Odd ball Eagle Lincoln

John Royark JR

John Royark JR

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I have been seeing a 1998 Eagle Lincoln off and on in my area for quite a few years now. I always saw it driving by so I could never get a good look, but something seemed to be a little off about it, and I could not place what it was. Since it is shared between multiple locations in different towns that the funeral home owns made it harder to know where it was. Finally, yesterday I saw it at a shop a couple towns over for rear air suspension work. As soon as I got closer the mystery was solved, now I wonder what the story behind it is. I have never seen another Eagle like this, not even after going through some pictures and brochures I have.

Lets see how long it takes for someone here to see it, and know if there any others.

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The slight roof overhang above the rear side doors? Kinda odd they didn't match the roof sideline to the doors of vice versa. :confused:
 
I knew what it was as soon as I saw the first pic, just at a glance even. Superior landau bar on it. Weird, but unique. Thats what makes all these hearses unique, all the little different manufacturer quirks.

Wrong Pat, Eagle lamp.
 
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Don't most of that vintage have a little kick-up in the trim line on the side, towards the rear loading door? (The trim right below the vinyl top and landau bars)
 
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PAT Post was the first to get that it has Superior landau bars on it.
I thought this was strange as Eagle is not an Accubuilt product. Its the first one Ive ever seen with them. Now to find out how it ended up like this.
Todd Merrifield saw the lack of kick up that the Eagle Lincolns of this era have.
Other than that it looks as it should.
 
That sail panel screams Superior as well. I could be wrong (I'm on my phone at work). It looks to have more curve to it than that of an Eagle. As far as the kickup goes, if its a Kingsley, it won't have one.
 
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Just out of curiosity, what makes it an Eagle? I'm not real familiar with later model hearses, was Superior/Accubuilt not building on the Lincoln chassis in 1998?
 
This coach seems to be getting stranger. Im going to have to see if its still there today to see what the builder tag says in the jam. No wonder why I thought this didn't look right, it is much deeper than just the Superior landau bars. It is looking more and more like a Superior, with Eagle parts rather than an Eagle with Superior parts. but I wonder why it would have Eagle body tags and Eagle coach lamps? The companies are competitors so not sure why one company would put the others tags in it. I looked at my interior pic, and the Superior Flur-de-lis also appears in the shadowbox. Im off now to see if it is still there--update soon.
 
Just got back. It was still there!! The mechanic let me look at the tag but of course this is the rare occasion I forgot to grab my camera. He also told me the location where this was at most of the time, so I can try to get some info from them.
Anyway, looking at helped somewhat but still leaves questions.
There was a Superior tag with the build date of 10/98. Under that there is the Superior tag with the paint codes ECT. Under that was a Eagle build tag with the date of 12/99. Also it had a Baines Dealer sticker on the jamb, so at one point he sold it.
I wonder if it was a situation like the new owner did not like certain things, (or to closer match the rest of the fleet), sent it to Eagle to change it.
If this is the case this would not be the first time this has happened, (but usually a longer time span than one year), most of us know about the S&S coaches that now wear Eureka Landau bars and trim.
 
There's an S&S Masterpiece out there with Superior bars and rear interior unit as well. Very cool car! If it was sold by Baines, they have been an Eagle coach dealer for a while.
 
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There's an S&S Masterpiece out there with Superior bars and rear interior unit as well. Very cool car! If it was sold by Baines, they have been an Eagle coach dealer for a while.
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I know about the S&S Masterpiece with Superior trim, but that's an easy one, they were built under one roof owned by the same company so its not like putting a competitors name on it.
 
That would be my guess too, John. This hearse is definitely a Superior Lincoln Diplomat, but with the Eagle coach lamps and tag, they laid hands on it too. I also noticed that the pin stripes are done the "Eagle way."

These Superior Lincolns typically came with nothing on the C pillar except for a Lincoln emblem and Superior script.
 
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