The Haunting History of Hearses | WheelHouse | Donut Media

Have you ever wondered what's inside of a hearse? Or what that curved bar on the side does? Join Nolan as he looks at the centuries old history of the creepiest car on the streets, and how its style has evolved over time.
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[@Bostonharborwater]

I remember my old man telling me as a kid. Everyone gets to ride in a Cadillac atleast once. 😂

[@johansilwouden3403]

Over here in Holland we used to have a lot of Cadillac hearses, but unfortunately they are being replaced by Mercedes hearses, most of them based on the Mercedes E-class wagons. I once knew a guy who had gone bankrupt and died a few months afterwards. At his funeral I overheard somebody joking "How the hell can he afford to ride in a Cadillac?".

[@lotsofcases6522]

Didn't work out that way for either of my parents. Local funeral director converted a Chevy Tahoe for that job. 4-wheel drive! Works well in the snow belt areas east of Lake Huron. The Caddys are front wheel drive and when loaded don't work so well in the winter.

[@michaelpier1609]

lol

[@canadianfull.1007]

@@lotsofcases6522the caddy works great in alberta...

[@jasonbrown7258]

My dad said the same to me when I was a kid. then I bought a 69 Coupe deville for my first car.

[@farbodfatahi186]

I love the reloading sound effect whenever Nolan fixes his glasses

[@SkyHighGD]

@@madhavmenon9794*Astronomia plays in background*

[@flippingwaffles999]

Makes me crack up every time!

[@dr.doolittle8179]

That shiz is pretty geeked

[@bosch9905]

Lmao at JDM hearses. I wanna see a Tesla hearse.

[@KINGVONFRM063]

Epic

[@arx3516]

In Europe hearses are almost exclusively Mercedes. In Italy there's a say: "If you see me riding in a Mercedes it means that i either made it, or that i lost bad".

[@cedrictheveneau9141]

I shouldn’t be laughing at this but I did and I don’t even care; take my thumbs up

[@jojo99FIN]

Yeah, but in Finland we use the Voyagers too or some other minivan

[@Gunzee]

UK anything goes from Vauxhall's to Rollers. Volvo's & Mercs seem to be most popular. The older Daimler Jags look nice.

[@drdabsmore945]

Lol that's hilarious.

[@yrasphong]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GSBellew]

I’ve worked building hearses for 17 years now, grew up wanting to work in a car assembly plant, ended up working somewhere where it’s so much more, in-house designed hand built vehicles, it’s a very interesting industry.

[@bobjacobson858]

Did you work with one of the custom coachbuilders?

[@binatitagain]

So I just asked this question in the comment section and was wondering if you could answer it: why don't any of the large manufacturers such as Cadillac offer/build hearses on-site (at the very least the chassis, frame, doors, etc.) at one of their plants rather than customers having to 'rebuild'/customize a new, regular car from scratch? It just seems like a lot of work and extra expense to have to do all of this? Thx

[@redneckroy8947]

Dude, that honestly sounds like a blast!

[@redneckroy8947]

​@@binatitagainnot enough demand for the factories to bother.

[@diamondduckdude7498]

3:25 Imagine having your funeral make headlines, but not because you’re dead but just because you were the first to be carried in a motorized hearse Do we know the guy’s name? Exactly.

[@lythe5587]

Wilfrid A. Pruyn was the first body transported by a fully motorized hearse

[@peterikenye2159]

@@iwantsexseemyvideo7149 stfu

[@mayhem963]

@@peterikenye2159 legit, whats with the bots.. rip willy.A.P.

[@SkyHighGD]

@@peterikenye2159 yeah

[@diamondduckdude7498]

@Tao Chen Lmaooo that’s one of my favorite episodes, Donut missed a perfect opportunity to at least put a small clip of it in this video

[@Patang_Jr]

if my hearse can't drift into the graveyard, I don't want to be carried in it.

[@OtaconHalMGS]

There's this guy who owned a hearse, and was asked to do a burnout to honour the deceased. His story is on vinwiki

[@AaronShenghao]

Look up eurobeat Astronomia

[@KINGVONFRM063]

If the hearse in my funeral aint a audi rs6 im not going

[@dimiter.petrov]

I want an sti wagon hearse

[@ihatehandles]

@@AaronShenghao wait does it actually exist

[@tezlaactual6582]

My highschool buddy had a hearse that he pretty much filled the back with speaker cabinets and led glows

[@retroguy9494]

No keg?

[@hackman669]

Where did he buy a used hearse?

[@howey935]

My first car was a Jaguar hearse. It was perfect for work and I could get a load of mates in the back after I stripped out the back and put a bench seat down 1 side.

[@howey935]

@@hackman669 like Tezla said car auctions or the classifieds. They’re a good buy because they’ve always been looked after very well and they’re cheap because not many people want them.

[@howey935]

@@tezlaactual6582 I got mine from a car auction. I’ve seen a few on eBay as well.

