I have loved hearses my whole life. I even have a wierd picture I drew in the first grade with a body on top of the car (maybe one day I’ll post it). Most kids would find the Hot Wheels at the toy store and look for Ferraris or Monster Trucks. Not me. I looked for hearses. Now, I want to point out in case you have never read any of my other posts, I am not some gothic wierdo. Hell, my dad was a mortician (and now I’m a mortician) and the hilight of the week would be to see him driving the hearse in a procession on the way to the cemetery. Well I looked and looked for toy hearses very unsuccesfully for many years. Friends, I have a great announcement: they exist! Behold….two hearses from my own collection:
I recently picked the Matchbox Hearse up on an ebay auction and I am lucky enough to have two of the white Hot Wheels. These cars are all done on a limited production so they are very hard to come by. Check ebay. There are usually a couple auctions there. Apparently there is some sort of facination with the 1963 Fleetwood Cadillac hearse in the toy world. If it’s not the ’63, its the Adams Family car. Perhaps I should write them a letter about the Eagle Echelon. I guess the moral of this post is that if you looking for some funeral toys, check ebay. They do exist.
On a side note, I am a horrible blogger and I promise to try and get better. I didn’t realize how many people visited this! I can’t even believe it has been over a year since the last post. So….I need ideas. You know you have questions and I have answers. Comment away.
I love the hotwheels!! I remember you talking about them, so it was fun to see them. You should post your TV interveiw if you have a link. That was a cool interveiw.
Hey that is SOOOOO cool i actually own a ’74 Cadillac hearse. I also, oddly enough, collect hot wheels. RIDE ON man.