the classic cars on the mid 60s tv show Gidget (Sally Field's debut into celebrity, before the Flying Nun) incuded Ed Roth's Tweedy Pie! Thank you Notorius DUG!

Seriously? A pink racing stripe on a green hearse/ambulance Caddy? Someone WAS colorblind

and of course they had to make the most of the use of the Caddy, so they washed that green and pink off, and painted on red flames

and Gidget signs up for shop class after she buys the Caddy

the Automotive and Mechanical Maintenance Department keeps Forest Lawn’s fleet in motion, including the hearses, the must-sees at Forest Lawn’s annual Classic Cars & Coffee event.

1959 Cadillac S&S Park Row Superline, 1957 Cadillac Sayers & Scovill “Victoria” Deluxe Model, 1950 Cadillac Meteor Landau, 1965 Cadillac Silver Spirit, and 1963 Cadillac Superior Crown Sovereign Royale

https://mcusercontent.com/09e2ce47757085cbd01e95008/files/473d4610-0406-2e93-b1ec-fb3537ba4081/Classic_Cars_and_Memorial_Park_Machinery_Forest_Lawn_Press_Release_04082026.pdf

a Willys 77 that didn't get made into a dragster

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10239930332301831&set=gm.1935227380391508&idorvanity=197491484165115

a moment to enjoy a ridiculous demolition derby - with a 59 Caddy, some limos, ambulances, and hearses

great license plate, thank you Robert!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1154464790057320&set=a.561710525999419

spotted today

this Toyota is parked at Petco stadium downtown. 

Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs hit the road on tour with Wooly Bully in 1965 with a 52 Packard hearse with maroon velvet curtains. The song was not a number one hit on the hot 100, but it was declared number song of the year for 1965 as it had stayed on the charts for 18 weeks, more than any other in 65.

https://jilldennison.com/tag/packard-hearse/

hot rod hearse outside the SEMA central hearse

 

Otto Hodapp immigrated from Germany to Michigan in the early 1930s, and when his flower business really took off, he bought a used hearse to deliver flowers with... and used it for a camping trip!

 
In the the 1999 calendar by the Plainwell Historical Preservation Society. 

His daughter Barbara wrote on Facebook:

Dad bought a used hearse and converted it to a delivery truck. When I was 8 years old we took a family camping trip to the UP and it became our camper!

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=7111080232243056&set=g.133119313446000

seen on today's walk around the neighborhood

I know the earlier bugs had these small cool tail lights, but that just means to me that it's a very desireable pre-1970s bug. They must have been the last car to have running boards

 

wow! a 70s van! Just going to hell in the front yard, but still... it's still out there

damn, seriously, these Benz could probably outlast us all, but this one's not moved in a while

this happy cat was super glad to see me meandering along, NOT walking a dog, we buddied up for a minute, then I moved on. 

and seriously, how perfect is this sidewalk stamp

there aren't many public works of art, but this is real cool. I forget to photograph the cool art I see

notice the big damn wrench on the garage

license plate expired in 2014, and with the flat tires, it's pretty clear it's been using up a good parking spot far too damn long

oh man, the stylists got the look of this grill right

Airing it out, or letting the kids play in it

just a Porsche Carrera 4 (whatever that means) that the owner isn't treating right. Look at the back window, and the damn duct tape. It's been parked here since 2011

Cobra Daytona replica and a dune buggy. People were home, so I decided to look on Google Street View instead of standing there taking a photo of their sports car. They might not be cool with that

at the same address, in 2007, they had a pair of Ford Lotus Cortinas

and how cool is this, a few years later on street view, and they have a Caterham... I'm pretty sure that's what that is.

cool license plate. And yeah, I see a lot of these 100k overlander vans. They don't interest me. 

on the road to Woodstock

http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-1117#post-3306852

cool flower car in the 40s

https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5156036-Vintage-photos-Awesome!&p=84351669&viewfull=1#post84351669

I'm such a goofball, I just gotta share this with you now for the laughs! This will be a perfect Halloween banner! Ha!

I just came across this and thought, damn, that's morbid, I won't post it.

Then I realized it's shaped perfectly for a banner.

Than I thought, ugg, who the hell wants to see this as a banner for cool car stuff? Right?

BUT for Halloween?! Good gag!

for this, the 41,000th post, I found something pretty effing cool, Wolfman Jack's hearse, lettered and pinstriped by Big Daddy Roth!

https://edrothrules.tumblr.com/image/34671802783

that's pretty good, 41000 posts.