[lumberjim]

my dad used to be a bassist in a band when i was little. When he was youger, a friend from the band had a Packard Hearse. They played proms, and had a casket sized orange ( the fruit) crate that they'd pull out of the back. A member of the band would rise from the coffin, and they'd unload the rest of the gear.

We traded a '77 Cadillac hearse a few years ago. It was beat pretty badly, but I was amazed at how substantial the rear suspension was. It was like a delivery truck to drive. It took the guy a good hour to uninstall his array of kicker boxes and preamps. It had big aluminum rims and BF Goodrich whiteletter radials, too. I thought it was pretty cool. I think he got $500 for it because I remember thinking that the wheels and tires were worth more than the car.