[@marco_bolz]

Some weeks ago there was a hearse parked near a cemetary in Germany. In the dark early morning hours some people heared knocking sounds from the back of the hearse and someone was yelling "Help! Let me out!" from inside. So they called the police. It turned out that the driver who was supposed to bring a dead body to his hometown some hundred kilometers away arrived late at night at the cemetary after driving for hours. Since he did not know where to find a hotel he decided to take a nap in the back of his own hearse. Little did he know that the door could not be opened from the inside...

[@alphariusomegon6710]

No one: SRT: "HEY, WANNA SEE A 900 HP DODGE CHARGER HEARSE, WE CALL IT THE REAPER!"

[@lgn700]

2021 Dodge Charger Hell Carrier

[@claytonfair3038]

The Hearsebringer 🥶

[@LouisSubearth]

Just revive the Magnum, and then the Reaper is the long wheelbase, high roof model of it with the Hellcat Redeye motor

[@brysonkuhn3290]

Reaper is already trademarked by chevy.

[@BlackAirforcesgaming]

Dodge Demon Hellraiser

[@saims.2402]

They actually managed to connect cars with Halloween.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Timeout dolls...

[@Emppu_T.]

Dude MONSTER trucks

[@KEEPINITRIL]

Yeah, kinda

[@Jukinj94]

No, this is kinda another way of connecting cars with dead bodies.

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

666 likes

[@rileyesmay]

I got passed by a hearse a while back when I was going 85 in a 65 in the slow lane passing people and some dude with a hearse flew by me going 100+ and had written on the back "you're next". To this day I don't know if its more funny or more creepy having that happen...

[@alfrdup]

😜

[@bobjacobson858]

Perhaps that driver going 100+ would get to 'ride' in the back of his own hearse if he doesn't slow down!

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

Dw, he was just late to his own funeral

[@mattr0103]

4:53 that's the most upbeat montage of hearses I've ever seen

[@edibleandsentientautomobil5396]

What's the name of the song?

[@silversonic99]

How many hearse montages have you seen?

[@Timmyfromphilly1994]

@@edibleandsentientautomobil5396 glitz at the ritz by Jules Gaia

[@ROKKIT44]

2 THINGS: 1. Missed an opportunity to say "Hearse Prs" 2. Missed an opportunity to say "Buff Hearses" Get it together, Nolan! :)

[@lasseiversen5230]

Thank you! I was waiting for him to say it too!

[@davidelmarks]

really thought he was just holding out. Cant believe we didnt hear "hers pers" once...

[@ismaelrios7046]

Nolan’s jokes are weak. Your expectations are too high.

[@namshimaru]

This has ruined the video for me, wtf were they thinking!!

[@timgault9095]

Read this before watching and was even more disappointed when he missed these

[@CrashedCarChannel]

The AMG ones get you faster to the grave!

[@SkyHighGD]

AMG R63= worst looking mercedes but MORE THAN MAKES UP with the 6.2

[@alexbueno5815]

Incorrect grammar warning. You meant to type “the AMG ones get you to the grave faster!”

[@CrashedCarChannel]

@@alexbueno5815 I'm russian, english not so good!

[@armaseluradu]

They get you in a grave faster more like.

[@snfriedm]

It’s a win-win for the funeral house. New client when anyone goes for a ride in the car, and gets them in the grave faster.

[@xerpenta]

I love how when he starts speaking about Japan hindi music starts playing. Never change America, never change xD

[@coltonbates629]

Gracias!

[@OttoTheWeim]

You do realize that donuts are their main motivator. That is why they love cars. The faster the car, the faster these puds can get to the donut shop.

[@andremrh7690]

They did say *buddhist* funerals. Buddhism was imported from SE Asia to Japan, so it makes sense that the music sounds Hindi. Shinto funerals are probably different, maybe they use regular hearses or maybe temples on wheels as well.

[@abelq8008]

Those hindi lyrics are a dead giveaway.

[@brendonokeefe1413]

I used to work at a funeral home and they made it clear to me that the particular home I worked out prided of themselves on trying to ensure that all our clients were well educated on what really was necessary so as to not take advantage of people because that was some thing that my boss severely looked down on when they came to the rest of the death care industry. It was awesome to work at a place where people really we’re focused on helping others and not lining their pockets

[@kylosalvesen]

Me in court after being caught shredding incriminating evidence: "But officer, I was wearing the kentucky cobra hat from Donut Media." The judge: "Case dismissed."

[@superdriver777]

The leader of my church youth group many years ago, Father Fred (not his real name, but I don't want to talk about him without his permission), was a massive car enthusiast and both he and his father were incredibly talented mechanics. Anyway, Father Fred had a morbid sense of humor (in the best possible way) and, last I heard (he moved before I ever got to see it finished) he was building a 1950s hearse into a hot rod with a supercharged big block. He said 600+ horsepower was the target. It was airbrushed with "Dr. Death" on the sides, and seriously epic. Side note - Father Fred became a priest after crashing his sportbike in the rain and becoming paralyzed from the waist-down for months, then regaining his ability to walk and a few months later having a revelation about it all. He was a cool guy!

