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1952 Cadillac Station Wagon Hearse „Funeral Director"
"Combination cars" like this Cadillac hearse with beacon on top were used as hearses and ambulances in smaller towns and rural areas.
I think it's pretty cool that Busch decided to replicate one of those vehicles in H0.
Busch
(ex-Praliné casting for those wondering why it might look familiar)
1/87 scale
"Combination cars" like this Cadillac hearse with beacon on top were used as hearses and ambulances in smaller towns and rural areas.
I think it's pretty cool that Busch decided to replicate one of those vehicles in H0.
Busch
(ex-Praliné casting for those wondering why it might look familiar)
1/87 scale
Neat combo from Busch. I think a lot of younger people are surprised to learn that often times hearses did double duty in many communities as ambulances. I know where I grew up that was the case - still remember my dad telling stories of being called down from the sheriff's office to help them switch the hearse over to the ambulance - getting the red light on the roof and the stretcher in the back and other things like oxygen tanks, etc. So, wish I had taken pictures back then.
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