Back in the 60's I used to race my 1948 Cadillac ambulance with flathead 8, three on the tree, at Island Raceway in NJ. I consistently turned 23 seconds in the 1/4 mile. It weighed just over 6600 pounds. Thanks for this video. It brought back some pretty good memories for me.
@@bigsparky8888 My 66 Galaxie XL ran best 13.79 with a warmed over 390, 4:11 gears. This car could've done a lot better if it was warmed over a bit and took better care of
I think the hearse should still be functional as a hearse and able to carry caskets. it could then be used for funerals for hot rodders or car aficionados. Imagine how cool that funeral would be!
I've always thought about taking a hearse and building it to be fun, but also taking a casket and building a full sound system in it, with a heap of speakers. But make it with a quick disconnect connector, so you don't need to haul that weight if you feel like taking it down the quarter mile.
Never new much about Cadillac's "commercial chassis", for which 1976 was the last year (after that, they built hearses by cutting up coups and sedans) . I know that Cadillac models were the only GM full-sized cars built after 1971 with a continuous caster adjustment (1:10:34 notice the adjustment nuts on the strut-rod going into the 2-point control arm), probably because some ambulances still rode on bias-ply tires in the 1970s, and they also had a space for a second battery. The car in this video has leaf springs, rather than the 4 link setup in the sedans, which might have come from GM's "clamshell wagons" , which used them to keep the floor flatter. I've read that some of these cars were used for both hearse and ambulance duty; they must have had an interesting combination of equipment. Thanks for posting; I hope this car leads a long life in its current form.
Stumbled across these characters and I've got to say they are entertaining. The content was interesting, as well as informative. The interaction between all the various players was superb. The story line was unusual and quirky. Love it. Maybe that's because I'm also a bit quirky and the unusual has always appealed to me. At age 17, eons ago, I spotted an ad in the local paper that I couldn't resist checking out. The ad was for a 1957 Chrysler Imperial hearse. It had been produced by a company named 'National Coach located in Arkansas.' I'd seen several Cadillac hearses no longer owned by funeral homes running around town. They were typically owned by band members or long-hairs (a.k.a., Hippies). As I read the listing I had a very different plan were this one to become mine. So, I called the number, spoke with the seller, and arranged a time and place to see what he had. When I drove up I knew from first glance this I had to take home, barring major mechanical issues. Upon inspection I discovered many positives and damn few negatives. One, it only had 30K on the odometer. It was in essence a one owner vehicle. It had been recently purchased out of some small town in southwestern Oklahoma by the seller. He bought it solely for re-selling purposes. I could hardly believe the condition it was in. Paint was great. Bright work looked very close to showroom. The interior looked absolutely brand new. The car was rock solid with only superficial rust on the chassis and everything underneath. It had spent its entire life garaged and had never been farther away from the funeral home than 50 miles or so at any one time. I was pretty much sold on it. But, once I opened the hood I was definitely sold. The car could not have been better suited for what I had in mind. Resting between the inner fenders I discovered a 392 Hemi. with a single 4bbl just as it had been delivered from the factory. Behind is was a 3-speed Torque Flight (push button activated (too cool, for sure). The only things I could see most likely needing immediate attention was the battery, some new cables, upper and lower radiator hosed, heater hoses, and maybe some radiator work. I worked at a radiator shop at the time so rebuilding a radiator and/or heater core would not be difficult. That evening I gave the seller $100 as the down payment and returned the next night with both my father (I wasn't old enough to legally enter into a contract) and the remainder of the money. I paid $800 dollars for the car, and about a million more when I factored in the endless grief I received from my mother about having a hearse parked in her driveway. (Actually, it was in the garage most of the time, but you know mothers can be). I acquired the car the summer before my senior year in high school. That car was probably, no, was definitely at the center of the most memorable events of that year. Man, did I love that car. It seemed everyone else did, too (except Mom.) The only mods I did on the car was adding a set of Cragar SS wheels and considerably bigger meats out back and a little exhaust work. Thirteen years later I finally sold the car for a very nice price - replacing it with a new 'toy'. However, I have regretted doing so for more than 30 years now. That much 'cool', that much uniqueness, that level of oddity and quirkiness just doesn't come around all that often. Of all the various 'toys' to have come and gone during my lifetime this is the one I loved and miss most.
You got it going on TOMMY!!. This shows your incredible KNOW HOW, as my dad would say. That's some motor!!. I remember as a kid these giant caddy engines some many cubes. But not much power???. We are with ya 100❤%.
Wow you guys are LIVING MY DREAM. I have wanted to do what your doing all my life!. It is an INCREDIBLE JOYto watch whst your doing!. Bring anything into your shop and you guys make it so interesting and show our young gear heads what's possible.
Strip it out! Down to the frame. Just body left. Or Dana 60 both ends and a divorced 205 on 40” tires. Check out the one built at Barnyard Muddboggers , in Fulton, Ms.
