Mercedes-Benz 300 TD Bestattungsfahrzeug als Kombi in Friedrichshafen

I bet you'd sleep like the dead in this thing.

HEY YO!

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I've always had a weak spot for old hearses. I don't think I can get the Mrs. to ride in one with me anymore though.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I found a hearse in a junkyard once, so I snagged a few parts for my Audi Fox that seems to always have a death wish. So casket slides for the door sills and dash trim, and casket clamps holding the battery in the trunk. It's actually been pretty well-behaved since.

Anyway, people always brag about how they could carry 1,000 pounds of bricks in the back of a 123 wagon...with that they might actually be able to fit it.

-Rog

Ha, love the pun hobospeed.

Odd the title says sedan. Make more sense being a wagon, but that back window is weird. If it was originally a wagon, then why did they do that modification?

I have had the crazy idea making a wrecked TD into a high top camper. But then I got enough projects. ;P

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Current fleet:

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery.

1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home.

1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out.

1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health.

Yeah, looks like a sedan back door. The wagon would make more sense with the under floor gas tank though as you state. Perhaps they changed it to a sedan door for strength of the rear section.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

A car like that could have any combination of weird parts. Sedan body panels on a wagon pan...
I bought a '72 Cadillac Hearse to impress my first wife. The chassis was not like a limo chassis. The limos had a four link suspension like the sedans did. The hearse had a "commercial chassis" with leaf springs maybe from a Chevy C-10 or something.
My body was about four inches wider at the rear axle than the sedan, but instead of using a longer axle, they used really long lug nuts and 2" spacers. The GVW on that car was 8200 pounds and it had a 490 cid engine. The lug nuts failed dramatically one sunny day.
It also had crank up windows and no AC. The guy at the parts counter couldn't wrap his head around a fan belt for a stretch Caddy with no AC.
I bought it from the regional hearse dealer and chatted with him for a while. The bodies are custom made by independent coachworks, like school buses or campers. GM would ship them a chassis with the running gear and front sheet metal. When the driver's door dome light switch failed I got a replacement NOS from Superior Coachworks who had built the car originally. It came with the Frigidaire logo printed on it. So the gnome that turned my interior light on and off was a cousin of the gnome in your refridgerator.
This was in Minneapolis and I was at a stoplight once. Across the intersection from me, driving a plain beige LTD was Prince with a really pretty girl in the passenger's seat. He was pointing at my car and laughing.
But how many opportunities will you have in your life to own an 80,000 mile garage kept vintage stretch Caddy with burgundy brocade seats, embroidered curtains and chandeliers for only $2000. It really did empress my future ex wife. She was the kind of punk rocker your Mother talked to you about.

Oh, and we did camp in it.

One good thing about hearses is they don't have any mileage on them. Back and forth to the graveyard several times a week doesn't pile on the miles.

Richard

Call Clarkson. The Benz would be better than the Citroen.

I LOVE this. 5 speed manual, rare taxi dash, crank windows and room to haul. I would daily it. (15 inch rims?)