[@r3dwood87]

must not disturb the essence of farther freds well being lolololol

[@MrNewElvis]

Father Fred sounds like a badass lol

[@retroguy9494]

A priest who was the recipient of a miracle and then got the calling and who is now building a hotrod out of an antique hearse? Now THATS a man I'd like to meet!

[@FrenchyAU]

Umm, so I just happened to come back to this video, there's a movie coming out called father Fred staring Marky Mark, with this exact fucking plot, are you saying you knew the guy who mark is gonna be playing?

[@FrenchyAU]

Correction, it's called father stu

[@joealan1642]

When I was in high school in the 70’s a guy bought a used one for a few hundred bucks and built a coffin to put in the back, as I recall he didn’t get too many dates though. It was weird to see him drive around campus in that thing.

[@hackman669]

Silly guy was EMO before its time.

[@lonewanderer1017]

That’s some advanced trolling for that time period

[@PauleyDucati]

Thats a funny story! When I was a body collector we ran minivans. Our owner was cheap but to think there are people out there that are SO CHEAP that they would use rental vehicles for such a task, that's super shady to me. I mean, we would pick up like shotgun suicides or 3 week old hanging victims... to think that type of "gore" could have been present in a rental van, that's super shady. To be honest though, the dead are dead and there is money to be made there, not to be crass. In my area during my time as a body collector, crematoriums are probably the most disrespective facets of the death industry. Some of the ones I delivered to would just have a big room were we would literally stack the bodies in cardboard coffins. Just scribble the name and dates and some other info on the box before piling them up in the corner to be incinerated when the next truck came through the gather them all.

[@JB47000]

When my time comes I want to be in a turbocharged, straight piped hearse with an obnoxiously loud atmospheric blow off valve, a pops and bang overrun map and a welded diff so the driver can do a reverse entry four wheel drift into the graveyard.

[@studio_zenith]

s a m e

[@mewmew8932]

My last ride's in a drift hearse or it never happened

[@connorelmore04]

I guess you could say that hearse has a lot of “hearse purs” as James would say

[@eur0be4t3r]

*hearse

[@joeljeffrey9139]

Such a missed opportunity from Donut to fit that in.

[@connorelmore04]

@@eur0be4t3r thanks😁

[@eur0be4t3r]

Connor Elmore np (no problem)

[@eur0be4t3r]

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[@Wanking_wanker]

“Hearse production in the 1920s slapped” **happy upbeat music plays while showing pictures of funerals**

[@aljanney8549]

Iconic meme moment to occur

[@tupolev.designs]

whats the beat name tho, i liked it

[@vukpsodorov5446]

@@tupolev.designs it's glitz at the ritz

[@tupolev.designs]

@@vukpsodorov5446 thanks man

[@Little_pug]

What’s that song

[@EduardoSantos-ys8gg]

"When I'm dead just trow me in the trash" - Danny Devito. I hope my family doesnt spend any more dollars than necessary when I die

[@michaeldalby8297]

Really interesting video. I am an undertaker here in England. Although, over here, the word 'hearse' is still very much in use, and the term 'funeral coach' is completely new to me! The Maserati hearse is a beauty. There are also some Tesla ones too!

[@fidel_manuwa1827]

Fun fact: The german word for hearse is Leichenwagen which when translated literally means corpse car.

[@nikonordman7624]

Ruumisauto in Finnish which translates to the same thing

[@Lexx1976]

"Cadaver cart" wäre die wörtliche Übersetzung 😉

[@ConfusingGameplay]

In Dutch it is lijkwagen which means the same

[@davidklemp8098]

@@Lexx1976 hab ich auch gedacht

[@Yyyyyy5]

Fun fact: did I ask

[@TRLC]

In Sweden (With exceptions of course) Need a hearse? Volvo! Need a policecar? Volvo! Need a ambulance? Volvo! Need a firetruck? Volvo! *the list goes on*

[@blockofcheese8015]

Need a SNACK? VOLVO

[@ianperry4768]

My area is very different. Need a hearse? CADILLAC! Need a police car? DODGE! Need an ambulance? FORD! Need a firetruck? Loads of companies noone has ever heard of!

[@blockofcheese8015]

@@ianperry4768 Need a fat truck to deliver some big amount of grapes to walmart with? WHATEVER THIS RANDOM COMPANY IS!!!

[@syedhassaanmujtababokhari6199]

Atleast you're not in Germany other Need a sausage VW

[@Carterthielftw_]

Hotel? Trivago.

