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    I recently bought a model of a 1937 Studebaker Hearse, which came complete with coffin and flower stand. And today while doing some research on the weinermobile, i discovered that they didn't even have one at Oscar Meyers funeral, let alone give him his last ride in one. (first one was built in 1936)

    So does anyone know how many of the Studebaker family made their last ride in a Studebaker Hearse. And did they make any carrige era ones?

  • #2
    There is a horse drawn type Studebaker hearse in the Museum in South Bend .

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    • #3
      Don't know but Packard Hearses were popular with the Funeral Homes, right up there with the Caddies till their demise not to include Packabaker, jimmijim

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      • #4
        Brooks Stevens designed the later weinermobiles, maybe he did the earlier one too.

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        • #5
          There is a local (Hopewell Junction, NY) funeral home that has a 1929 Studebaker hearse. They will use it (instead of a modern hearse) if requested. They brought it to one of our Hudson Valley Chapter meets directly from a funeral/burial.

          Yes, Studebaker made horse drawn hearses.

          Most meets do not allow caskets to be displayed in hearses. It is thought to be bad taste to do so. I believe that the Professional Car Society disallows it. Probably okay on Halloween.

          Gary L.
          Wappinger, NY

          SDC member since 1968
          Studebaker enthusiast much longer
          Gary L.
          Wappinger, NY

          SDC member since 1968
          Studebaker enthusiast much longer

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          • #6
            Caskets are not allowed to be displayed in hearses at PCS meets , true,but I went to a mixed-make car show last week and there were 2 hearses there that had "boxes" in the back, one of which was open and displaying a fake corpse.Pretty nasty, but the few children in attendance seemed to have thought it was cool.

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            • #7
              I had a 39 President hearse body by Bender,that I sold to a collector in Tenn. 15-20 years ago.Don't know if he still has it.
              It was huge,a straight 8 & a solid car.My wife refused to ride in it.
              Because of the gearing & no OD top speed was about 50mph.

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              • #8
                I remember when I was a junior in high school my dad drove through a small town just west of us to and from work each day. One day dad came home with the news that the town's funeral home was selling one of its hearses. It was 1939 Packard. Orginal everything, including window curtains. I wanted that thing bad. I can't remember the cost, but I do remember I had enough saved up to buy it. My mom would not hear of it. Nobody was going to park a hearse in her drive way. It was a cool looking automobile.


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                • #9
                  Here is a Packard Hearse that I have seen numerous times at Hot August Nights. It does have a casket that opens to reveal a passenger on his last ride. Sometimes he sits up. Done in a light hearted fashion, but then I have seen more more than a few things done in Reno that could be considered poor taste





                  Sorry I don't have a better image of the air brush work, it really was pretty special

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                  • #10
                    We had a 1940 Commander Hearse, body by Bender. Sold it to a guy who
                    claimed he was going to restore it, heard a rumor years later he chopped
                    the top front to rear and installed a big block with blower out of the hood.
                    I sure hope thats not true, but no way to follow up.

                    Tom

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                    • #11
                      So i guess from the response's that the Stude family my have rode to the stone garden in a Packard?

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                      • #12
                        Peter & Jacob both died before the automobile era, early in the late 19th century. It is a good chance that they may have been dispatched in their final rides in horse drawn Studebakers. If for no other reason than their brothers still controlled the business quite strongly.

                        By the time JM died in the early 20th century Studebaker was getting out of the wagon and carriage business, and their automobiles were not yet suited for much commercial use. I think that Richard Quinn or someone at the SNM would most likely be the best suited to answer this question!? Though a lot of that early hors drawn era information is long lost when they sold that part of the company in 1921.

                        As far as I know, Studebaker offered custom built Hearse and Ambulance bodies from the mid 20's to the very end. It has been a long time since I have seen any of these other than the few mid 50's Ambulet SW's and that one 1964 Ambulance down in Austraila.

                        Peter Crisitello

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