I was excited to see whether you'd run quicker times than my 1.3 liter 1965 VW Beetle...You didn't, but the anticipation made the whole show a joy to watch.
Loved this build!! I've been dreaming of picking up an old hearse and tuning it up a bit. Can't imagine how much money y'all spent on parts on this one, but the results were pretty cool. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!!
I was up in the N.H. White mountains we were camping and the same Hearst .It was awesome they had a child size coffin full of booze and beers that’s was the good ole days
That 500 is no joke, few minor modifications and your flying down the road. I was planning on a LS swap tell a friend told me I’d like this setup a lot better, I took the chance and don’t regret it. I put Holley sniper efi on it and hooked it up to a manual 6 speed tremec that Caddy is a beast! I twisted the spokes off the original wheels on a recent burnout
That 500 they build is a joke though. 425 heads on a 472/500 is a downgrade, as they have worse flow and lower compression. When Flashcraft (THE go to company for Cadillac engines) dynos a 1976 500, despite that being the weakest year for the engine, the numbers they found were that the BARE BONE STOCK, low output 500 still out out 302 HP and 493 ft/lb of TW, and that wasn't even on a rebuild, but in 45 year old engine. Meanwhile these guys managed to only hit 258 HP and 323 TQ.
@@jnywd8450 no one said it was impressive, Madame. Work on that reading xo prehwnaion a little. You can "cheaply" get 300 HP out of a Cadillac block with a total budget of $100 on Craigslist, by the way, but I'd love to hear about your straight six build cost.
@@jnywd8450 LOL that's sad bro. No one said 300 HP was a lot but you realize your argument makes no sense right? You need to spend extra money on a straight 6 just to hit 300 HP while these Cadillac engines are $250 or less on Craigslist or $100 at the junkyard they're 400 HP in factory form.
Thank you for setting a good example of how to work on a transmission gloves are essential you can develop nerve damage with long exposure to ATF. You guys are great
Wait what?! I was working with an incompetent mechanic yesterday. And the transmission fell on me and covered me in ATF. My skin started to burn. Would that be an affect
That oak wood floor is heavy as hell. But I built a sleeper Hurst in highschool like this only difference is I got mine down to 3100 lbs. Every panel was gutted and all the inner panels I drilled out the spot welds and pulled Emm off it was a thin sheet metal body when I was done took off the original back panels and made my own out of aluminum sheets that we use to build circle track modified and dirt track modifieds and latemodels out of, had a 3 speed Muncie and that 500 ci motor was making 970 hp it was a beast ran 11.2 in quarter mile with street tires and with small tire slicks it ran 10.76 at 132.4 mph but remember it was light super light
I was hoping for better results with the heads/cam/intake... I love this old thing! I have a low mileage '75 500 engine to put in my '93 C3500 crew cab.
My very first car I ever bought was a 1975 Cadillac Sedan De'Ville. 500ci of Detroit big block. They had to have a sunken intake because a normal plenum wouldn't fit. I loved that thing. Even though she was only 200 ponies she had 450+ lb/toruque
For what it was designed to be, 400 hp was great. That's more than Chrysler's 440 Six Pack or Ford's Boss 429. That's quite impressive for an engine that was designed to be smooth running and quiet with a very mild cam and really poor exhaust scavenging, etc.
A buddy of mine who was a big gear head and Cadillac fan, sadly took his life a few years ago. When his mother was riding to the church in the hearse, a Cadillac, she mentioned how much her son loved Cadillacs and burnouts. No shit, the hearse driver did a little brake stand burnout right there with my buddies urn in the back. So badass
One of my favourite memories of my time on the spanners, was getting a bollocking from the service manager after a complaint or two about me thrashing the nuts off a hearse, while blasting Slayer out. No regrets! And I still want a hearse of my own.
I had a '76 Cadillac Miller-Meteor hearse a bunch of years ago. Mine was black with blue interior and the 500 cu in engine. I sure had fun driving my buddies around in it, and put it in a car show once. Interior was perfect, but was very rusty underneath. One of the taillights fell out because the housing was so rusty. I knew it would be hard and expensive to find parts for, so I sold it to some college kids. I think they wrecked it. Anyway, it was fun for Halloween !
My mom got one of those for my dad's funeral and when we were going to the cemetery, she told the driver "FLOOR IT" , this ain't a joke, they're fast even original... Lmao 9.76 is perfect
That's what I'm saying. They should just blow that motor up with a 300hp shot. What a turd 340hp with 150hp shot and 500ci in a car thats probably pushing 5000lbs. A stock Honda with a fart cannon could probably give them a run for their money lol
@@Griznah yeah probably, I'd only take it to 5500 with the stock rods so it'd have to make ho by then. Plus I have no idea if the oil system is crap like Buick's
Should've built a tiny Munster style coffin mount for the Nitrous bottle. Same location, but you would reach back, open a tiny coffin, open the Nitrous bottle valve, and finally close the coffin. That would've been awesome!
i had a 1973 Miller & Meteor hearse back in the day..572 big block and a th400..thing was pretty quick for a 6600 pound car...Sadly was sold for medical expenses from a motorcyle crash i had in 2001..I miss that tank..
