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Post by sharp on Apr 9, 2024 20:19:41 GMT -5
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Post by keavdog on Apr 9, 2024 20:56:29 GMT -5
Great finish. Going out in style! Roof looks awesome.
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Post by handiabled on Apr 11, 2024 2:24:55 GMT -5
Perfect black paint work! The curtains in back are the perfect detail to add to this!
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Post by Leon on Apr 11, 2024 6:04:28 GMT -5
That's a great looking hearse Mike!
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Post by 406 Silverado on Apr 11, 2024 6:18:39 GMT -5
Jeez Mike! That black looks perfect man!  |
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Post by lyle on Apr 11, 2024 6:35:57 GMT -5
Well, that’s not something you see built everyday. What a beauty!
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Post by deafpanzer on Apr 11, 2024 7:13:41 GMT -5
Beautiful! I'd like to be carried in your hearse when my time expires.
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Post by tcoat on Apr 11, 2024 8:32:54 GMT -5
This is spectacular and I would never thought of this conversion. Have to add this to my Cars I Used To Actually Own list even though I didn't own it long I did have one.
There was a '59 just like that that sat behind the small town mortuary near where my parents lived. In '90 my dad was contracted to clean up the lot and they told him to just haul the thing away. I of course scooped it up with big plans of hot rodding it. Once I got it to the shop I found the engine seized, about 25% of the floor gone and a good section of the roof rotted away under the vinyl. Over the course of a few weeks we managed to get the engine unstuck and most of the floor "patched" and into a basically drivable condition. When I started into the roof and it was just disintegrating as I moved along I gave up and sold it for $500. Had pretty much forgotten all about it until I saw this thread.
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Post by atomicholiday on Apr 11, 2024 9:01:01 GMT -5
That’s drop dead gorgeous…. Nice work.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Apr 11, 2024 17:48:16 GMT -5
Beautiful work on this one as well. That black really looks great. And I love the curtains too. Awesome work converting this into a hearse.
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Post by buddho on Apr 11, 2024 19:57:54 GMT -5
Gorgeous ❤️
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Post by sharp on Apr 11, 2024 22:00:48 GMT -5
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you guys liked it.
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Post by 70 STING on Apr 12, 2024 6:57:33 GMT -5
Looks great! Hearse kits are very hard to come by.
Those things give me the willies every time I see one on the road.
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Post by sharp on Apr 12, 2024 16:50:57 GMT -5
Looks great! Hearse kits are very hard to come by. Those things give me the willies every time I see one on the road. Thanks 70 Sting,I appreciate the nice words. This was not built from a hearse kit I actually built this from a Ghostbusters kit. I had to fill a lot of holes in on the roof and quarter panels where the Ghostbusters equipment would go. The curtains came from three inches under on ebay. I made the vinyl top with two inch blue painter tape and painted it with black craft paint. The body was airbrushed with decanted Tamiya black TS-14 and cleared with testors wet look. I have another one in the stash I think I might make an ambulance out of that one. |
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Post by project510 on Apr 12, 2024 17:12:07 GMT -5
Man, that black looks flawless. Cool build. Great stuff man.
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Post by sharp on Apr 12, 2024 17:14:41 GMT -5
Man, that black looks flawless. Cool build. Great stuff man. Thanks bud,I appreciate the nice words. |
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Post by 70 STING on Apr 12, 2024 21:00:49 GMT -5
Looks great! Hearse kits are very hard to come by. Those things give me the willies every time I see one on the road. Thanks 70 Sting,I appreciate the nice words. This was not built from a hearse kit I actually built this from a Ghostbusters kit. I had to fill a lot of holes in on the roof and quarter panels where the Ghostbusters equipment would go. The curtains came from three inches under on ebay. I made the vinyl top with two inch blue painter tape and painted it with black craft paint. The body was airbrushed with decanted Tamiya black TS-14 and cleared with testors wet look. I have another one in the stash I think I might make an ambulance out of that one. Yes, I thought that looked familiar. :^) You really did an awesome job on it. I just checked out the 3 Inches Under website… they have body bags and a mortuary table!  |
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Post by kwt on Apr 13, 2024 7:08:21 GMT -5
Oh this is awesome! Very nicely done!
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Post by fox on May 5, 2024 8:59:44 GMT -5
Awsome work! A black paint job like that really shows off the attention to details. You can't hide flaws on that.  Stay safe. Jim 
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Post by mrversatile on May 26, 2024 7:35:49 GMT -5
Very cool. Well done!!
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Post by BattleScale Collectica Show on May 26, 2024 8:53:58 GMT -5
I had been wondering what kit that was. Great deep black paint job. You've given me some ideas |
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Post by Steve Zuleski on May 26, 2024 9:42:18 GMT -5
That's a beauty!
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Post by sharp on May 27, 2024 21:52:03 GMT -5
Thanks so much guys.
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Post by halfasskustoms on Jun 2, 2024 12:23:48 GMT -5
I really love this one. Sooooooooooooo nice.
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