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A you do. I wondered what a 740 estate would look like giver the american Landau hearse treatment. A quick rough and ready potatochip gives me.  Very rough but I think you get the idea. Weld up the boot windows, get a vinyl roof and make landau bar detail. Need something done with the bumpers and mirrors, and could potentially look nicer than a real 740 hearse, and like a scaled down american one. Opinions? |
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luckygti
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Think the black needs to extend further forward into the back door window. Maybe weld up the back doors as well? Would look good though I reckon.  |
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Think the black needs to extend further forward into the back door window. Maybe weld up the back doors as well? Would look good though I reckon. Agree - rear side window needs to be half the size it is. Maybe just loose the door handle to keep the car usable? |
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I was aiming for something like  Keeping the vinyl roof and the 5 door rather than 3 hearse body, with Satin or Matt paint (I could roller that). European hearses tend to be 3 door models. US hearses tend to be based on 5 door configuration sometimes allowing for a side loader use, instead of needing to use the rear door/gate. But they are bloody huge. I want to make a slightly (Volvos are still big) smaller version in US hearse style. Got some choices then. Either manual, turbo petrol, then when the traffic pulls over to let me through nail it. or Auto turbo diesel. A hearse style car not running on dead animals, instead running on recycled chippy oil, with a little extra boost for fun. |
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There appears to have been at least one coachbuilt version made on an extended chassis.  |
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I did this in paint. You could either slightly modify the rear door, or just make a piece of MDF covered in the same vinly and stick it to the rear door ;D  |
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just buy a hearse, it'll look a million times better and wont cost much more by the time you've bought all the extra bits and done the work.
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Are there any RHD turbo charged classic 5 door european hearses?
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Pah! Since when has cost come in to anything we do?!
I reckon it could do with a taller roofline myself. A fake roof extension would do the trick.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Mmmm, do it properly, fake hearses are just not coooool.  I regret selling mine  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Oh now there is an idea.
Make a fake bolt on glassfibre roof that also covers the rear windows. Bit like the high roof van extensions they like making boats out of on Scrap Heap Challenge
You would just need to fasten to the body, seal it and panel over the inside with deep buttoned velvet. then vinyl cover that roof, or make it pre-vinyled.
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Mmmm, do it properly, fake hearses are just not coooool. I regret selling mine Thats awesome I want a hearse like that, and turn it into a camper/mtb transporter :-) |
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It'd be different, thats for sure, why buy when you can make?
A local firm is using a 300c as a hearse, it's massive black and looks properly evil.
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I can imagine size wise a 300c works.
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Just buy a Hearse, the Granada one's are reasonable to buy, parts are always available & driving one is more fun than shaking ya c*ck at a nun! ;D I miss my old one dearly   |
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Past: 13 VW Beetles from 1967 - 1974
Bay Window Campers (1973 & 1974)
Mini's (1992 Cooper lookalike & 1984 '25 Anniversary)
MK2 Polo Coupe S (1984 & 1986)
MK2 Polo Breadvan (1981 & 1984)
MK4 Escort (1989)
MK2 Granada Based Hearse (seriously)
Fiat Uno 60S (1986) Punto 60S (1998) Cinq (1997)
1998 Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat
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May 10, 2009 15:30:41 GMT
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Are there any RHD turbo charged classic 5 door european hearses? Not turbo'd that I've seen, but you do get 5 door hearses over here - one coachbuilder did Mk1 Granada hearses as a 5-door, I've only ever seen 2 though, and both on the banger track. Likewise you can get Daimler DS420's in a 5-door configuration & probably a couple of others. I'll dig out some pics if you like? |
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May 10, 2009 16:16:26 GMT
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drive a 740 volvo hearse for a living
would love to trick one up
even standard they get lots of attention
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May 10, 2009 17:04:31 GMT
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There's a 5-door 740 hearse on the excellent classic hearse register's site - not seen one before! So, already exists in coachbuilt form - although not with the funny van-like back end of the US stuff! There's also a piccy of one of the 5-door mk1 grannys I previously mentioned, although technically speaking, it's a consul   |
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May 10, 2009 17:10:20 GMT
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There's a 5-door 740 hearse on the excellent classic hearse register's site - not seen one before! So, already exists in coachbuilt form - although not with the funny van-like back end of the US stuff! There's also a piccy of one of the 5-door mk1 grannys I previously mentioned, although technically speaking, it's a consul Oh I do like that. That would be just cool. Need to make contact with the owner and find out the details of the builder so I can hunt one down. |
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