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The Daimler DS420 is widely used among the funeral trade, serving as both the executive car for mourning relatives and the hearse, after customization, for the deceased. The most prominent funeral with a Daimler Limousine and hearse was that of Diana, the Princess of Wales in 1997.
A hearse (/ h ɜːr s /) is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
The first call vehicle is a vehicle used in the funeral service industry. This type of vehicle is used to pick up the remains of a recently deceased person, and transport that person to the funeral home for preparation. This initial pickup is called the "first call", hence the name of these vehicles.
1957 Imperial four-door hardtop "landau-type" roof design. In the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the United States, "landau" became associated with cars where the fixed (eg metal) roof and rear quarter panels were covered with fabric or leather and fitted with S-shaped side landau bars, to make it appear like a convertible roof.
A combination car was a vehicle that could serve either as a hearse or as an ambulance, [1] and had the capability of being swapped between those roles without much difficulty. [2] This hybrid usage of the cars reflects an era when funeral homes offered emergency ambulance service in addition to their primary trade, especially in smaller towns ...
A father and son in the U.K. have died in a car crash just days after Christmas, according to multiple news reports. The two men died on Friday, Dec. 27, after an Audi and a Mercedes collided ...
Juan Francisco Del Valle Ferrer, 25, was allegedly drunk driving in El Paso on Nov. 2 when he drove his Honda HR-V into a black Mercedes carrying Rick Ballard and Dalia Olivas around 11:37 p.m ...
At this time Delahaye was a venerable French automobile maker that had become better known as a builder of trucks than Grandes Routieres. Their cars were called "the perfect car to drive in a funeral procession." [3] In 1933 Madame Desmarais, widow of one of the original partners and majority shareholder, decided to take Delahaye racing again ...