A Middle Class Hearse if the ever was one -- a Pontiac!

None of us want to think of their last ride, but for many we will have no choice but to have one. I doubt there are too many complaints, no matter what the ride or interior temperature. And status? What is wrong going out in a Pontiac? But if it were a PT Cruiser, I would raise Holy Hell!

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 7:03 PM Ed Garten <eddiegarten1948@gmail.com> wrote:

When I was a kid growing up just outside of the small West Virginia town of Hinton, West Virginia, one of the local funeral homes had four vehicles, all of which are pictured in the attached photo.  

From left to right: A Chevrolet sedan serving as a "family car" to take the widow or widower to the cemetery; a Chevrolet panel truck which served as what, today, funeral homes refer to as the "first call car" (the vehicle that picks up one's loved one who dies at home); the ambulance that served the country (a Cadillac); and the hearse (what a Pontiac?).  Given the reality that most hearses back then (and still today) are Cadillacs, it is easy to forget that funeral cars were sometimes built on Pontiac and Buick chassis as well as the occasional Lincoln.   

Keep alive in 2020.  Drive carefully!