[@yakkothedrillinstructor9052]

"Hearses have one purpose: transportation of the dead" Me: *Ghostbusters flashbacks*

[@obelic71]

ecto1 was a former ambulance not a hearse

[@johnlucier5654]

Fun fact: because they have to have good ground clearance, and dont usually take long trips, most hearses have very small gas tanks. My 65 cadillac miller meteor had a tank that was about 10 gallons. Considering its 429 ci engine got about 6mpg it made long trips interesting.

[@hasanpektas756]

Imagine pulling up to a date with that ride.She is like what the f is this car doing here. And you are like:Bish, people die to ride in this

[@dashanimationstation5479]

Pulls up in ecto 1

[@hearse_boy_8620]

Had that happen once. Pulled up to her place, and when she saw the car... well date over before it began. It was worth a laugh.

[@dragonsword7370]

My uncle rebuilt and owned a hearse in highschool. He drove away from his graduation in that ride. Pretty certain there were some dating stories out of that car!

[@turkishsamurai]

Nörüyön bea

[@joelpalacios979]

You had me rolling on this 😂😂 I’m dead 😵

[@tyler58701]

Funeral coach makes me think they're rooting for me to die faster and stronger.

[@SomeBuddy777]

And jump up higher at the wake

[@namelessone3339]

I always like 'slumber coach.'

[@retroguy9494]

It makes ME think of the car on the Munsters. No, I prefer hearse. Nothing wrong with it. Its STILL death. You cannot sugar coat it.

[@retroguy9494]

@@namelessone3339 Slumber coach? Who the hell sleeps in one of those? Except maybe Dracula!

[@hackman669]

Yep that is America's healthcare system today. Latest update is the right to die! Sounds like something pitch by politicians to Millinials since they make life hard as hell for generation X through z!!!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

I currently own two classic Cadillac Hearses. A 1953 Miller Meteor 3 way, and a 1968 Miller Meteor Hearse. Back in the 2000s, we had a local Hearse club called The Jacksonville Deadsleds, in Jacksonville, Florida. Myself and another close friend were co- Presidents. We had a beer coolef made from a steel rental casket, and a BBQ grille made from another. Monthly meetings would land 10- 18 Hearses at my or Tommy's homes. The looks we got. Took them to car meets, cruises, etc. Now, due to the high cost of a new Hearse, most Funeral homes get them in a lend-lease program, so they can regularly update the models. Ohio is still the manufacturing mecca for Hearses, with Miller Meteor, S&S coach works, among many others. Hearses are hand built, American automobiles, that are low mile, well maintained used cars. No one has died in them, that is reserved for Ambulances. In the earlier decades, if you were in a small town with not alot of money, you purchased a Combination Hearse/Ambulance. They have removable panels over the back side windows where the Landau bars hang. And it's not like Hearses are used for daily mundane tasks like shopping, just driving around, and they rarely see highway miles, so they are a great investment! Do yourself a favor and buy one while you can still drive it, as opposed to it just being your last ride...

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

My dad's hockey coach in small town Canada used to drive the team to away games in one back in the 50s.

[@septanos]

"why dont we just use pickups" i am in iraq and can confirm we do use pickup trucks

[@dhess34]

... often.

[@benjaminhigham3624]

Lol for other things too

[@siceg8013]

Hilux is the ultimate terrorist vehicle

[@RareMade]

@@benjaminhigham3624 stop

[@madhukarjonathanminj2772]

Same in India, it's mostly developed countries that use specific vehicles as hearses.

[@sohumgokhale6524]

6:57 talks about japan, plays indian music.

[@benjaminhigham3624]

At least it's Asian... Lol not really close at all

[@Knockthefout]

Yeah being an indian i can verify that tabla sound lol

[@Dresden358]

Nolan: Can I get a Kanazawa style s14? Image department: Here's a Nagoya s14 because we're assholes.

[@aqil2199]

I was expecting Astronomia Eurobeat Remix to play when he talks about Japan

[@siddheshpillai3807]

it reminds me of joke pewds made about india

[@PauleyDucati]

Awesome topic for a video, I appreciate it! I used to be a body collector. I worked for a third party company that was hired to be on call for county medical exmainers and funeral homes. We had some hearses for rent for funeral homes that either couldn't afford their own or had such a high volume that they needed additional vehicles. Our main fleet however consisted of Grand Caravans and Town & Country minivans. Their size and ride height is perfect for use with gurneys and stretchers. We had one Ram Sprinter style van but if you had someone that weighed a few hundred pounds, it was a nightmare to load the corpses in that van. Living in Metro Detroit, the minivans also handled very well in snow even without AWD. I HAAAAAATE minivans with a severe passion but in this instance they were perfect. The interiors were designed in a way that makes them easy to clean out any gore that might spill out from a shotgun suicide to the face. The rear passenger roll down side windows were nice to air out the vans after traveling a couple of hours with a 3 week old decomp laying behind you. Most of the funeral homes we worked with also had their own fleet of minivans they would use during normal business hours. To be clear, the minivans were used for body transport BEFORE the funeral. Once in a while we would encounter people that hated the fact that their family member's corpse was being taken away by a minivan, namely rich people (hearses are reserved for funerals, not initial collection of the body). Other more humble folks wouldn't be bothered. In fact one family I will never forget... they said their father (who I was there to collect) loved going for night rides in his car. They asked that I open the body bag on the way to the morgue so that he could have one last night ride. I am a die hard car enthusiast so I DEFINATELY could relate to that. So I unzipped the bag and him and I had a nice hour long night drive to his final destination.

