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[Dick Clemens]

Ilove this car but not the price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___1922-STUDEBAKER-CHILDRENS-HEARSE-ONE-OF-ONE_W0QQitemZ260258266050QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260258266050&_trksid=p3756.m14.l1308

This car belongs in the NSM. I think that would be where David would like it to be.
I talked to David at Omaha in 06 and told him the story about playing in the car in the mortuary garage back around 1948. The funeral parlor owners son and I went to school together.

studedick from the lower Ozarks

[41 Frank]

It will be intersting to see what it will bring. David must have spent an incredible amount of time and resources restoring it.

Frank van Doorn
1962 GT Hawk 4 speed
1963 Daytona Conv
1941 Champion R-2 Rod

[bams50]

quote:Originally posted by 41 Frank

It will be intersting to see what it will bring. David must have spent an incredible amount of time and resources restoring it.

I'd like to as well, but we're not going to; it's not an auction, unfortunately...

Maybe somebody will come on and disclose what offers it receives...



Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"With your Lark you're on your own, free as a bird, alive as a Lark. You've suddenly discovered that happiness is a thing called Larking!"

[JDP]

Every time I saw it, it made me uncomfortable. Nice car, but the history of what it was used for just made me sad.

JDP/Maryland
"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Thomas Jeffereson

[289stude]

Yeh JDP I agree, thats not one Id enjoy driving, looking at, or showing off.

John

[bondobilly]

I have to agree with JP and the others, it is a turn off. Gruesome comes to mind.

Back in those days you could actually contract with the local trolley company to lay tracks from your home, and they would provide a Funeral Car for the family and the casket and take all out to the cemetery.

[sals54]

I still think that is one of the creepiest cars I've ever seen. Its positively ghoulish to me. Sorry, just my opinion.

sals54

[Mark57]

I have to agree with the majority - it is obviously a carefully restored vehicle, but you sure wouldn't want to take it to your local show 'n shine. I think the SNM would be the best home for this one (IMHO, of course).

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

Are you planning to attend the NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23-25, 2009?</h5>

[PlainBrownR2]

...Wait until the group finds out it was at the International at Charlotte a few years back, it'll blow there minds [)] [}]

Creepy, yes, Ghoulish, no doubt, a part of history needed to fill a role, such as the Trailer Toter or Ambulet, but of course. Looking at this from a restoration point, this is Professional Car Society material, just like the flower car, ambulance, adult hearse(thats a children's hearse), or limousine. I've known a couple of people who took interest in the vehicles, who usually looked at it from a historical point of view, such as taking interest in the development of the tow truck through the ages. On the same, note, the people I knew had an open mind about driving the vehicle. A little dignity is necessary, as well as maybe some imagination of the chauffership kind, and some respect for who rode in the back(quiet as they may be), and it can make for interesting piece to show. Personally, I look at just like the occaisonal Zip Van, Taxi, Trailer Toter, or etc, that may show up. It makes for an interesting conversation piece.

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[Bill Pressler]

I think it's a beautiful car with an interesting history. I don't think I'd own it, but I'd definitely be looking it over if I saw it at a meet or museum.

What's REALLY gruesome is that until yesterday a.m., Jayne Mansfield's 1966 Buick Electra 225 4-door Hardtop, in which she was killed with her driver and also her boyfriend, was on eBay. It got 'pulled' off eBay. It was in Yadkinville, SC. Her three children who were in the back seat at the time, all survived. Can you only imagine how they would feel if they knew someone was trying to make money off of it all these years later?

Bill Pressler
Kent, OH
'63 Lark Daytona Skytop R1

quote:Originally posted by Dick Clemens

Ilove this car but not the price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___1922-STUDEBAKER-CHILDRENS-HEARSE-ONE-OF-ONE_W0QQitemZ260258266050QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260258266050&_trksid=p3756.m14.l1308

This car belongs in the NSM. I think that would be where David would like it to be.
I talked to David at Omaha in 06 and told him the story about playing in the car in the mortuary garage back around 1948. The funeral parlor owners son and I went to school together.

studedick from the lower Ozarks

[bams50]

I admit the car does give me the chills a little, but with that little casket, I wouldn't be comfortable anywhere near it... when I think about it, I can't specifically say why, I just know that's the case[:I]

Still, it's not NEARLY as creepy as the hearse in this thread:

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13990&SearchTerms=hearse

Robert (Bob) Andrews Owner- Studebakeracres- on the IoMT (Island of Misfit Toys!)
Parish, central NY 13131

"Some people live for the rules, I live for exceptions"- 311

"With your Lark you're on your own, free as a bird, alive as a Lark. You've suddenly discovered that happiness is a thing called Larking!"

[BobPalma]

David Neitzel originally acquired this hearse from a funeral home in Brazil IN, on U.S.40 near Terre Haute on the western edge of Indiana. That funeral home has/had expressed a sincere interest in buying it back from the estate...but I doubt at that kind of price!

(Interestingly, the owners of that funeral home were loyal Studebaker customers. Maybe 10 years ago, they finally turned loose of an unbelievably-original 1953 Land Cruiser they had bought new. Two-tone grey with Overdrive. It was the most untouched '53 anything I'd seen for years, with actual miles in the 30,000 range. Unusually well-preserved; always in a heated garage at the "home." It traded hands once in our Indy Chapter and is now being cared for by one of our chapter members.)

Anyway, some of the posted observations here are correct about the potential market for this hearse: There are many non-Studebaker people in The Professional Car Society to whom this might appeal, so it may well go outside the Studebaker hobby and help us expand our membership and interest in antique Studebakers. [8D]BP

[go-studebaker]

Hi guys,
it is a special car.
I suppose that nobody would want our 1939 convertible either as it was the casket baring car for our first baby daughter Kristianne's funeral a few years ago.
Sad things happen in life, and there are needs for Studebakers in that role.
Davids car is one of them. I would think that back in the 20's the mortality rate of children was a lot higher than it is today.

Greg

Greg Diffen
Australian Stude nut living in Warwick, United Kingdom

1933 St Regis Brougham Model 56 Dutch delivered
1937 Dicator sedan. Australian Body by TJ Richards
1939 Packard Seven Passenger monster UK delivered
1939 Commander Sedan Australian Body by TJ Richards
1939 Commander Swiss Cabriolet by Lagenthal
1961 Hawk
1963 Daytona Hardtop
1988 Avanti Convertible

[Dick Clemens]

I see a lot of people are turned off by the car. Doesn't anyone remember the funeral car from Washington state that was at Omaha and Southbend. 394 points at Omaha and 400 points at South Bend.
I say look at these cars the same as any other vehicle made to do a job. When we used to play in it it was an ambulance. You have a great imagination when your 14-15 years old.

studedick from the lower Ozarks

[Roscomacaw]

I don't find it "creepy" at all. Can I appreciate the work that's gone into it's restoration? Sure. Is it something I'd endeavor to own? No - not at all.
It has a place in history and it belongs in a museum. I just can't envision.... "Hey honey! Let's take the kiddie-hearse for a spin today! Great day for a cruise in that beauty."[B)]

Miscreant Studebaker nut in California's central valley.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door