Question

[HearseHaunter]

Does anyone know what they based a 1992 Buick hearse on? I know the '82 was based on a LeSabre.

[mdeanr]

should be LeSabre as well.

[kshearsedriver]

I think they are Roadmasters in '92. The LeSabre got turned into a downsized FWD in 86's.

[Hearse_SS]

but could you still get a front wheel drive ina hearse as a buick, cuz i know you could get a few of em in the 80's like mine were fwd

[kshearsedriver]

I knew they made Caddy FWD coaches in the 80's. I've just never seen a FWD coach on a Buick platform. They did seem to make a FWD and RWD version of the Lesabre until '91 when they started using the Roadmaster. The Lesabre wagon based RWD hearses were still around in '90.

[mdeanr]

deadbride had a rear-wheel drive buick superior that was a 1986 LeSabre.

[LorcinLS1]

In 92 they used the roadmaster wagon. I have seen one that had the sedan front cap, but not sure if that came from a builder or if someone chopped up a car.

[HearseHaunter]

This is what Joe Bunn at Eureka emailed me when I asked.......
We bought Eureka in 1999 and did not get any of there old records. Superior and S & S used the Buick LeSabre station wagon but I have no idea what Eureka used.

Here is a small pic I took on my phone of the car....

[LorcinLS1]

That looks like the roadmaster wagon

[LorcinLS1]

[Hearse_SS]

ya it is a roadmaster or i know sometimes with the buick heares some people call em Buillacs, so but haha ya its pretty much the buick roadmaster after that picture

[LorcinLS1]

There is a difference in the buillacs and the regular roadmaster hearses. The buillacs have the caddy style tail lights. The regular roadmaster hearse has the more stock looking wagon tail lights they were also on the caprice and olds wagons. Pictured below is the rear of the roadmaster hearse.

[LorcinLS1]

Here is some info I found on buillacs


The earliest Builac coaches I've seen were 1993 models. They were initially designed for SCI firms that wanted the economy of a Buick hearse, while leading their public to think they were following a Cadillac hearse in procession.

Gradually, this model worked it's way into availability to any funeral director that wanted one. By 1996, the car was actually featured in Miller-Meteor's color catalog, dubbed as the "Buick Special." At the same time, the M-M line also included the popular Cadillac LeClassic, the commercial glass Cadillac Olympian, the Lincoln Paramount, and the Buick Eterna.

Regarding the Eureka vs. Miller-Meteor badging, it is important to remember that all Builacs were built by CCE in Norwalk, Ohio. During these years, Eureka and Miller-Meteor coaches were virtually the same cars with the exception of (a) the EUREKA / MILLER-METEOR badging, (b) the landau bow design,and (c) the rear floor roller housing design. Same car, slightly different trim. I've seen MANY examples of this trim / name badges being mixed and matched, presumablly due to immediate availablility of such parts.

Many of the "early" Builacs had all Buick insignias replaced with Cadillac. The later examples received the Eureka / M-M logos in place of Buick badging.