[@SubtleMischief]

Thanks for such a thoughtful video. I appreciated hearing your take.

[@cor554]

Hearse in german means ‘Leichenwagen’ which translates to ‘corpse wagon’. THAT is grim!

[@DonryuRaiden]

Like our Kotflügel (Shitwing) aka Fender :-D Yes, we know how to party ;-)

[@nielskolder6434]

Same in dutch "lijkwagen" :)

[@spookcityghouls]

I owned a 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood hearse when I was younger.. The body style shown at 6:00 when discussing the landau bar. It was so rusted out that I ended up letting it go, and it's been a massive regret of mine. Fun fact: showing your hearse to goth chicks will weed out the posers from the legit ones.

[@danielmorskijr411]

I had a 78 Fleetwood Ambulance, as the title said. Same deal. Rusted and had a busted window. Window was 600, i paid 75 for the car... And can confirm. True goth chicks get naked immediately....

[@retroguy9494]

@@danielmorskijr411 So you dudes own hearses to get goth chicks to get naked for you? Interesting.........

[@danielmorskijr411]

Not me. I wanted to make a limo....charge goth punks big bucks on prom...

[@retroguy9494]

@@danielmorskijr411 I see. And did you GET goth punks to hire you to take them to prom and make money?

[@danielmorskijr411]

@@retroguy9494 no. I was young, and it was too expensive at the time to build it. So I sold it to a restorer who brought it back to stock.

[@SuV33358]

So interesting! Love this channel 👍🏼💯

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

5:13 thanks for highlighting the black color in a circle, otherwise i would of had my doubts 🤠

[@shimeih2287]

Well, when I die I don't want a hearse. I want those dancing guys with astronomia banging in the background.

[@justinassurgelis6646]

You would be dead anyways so why would it matter to you ? :d

[@dannyvanderheide6098]

@@justinassurgelis6646 it's all about the principle

[@SkyHighGD]

*laughs in See You Again*

[@thatsallthereistoit7197]

they’ll be driving your dead body

[@hectorvega621]

When I die, just make me into composed that you put into a flower, and basically have an altar with flowers, or make me into a diamond, or if you want bury me just put my casket on an F-150, and get done with it, no police escort.

[@smallshrimpin6939]

My dad owned a converted hearse and it was actually really convenient

[@hussein3115]

Yes! Perfect for a kill and go

[@icedagger64gaming]

Lol

[@liamhanson9178]

@@hussein3115 precisely

[@connorcheetham4549]

I have seen a hearse in the UK that was being used by a motobike speed garage I think or it was to go out to repair their customers bikes either way it was cool, Ford Sierra I think or Vauxhall Omega it was all stickers up soo

[@zacharyadams6277]

My uncle did too. He built it into a sleeper 1/4 mile car. He also used it for his Halloween parties and had it set up with all of the beer iced down in the back. When you opened the back door to get a beer, a crash test dummy would fling up out of a coffin, which freaked out a lot of people the first time. It was pretty cool.

[@jamesacciardo3908]

This was extremely spot on! The new Cadillac xt6 hearse is an suv caddy. That ones going over that 110,000 threshold. Super awesome to watch this video being in the industry 👍🏻👍🏻. For anyone who’s interested in hearses you should totally check out a hearse dealership the places are crazy!

[@blazeandcyrus]

This was a really well done brief video, great job!

[@tejbergin6393]

I live in Ann Arbor! I’ve hiked through hell....been to hell and back

[@trevorcolt85]

A friend of mine passed away a year ago he was only 17 years old. And they transported him in the bed of his lifted quad cab powerstroke turbo diesel. Man that was a great kid, RIP

[@az3253]

extremely sorry for your loss

[@TheRealFobican]

At least he got to take one last ride in his own ride although not the way it should mean.

[@hgseeker]

A guy in my neighborhood had a hearse as his daily driver. He kept an empty casket in the back and would let kids climb around in it on Halloween.

[@jobehoffmeister7122]

I've always wanted to own a hearse since I was about 8 years old. This video is giving me an insight of the history of my life long dream car.

[@lloyd9435]

S14 drift hearse: *exists* Bank account: *not again*

[@knaldperlen6729]

POV: You’re looking for a person that actually lives in Hell, Michigan.

