Paint it purple!

An elderly couple got into a cab in a large town and gave the driver the address some distance out of town. The cabbie acknowledged the instruction and started driving. He was silent for about the next 15 minutes.... The elderly lady leaned forward and tapped him on the shoulder...the driver screamed and swerved violently before coming to a halt. After everyone calmed down the elderly man asked what had happened... The driver replied "This is my first drive as a cabbie...." The elderly woman asked "But why the reaction?" The driver replied "Lady, for the last 25 years I drove a hearse..."

Just wanted to provide this information: The interior door handles for the rear side doors and the very back door are from the 67-72 C/K series GM trucks and the 70s-90s G-series GM vans. I saw those and knew immediately where to find them. You can still get them from LMC Truck today.

"A Hearse is a Hearse, a curse, a curse" "and no one can make a curse any worse" "It's so adverse, unless the Hearse is the famous Mr. Dead!"

Thanks for having me on! It’s been a blast!

For when fans are dying to meet the Wizard…

Breaks my heart to see a hearse not original,but everybody has different taste.i have a 1984 Cadillac hearse my self.all original with 31,000 miles.mine is a S&S Victoria.these to me are so much elegant with the way they are made.have a Jewish casket in the back of mine.won a lot of trophies in car shows from her.great video

Wizard, buy both of them, then you can have his and hearse!

Superior not only manufactured hearses/ambulance, they also made motorhomes, school buses, and other types of vehicles

"Disaster pouch", great name for a body bag! I've seen them listed as such on funeral home "menus".

In rural areas, hearses were also used as an ambulance and had a big red light on the roof and a siren under the hood. In January of 1975, my Mom and I were in an accident and the State Trooper who came and knew my family insisted that we go get checked out and the funeral home owner came with the hearse and drove us about 20 miles to the hospital and he waited for us and took us home. On the way home, once he knew we were OK, he joked depending upon how bad the accident is, I have the vehicle to get you dead or alive.

My coach, a '73 S&S Victoria, is as stock inside and out as I could make it. Gets thumbs-ups every time I take it out. I originally was looking into a funeral coach to carry my band's PA (it's just huge inside-- 8 feet from the rear door to the partition), but the first time I drove it I sensed the feelings of all the survivors of everyone who rode in the back. There's a lot of love and respect in those cars, and I'm delighted to have owned Miss Thing for 27 years!

That knob on the wheel is used to help manuvering in tight locations, you can stick your head out the window while spinning the steering wheel around one handed. Some big rigs have them installed for that reason, as do forklifts.

Cool video reminds me of my high school days in the 1970s when I almost talked my dad into restoring a 1938 Packard hearse with me. Van conversions were huge then.

Pretty cool. I work in the funeral business and it's nice to see these old hearses.

My Best Man was a funeral director. His was about a 1977 Caprice hearse. Black with a Red velour interior. Once asked me to ride along with him as he went "for a pick up". Safe to say, as we stopped for supper, that he asked to the occupant in the back if he wanted anything... I was "straining at that gnat"!

You can give Hoovie one of the sympathy cards with his next bill 👍👍👍😂😂😂

The weather was certainly in tune with the look of that Superior hearse 💀⚡️ Looks very scary with those yellowed, disintegrating curtains 💀

Not many Hearse aficionados I guess. I've owned a number of hearses over the years. I've got a 1970 now, I've had a 1961, 1962, and a 1969. They were all Cadillac chassis and were Superiors except for the 1969 which was a M&M. Nice to see you going over the differences and educating folks. My 1962 was a three way (suicide doors) combo (Hearse and Ambulance), with a Siren. This was my Favorite and had the Jetaway (315) Transmission (you could barely feel it go into gear.). You could also tow start these since they were completely Hydraulic in four forward gears. I've always liked the ride of the Hearses. Long wheel base, big engine, smooth tune to the ride, babied thier entire life and usually with low miles. I've even set up a couple with trailer hitches and towed campers with them. No sway what so ever. Very practical all in all. I stopped driving them when the kids started getting razzed in school when I would drop them off. They are all out of college now, so maybe I should step up my lobbying for another one with the Wife? :c) Keep em coming Wizard.

Now the Wizard needs a top hat to wear with his Hearse.

Please don't abandon it like so many of your other cars

Need to swap that radio out for an Aiwa model. (YT search for ' Aiwa Another one bites the dust ' commercial.)

Walter McCall made a good book about them. I once drove a Eureka removal car halfway across Canada to deliver it. People pulled over on both sides of the road for me.