Absolutely love this build... this car would be so much fun to drive. I think it's a real chick mobile just needs a kick butt stereo and a mattress... nice work
I think a Halloween or skeleton paint job would make it badass I want a hearse like this for camping and my bed is a coffin that rolls out do that on Halloween night..lol
Years ago my sister got a job at a local funeral home. Her job was to take a hearse and go to wherever the recently deceased was and bring them back to the funeral home for preparation. Her very first call was to a local hospital. The body, a man, was loaded into her hearse in a carboard coffin and away she went. She was jus a mile or two away from the funeral parlour when she encountered a steep hill that was covered in ice. As she went down the hill towards the lights at the bottom she lost all control and could barely steer to keep the car on the road. As luck would have, as she approached the intersection the light changed and a car pulled out just in time to broadside it. Upon impact, the carboard coffin hit the seat wall located behind the driver seat and the body was catapulted into the passenger seat slumping over the dash. She got out and went over to see if the driver of the other car was alright and the police arrived. They checked her car out and then summoned and ambulance to see if her passenger could be revived. The police told her that an ambulance was on the way and she asked why. The police responded with, "Well ma'am, your passenger didn't do so good in the accident." To which she replied, "But he was already dead. He died last night and I was taking him to the funeral home." About that time the ambulance arrived and the attendants rushed over to treat their patient. She, the other driver, and the police all sat back while the ambulance attendants did everything they could to revive her co-worker. The were very sorry to tell her that her co-driver was DOA. She just stared at them and they said, "You don't seem too upset." Her response, "I'm not. He was already dead. We just wanted to see how long it would take for you guys to figure that out." The attendants were very very angry but the cops and the other driver thought it was hilarious. She kept that job for about five years but she always avoided that hill.
I have been planning on hotrodding one of these caddy commercial chassis hearses for a loooong time. I want to use an older generation one though. My goal is 800RWHP, a blower out the hood, and dual sidepipes.
I saw that white mustang body in the background at 43:07 and thought that would make for a great track car. The kind you can take the road course and run some pretty fast times. Now I'm mainly a GM guy but seeing that mustang gave me some ideas. I have even came with with a name for it. The Trackstang. I also would love to make a track oriented Chevy Tahoe. What about its competitor the Ford Expedition? I can already picture a badass SUV
My choice would have been the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor, hearse edition. I'd be too tempted to turn the Ambulance into Ecto-1. Imagine drag racing THAT summabich.
I was a little surprised that they were not able to get more HP from gasoline but a respectable 9.75 w/juice. You know there is a saying about hursts not having a tow hitch but this one has one!
That NA torque is about the same torque to displacement as a stone stock slant six sucking through an oil bath filter and a single barrel carb with all the accessories. Yes, wheel torque. That caddy is hurt.
you can also take a good pair of stock front shocks and drill a hole on the side of the bottom part of the shock to allow fluid = oil to exit . be carful it will squirt out . the have now been modified to do the same funtion as the 90 /10 shocks but are little to no money spent .
I tried that back in 1963 and it was no fun driving it to the track with no front shocks. It didn't take long for them to start squeaking. As soon as I got home I put good shocks back on. And it didn't help much either. Back then traction was a real problem with asphalt starting lines and no traction compound so we tried all kinds of tricks.
Those aren’t too heavy. Our loader picks it up easily and carry’s it’s to the crusher. After busting it down we put a Suburban, Crown Victoria and an F-250 on top of it and busted those down. The the loader picked all 3 up as a bundle.
I have wanted one of those since I was a little kid, I always thought it would be really cool to make a speaker box in the shape of an old school coffin.
Awesome skills guys! I love hearses myself. & just for style, not for any weird goth-punk / heavy metal/ Halloween reason like some others like them for. Hearses Just have such a beautiful style. I'd like to make one a camper or limo type interior
I have a 1960 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Special 4 door that I dad got many years ago from a funeral home they used it to take people to and from the cemetery now I have it I think it is about as long as that hearse there no doubt a big car that’s for sure they sure do float across the ground. I think you guys should setup a drag race challenge between your Hearse and Farmtrucks Hearse as some sort of Street outlaws type race if possible that would be one heck of a deal have it here on RUclips channel or on motor trend channel
As a young boy in the 1960s and as a young man in the 1970s, I always wan 1:34:40 1:34:45 ted to own a Cadillac hearse. However, I wanted it to be completely stock and totally restored as new. I also wanted a casket for the rear. I saw a used coffin ⚰️ for sale in an antique shop in my downtown of my town. It was so cool since it was shaped like Dracula's coffin and even had a split lid with a viewing window for the deceased face. How cool is that 😎? Unfortunately, I was a sophomore in high school and had no job to pay for the coffin. I wanted to keep the coffin as a hope chest inside. I never purchased the coffin. And was never able to find a Cadillac hearse that I could afford. Now, I am at that stage in life where I probably will get the chance to get that final ride in one of those hearses.
