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[bluke1]

wow. you lost me at "link". I believe you. whatever you said! hahaha

[Scary Guy]

they weren't my links, i just copy and pasted wiki. they probably work there....

Yeah, I'm sure they do. The problem is they used symbolic links instead of actual ones and I believe this forum parsed that missing information with its own root domain.

There needs to be a script that detects this and alerts the poster that links are incorrect and returning 404 errors.

[bluke1]

they weren't my links, i just copy and pasted wiki. they probably work there....

[Scary Guy]

I was reading this recently, and after some quality time with a bottle of scotch i was contemplating the question "what is a REAL hearse?" Good question, even if the rest of the conversation was a touch disrespectful... And after re-visiting the question, and the scotch, I began to solidify my thoughts on it. Here it goes. I think a hearse is a vehicle that was built with the intent of transporting the dead. Seems simple enough, as wikipedia seems to agree..."A hearse is a funerary vehicle used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. In the funeral trade, hearses are often called funeral coaches."
There was mention of egyptian barges carrying bodies, but in my opinion I don't think anything outside the modern era counts, as specialty vehicles didn't really exist... a mule did many jobs, as did a boat. With this in mind, I would consider vehicles like creepyPTs car a tribute car. Not unlike someone taking a standard camaro and building it into a Yenko, or taking a stock olds and building a 442. Its not wrong, its just not the real thing. Anyways, thats my drunken ramblilngs. Anyone else care to share an opinion? I'm interested to hear it.

Not sure if you noticed but all your links are non functional. Although it would be pretty sweet if we had a wiki on site, alas we do not.

[Miller Meteor Man]

i agree bluke...Creepy: i like your pt, infact prob the only one id drive and i like your motivation but just to be honest i dont like your signature sentence at the end of your posts because its really not a hearse and i doubt you get as much dirty looks as i do in my coach....just sayin!

[creepypt]

I think that was a very well put response. I am saddened, however, to think that someone would waste perfectly good scotch to contemplate the issue! I'm hoping that you were drinking it for a good reason, and just happened to find the post....

[bluke1]

I was reading this recently, and after some quality time with a bottle of scotch i was contemplating the question "what is a REAL hearse?" Good question, even if the rest of the conversation was a touch disrespectful... And after re-visiting the question, and the scotch, I began to solidify my thoughts on it. Here it goes. I think a hearse is a vehicle that was built with the intent of transporting the dead. Seems simple enough, as wikipedia seems to agree..."A hearse is a funerary vehicle used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. In the funeral trade, hearses are often called funeral coaches."
There was mention of egyptian barges carrying bodies, but in my opinion I don't think anything outside the modern era counts, as specialty vehicles didn't really exist... a mule did many jobs, as did a boat. With this in mind, I would consider vehicles like creepyPTs car a tribute car. Not unlike someone taking a standard camaro and building it into a Yenko, or taking a stock olds and building a 442. Its not wrong, its just not the real thing. Anyways, thats my drunken ramblilngs. Anyone else care to share an opinion? I'm interested to hear it.

[creepypt]

Looked at buying a car in college, thought it was a Dodge Colt, but it was probably a Civic wagon. In any case, i always thought it looked like a miniature version of some of those European coaches.

[sgath92]

And I said I CHOSE not to get a hearse. I could have outright paid for a coach when I got the PT. Probably not the one I wanted. And one I wanted would have been a project car. As it turned out, some old lady about a year after I bought my car pointed out at a Quicktrip that my PT looked like a little hearse.

That's a surprisingly common statement. I know of a few different people who say that PT's look like hearses. Supposedly [I haven't read the book so I don't know first hand] the "Goth Bible" says PTs look like hearses as well.

