Body-on-frame means nothing anymore. All of the FWD Cadillacs and the professional cars derived from them since 1985 have been unibody automobiles. The "legitimate" coachbuilders learned sometime ago how to construct structurally sound vehicles based on these unibody or monoque platforms. Remember, Eureka in Toronto built scads of those "uni-built" Cadillacs, Buicks and Oldsmobiles in the late '80s as did Superior and S&S with Cadillacs. I have never heard anything about these FWD vehicles from any of the experienced builders being anything other than solid, well-constructed vehicles.
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You are right. I have a '85 Superior Cadillac FWD with almost 180,000 on it. It is a unibody built coach and still shows no sign of body cracking, which is more than I can say for some of my other newer ones with a frame and alot less miles.
 
WOW!

So much hate going on here with this Lincoln. Before I can comment on this car, I would need to see one in person. Pictures can only show so much. Do I think it is the best designed hearse? Absolutely not! But, it isn't really so bad. It will just take a little getting used to.

I have to agree with LeeAnn... Will this be the collector car of the future? 20 or 30 or 40 years from now. what will people think of this car? hard to figure...
 
I think Accubuilt did one thing better on this car than Eagle...did more of an elongated lower rear body with more of a "beavertail" effect, looks like something from the early 30s, and gives it some visual interest...the rear body on the Eagle is too vertical. Awful side view, all sorts of weird angles.

I always thought a Ford Flex would make a cool coach, I have never seen one though...
 
Dave Simon said:
I think Accubuilt did one thing better on this car than Eagle...did more of an elongated lower rear body with more of a "beavertail" effect, looks like something from the early 30s, and gives it some visual interest...the rear body on the Eagle is too vertical. Awful side view, all sorts of weird angles.

I always thought a Ford Flex would make a cool coach, I have never seen one though...
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I agree with you on the Ford Flex making a nice looking coach.
 
My two cents worth....

I agree.........stunning, but not in the usual sense! Looks like a cross between the Super Chief and an ocean liner.

But I'm going to reserve my final judgement until I see a real one "in the flesh". No question though, these slab-sided Lincolns are going to take some getting used to.

I can only wonder what Don Cox, the ex-Henney guy who designed the avant-garde 1959 Superior Crown Royale, would think of this. Probably not printable! Alas, they do have to work with what they're handed -- just like Superior and the others did when they were handed the flamboyant high-finned `59 Cadillac chassis. Walt
 
It would be nice to see some styling different than that of the squared off rear door and loading area that was commonplace up until the early/mid 60s. How did I miss this tour??
 
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