Time for Mrs. Wizard to go Goth! Then she would be proud to ride in it with black plastic roses. Mr, Wizard will cruise in his Wizard Costume with the 8 track stereo blaring "Down the road there's a cemetery, that's where Hoovie's BMW goin' be buried!"

great video, I hope you enjoy the new ride can't wait to see what happens. I am a former hearse owner, 1973 Superior, one of a kind car for sure. I'm not sure I will own another one, but luckily I can watch future Car Wizard videos to get my hearse fix :-)

What’s up Pat ! Glad you are getting the wizard do a video on your updates !

LOVE the casket as a toolbox/trunk lol. Never went anywhere without a pouch in each vehicle, there's just no substitute when you need one. I never owned a hearse for "fun" but love seeing the content!

Sweet Hearse Pat did a great job on his. Thanks for sharing

no better machine than a caddy to go through the pearly gates

Two giants of professional car industry from yesteryear- the M-M vs. Superior. I have been a pro car enthusiast since 1989. Superior is still around, Accubuilt wound up being the parent company and absorbed a few old school companies, like S&S, M-M and Eureka. Thanks for doing this comparison.

Those spinner attachments for the steering wheel first became available in the 1920s. They provided additional leverage for large cars or small trucks without power steering. I am old enough (69) to have seen taxis with them. Those cabs were 50s models with three on the tree. Cab companies were cheap. By the mid 60s, they were called necker's knobs. So the tale was true, and your parents experienced it. With universal power steering, and steering wheels that were easy to grip, those knobs went out of fashion.

I'm glad Mrs. Wizard finds the front seat comfy. It's so much better riding in front than in the back!

Our Hearse was a 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood with a Queen Victoria hearse conversion. Gloss black. With silver curtains. Beautiful car for carrying around my upright bass. It was fun.

Nice job on the updates Thanks Wizard and Pat !

Enjoy the channel very much. The knob on the steering wheel is called a Brodie (Brody) Knob, often referred to as a suicide knob, granny knob, knuckle buster, etc. Not super common these days, more in use on non power steering vehicles way back when. They are however common on most forklifts and construction equipment. As far as the legality, they are not illegal unless written in vehicle stautes (Michigan has the only law prohibiting use on construction vehicles, may be an obscure law in another state, Washington if I recall). The legality debate had to do with handicap assisted vehicles when challenged in courts concerning motor vehicles. Keep up the awesome work!! 😀

When I was younger, a hearse was one of the things I had in my dream fleet.

Wizard, if you to clean those curtains, roll them up in a white towel, sprinkling Oxy White powder as you go. Secure the roll with string or rubber bands and let soak overnight in warm water. Then gently cycle in a top loading washer that has no agitator. Unroll and allow to dry, do not spin dry. Betcha they come out white again.

Respect for the top hat/tshirt combo

🎵 A hearse is a hearse, a curse, a curse! And no one can repair a hearse's curse; unless the curse is banished by the famous Car Wizard! 🎵

I don't know what weirdos said that steering knob was for 1 handed girl hugging.... It's a "suicide knob" originally used in big trucks ie: 18 wheelers to help steer pre power steering.

HOLY Purple PANEL-GAP, Batman! O M G, lol

"I've got a 1937 Cadillac hearse; she's not too cherry, but she could be worse; the surfers all dig it, they say she kooky, but the honeys put her down -- they say she's spooky!"

That thing is C O O L! Makes me wanna die just so I can take a ride in it.🤣

His channel is not in the algoritm of KZfaq but the link works

Love the thunder you put in the background aboustley epic and adding the screeching hinge was over the top 🔝

Hey Wizard & Mrs Wizard, if things don't work out with Omega Auto Clinic you can always become a mortician!!! Woo Hoo!!! 😳

I always thought hearses were cool, funky cars! Keep it weird, Kansas!😂 ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦

I worked my way through college by working at a small town funeral home in the mid-1970s. The owner also owned a men's clothing store and ran the local ambulance service. I worked in all three. My first ambulance calls were in the hearse. We had a plug on top for the revolving red light, a stretcher in back we used for both live and dead customers and on the right or passenger's side in back was a single "jump seat" facing rearward. The medical equipment was limited, to say the least, but included some 4X4 gauze pads, an oxygen bottle with a mask and a foot pumped suction machine -- that was it! I called it the "The Tarzan School of Emergency Medical Care. If an emergency call came in (this was pre-911) and there wasn't a second person to ride in back, we rolled out with a one-man-stretcher, loaded the patient(s) up, wished them the best of luck, then drove like hell to the nearest hospital. "We also ran non-emergency and convalescent trips, and if there was no family member going, I was stuck riding in back, sometimes for hours, while watching the road roll under us. The "mixed use" of that era is the reason for the sliding glass between the front and back. Most of the time we turned the rollers over since the back sides were just smooth flooring for easier rolling of a stretcher. If we were able to stop to eat, it was amazing how quickly our food would arrive and they would sometimes give it to us free just to get the hearse away from their restaurant. Around this same time period we had more business than usual so I was sent to a nearby town to borrow a hearse from another funeral home. I recall the owner of the other funeral home telling me there better not be the least bit of damage on it because it was brand new with a price tag of around $30,000 (circa 1976). Most everyone in that sort of business has a sense of humor, so I told him, "Don't worry, I have a valid driver's license. Got 'em back yesterday from the state and promised I'd never get drunk, drive recklessly and try to run from the sheriff again. Are the keys in it?" BTW, I'm the guy who bought the Wizard's SL500. If y'all ever run across a Mercedes hearse, please have Crazy D track me down. That'd be an awesome addition to my fleet!

. 🎶A hearse is a hearse... Of curse, of curse🎶 💀👍

Love the hearse content lately

I thought for sure Hoovie was going to pop out when you opened the back door :P

Those headlights are exquisite and really of the period. Lovely !

Hearses! finally. Nice to see someone pointing out the intricacies of the different makes and model (and sub-models . . .). I've owned a number of hearses over the years. Still have a 1970 in the yard, and have had a 1961, 1962, 1966, and 1969, all on Cadillac chassis. All Superior Coaches except for 1969 which was a Miller Meteor. My favorite was the '62 three way, dual purpose. Had the rear suicide doors for side loading, and also rear glass in the quarters (looked like a station wagon), so it could be used as both a hearse and an ambulance, even had a old siren that I got working. I love these things, used lightly, not gone very far, long wheelbase, really big and heavy, so they rode really nice, big engine, which made them great for towing our camper. I did have the make a custom hitch for the commercial frame though. I stopped driving them when the kids started getting harassed at school when I dropped them off. Keep them (Hearses) coming Wizard!!

I'd love to get hold of a 90s Lincoln hearse. There's just something about a Continental hearse that I enjoy. Maybe it's the fact the Continental was also the top limousine chassis for decades.

The contrast of the Hearses, Ferrari and the Ford Merkur is pretty cool. Love the variety in your shop.

That knob on the steering wheel was called a Spinner. Back in the days before power steering and the wheel went 8.5 turns lock to lock it helped make quick turns at speed. Eventually they became illegal on cars but you still sometimes see them on forklift trucks.

Very interesting. Thanks for the video.

We had a used car lot growing up..we had a couple hearses..olds/ caddy...we hauled our 3 wheelers in them...( yes, 3 wheelers)... being of high school age , they were fun .especially around Halloween..

imagine its late, maybe 11-12pm and you're strolling around in a desolate part of Kansas and a hearse with bright head light, starts fallowing you. only you and them on the road.

Not gonna lie most peoples dream cars are Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin but my dream car is a mid 70's Miller Meteor Cadillac hearse. I've had a couple of opportunities to pick one up but they are so big I have no where to store it.

I wonder what engine wizard going to put into that unit. I love that sparkly steering wheel. Would fit perfectly into my build

Hey, Car Wizard! Love your channel. Have you watched the HBO series, "6 Feet Under"? It was a series about a family in California that owned a funeral home. In the premiere episode, the father has just taken delivery of a brand-new hearse and is heading home, when he gets T-boned by a semi after dropping a cigarette on the floor. The daughter of the family drives around in a lime-green hearse for most of the series. Every episode opened with a "Death of the week", showing some unfortunate person dying in some manner. Since you seem to be interested in hearses, I thought you might enjoy the show.

I really liked wizards hearse more, it was more boxy n defined while the other was soft I feel like a sleek black would make it look professional and more aggressive with the nice wheels it already has. Wizards is rugged and tight

Just the thing for yard-sales and flea-markets!

"Who would do a date in a hearse?" (Alice Cooper's "Cold Ethyl" starts playing in my brain)

Always wanted a chopped Hearst! Walk-through third row seating with awesome sound system!

