Here a lovely one from Minicamps, a VWKastenwagen from 1963.

And here a 1960 Mercedes Benz 300D Hearse from Rio

Here another Rio, this time a lovely Citroen.

The wreath on the side of the Citreon is a nice touch, and the VW van is great!

Askew-Houser, an American Funeral Home actually sells four model hearses on their website, quite quier if you ask me...

Here the Professional Car #10 - 1935 Chevy Combination



Is says \"A lot has changed in the funeral industry in the past few years. The equipment certainly has; our funeral home was once the local ambulance service, as well as full-service funeral home. These days, the town has its own ambulance service, which is a good thing because at the price of a brand new hearse I can\'t even imagine the bill they get every time they buy new ambulances. The combination car has seen a comeback though in a different way, I can\'t tell you how many funeral homes around seem to be buying mini vans and getting them converted into removal/parade cars. In honor of our 10th anniversary in the collectable car market, we our doing a tribute to our past in the form of a hearse/ambulance combination car, much like we would have had in the garage here years ago.

Professional car number 10 is based on a 1935 Chevrolet chassis, made again for us by SpecCast. It is slightly larger than all the previous models as they were 1/25 scale and No. 10 is a 1/24. This has allowed it to be more detailed. Not only that it\'s a stand out piece that takes up some real estate in your collection. The paint scheme is a two-tone maroon and black, with detailing that gives the effect of etched glass. On the center window is the funeral home\'s modern logo and on the rear window is an etching design along with the logo of mortuary science. This model features a complete die cast construction, adding to its overall weight. The fully functional doors open to reveal a detailed interior in the driver\'s seat as well as in the back so you can load the detailed wood tone casket. This year\'s model features opening hood panels that lift up to reveal the painted six-cylinder motor. Another interesting detail is the tilt out windshield great for those very warm days on the job, which reminds me of the old Chevy Suburban removal car we just recently replaced. The air conditioning had died years ago and on hot days we had to draw straws as to who had to make any long trips in it. We\'ve just replaced it with a 2007 converted Cadillac Escalade; needless to say, no one complains anymore when it comes to making long trips, in fact, I think some of the guys invent errands to run just so they can take it out for a cruise. This year\'s model is again limited to 504 units and is expected to be released in January, due to the vehicles size and weight (a full 2.2lbs unloaded) shipping has gone up slightly but when you open this box up I doubt very much you\'ll be disappointed, A true \'mint\' quality replica at a fraction of the cost.\"

Here there are other 9 Models (the 6th from the top even has its roof signed by the designer!). All are limited editions, mostly limited at 504 (no idea why).

Minimum run for a die cast producer. Each company has different minimum orders for new tooling. I looked into having replicas of my antique semi truck made up and that was the low number. Some were in the 1000 piece range and some were into the 10,000 pieces.

Here another one, this time a 1950 Packard Henney hearse from Brooklin.

What scale is that? I\'d like to get the swan off the hood for some of my trucks.

It\'s 1:43, but unless you know the Brooklin guys I would say it\'s an expensive way to go about...

Thank you. I\'d buy one and make a casting of it, but 43rd is too large for what I\'m doing. It\'s still a nice piece, how is the interior detail?

Not a model but fits the theme.  There are apparently three companies over in the US that offer this tpe of hearse service!

In my quest to find more hearses I came across this detail photo of Joe Sherlock\'s train layout.

Joe wrote:  \"While I have a Cadillac hearse parked in front, I wanted to add a flower car. So, I wasted another portion of my life scratchbuilding a flower car insert for a 1:43 model 1959 Chevy El Camino (a metallic charcoal one from Brooklin Models). I used scale flowers from hobby supply outlet. The rack itself is made from card stock which has been cut, glued with epoxy, sanded and painted with several coats of matte silver to imitate the appearance brushed stainless steel. My El Camino conversion has a basis in reality, though.
While most flower cars were Cadillacs and were offered fully finished by hearse manufacturers, conversion kits were available to the trade. A Northeast Philadelphia establishment, Fluehr Funeral Home, had a black 1960 Chevrolet El Camino flower car. One of the undertaker\'s sons was a car enthusiast and persuaded his dad to purchase an black El Camino pickup and convert it. It had a 348 cubic-inch engine, four-speed transmission and plugged, chrome lakes pipes along the sides. On weekends, the son used to take it to a drag strip, unplug the pipes and race it.
The car was heavily muffled but it was quite amusing to observe a funeral procession in waiting - with the flower car, hearse and limousines lined up outside Fluehr\'s stately 1930s edifice on Cottman Avenue. All vehicles idled silently with light smoke wisping from the exhausts. But the El Camino, while very quiet, would have a subtle side-to-side shake/quiver - that vehicular epileptic fit characteristic of a V-8 with a 3/4 race cam.\"
Cool model, Joe!

Here one made from Wood, more on this amazing site.

Here are some small scale Matchbox Code 3 Hearse I have made....



Matchbox MG 1100


Matchbox E Type


Matchbox Rolls Royce



Matchbox Jaguar XK


Matchbox Jaguar Mk 10



Matchbox Rolls Royce