[@yzstormer]

Cool, I live in Chicago (aka hell)

[@ronnyfc24]

I live in Michigan, but not in Hell, MI

[@samganos5514]

Michigan is hell (except the UP)

[@maggs734]

We have Hell in Norway, too. Uhhh...Yay?

[@mohrfunracing9555]

I grew up in pinckney 10 mins from hell michigan

[@johnt5222]

Drove over the road hauling caskets. Love the funeral museum in Houston. Great video.

[@teigjames8076]

I'm part of a hearse community here in Denver (lookup hearsecon). I currently own two classic caddy coaches I'm restoring. There's a few key points donut missed. One being that to save money a lot of coaches were dual purpose ambulance and hearse (ecto 1) and were called combos. He didn't talk about European style vs American, and he touched on the immense cost, but not that many smaller funeral homes that can't afford to buy a coach will rent one from someone like my friends and I for services.

[@twinprimeable]

9:36 that "red leather" interior looks very "cloth"

[@thebeastwithin6978]

It’s leather if you pretend

[@lukewarren9593]

He pronounced velour like "leather" must be that californian accent...

[@themanguy2110]

suede? idk

[@jehdo144]

My Grandmother passed away and was transported in a hearse this morning. Thanks for the video, it really helped.

[@itsyaboikirbo]

Dang that sucks. Best wishes to you and your family.

[@garnerensor6811]

Get better man!

[@southernnd9776]

Sorry about your loss, feel better!

[@padorukurumi6572]

condolences man

[@toritopihuas]

My deep condolences, best wishes to you and your family, it's always hard to let go of a loved one, but hard we must thrive to be

[@TheDudiest3Dude]

I work for a funeral directors in the UK, and thankfully, we still call it the funeral business, and refer to hearses as hearses.

[@happydays8171]

My cousin (funeral director) says you can get 16 inches added on to a mini van, have a vinal top put on, and chrome scrolls on the sides for a fraction of the cost elogating a Caddy, and no leaks of brake fluid and gas. So that's why smaller funeral homes are going to them. Over half funerals are cremated, so half don't even get buried.

[@yeeterskeeter6565]

Why do hearses even exist? Just get a roof rack bro

[@trashbandit2449]

Dude just get a chain and wrap it on the casket and the hitch "OK kids, now watch grandma out the back window!"

[@travisdelee8647]

Lol a fucking grand caravan. Just chuck the wood box on top and give'r!

[@drifterz2578]

Why even bother with roof racks just rent a forklift and unload your dead father into his resting place like home depot's storage units

[@eoveiodalancha]

just put it in the trunk and throw in the river.

[@tonyclark2516]

Just push the casket out to sea and shoot flaming arrows at it

[@thatnicklongo5939]

Unpopular opinion: Cadillac Hearses are some of the coolest shooting brakes ever made

[@silversonic99]

What are shooting brakes

[@thatnicklongo5939]

@@silversonic99 Like a car that wasnt originally a wagon/ hatchback that is converted into one. They usually have a long profile, more like a wagon than a hatchback. Examples: Mercedes CLS63 wagon and Ferrari GTC4 Lusso

[@shefalikohli4426]

@@silversonic99 an MPV or a minivan that is based on a car

[@johnlucier5654]

I thought shooting brakes were two doors?

[@PauleyDucati]

Lol, love your thought process. We had a Caddy XLS hearse when I was a body collector and I HAAATED how it looked so yeah probably un popular opinion but very clever lol.

[@AceJofu]

This was dope. More videos like this please 😊

[@scottarthurs6299]

Good video! I am a bit surprised there was no shot of the Jag XKE hearse in 'Harold and Maude'. Anyway, thanks. Was fun and informative.

[@MmntechCa]

When I was in college, I worked at a car rental agency. The local cemetery started renting panel vans from us when theirs broke down. We assumed it was for landscaping. Nope. Forgot their casket rollers in the back, twice. They were using them to transport bodies from the local funeral homes to the cemetery's crematorium. It was creepy, but not against the rules. So yeah, I can legitimately say I've driven a hearse, just not intentionally. Imagine thinking your loved one is being taken to their final resting place in a luxury vehicle, but instead they get a GMC Savanna that says "rent me for $20/day" in cheery letters on the side.

[@DATAN420]

The rental vans were most likely not carrying bodies to the cemetery, just transporting the bodies from the morgue to the funeral home

[@voggsp]

“ name another car that carries the dead” Me: ice cream truck

[@TheRealFobican]

That's cold enough to get a hold from.

[@leanin7.3l24]

White vans

[@mclarencraze7373]

lol

[@seanpettigrew6314]

Richard Kuklinski be like

[@mayor_archive]

free candy vans

[@jeffboelter6062]

My dad used to have a late 60's early 70's Pontiac Bonneville Hearse before I was born. Had a mattress and tv in the back because my parents and 2 older siblings used to take it camping! I've honestly wanted one since I was a kid (I'm 41 now) just to have something unique

[@2steaksandwiches665]

That looks like a legitimate craftsmanship. These guys are artists

[@ThrasherDBS]

"Name one other car that's used to transport dead people." Would the Buick Century count?

