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Meinhardt Raabe, who died last year at age 94, played the Munchkinland coroner, and certified that the Wicked Witch was ‘really dead.' It's not inconceivable to imagine the flamboyantly dressed character buying today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe custom Escort wagon to cart away the witch pancake, but is it priced so high that he might come up short? More »
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Last month we told you about the North Carolina man who, on a whim, sold the hearse used for Dale Earnhardt's funeral over Craigslist for $8,800. The new owner has it on eBay for a slight markup: $1.5 million. More »
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During Sunday's Daytona 500, an ad appeared on Craigslist to sell the Lincoln hearse that carried NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. body during his funeral for $8,800. It sold. Now, the seller tells us exclusively he now regrets it. More »
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With Ford looking to fill the void left by the Lincoln Town Car in the livery and limousine market, Ford's hoping the Lincoln MKT crossover can do it. Even for hearses. Here's the full story on who made this one. More »
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Chilean artist Sebastian Errazuriz tackles mortality and awesome helicopters in this appropriately murdered-out sculpture. [Meet Sebastian via Nemoi] More »
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Fernando Aguerre discovered these fantastically carved, wooden-bodied, vintage Cadillac funeral cars while exploring an antique barn in Argentina. More »
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash on April 10th. Yesterday, over 100,000 mourners turned out for his funeral in Krakow where a Maserati Quattroporte and Hummer H1 served as hearses. More »
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This is purportedly a real image, but it's just too ridiculous to believe. Come on, a hearse being hoisted onto a flatbed for illegal parking as the funeral procession emerges from the church? If it's real, we'll feel bad. More »
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Japanese hearses aren't all mobile Buddhist temples. Some are fairly modest affairs, but these gilded shrine-on-wheels below take the religious to their final resting places in serious style. More »
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Über Bird team captain and PCH Poster Child Mad_Science has vast quantities of photographs of old and interesting street-parked SoCal machinery for us. More »
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Hip-hop singer T-Pain has auto-tuned his way into our hearts with a custom Caddy cadaver carrier. His hearse is fitted with chrome rims, fiberglass coffin holding speakers and TVs, and is candy-coated in bright orange with blue vinyl top. [CelebrityCarz] More »
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Steve Sutcliffe, Autocar UK's road-test editor, a connoisseur of slideways dorifto action, attempts to quell his morbid curiosity of whether a Mercedes E-Class Hearse can deliver the recently deceased in tire-murdering style. More »
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Planning to die in Gadsen, Alabama? Better make sure your finances are in order or you might end up abandoned in the back of a hearse until the police respond to an odor complaint. More »
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Our nominee for Hoon of the Day goes to the Florida man who stole a hearse during a funeral service. Yes, we said during the service. More »
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We were out and about cruising the snowy streets of Detroit, taking advantage of the return of sub-two dollar gas, and what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a stretched Jaguar XJ8 hearse.

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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Not very surprisingly, the Bristol 408 walloped the Beetle Limo last time, so it seems only right to give another Beetle a shot at PCH glory. Since we're coming up on Halloween, let's have a couple of scary cars; scary for different reasons, yet both with the Grim Reaper riding shotgun.
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Leaving the 2008 Orphan Car Show last weekend, we assumed we had already seen all the cars there were to see. But then, just as we walked out through the front gate, we saw this. Our first thought? Stutz hearse! Err, no, wait a second... More »
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The Japanese tradition of installing a big temple-like structure on a Caminoized sedan to make a hearse makes total sense to us, but wouldn't it be great to have an '89 Nissan Presidentamino with the rare and coveted Dragon Hearse option to use as your daily driver? Look at this thing! It is to regular hearses as a dekotora is to 70s custom vans... and it could be yours for a mere £8,800. We'd suggest losing the somber black paint and going with a gold-leaf job on the Nissan's body, plus some 18K spinner wheels. Thanks to Al_Beaton for the tip! [ClassicCarsForSale.co.uk] More »
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We've always known that people who own a hearse for non-business reasons are a bit quirky. This just reaffirms it. It's the second annual convention for very unconventional hearse enthusiasts, a gathering held in Englewood, Colorado. Where else are you gonna find a roof-mounted flame-thrower? More »
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Seems that our Pontiac Versus Plymouth Ambulance Project Car Hell Poster Child poll (in which DCulberson edged out Plymsole in the voting) has inspired reader Dave to send in the tale of his Miller-Meteor Classic Duplex ambulance/hearse combo, based on a 1962 Cadillac. Take a look at the photos of this fine machine, then make the jump to hear Dave's story. More »
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From Pushin' Daisies (seller of "mortuary novelties") comes this somewhat disturbing 1:18 scale '66 Caddy hearse, complete with coffin! Now, if only they made a pink Barbie Edition toy hearse - with Ken in the coffin and Barbie wielding a shovel, of course- why, then we'd really have something. [Pushin' Daisies] via [BoingBoing] More »
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An early myspace pal we haven't talked to in two or three years or so (we're largely retainers, not deleters) posted a bulletin about one of her myspace pal's need to sell a hearse. Said multi-degree myspacester is asking $3k and is apparently known as "Maverick Cadaverick," which brings to mind Steve Miller, Tom Cruise and um, er, uh...45 Grave? Plus, it's in Fresno, which ensures its Valley-Goth credentials. Formaldehyde and crystal meth? What a heritage one could inherit with this machine! It's a '76 Cad, which makes it the perfect cover for busting Murdock out of the VA hospital, and as a bonus to Professional Car collectors, it actually looks pretty-well stock. [MaverickCadaverick] More »
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The 20R-powered Sprite won last Friday's Project Car Hell poll, so now let's take a look at two more fine project cars available on Craigslist today... More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=281538&view=rss&microfeed=true The A-Team take down a chop shop and a crooked used car salesman with extreme prejudice, all in the name of helping out their pal ex-con pal Davey. Face takes one to the, well, er, face, Hannibal turns himself out as a limo-shoppin' rock 'n' roll mogul, B.A. is his usual William Butler Yeatsian self, and Murdock? Well, Murdock's just howlin' mad. And yes, of course the plan comes together. It is a Stephen J. Cannell production, after all. More post-jump. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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"We could do that. But what if instead we got a hearse, jacked it up on swamp tires, gave it a blower scoop, painted it read and blue - with a flame job of course - and plastered tombstones all over it? Tell me that wouldn't rock? The ladies would totally melt in our laps, dude." – Jonny Lieberman More »
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