I’m waiting for guest to show us his black buzzard. You know he has one

Turn it into a camper and live in it for your new KZfaq channel. "Hearse life living," that's what I'd call it. In all seriousness I'd def turn it into a camper if it was mine.

little miles? 91,000 miles! that's way more than I'd expect for a hearse lol

I have heard that the Car Bodies are actually on Truck Chassis? I believe that the Knobs on the Steering Wheels where to help with turning for those who had weak upper body strength and that they are Illegal in some states.

If you think about it. A hearse would make a perfect used luxury car. They usually have low mileage, garage kept, and well maintained. If you can get over the creepy factor, they would make the perfect used car.

I imagine the sliding divider window was more useful in ambulance mode, when there would be an attendant back there (and maybe a paramedic, but they were pretty rare in 1974) who might need to talk to the driver. Also: When I was a kid, my father bought a Dodge Power Wagon that had that exact same type of aftermarket steering wheel in it, except it was bright glittery green instead of red. It was part of a set with a matching shift knob and windshield wiper control. Wow. I haven't thought about that truck in ages.

Don't let your first ride in a hearse be your last!!!!! LOL!!

Back in the 70s A friend of mine had a Austen sheerline hearse which he converted into a camper it looked amazing and it was the only problem was campsites hear in the uk would not let him on they were afraid of him frightening and the customers away

Dont let yer first ride be your last - The hearse club

Mrs Wizard to Wizard: Your found something in your glove box….. Mrs Wizard is in no way trying to stake a claim to this vehicle. Ha ha.

"Is that car yours?" "no it's hearse"

When you opened the rear door, I was expecting -Daniel Son to be under the green pouch.

Heaven and hell Be a brilliant way to mod the hearse up lol

A good episode would be most efficient most hp power engines of all time!

I’m so tempted to buy one and rebrand as Salem Deathsperts.

Wizard should nickname the hearse Dragula for the Rob Zombie sticker lol

I bet everyone is dying to take a ride in that vehicle. 🤣🤣

I thought that was Kid Rock at first... hahaha 😆

Hearses are so cool.

Wizard buy a hearse project. The Malibu with a jaguar v12 rolls it's eyes.

I own a 1961 Cadillac S&S Victoria hearse, removed the original 390 and turbo hydramatic for a 512 big block Cadillac and TH400 trans. All stock down to the 1974 bias ply white walls and stained curtains.

"Ohhhhh yesssss!"--Paul Bearer

If I had the funds for when my time comes, I would totally want a custom hearse. Start with a Dodge Magnum as a foundation. Give it a Charger front end and a Hellephant under the hood. Top it off with a TorRed paint job.

Great purchase dude, the hearse is an underrated, beutiful alternative to a wagon, or small van. Always wanted one and one day I'm sure the right one will come to my door... While I'm still alive I hope 😅 Not much of a fan of the heavenly ride, not my style of customizing, one thing it would highly benefit it is a set of white walls, black walls on any pre-2000s Cadillac are a bit of a style crime ☠️

re balance in the universe: When a monk twiddles his thumbs and says Ummm Ummm, there is another who chants Muuuuu, Muuuu.

On 11:30 I was afraid Hoovie was in there, phew!

🤭🤔 Great video. For some reason I now want to buy a hearse ,to add to my vehicle collection....

hey fellow backyard painters! my autoX beater, an 84 celica has a lovely satin red from Menards in my backyard!

And I'm thinking, Mrs. Wizard could drive it to school, and warn unruly students to watch their step, or they might get taken for a ride...

Very cool interesting video. Didn't some of those have rear jump seats if they were a combination ambulance/hearse? If that sliding window did come with the car originally that could indicate it was setup to be a combination car. Ambulances originally did only transport so you really didn't need room to work on the patients.

I noticed Wizards hearse had an inside door handle on the loading door. I doubt the person in the back is going to need it.🤣

I do a lot of digging and one those casket keys would come in handy

Misses wizard should put that sparkly pink steering wheel on the Maserati levante 😂😂😂

Original bias ply spare. Visors are so huge that they need snaps to keep them up. Coach was ordered radio delete. You can still see part of the delete plate behind the DIN stereo. I'm guessing the antenna is some type of aftermarket item. I had 3 hearses. A 1972 S&S Victoria, 1973 Cotner/Bevington Cottington landau hearse with an Olds Ninety Eight chassis and a 1977 Superior Crown Landau Sovereign. I was lucky to get 7mpg on a good day. A full tank (27 gallons) might average just under 200 miles.