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Age : 50
Localisation : Namur - Belgique
Date d'inscription : 15/04/2007
 | Sujet: 1923 Studebaker Children's Hearse  Mar 27 Nov - 19:48 | |
|  David Neitzel, of Mooresville, Ind., showed this 1923 Studebaker Children's Hearse, one of the rarest such vehicles, at an Eyes on Classic Design show in Grosse Pointe Shores. Neitzel said that as far as he knew, his vehicle was the only children's hearse Studebaker ever made. It is a large, conventional-looking hearse except that it is white instead of the usual black. "The white symbolizes the purity of the children."
He said he belongs to three Studebaker clubs and has never heard of the existence of another Studebaker children's hearse. He said he had seen a horse-drawn Model T Ford children's hearse. Were special hearses for children a custom back in the '20s? "I don't know, I wasn't around then. But this Studebaker and the Model T are the only children's hearses I am aware of."
In any event, it did not get much use. It only has 6,100 miles on it, he said. "It runs perfectly. We drove it to a classic car show recently and it performed very well. I don't drive it a lot. The headlights are too dim to drive it after dark. It only has one taillight and doesn't have brake lights. Cars didn't in those days.
Neitzel has shown the vehicle only a few times, one of them at Eyes on Classic Design at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford mansion in Grosse Pointe Shores. Do people think this children's hearse is weird or scary? "No," said Neitzel. "Just interesting."
Amy Shanafelt, of Sunnyvale, Calif., owns several hearses, including a silver 1965 Cadillac hearse that she uses as her everyday driver, even though it weighs 8,000 pounds and only gets 10 miles to the gallon. She likes to have fun with the hearse and was co-founder of a hearse club called "Grim Rides." | |
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