P.S. As a painter at a local hospital, I did get the chance to purchase some funeral kneelers at the hospital's annual fund raising yard sale. They were used for the kneelers in front of the caskets during the viewing hours at the funeral home. 😊
That carburetor you removed was literally made 14 blocks from my place, on Lexington Ave in Rochester, NY. My father worked as a plant foreman in the early 80s making quadrajets
i grew up about 2 miles from where that caddy was built before it was converted...in Flint MI....well i lived outside the city limits but was close to the plant..my dad and granddad worked there at BOC (buick olds cad)
@@richardbaumgart2454 they used to run truck routes non stop from Syracuse to flint and Detroit through Buffalo and Rochester. Fisher made bodies in Syracuse, carburators in Rochester then electrics and AC Delco components in Buffalo them off to flint and Detroit for assembly. You guys play Euchre out there?
@@jeremypilot1015 we had Fisher body in Flint also..yeah we play Euchre lol why you ask? We used to get engines from Tonawanda also although Flint made small block chevy's and 3.8l Buicks...maybe the big blocks were made in Tonawanda
@@richardbaumgart2454 Euchre is a GM UAW game. People in Syracuse act like they never heard of it. It's huge in Rochester. And yeah forgot about the Tonawanda plant. The good old days when people could live a decent life off of a normal job. Have paid vacation. I never knew an auto worker in the 80s that was hurting for money.
Looks like Grave Digger green to me if I remember correctly that is Grave Digger green sure as hell looks like it. Pretty much the same motor that's in the monster truck LOL
Back in the 60's I used to race my 1948 Cadillac ambulance with flathead 8, three on the tree, at Island Raceway in NJ. I consistently turned 23 seconds in the 1/4 mile. It weighed just over 6600 pounds. Thanks for this video. It brought back some pretty good memories for me.
What happened to it?
@@Simon_r2600 I sold it to a Hippy and he turned it into a Flower Power Art car.
2.3 seconds is still quick by today's standards.
23 SECONDS...PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR THAT BOAT...WOW...FUN!!!
@@bigsparky8888 My 66 Galaxie XL ran best 13.79 with a warmed over 390, 4:11 gears. This car could've done a lot better if it was warmed over a bit and took better care of
This project needs to be revisited. This needs to ACTUALLY be a contender.
I think the hearse should still be functional as a hearse and able to carry caskets. it could then be used for funerals for hot rodders or car aficionados. Imagine how cool that funeral would be!
I've always thought about taking a hearse and building it to be fun, but also taking a casket and building a full sound system in it, with a heap of speakers. But make it with a quick disconnect connector, so you don't need to haul that weight if you feel like taking it down the quarter mile.
Never new much about Cadillac's "commercial chassis", for which 1976 was the last year (after that, they built hearses by cutting up coups and sedans) . I know that Cadillac models were the only GM full-sized cars built after 1971 with a continuous caster adjustment (1:10:34 notice the adjustment nuts on the strut-rod going into the 2-point control arm), probably because some ambulances still rode on bias-ply tires in the 1970s, and they also had a space for a second battery. The car in this video has leaf springs, rather than the 4 link setup in the sedans, which might have come from GM's "clamshell wagons" , which used them to keep the floor flatter. I've read that some of these cars were used for both hearse and ambulance duty; they must have had an interesting combination of equipment. Thanks for posting; I hope this car leads a long life in its current form.
Man this has been one of my dream cars and builds since I was a kid....
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Now I have Something to Watch on the Weekend Very Nice 😁
Tommy is the Star of all these !
Stumbled across these characters and I've got to say they are entertaining. The content was interesting, as well as informative. The interaction between all the various players was superb. The story line was unusual and quirky. Love it. Maybe that's because I'm also a bit quirky and the unusual has always appealed to me.
At age 17, eons ago, I spotted an ad in the local paper that I couldn't resist checking out. The ad was for a 1957 Chrysler Imperial hearse. It had been produced by a company named 'National Coach located in Arkansas.' I'd seen several Cadillac hearses no longer owned by funeral homes running around town. They were typically owned by band members or long-hairs (a.k.a., Hippies). As I read the listing I had a very different plan were this one to become mine.
So, I called the number, spoke with the seller, and arranged a time and place to see what he had. When I drove up I knew from first glance this I had to take home, barring major mechanical issues. Upon inspection I discovered many positives and damn few negatives. One, it only had 30K on the odometer. It was in essence a one owner vehicle. It had been recently purchased out of some small town in southwestern Oklahoma by the seller. He bought it solely for re-selling purposes. I could hardly believe the condition it was in. Paint was great. Bright work looked very close to showroom. The interior looked absolutely brand new. The car was rock solid with only superficial rust on the chassis and everything underneath. It had spent its entire life garaged and had never been farther away from the funeral home than 50 miles or so at any one time.
