Cadillac Funeral Coach

Cadillac Funeral Coach in Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story, Movie, 2007

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Animatronixx ◊ 2025-01-20 17:52	Looks like a coachwork by one of the Texas Four: I wrote (...)conversion which was offered by a four different coachbuilders from Texas in a variety of styles on Buick and Oldsmobile chassis. Not all at once, though - all those firms used the same tooling, one right after the other went bankrupt using it, too. B&B came up with tooling for stretched hearses built from Olds and Buick wagons in 1979. Subsequently, Bratton Coachworks (one of the aforementioned B's), C&C Professional Vehicles and Century Coachworks followed up. (...) [The full story is an ongoing matter of research and subject to plot twists, particularly regarding the chronological order and the correct names of each company - I still have various contradicting sources and bits of information.] This one looks like pre-1985 to me and I'm leaning towards B&B Custom Coachworks of Waxahachie, Texas, with the Century Coach Company of Duncanville, Texas, coming next.

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◊ 2025-01-20 17:52

Looks like a coachwork by one of the Texas Four:

I wrote (...)conversion which was offered by a four different coachbuilders from Texas in a variety of styles on Buick and Oldsmobile chassis. Not all at once, though - all those firms used the same tooling, one right after the other went bankrupt using it, too. B&B came up with tooling for stretched hearses built from Olds and Buick wagons in 1979. Subsequently, Bratton Coachworks (one of the aforementioned B's), C&C Professional Vehicles and Century Coachworks followed up. (...)

[The full story is an ongoing matter of research and subject to plot twists, particularly regarding the chronological order and the correct names of each company - I still have various contradicting sources and bits of information.]

This one looks like pre-1985 to me and I'm leaning towards B&B Custom Coachworks of Waxahachie, Texas, with the Century Coach Company of Duncanville, Texas, coming next.

Cadillac Funeral Coach

Cadillac Funeral Coach in Fall Guy: The John Stewart Story, Movie, 2007

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