Chevrolet Advance-Design Panel Funeral Coach [3105]

Chevrolet Advance-Design Panel [3105] in Flight to Hong Kong, Movie, 1956

Class: Cars, Funeral — Model origin: — Made for:

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Author	Message
Parapiri ◊ 2022-11-18 06:02	Could this be a Chevrolet/GMC Advance Design converted into a hearse? The front end certainly looks like it.
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-11-20 13:07	May be converted locally, but coachwork looks very British or British-inspired.
fred1969 ◊ 2022-11-20 18:07	could it be a Buick Eureka 1938 hearse version ? https://myntransportblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/0509.jpg other Buick here : https://myntransportblog.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/flxible-ambulances-and-hearses-ii/ and some info about the picture shoot in Hong Kong in 1955 : Link to "gwulo.com"
Parapiri ◊ 2022-11-20 18:21	It is too tall for a Buick or any other passenger car converted into a hearse. It is truck-based and definently on a Chevrolet/GMC platform -- Last edit: 2022-11-20 18:21:50
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-11-21 15:19	Clearly truck-based, as Parapiri stated. The Eureka Co. of Rock Falls, Illinois, USA, were highly respected for their traditional hearse and ambulance coachbuilding and their outstanding sense for aesthetics - they certainly didn't build that! The scan was taken from the book 'American Funeral Cars and Ambulances Since 1900' and I can confirm the vehicle above isn't seen on any of the other 350+ pages either.
Parapiri ◊ 2022-11-21 17:15	Its definently a Chevrolet/GMC Advance Design Panel truck converted into a hearse. Its obvious, I cant get why it is still an "unknown".