THE HEARSE.DE PICTURE PAGE: OPEL
Here are the pictures of Opel hearses. Opel is the German branch of General Motors; in Britain the cars are called Vauxhall. As Opel, Vauxhall originally was an own, independent company, that was eventually bought by General Motors. For a long time, both Opel and Vauxhall produced their own range of individual cars although being owned by the same company.
OPEL:
This car would nearly have been my very first hearse! For a few reasons
it did not happen: I was moving at the time and had other problems
than buying a car.
It was not only my removal; the engine wasn't working, and although
it shouldn't have been a problem to fix; what should I do with a car
in Ansbach when living in Munich, without a trailer and tow car?
The rear doors are quite interesting: Only the lower part is actually
opening. Behind those doors is some storage area for tires or tools.
This car had very few owners; upon looking closely you can spot the
name of the funeral home originally owning it!
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Hard to believe, but this car is really a hearse (how did they
fit the casket into that car?). The type of the car reads:
"Opel Rekord D". Thanks to Pit for the information.
I got those picture from the owner. Unfortunately he had to sell the
car rather quickly, and his web page has since disappeared!
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This is an Opel Rekord, E1 model from 1980. The coach builder is Rappold.
Ingo has provided the interesting picture, that shows the doors behind the drivers
doors, that are original from the bas car, but only reaching up to the window line.
Usually you will find some room for storage (spare tire, tools) behind these doors.
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A Rekord C in a really poor state:
Now you gotta be strong. Bernd writes: "This is a C-model
Opel Rekord hearse, which we found on a recyclers lot in 1990. The car was in a
catastrohic shape, the lower parts were only existing for the optics, the headlights nearly
fell out all on their own and so on. For me that was just too much work, especially since
back then, I never had used a welding torch before! So I put the car into the local recyclers
magazine, and indeed somebody showed up and took care of the car. Whether he restored it
or not, I don't know, though."
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This is the Opel Admiral owned by Seven at the hearse meet in 1999 (the dark red car
on the left side of the picture).
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