I was pretty much sold on it. But, once I opened the hood I was definitely sold. The car could not have been better suited for what I had in mind. Resting between the inner fenders I discovered a 392 Hemi. with a single 4bbl just as it had been delivered from the factory. Behind is was a 3-speed Torque Flight (push button activated (too cool, for sure). The only things I could see most likely needing immediate attention was the battery, some new cables, upper and lower radiator hosed, heater hoses, and maybe some radiator work. I worked at a radiator shop at the time so rebuilding a radiator and/or heater core would not be difficult. That evening I gave the seller $100 as the down payment and returned the next night with both my father (I wasn't old enough to legally enter into a contract) and the remainder of the money. I paid $800 dollars for the car, and about a million more when I factored in the endless grief I received from my mother about having a hearse parked in her driveway. (Actually, it was in the garage most of the time, but you know mothers can be).
I acquired the car the summer before my senior year in high school. That car was probably, no, was definitely at the center of the most memorable events of that year. Man, did I love that car. It seemed everyone else did, too (except Mom.) The only mods I did on the car was adding a set of Cragar SS wheels and considerably bigger meats out back and a little exhaust work. Thirteen years later I finally sold the car for a very nice price - replacing it with a new 'toy'. However, I have regretted doing so for more than 30 years now. That much 'cool', that much uniqueness, that level of oddity and quirkiness just doesn't come around all that often. Of all the various 'toys' to have come and gone during my lifetime this is the one I loved and miss most.
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That's a hell of a story. Those Cragars go good on pretty much everything from that era, but I can't say I've seen them on a hearse of any kind.
I absolutely loved this. I learned to drive at 12 years old in a 1951 Pontiac hearse loaded with welding equipment.
That has to be a great story...😊
Y’all need to give Tommy his own show called Different Power!!!! I love shows where Tommy is in it bc he bring the funny and the smarts
You got it going on TOMMY!!. This shows your incredible KNOW HOW, as my dad would say. That's some motor!!. I remember as a kid these giant caddy engines some many cubes. But not much power???. We are with ya 100❤%.
Wow you guys are LIVING MY DREAM. I have wanted to do what your doing all my life!. It is an INCREDIBLE JOYto watch whst your doing!. Bring anything into your shop and you guys make it so interesting and show our young gear heads what's possible.
Strip it out! Down to the frame. Just body left. Or Dana 60 both ends and a divorced 205 on 40” tires. Check out the one built at Barnyard Muddboggers , in Fulton, Ms.
I was excited to see whether you'd run quicker times than my 1.3 liter 1965 VW Beetle...You didn't, but the anticipation made the whole show a joy to watch.
Loved this build!! I've been dreaming of picking up an old hearse and tuning it up a bit. Can't imagine how much money y'all spent on parts on this one, but the results were pretty cool. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!!
Love how they changed co-host like it was nothing hahahaha
I was up in the N.H. White mountains we were camping and the same Hearst .It was awesome they had a child size coffin full of booze and beers that’s was the good ole days
To get that sled under 10 is a GIANT victory.
15:48 I love the 3D rendering of the Cadillac hearse. Impressive, looks like a GTA modeled vehicle..
Great build. I would've stripped more weight though. The wood floor, the interior sound proof, and give it a metallic black paint job.
That 500 is no joke, few minor modifications and your flying down the road. I was planning on a LS swap tell a friend told me I’d like this setup a lot better, I took the chance and don’t regret it. I put Holley sniper efi on it and hooked it up to a manual 6 speed tremec that Caddy is a beast! I twisted the spokes off the original wheels on a recent burnout
There's a reason for stuffing a caddie engine into a model A. That's a lot of engine.
That 500 they build is a joke though. 425 heads on a 472/500 is a downgrade, as they have worse flow and lower compression. When Flashcraft (THE go to company for Cadillac engines) dynos a 1976 500, despite that being the weakest year for the engine, the numbers they found were that the BARE BONE STOCK, low output 500 still out out 302 HP and 493 ft/lb of TW, and that wasn't even on a rebuild, but in 45 year old engine. Meanwhile these guys managed to only hit 258 HP and 323 TQ.
@@the-dullahan that's not too impressive when you can cheaply get 300+ hp out of a straight 6
@@jnywd8450 no one said it was impressive, Madame. Work on that reading xo prehwnaion a little. You can "cheaply" get 300 HP out of a Cadillac block with a total budget of $100 on Craigslist, by the way, but I'd love to hear about your straight six build cost.
@@jnywd8450 LOL that's sad bro. No one said 300 HP was a lot but you realize your argument makes no sense right? You need to spend extra money on a straight 6 just to hit 300 HP while these Cadillac engines are $250 or less on Craigslist or $100 at the junkyard they're 400 HP in factory form.
