!~ New Hearse Owner From Arizona ~!

[DEADLY]

well scored this gem out of tucson arizona at a buddy's yard! I'm a K5 Blazer nut but always have had a sweet spot for old caddy's My wife has a morbid side and loves old hearse's so I decided to go on the hunt for one a couple years back. We both would have killed for a 59-60 but our second most fav is 63-64. So i know the biggest two couch builders were Miller meator and S&S is this correct?
I also noticed this hearse has more windows and does not have the bars on the back like i see on most coaches. Forgive my lack of knowledge about these I'm a 73-87 chevy truck nut I know an absurd amount about them not too hip on hearse's

We also have a 1964 sedan deville I will be using a few parts from. Correct me if im wrong but this one in the pic is a 63 which means it has the 390 in it correct? my 64 has a tired 429.

well all the info the better guys thanks for the help id love to hear some feed back and thoughts on my new ride! and let me know if any of you guys need parts off my 64 sedan deville!






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[pyro]

What yard did that come out of? I'm also in Tucson, and am dying to know. Your 63 came with the 390. Good running engine.

[60Crown]

Woah! You're lucky this snuck by pyro...right in his hometown.

This is an odd coach for sure. First off, it is a Superior limo style (term when not closed rear portion with landau irons). The little fresh air vent on the driver's quarter tips off that this was a combination (hearse and ambulance). Rear interior looks like it should had jump seats originally which confirms combination. Here's where the odd factor comes in~

Vast majority of limo style Superiors were also Royale, meaning quarter windows out back. You have a more 'formal' Sovereign (no windows on D pillars) version of a limo style. I've only ever seen two others around this vintage. Sovereigns also had a smaller rear loading door glass which this coach has. Weird that it has side windows but not out back eh?

So in full you have a '63 Superior limo style Sovereign in combination form. Or maybe that's '63 Superior Sovereign limo style in combination form.

'62 was the last "true" 390. Although '63 had a 390, it was an all new engine based on '64's 429 block, just with smaller displacement, which was increased after one year.

Cool piece. Welcome to the NHAA! Lots of good people, info, and parts around here if you need 'em.

[DEADLY]

What yard did that come out of? I'm also in Tucson, and am dying to know. Your 63 came with the 390. Good running engine.

private yard owned by a guy named jerry. Im picking it up on sunday, please dont go buy it from under neath me my wife might murder your face off!!!

[DEADLY]

Woah! You're lucky this snuck by pyro...right in his hometown.

This is an odd coach for sure. First off, it is a Superior limo style (term when not closed rear portion with landau irons). The little fresh air vent on the driver's quarter tips off that this was a combination (hearse and ambulance). Rear interior looks like it should had jump seats originally which confirms combination. Here's where the odd factor comes in~

Vast majority of limo style Superiors were also Royale, meaning quarter windows out back. You have a more 'formal' Sovereign (no windows on D pillars) version of a limo style. I've only ever seen two others around this vintage. Sovereigns also had a smaller rear loading door glass which this coach has. Weird that it has side windows but not out back eh?

So in full you have a '63 Superior limo style Sovereign in combination form. Or maybe that's '63 Superior Sovereign limo style in combination form.

'62 was the last "true" 390. Although '63 had a 390, it was an all new engine based on '64's 429 block, just with smaller displacement, which was increased after one year.

Cool piece. Welcome to the NHAA! Lots of good people, info, and parts around here if you need 'em.

Thanks for the welcome!! AWESOME info man thanks very much for the reply! its cool its a rare piece my wife says she likes the window i like the landau bars....... and so the debate begins, this will be an interesting build for sure! HOPE THAT 390 RUNS!!!! also are these coil sprung in the rear like my 64 deville is or did they go leaf? also is it my or does the back of this thing where the paint has faded away look like fiberglass? also does that caufin look like stone to you guys?

[SunsetHawkSelena]

welcome and congrats on the great find!!

[60Crown]

Might want to see if you can meet Russ (pyro) on your retrieval jaunt. He has a '63 Superior Landaulet Royale endloader.

[pyro]

Is that yard behind the Air Force base? No worries, I'm not going to steal your thunder. PM me, and I can meet you at the yard in my 63 Superior.

[DEADLY]

welcome and congrats on the great find!!

thanks very much!

[DEADLY]

id love to if we have time im going down there with my buddy who is a chevelle nut and we are doing some moving aroud of cars and coordinating with three other people so its going to be a crazy day! but man id love to see another hearse!

[DEADLY]

Is that yard behind the Air Force base? No worries, I'm not going to steal your thunder. PM me, and I can meet you at the yard in my 63 Superior.

yup thats the one, jerry owns it and a guy named fender joe is always around, lot of old stuff comes in and out of there but its not really open to the public, unless you have cash then they will open the gate

[60Crown]

also are these coil sprung in the rear like my 64 deville is or did they go leaf? also is it my or does the back of this thing where the paint has faded away look like fiberglass? also does that caufin look like stone to you guys?

Commercial chassis had leaf springs for the added weight.

Sail panels between quarters and rear loading door are fiberglass on a Superior. Sometimes tops of doors are as well.

Casket (not coffin) looks like typical low end cardboard dealio with floral print.

[pyro]

also are these coil sprung in the rear like my 64 deville is or did they go leaf? also is it my or does the back of this thing where the paint has faded away look like fiberglass? ?

The Commercial Chassis used leaf springs, and they are probably cracked. Get in there and inspect dead center of the leafs, where the shock mount plate is. Also, Superior used fiberglass to give the rear of the coach its beautiful lines. Mine is faded too.

[DEADLY]

uuuggghhhh great fiberglass work thats a trip man never knew they wer f-glass! good stuff gents good stuff. im sure this is a big debate but who makes the better coach s&s or M&M ? so what is the diff between a casket and a coufin? ??

[60Crown]

im sure this is a big debate but who makes the better coach s&s or M&M ? so what is the diff between a casket and a coufin? ??

Who cares? You don't have an S&S or a Miller Meteor. Yours is a Superior. The other of the big four is Eureka, which lasted through '64. Each has their own following.

Casket has four sides. Coffin has six.