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I don't know quite what this was made for but I like it. Estate? Hearse? Custom build?

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this one was a '60, different tail lights mate, plus it was a 2-door + hatch.

I think Shaun Gladwell (?) from the PA owners club had something to do with it. Was a fair few years ago now, mind you.

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i was keeping it low key, but as this thread has appeared....

 

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this beauty is now in my possession - currently being recommissioned.

 

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Nice!  Did this live outside Bradford years ago?  Brighouse or somewhere like that?  I remember seeing an identical one regularly years ago - early 2000s...

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There's nothing classier than a van based hearse.

 

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The FX4 with a smokey 2.2 diesel would be another fine way to depart.

 

 

 

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I wonder if anyone on this forum knows about CGO 197H's fate? It was our very first hearse 30 odd years ago. I'd love to know whether it's still doing the rounds.

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I wonder if anyone on this forum knows about CGO 197H's fate? It was our very first hearse 30 odd years ago. I'd love to know whether it's still doing the rounds.

 

Described as a black Ausitn?

 

Could be bad news - tax expired 1/10/09, MOT expired 14/10/08.

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I wonder if anyone on this forum knows about CGO 197H's fate? It was our very first hearse 30 odd years ago. I'd love to know whether it's still doing the rounds.

It might be worth checking with the classic hearse register as they do know an awful lot about hearses and the fate of some of them if they have been raced.

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A 1976 (or 1982, depends on the source, '76 seems more reasonable as GAZ 13 production stopped in '81) RAF-GAZ 13 S Chaika 'Funeral Coach', these are often seen as ambulances (in a similar way to how the French used to favour estate car ambulances); but this one was built as a hearse for a customer in Vietnam. Practical spare wheel storage.

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9 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

I thought those rear lights were Renault 15 but they are probably Daihatsu Charade aren't they?

Chinky Chento I reckon. 
 

Which makes them the most robust and well engineered part of the whole thing 🤪

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19 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

I thought those rear lights were Renault 15 but they are probably Daihatsu Charade aren't they?

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9 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

Chinky Chento I reckon. 
 

Which makes them the most robust and well engineered part of the whole thing 🤪

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Yup.

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On 12/8/2021 at 12:30 PM, martc said:

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A 1976 (or 1982, depends on the source, '76 seems more reasonable as GAZ 13 production stopped in '81) RAF-GAZ 13 S Chaika 'Funeral Coach', these are often seen as ambulances (in a similar way to how the French used to favour estate car ambulances); but this one was built as a hearse for a customer in Vietnam. Practical spare wheel storage.

Many older American ambulances were made by the same bodybuilders as hearses, in some rural areas it was common to use the same vehicle for both purposes!

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