The Brothers Grimm would be proud! Straight outta Carmageddon :)
Thank you for setting a good example of how to work on a transmission gloves are essential you can develop nerve damage with long exposure to ATF. You guys are great
what?????? geez
Yeah, and then you want this car don't left your case to the road..
Cool factor 10!
Wait what?! I was working with an incompetent mechanic yesterday. And the transmission fell on me and covered me in ATF. My skin started to burn. Would that be an affect
@@randalhall766 Its been 9 months since you left that comment. Its safe to assume your dead from the ATF by now.
a build to die for.
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Very entertaining. Sure glad I didn't have to see the budget meetings for this production! I'd love to see what beancounters cut.
That oak wood floor is heavy as hell. But I built a sleeper Hurst in highschool like this only difference is I got mine down to 3100 lbs. Every panel was gutted and all the inner panels I drilled out the spot welds and pulled Emm off it was a thin sheet metal body when I was done took off the original back panels and made my own out of aluminum sheets that we use to build circle track modified and dirt track modifieds and latemodels out of, had a 3 speed Muncie and that 500 ci motor was making 970 hp it was a beast ran 11.2 in quarter mile with street tires and with small tire slicks it ran 10.76 at 132.4 mph but remember it was light super light
I was hoping for better results with the heads/cam/intake... I love this old thing!
I have a low mileage '75 500 engine to put in my '93 C3500 crew cab.
It wasnt a performance engine
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If it was a 69 / 70 it would have 375 / 525 lb of TQ
I had side pipes of my 67 coupde de ville. problem is ground clearance of that front pipe. I was a must have !
This guy is a national treasure.
I love that car it rides nice I've been in one of those they bring back memories thank you for getting this car and fixing it god bless you
My very first car I ever bought was a 1975 Cadillac Sedan De'Ville. 500ci of Detroit big block. They had to have a sunken intake because a normal plenum wouldn't fit. I loved that thing. Even though she was only 200 ponies she had 450+ lb/toruque
It was a serious engine back in 1970. It had 400hp, but it was reduced later to 200 because of the emissions regulations.
For what it was designed to be, 400 hp was great.
That's more than Chrysler's 440 Six Pack or Ford's Boss 429.
That's quite impressive for an engine that was designed to be smooth running and quiet with a very mild cam and really poor exhaust scavenging, etc.
Man love power nation
Imagine a gear head funeral home, put casket in the back and give em one last burn out.
A buddy of mine who was a big gear head and Cadillac fan, sadly took his life a few years ago. When his mother was riding to the church in the hearse, a Cadillac, she mentioned how much her son loved Cadillacs and burnouts. No shit, the hearse driver did a little brake stand burnout right there with my buddies urn in the back. So badass
These boys did good! Who else would have some fun like that!
the 68-70 model is still one of the nicest looking hearses
but nr 1 is still the 40's caddy hearse/limousine
Reminds me of Smokey and the Bandit, the two black guys in the hearse and their C.B handle was “Grave Robber”, lol
One of my favourite memories of my time on the spanners, was getting a bollocking from the service manager after a complaint or two about me thrashing the nuts off a hearse, while blasting Slayer out. No regrets! And I still want a hearse of my own.
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slayer !!!!
man that living room looks so comfy. I wouldn't have changed a thing.
I had a '76 Cadillac Miller-Meteor hearse a bunch of years ago. Mine was black with blue interior and the 500 cu in engine. I sure had fun driving my buddies around in it, and put it in a car show once. Interior was perfect, but was very rusty underneath. One of the taillights fell out because the housing was so rusty. I knew it would be hard and expensive to find parts for, so I sold it to some college kids. I think they wrecked it. Anyway, it was fun for Halloween !
spends the entire episode talking about losing weight... leaves 5x8 solid wood floor
Every American needs to lose weight 🤭
@@LumpyCompany he's got a big wood in the trunk, he cant help it
I figured the floor would have been scrapped myself.
@@LumpyCompany im trying lol 🤝😂😅
Wonder what his friend's "good argument" was
In high school I alway wanted to own a hearse. Thank you for your video! It bought back so many good memories.
My mom got one of those for my dad's funeral and when we were going to the cemetery, she told the driver "FLOOR IT" , this ain't a joke, they're fast even original... Lmao 9.76 is perfect
Perfect car for Halloween.
This is EXACTLY why I'm subbed to y'all! I love this content
Just curious what happened to 500hp/700tq you guys change your mind along way?
That's what I'm saying. They should just blow that motor up with a 300hp shot. What a turd 340hp with 150hp shot and 500ci in a car thats probably pushing 5000lbs. A stock Honda with a fart cannon could probably give them a run for their money lol
@@rustychevy2087 Needs new heads to get there tho, right? I was also disappointed by the numbers. not even 1 ft-lb per CUI :-/
@@Griznah yeah probably, I'd only take it to 5500 with the stock rods so it'd have to make ho by then. Plus I have no idea if the oil system is crap like Buick's
unfortunately by 1974 they detuned it to around 200hp
Usually put the 472 heads on the 500 plus a cam for 460 N/A HP and 650 lb.-ft.
Should've built a tiny Munster style coffin mount for the Nitrous bottle. Same location, but you would reach back, open a tiny coffin, open the Nitrous bottle valve, and finally close the coffin. That would've been awesome!
i had a 1973 Miller & Meteor hearse back in the day..572 big block and a th400..thing was pretty quick for a 6600 pound car...Sadly was sold for medical expenses from a motorcyle crash i had in 2001..I miss that tank..
you got to admit... the extra headroom is nice :P
In reference to the transmission pan is he saying settlement or sediment? Big difference.
I'm dreaming up a mid-engine conversion for a caddy hearse and came here for some thought and inspiration. Thanks boys
Good timing on this, just started a funeral home and need a hearse in a year or two...because you know...business expenses 😅😆😁
Overtaker thats genius.
That green paint job on the engine reminds me of Slimer from the GhostBusters = you got a Slimer engine... lol.
nice to see someone smart enough to wear some safety glasses -good on Ya
Absolutely love this build... this car would be so much fun to drive. I think it's a real chick mobile just needs a kick butt stereo and a mattress... nice work
...and black lights and some neon posters inside.🤣
Kfc dead chicks (:
Kool build
Doing a rear diff swap and your expertise was great. Also now considering electric fans and fuel pump for the ol jeep.
First time I appreciated side pipes .
Sweeter than a swing set !
My ❤️ heart is FORD, but now I'm dreaming of GM!
I think a Halloween or skeleton paint job would make it badass
I want a hearse like this for camping and my bed is a coffin that rolls out do that on Halloween night..lol
Some day I wanna get me an old hearse like this
Years ago my sister got a job at a local funeral home. Her job was to take a hearse and go to wherever the recently deceased was and bring them back to the funeral home for preparation. Her very first call was to a local hospital. The body, a man, was loaded into her hearse in a carboard coffin and away she went. She was jus a mile or two away from the funeral parlour when she encountered a steep hill that was covered in ice. As she went down the hill towards the lights at the bottom she lost all control and could barely steer to keep the car on the road. As luck would have, as she approached the intersection the light changed and a car pulled out just in time to broadside it. Upon impact, the carboard coffin hit the seat wall located behind the driver seat and the body was catapulted into the passenger seat slumping over the dash. She got out and went over to see if the driver of the other car was alright and the police arrived. They checked her car out and then summoned and ambulance to see if her passenger could be revived. The police told her that an ambulance was on the way and she asked why. The police responded with, "Well ma'am, your passenger didn't do so good in the accident." To which she replied, "But he was already dead. He died last night and I was taking him to the funeral home." About that time the ambulance arrived and the attendants rushed over to treat their patient. She, the other driver, and the police all sat back while the ambulance attendants did everything they could to revive her co-worker. The were very sorry to tell her that her co-driver was DOA. She just stared at them and they said, "You don't seem too upset." Her response, "I'm not. He was already dead. We just wanted to see how long it would take for you guys to figure that out." The attendants were very very angry but the cops and the other driver thought it was hilarious. She kept that job for about five years but she always avoided that hill.
You guys always make this look so damn easy it pisses me off.
Great job
Having a 72 Cadillac superior hearse I absolutely loved the build series. I saw it for sale on creagslist for $12.500. Worth it
no its not lol
They have it for sale. Price is now $6,660.
Is this built by Superior??
@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 yes
Tjays fast hauling bodys!!!!!!
I would love to see this vehicle as a 4wd with a 572 big block and a twin turbo. Would be a sweet ride.
I have been planning on hotrodding one of these caddy commercial chassis hearses for a loooong time. I want to use an older generation one though. My goal is 800RWHP, a blower out the hood, and dual sidepipes.
Me and my dad always talked about doing one of these. This or a station wagon. Same era
I saw that white mustang body in the background at 43:07 and thought that would make for a great track car. The kind you can take the road course and run some pretty fast times. Now I'm mainly a GM guy but seeing that mustang gave me some ideas. I have even came with with a name for it. The Trackstang. I also would love to make a track oriented Chevy Tahoe. What about its competitor the Ford Expedition? I can already picture a badass SUV
My choice would have been the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor, hearse edition. I'd be too tempted to turn the Ambulance into Ecto-1. Imagine drag racing THAT summabich.
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You are finally building a car I would Love to own. It's been my dream to own one. Plus I want a coffin in the back.
Remember the movie Phantasm in the 1970s. ? This Hurst reminds me of that movie series.
All the goods for a 58hp improvement na. Much wow.
Look up Jason Pickett's 1993 Buick hearse called Haulin Ash which run 8.51 at 161 in the quarter mile.
76mm turbo and a holley EFI and the rest of the mods.. bigtime HP numbers
When I die this is what I want to be carried away on.
