Hearses

Here are two of a Ford hearse, taken in Deepdene (Vic.) on Wed.4.9.13.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

....ya going to far too many funerals Rodders!!....what happened to all the 21st's we used to go to?....cheers mate

All those 21st birthdays were 40 years ago.
Most of the funerals which I attend are of octogenarians, and one nonagenarian. The phrase is 'a good innings'.
The worrying ones are of contemporaries and juniors.

Of my recent four, one was a wake, not a funeral. The body wasn't there; there was no ambulance; two of his preserved buses were on display.

Here is the third of the recent funerals.
130909M Brighton Vic. W D Rose Ford hearse. R Smith

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Just thought I'd add another hearse to the line up this picture was taken at chryslers on the murray a couple of years ago my wife couldn't wait to get behind the wheel it's just a little larger than her 300c wagon lol

http://i.imgur.com/XWScUY5.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/pJBp5zF.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/UL5Z4To.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/v5EWe23.jpg?1

These two have been placed in a different thread, by a different poster, so have them here too. This hearse is displayed at Motat (Auckland, NZ).

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Another one has been found in a different thread, by the group's indefatigable web hunter and quizmaster.
It is part of a twin set: a beer as the top photo, and a bier as the lower one (to stretcher a point).

1924 Sayers Hearse.
Sayers & Scovill Co. Cincinnati, (Ohio, USA), 1917-24.
Sayers & Scovill introduced the nation

In just 4 weeks, we had eight deaths within the railway hobby. One was overseas; one I attended the wake (not the funeral); one clashed with another. I got to five funerals, and photographed three hearses for this thread. One had no hearse (body willed to medical science); at one I had forgotten my camera, but it was modern, not vintage. Here is the first of the three.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

140223Su Kerang (Vic.). Adams Ford. R Smith.

This is the second of my recent trio.

140225Tu Brighton (Melbourne, Vic.). Simplicity Funerals Holden hearse. (Roderick Smith)

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

...hey Rodders .. you must carry a fair amount of sway on the forum ol' mate, with a very economical 87 posts attributed to this topic, and a whopping great 17,202 views looking in! :-* :-*

...PS .. i'm just killing time, dying to see a few more contributions...and would be thoroughly mortified if this thread carked it with no one else coffin' up a few more comments! : :......

BTW .. you've still got a long way to go to catch up to JBlair with his 2 posts and 68,700 odd views!

Here is a vintage one: the 1940s funeral of former Premier Ogilvie, in Hobart (Tas.).
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Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor