Doesn't get much cooler than this. A guy's dad was a lifelong hotrodders, when when he passed the son borrowed this wagon and a long procession of friends in rods and customs carried him to his final resting place.
Coincidence or what! I'm turning 60, this year and I can apply for one of the federal pensions before 65, so my wife and I were chatting about how I wanted to 'get down', so to speak. I have one likely different understanding of what happens at the moment of death. The body actually changes weight (down) by anywhere from 1.5 to 2 pounds for an adult. Well, that's the part that I care about, the rest makes good fertilizer, in my case. Dad used to say you have to swallow 7 barrels of BS before you die, I've still got 6.5 to go. I've thought about for a couple decades, so I want to be at the funeral with my face downward, so the world can kiss my touche goodbye! Then fried to a crisp, because good ash is harder to find. And thrown into a good wind - Gone with the wind, come back as dog, and pee on every tree.
If I have my wagon when that happens, I hope they do the same...I really don't want to ride in a chrysler minivan.... I like the flame job on the casket too.
Here's a free business idea I've had for years, but I don't want to quit my job to take it on. Buy a bunch of classic/vintage limos and hearses and offer a final delivery service through funeral homes. I for one would rather have my last ride in a cool old hearse than something modern. Maybe it would even break down on the way, that would be fitting!
I've been wondering for a long time, too, if I could take my final ride in a station wagon! I've wondered if a standard casket could fit into a full-size station wagon, with the 2nd seat folded down. If I ever get my dream wagon (a 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country, in green, like my parents had), it would be so fitting that my body be taken for its final ride in that! And I want a simple wooden Irish/English-style coffin (toe-pincher style) too! SmithAlien747
