Cadillac Commercial Chassis

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Venus hearse of a hair studio
Cadillac Miller Meteor Hearse (1975). The roof was removed by Scrap Daddy Studios in Houston and the car was used as a tow truck. Such vehicles were also used by undertakers.

Cadillac Commercial Chassis was basically a reinforced version of the chassis of the Cadillac Fleetwood Pullman limousine designed to support the heavier weight of hearse and ambulance superstructures. The commercial chassis was significantly lower than the frame of the corresponding car, so that the loading area of ​​the superstructure could be lower and loading and unloading was easier. It was delivered as a half-finished car to wheelwright shops and completed there. It consisted of the complete chassis with drive components, the body to the windshield, the dashboard, the air conditioning (if ordered) and the most important controls. The rear fenders and the front doors were enclosed loosely for later processing by the bodybuilder.

Ever since Cadillac began using self-supporting bodies, hearses and ambulances are mostly - if not always - made from modified limousines. The technical regulations for automobiles in the USA and Canada, which have been in force since 1979, require a higher load capacity for such vehicles and thus meant the end of car-based ambulances. Today they are built entirely on delivery trucks across North America.

Pop Culture

Earlier hearses and ambulances either end up with collectors or are converted. You can often see them at Halloween parties or as art cars .

A Superior -Leichenwagen is still operating daily for a hair studio in Houston ( Texas ) (s. Upper photo).

The Ghostbusters "ECTO 1" was a modified corpse / ambulance combination on a 1959 Cadillac Commercial Chassis.

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