[@joshuagrote6444]

The Buick century is either a 1st car, used af when you get it, or last car that's new af while you're used up..idk what to think about that actually

[@austinwarner4a849]

A white chevy corners van

[@rustedratchetgarage6788]

Prius

[@stunyon]

A white gmc vandura with no windows

[@Demon666x3]

PT Crusier! it already looks like a short Hearse anyway!

[@thetrooper6005]

Nolan: bier My mind: *b e e r*

[@tkoll01]

Bier is actually german and means... well beer

[@thetrooper6005]

@@tkoll01 LoL

[@ChickenMusiala]

@@tkoll01 same in dutch

[@ChickenMusiala]

@@iwantsexseemyvideo7149 be gone you foul bot

[@HamletTwin]

Yo bartender, bier me!

[@iainwalker4285]

new to this channel, i must admit that advert for the hat made me laugh out loud.... good work guys..

[@skyislands8887]

Holden motor works and GMH holden did build some 'factory' hearses in various guises the 1930s to the 1960s. Noted were 2 Buicks with an extended chassis, standard front doors and grills being the only Buick parts. The whole body was bespoke by Holden for the customer. Strangely, one had a 53 grille, the other a 54 grille. To get to the other side fast, a straight 8 engine with a 3 speed. The 53 has been in a shed for about 25 years and still drives on old cross-ply tyres. Still with original paint, glass, timber, a rebuilt engine. The guy who owns it used it as his work and surf wagon from the late 60s to the 80s. Also, My father in law built several Holden factory hearses in the 1960s, I think they were EJs. My dads F100 served as a hearses on several occasions, as did the local fire truck and a couple of land rovers, small bush town with no hearses, but plenty of 🐎. To think I also spent hundreds of hours on my own in the back of that old F truck. 🙃 Also, Hiller, an Australian company, specialises in and builds and exports hearses world wide, with some clients shipping cars from overseas to have them built.

[@sarahbaker2342]

My husband is convinced that the only time he will ride in a Cadillac, he'll be dead...

[@PaganiGaming]

Day 247 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad

[@hayden8208]

My boi

[@romirsarangi4341]

Yolo

[@pogchampion7770]

Hai

[@visuallemonade6119]

6 th reply

[@car-enthusiast3141]

Ya boiiiii

[@joelglaze5545]

The El Camino version of these for funerals would make a really slick little project for someone

[@jonkelley2781]

And very cool

[@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman]

when I was in high skool 1983 my buddy had a yellow with black interior 1959 Cadillac hearse with a mild built 500 cubic inch topped with a blower, Cragar mags, limo tinted windows, blacked out chrome & yes the coffin was in the back! That thing was loud, fast & bad ass

[@thegreasybandit6373]

Nolan reloading his glasses is like Henry Cavil reloading his biceps

[@thegreasybandit6373]

People that know, know.

[@DangerAngelous]

2:55 “he’s not gonna make it, hurry!” *flatline* “Ah darn it, stop and let’s swap the sign over”

[@kevinheart7091]

God dam 😂😂😂

[@naphi6769]

No one: SRT: "HEY, WANNA SEE A 900 HP DODGE CHARGER HEARSE, WE CALL IT THE REAPER!"

[@El_Toxico_Cuhh]

I remember watching this video at a funeral 💀💀💀

[@JohnnyXDBOI]

5:00 I like how u put Upbeat Music for "Herses" one of the sadlest cars

[@firstescobar6863]

Cadillacs always moving bodies even when they're not hearses

[@jarellclarke6546]

???

[@chrisgill4888]

Thats kind of the purpose of cars yeah

[@jamesmitchell7281]

A lot of hearses are made by Cadillac

[@firstescobar6863]

But those 60s and 70s boatmobiles had trunk space for a small family

[@dominickvanorman3451]

@@jarellclarke6546 hes saying that killers use them. Like they have bodies in the trunns

[@srivathsmanmohan4451]

*Nolan starts talking about Japan Editor: *mmh yes Bollywood music*

[@itisjambo]

YEAH IKR LMAO

[@kanishkgupta677]

I was hoping someone would say this.

