# 1947 Buick Roadmaster hearse **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935 "2019-02-04T17:59:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/1 "2019-02-04T17:59:56Z")
![FB_IMG_1549302809246](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/b/bdd6ee360ed70f8fe940a5a20a64a7d228c47b84.jpeg) Interesting photo I ran across. The caption to it states it is an 18 window 1947 Buick Roadmaster hearse. One comment someone made about it was now he knows where the 1956 Chevy bumper came from. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/2 "2019-02-04T18:07:29Z")
Yeah those tail lights look like Chevy lights too. I don’t think they even knew what fender fins were though in 1947 and that trim on the quarter panel is similar to the 58 Buick. I suspect someone did some customizing on this one but what a shame to let it go to rust. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/3 "2019-02-04T18:12:56Z")
I’d wondered about the fins. 1947 seemed a decade early… ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/4 "2019-02-04T18:19:32Z")
Definitely NOT a '47 Roadmaster. Not a Roadmaster at all - note the 3 portholes. A Roadmaster would have 4. A Buick Special has 3. It is using 56 Chevy rear lights and bumper. This is a '47 - All 47 wagons were woodies. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/0/025d5d1c8f9eaccc07af1ddbca82fa062bb4e42d.jpeg) This is a '57 Special wagon - note the front trim has 3 portholes but no reverse swoop on the front and the rear trim is all wrong ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/a/a21b7649747763e6d2e4d30f2512ecb17ec25308.jpeg) This is a 57 Pontiac Starchief - note the trim! ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/3/34b92f11e69a93acc47b897dd32140ce162826d2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/5 "2019-02-04T18:20:22Z")
Yeah, that rear end has nothing to do with a '47 Roadmaster, got modified over the years I bet: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/3/38e81bde7bcac5a203c9f670d084cf19ebe7809a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/6 "2019-02-04T19:38:14Z")
I think it’s a rusto-rod. As such, it’s a combination of several cars. It does look like Chevrolet bumper and rear lights, but the fins look more like late 50s Cadillac. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/7 "2019-02-04T19:54:13Z")
Whatever it really is, it is very strange looking and nothing like any regular hearse I’ve ever seen. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/8 "2019-02-04T20:00:11Z")
The vehicle was located in Greece, this story is from April, 2015; > **[1947 Frankenstein Buick Hearse](http://www.cultofweird.com/transportation/1947-frankenstein-buick-hearse/)** > > This is probably the coolest, creepiest hearse EVER, and it's rusting away in a field. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/9 "2019-02-04T20:00:31Z")
Me neither but apparently in some cultures the dead get to be on display on the way to their final resting place… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/5/534036c3d593b72bbcd9d2bed0052bb941657100.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/f/f6a59a2104f28f3580e408dc163ed73084a514b6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/10 "2019-02-04T20:11:42Z")
Hearses in the '40’s could be pretty awesome. Check this one out. It’s a '41 Packard with carved panels making up the gothic windows: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/e95bb473fb868ccb8c0d700a46215d378fe74c2a.jpeg) I’m not usually a hearse guy, but I’d daily that thing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/11 "2019-02-04T20:47:38Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > not usually a hearse guy, but I’d daily that thing You’d never see another one like it coming the other way! And there is space to take a nap if you needed. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/12 "2019-02-04T20:54:50Z")
A veeeeerrrrrrry long nap… ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/13 "2019-02-04T21:27:55Z")
I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/14 "2019-02-04T22:12:29Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing > 😉 Yeah I’m thinking I wanna be sprinkled not carried or driven anywhere-for sure not with windows. Bands used to like those old hearses or ambulances to transport all their stuff in. Beat a U haul anyway but still wouldn’t be something I’d want-out of respect. In fact in town my insurance agent and a few other guys bought an old ambulance to go to University football games. Great for tailgating. Complete with lights and siren. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/15 "2019-02-04T22:19:10Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > it’s a '41 Packard No, it’s actually a Cadillac. This will show you what the front clip of a '41 Packard looked like: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/8/889e3a34203e59aeb21ca512b2ebc14ea7f3d9a0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/16 "2019-02-04T23:57:51Z")
The first thought I had seeing the OP picture was- Warriors, want to come to plaaayyy? But that was actually a caddy- ![mistake-ramp1-728x410](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/1/10f632d609ef47e8080f23ac8c2c5c4e74375c77.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/17 "2019-02-05T00:28:14Z")
I stand corrected. Shouldn’t have just gone with what the label said. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/18 "2019-02-05T01:20:15Z")
Wow it’s actually being restored. There is a link to his facebook page. What a project. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/19 "2019-02-05T01:36:53Z")
Those Benz hearses are hideous, in my opinion ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dennis\_Watkins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dennis_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1947-buick-roadmaster-hearse/133935/20 "2020-02-09T15:49:41Z")
There is a guy rebuilding this his name is Dante Fontana find him on Facebook.