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| this is my 1959 chrysler royal hearse the body is a 59 the front is a 60 and the rear is a57 made by weber coach builders it was in a barn for 15 years before i got it totally original the owner before me said it was in a shed for another 15 years before he purchased it i have only done brakes and tyres i found the original owner from 1959 the undertaker he said it spent most of its life in ararat vic still drives like 1959 when new
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Location: bishop, ca | Fintastic wheel covers!
Built for the last man who will ever let you down.
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Location: Parts Unknown | What is the wheel base on this car ? Wheel size ? Very cool to see commercial vehicles saved. 
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| not sure on wheel base but its around 20 feet long i think and 15 inch rims its hard to park places so thats more of a reason to keep cruising her hahahaha her names beth as she came with some few interesting stories i only know of one more by weber coach builder but thats all 1960 mines definately a one of as its 3 cars in one
Edited by Beth 2013-06-24 4:01 AM
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Location: Parts Unknown | Aussie cars ran 15's ??? ! I did not know that. Hmmmm ......
So, what is the little access door on the side for ?
Can you post a pic of that grille straight on ?
Such an odd combination of elements. The round "dome" of a roof is so 1950, the 56
Plymouth fins, and the grille that looks like it came out of the mind that designed the 65
GTO. Sure looks good with those whitewalls. What kind of tyres you have there ?
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Let's not hope that the mailbox doors are ther for letting out waste watery products |
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Location: North Australia | Thanks for posting the pictures of your' Australian Forward Look car. What a ripper. I recon I saw this for sale earlier this year? How did you find it? Love to hear the 'back story!
Steve.
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Wowza! That is quite the car!
I like it! And I love those wheel covers too.
I'm assuming it has AC? 
Congratulations on having such a unique FL car!
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| haha thats not an acess door in australia we put flowers on roof and it slides out and acts as a step to get to roof easier my tyres a 15 inch coker with 3 and a half inch white wall brought them from antique tyres in sydney australia they were the closest i could get to original ones |
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| ive had for about a year ive been looking at buying it for 3 yearsbefore i eventually got it it was brought by an undertaker at ararat in 1959 he ordered brand new he kept it until 1964 when he sold for a chev he said no one wanted to be buried in a chrysler ????? hahaha i sent him pics and he said she looks exactly the same as he remembers nothing changed it still had the original hand book in glove box he has sent me the original docket and rgo papers for her and it all matches he used it for a lot of the patients at aradale mental assylum vic over 900 he thinks just from there so shes well used it only has 90 thousand miles done on clock then i chased up where he sold it to tonkin bros funeral melbourne they remember it as they had 2 silver ones and only one black one they all remember the saying on side as none had exept her then all i know is she was barned for 30 or more years then i got her with alot of storys about things i thought yeah yeah whatever but im begining to change my mind hahahaha it drives absoulutely beautiful on road except the nocking off coffin handles hahahaha it has no radio no heater no ac nobrake booster its a bit like a train takes a bit to stop hahahaha
Edited by Beth 2013-06-25 1:32 AM
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | The guests of honor may not have much to say about the trip, but there's still a lot of coffin going on, back there.
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| hahahahah i was wondering where that cough was from hahahaha ill get it some soothers hahaha and of corpse i drive a hearse hahahah |
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| People would just die to take a ride in that car! |
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Hanging ten on the old six-handle surf board!
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Location: Arizona | Is there something I'm missing? The vertical headlights in the front just don't look like what I thought was on a 59 chrysler. Was the front a hearse only thing? |
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| no the front is a 1960 chrysler and body a 59 and rear fins etc is a 57 it made up from 3 styles from left over parts the builer was known for strange builds he done a customline witrh a 57 chrysler rear |
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Location: Tulare Ca | Beth - 2013-06-26 1:53 AM
no the front is a 1960 chrysler and body a 59 and rear fins etc is a 57 it made up from 3 styles from left over parts the builer was known for strange builds he done a customline witrh a 57 chrysler rear
Talk About A Combination!
I Love Those Wheel Covers Too!
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Location: Arizona | When I google images for 60 Chrysler I don't find any with vertical headlights. |
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| its a 1960 chrysler royal australian made only |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | This car (MAYBE!) answers a trivia question: when, and on what car, did Chrysler Corp last install the 1956 Plymouth
tail light assemblies?
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Location: new york | When I go ! I need to go in that! It is sooooo Cooool!!!! HAPPY MOTORING! Victor. |
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1959 chrysler royal hearse