[@KanishQQuotes]

@@kanishkgupta677 Oye

[@kwbalance108]

xD

[@erikbrooks7712]

WHEN i WAS 19 I got a 60 Cadillac Superior Coach Combination car had it until i was 26, It was a lot of Fun had a band carried all the Equipment in the back, used the bier pins to keep it in place,

[@Karkmotuning]

I own two (retired) hearses at the moment. One is a 1980 Chevrolet Caprice wagon, and the other one is a 1976 Dodge Coronet. Here, American wagons were used as hearses, as they were long enough to be used without any modifications, so just the roller slide for the coffin in the back was added, and they were good to go. Volvos and Mercedeses have to be lengthened, and as such were much more expensive. My chevy looks lika any wagon in black, but the Dodge is in the museum registry as a hearse, and stll has the roller in the back. The outside is not modified, but for the little flag pole on the left fender. And no, I’m not a hearse enthusiast by any means, but these cars have been very well looked after with low miles

[@blvdes]

I'm dead "A precursor to the hearses.... A prec-hearse-r"

[@GeauxBigGarage]

Then you need a hearse!

[@UnrealWheels]

Was down the freeway the other day and saw a hearse doing something 85 on a 60 limit road. Man was in a hurry to get rid of the body 😂

[@mexicanspec]

That happens when the body has been around for a while.

[@robertlee9395]

He was doing some side work.

[@davidsteen4826]

Editing is on point

[@retiredfire]

Should add to this Video, although you did start. The uses of Combination cars. Ambulance/Hearse cars. I've owned Combo for 17 years, getting an LS3 as I type. and a Flower combo car now for a couple years as a daily. Love these cars. Thanks for the great vid

[@chrisgill4888]

9:35 "With red leather interior" (shows cloth interior)

[@itisjambo]

i assume he meant velvet lol

[@JohnyKnox]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

[@IcelanderUSer]

I wouldn’t be so sure. Did you actually touch the material? If we’re told over and over that it’s leather eventually we’ll come to believe that it is. The truth is what you make it. What you want it to be. Don’t forget to send your money to “stop the steal” so we can continue to inspire MAGA people, to make them angry and confused and to achieve our #1 goal of splitting the US into two separate countries.

[@chrisgill4888]

@@IcelanderUSer Huh?

[@Warrison_]

lol

[@jdapaul1351]

*Nolan mentions coffins being carried by a group of strong men* Me: Why wasn't the coffin dance used???

[@Jukinj94]

Cultural differences. Do you even know why they dance?

[@IsaacSmelcZhan]

@@Jukinj94 wait why do they dance???

[@Watchdog-vf8ug]

@@IsaacSmelcZhan because in that culture they don’t want death to be viewed as something tragic and sad, they want people’s moods to be lifted and be happy about “life and death” which I think is a cool way of celebrating a funeral

[@Jukinj94]

@@Watchdog-vf8ug death should never be sad. It is as beautiful as the life that came before it. The loss behind it is something else but that is why you remember them as they lived and not what they left behind.

[@Watchdog-vf8ug]

@@Jukinj94 yeah I agree

[@chrislemaster2695]

Buick also made funeral coaches as well from 1978-1989 out of a Lesabre Estate wagon and Chevrolet Caprice had one from 1985-1989. These are rare models

[@bettyfourman5438]

Very interesting. Enjoyed watching

[@rochrhodes3607]

Who needs a hearse when you’ve got a Toyota truck and some bungie cords

[@navermeerj]

Having worked in the death care industry, I greatly appreciate the research y'all did into the 'proper' terminology. One or two tidbits worth pointing out: - Not every funeral home has their own coach. Some contract with a company to provide coach services on demand, this reduces overhead and up-front cost. The company I was with specialized in body removal (and were responsible for about 90% of the market) and provided coaches to 75-80% of all the funeral homes in the area. - The death care industry can be extremely exploitative, and I sincerely appreciate that y'all mentioned this. There is a movement amongst some to change that, but it's a long-standing issue in the industry and it's been driven by takeovers of locally/family owned funeral homes by larger conglomerates like SCS Corp.

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

There is not a better, more entertaining channel for automotive history.

[@lucacamilleri4215]

Nolan: “Why can’t we just use a fancy pickup?” Prince Philip: 👀👀

[@lancedaemongt747]

My friend owns a volvo 740 hearse he uses it as a drift missile

[@lampoilropebombs0640]

People: if you know you are driving to your death, would you drive fast? Arne Toman: Yes.

[@Logtarthemighty]

this brings a whole new meaning to hearse power

[@cliffp73]

Love the extra facts.

[@jonathanlynn2613]

I could have swore he was going to say "ever since dead people were invented."

[@Chadturner21]

I also expected him to say something like “ever since people started dying”

[@THEJPR]

Why was I vibing with the music and the pictures of hearses being built?

[@Rockerboy778]

In the UK we typically have Jaguar as our hearses, or funnily enough the Ford Mondeo. I believe I’ve seen an old Bentley too as a hearse

[@ExUSSailor]

My favorite car I've ever owned was a '69 Cadillac Superior Sovereign Funeral Coach. It was built on a 165" Cadillac commercial chassis. Essentially, a cab & chassis, with a GM 14 bolt corporate rear axle, and, rear suspension from a GM 3 ton truck. It had that BEAUTIFUL 10.5:1 compression 472! 375 hp, and, 525 lbs-ft. of torque.