Older estate wagons seem to get these types of comments as well. I had a Olds Custom Cruiser [flat black, no woodgrain or exterior trim on it] that got "is that a hearse?!" responses all the time. Usually from people who don't have memories of those large wagons to know better. I had this one gig at night a couple years ago where these kids [and by kids I mean middle schoolers] thought the car was a hearse, wouldn't allow themselves to hear otherwise, and kept trying to talk me into giving them rides in it. Lol. They probably wouldn't have made the mistake if it still had the woodgrain vinyl [terrible, terrible thing to have to remove btw: what a nightmare!], side trim and roof rack.

[Miller Meteor Man]

pt-cruiser-hearse-black-back.jpgnow this is a pt hearse lol.....do it

[SmoothNlow]

I spit everytime I read this line, hehe.

"I'm not judging you, but you're wrong."

Thanks I get that a lot. But I built it for me. A classic chevy with that infamous 5.0 through 40 series flowmaster sound I grew up with. Nothing like bangin a short shifter in a 302 powered 57 chevy. I keep the hood closed a lot lol

And creepypt I get that a lot with my 74 courier. I love nothing more than when people ask me how I get over speed bumps. With 1/2 valves and lines and 200 PSI when I hit the center switch all four corners pop up with 7 3/4" of ground clearance in about 1/4 of a second and I can haul plenty in the back. Its mostly beer and parts, but shes a functional truck. Now it just serves a different purpose that I built itfor. That's what its all about man...

[Miller Meteor Man]

point taken good luck! check out my kasket kar when u get a chance and lmk what u think!

[creepypt]

First off, thanks for support on my not hearse guys! Go easy though, I don't take it personally. But for Miller:

but one thing i ment to add is i really cant stand pts lol no pun meant

No, you didn't say it sucked. You don't like it, that's cool. Smooth was talking about his truck, and he didn't like lifted trucks, something like that. Lowriders are pretty cool, but to me, lowered trucks are...pointless, impractical. Lifted trucks (past a certain point) are pointless unless you're rock crawling, but trucks are for hauling, for offroad etc. So if a truck is lowered, can't haul anything other than groceries, can't go over a crack in the road, much less a curb, or doesn't even have a bed in it (I've seen some of those trucks so tweaked out that they didn't even have a floor in the bed to make room for the suspension, tires, and air ride) is it still a truck?

And I said I CHOSE not to get a hearse. I could have outright paid for a coach when I got the PT. Probably not the one I wanted. And one I wanted would have been a project car. As it turned out, some old lady about a year after I bought my car pointed out at a Quicktrip that my PT looked like a little hearse. The rest is, as you put it, "Pepboys" history. I'l even say, it was a convienience for me. A hearse without buying a hearse. I suppose it's kinda nice I bought something and started turning it into a coach, instead of buying a coach and turning it into a camper, or a demo derby car.

I'll mention one other thing: Everyone who has a hearse can customise the hell out of them, paint, flames, wheels, rear seats, pull the tables out, speaker boxes, and so on, and they still have a hearse. People will still recognise it as a hearse! I have to consider anything I do to my car, because if I do something wrong, or badly, it won't look like one. I might be able to paint it white, or silver, or maybe even dark blue, and it would "pass", but just the act of removing the curtains, or the landau bars, makes a huge difference on how it looks. A few people still walk up and ask if that's what it supposed to be, probably either because they can't believe it, or because they think I don't realise what I've done to it. Imagine if I stripped all the shiney off of it, and mounted big f*cking wings and a flamethrower on top. I think that would look even MORE messed up. I've seen pics of Zach's car, and I'm pretty sure he catches hell, but sometimes people just look at it, look at him, and say, "Well, it is a hearse."

[Miller Meteor Man]

lol its just my opinon, he stated he couldnt afford a hearse so i gave him my opinon, isnt that what these forums are for? i mean come on now dont get your pantys in a bunch...i respect all walks of life that work on there cars and try to make them diffrent, if i didnt then i would have talked mad shit, but i didnt so relax!

[Dickey]

I got a 1957 chevy 2 door 210 sedan with a 302 ford and a T-5 5 speed,

I spit everytime I read this line, hehe.

"I'm not judging you, but you're wrong."