Torque flite column shift hemi charger is much easier to go fast and concentrate on steering
I was a little surprised that they were not able to get more HP from gasoline but a respectable 9.75 w/juice.
You know there is a saying about hursts not having a tow hitch but this one has one!
That NA torque is about the same torque to displacement as a stone stock slant six sucking through an oil bath filter and a single barrel carb with all the accessories. Yes, wheel torque. That caddy is hurt.
good show fellers!
you can also take a good pair of stock front shocks and drill a hole on the side of the bottom part of the shock to allow fluid = oil to exit . be carful it will squirt out . the have now been modified to do the same funtion as the 90 /10 shocks but are little to no money spent .
I tried that back in 1963 and it was no fun driving it to the track with no front shocks. It didn't take long for them to start squeaking. As soon as I got home I put good shocks back on. And it didn't help much either. Back then traction was a real problem with asphalt starting lines and no traction compound so we tried all kinds of tricks.
@@bobthbldr3 that's why you carry 2 sets of shocks one pair of good ones for normal driving and the modified ones for the drag strip
Those aren’t too heavy. Our loader picks it up easily and carry’s it’s to the crusher. After busting it down we put a Suburban, Crown Victoria and an F-250 on top of it and busted those down. The the loader picked all 3 up as a bundle.
Always wanted to add some bed at the back on this car.
That thing is just so effing cool....
According to Guinness World records the worlds fastest hearse over 400m is 12.2 seconds at 115 mph. record set in Tasmania (Australia) Feb 2010
lol when he says "You can just lay back and ride in it"...........
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I have wanted one of those since I was a little kid, I always thought it would be really cool to make a speaker box in the shape of an old school coffin.
Awesome skills guys! I love hearses myself. & just for style, not for any weird goth-punk / heavy metal/ Halloween reason like some others like them for. Hearses Just have such a beautiful style. I'd like to make one a camper or limo type interior
41:41 ah yes, the forklift is a backwards tractor
Love this episode. Not the same old thing. I like the name Overtaker. I was thinking of driving up daisies...but yours is great.
I have a 1960 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday Special 4 door that I dad got many years ago from a funeral home they used it to take people to and from the cemetery now I have it I think it is about as long as that hearse there no doubt a big car that’s for sure they sure do float across the ground. I think you guys should setup a drag race challenge between your Hearse and Farmtrucks Hearse as some sort of Street outlaws type race if possible that would be one heck of a deal have it here on RUclips channel or on motor trend channel
As a young boy in the 1960s and as a young man in the 1970s, I always wan 1:34:40 1:34:45 ted to own a Cadillac hearse. However, I wanted it to be completely stock and totally restored as new. I also wanted a casket for the rear. I saw a used coffin ⚰️ for sale in an antique shop in my downtown of my town. It was so cool since it was shaped like Dracula's coffin and even had a split lid with a viewing window for the deceased face. How cool is that 😎? Unfortunately, I was a sophomore in high school and had no job to pay for the coffin. I wanted to keep the coffin as a hope chest inside. I never purchased the coffin. And was never able to find a Cadillac hearse that I could afford. Now, I am at that stage in life where I probably will get the chance to get that final ride in one of those hearses.
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As a painter at a local hospital, I did get the chance to purchase some funeral kneelers at the hospital's annual fund raising yard sale. They were used for the kneelers in front of the caskets during the viewing hours at the funeral home. 😊
I love these Builds
That carburetor you removed was literally made 14 blocks from my place, on Lexington Ave in Rochester, NY. My father worked as a plant foreman in the early 80s making quadrajets
i grew up about 2 miles from where that caddy was built before it was converted...in Flint MI....well i lived outside the city limits but was close to the plant..my dad and granddad worked there at BOC (buick olds cad)
@@richardbaumgart2454 they used to run truck routes non stop from Syracuse to flint and Detroit through Buffalo and Rochester. Fisher made bodies in Syracuse, carburators in Rochester then electrics and AC Delco components in Buffalo them off to flint and Detroit for assembly. You guys play Euchre out there?
@@jeremypilot1015 we had Fisher body in Flint also..yeah we play Euchre lol why you ask? We used to get engines from Tonawanda also although Flint made small block chevy's and 3.8l Buicks...maybe the big blocks were made in Tonawanda
@@richardbaumgart2454 Euchre is a GM UAW game. People in Syracuse act like they never heard of it. It's huge in Rochester. And yeah forgot about the Tonawanda plant. The good old days when people could live a decent life off of a normal job. Have paid vacation. I never knew an auto worker in the 80s that was hurting for money.
@@jeremypilot1015 they used to play Euchre in the shops
That beau runs better than i thought in the beginning, im a Gm fan im glad too see they didn't ls swap it
Love it! Rad rod!
This may sound a bit cheesy but killer Cadillac
Looks like Grave Digger green to me if I remember correctly that is Grave Digger green sure as hell looks like it. Pretty much the same motor that's in the monster truck LOL