Model cemetery

[Jon Cole]

Being Memorial Day weekend here in the States, we made our rounds for family burial cemeteries. 

That's when we saw a headstone with a '67 Belvedere on top. Have no idea what it was made of. 

What a cool memorial.

[Oldcarfan27]

That car must've meant a lot to that family. Father, son and uncle all had a connection to it.

RIP Kerry.

[ranma]

1 hour ago, Jon Cole said:

Have no idea what it was made of.

Looks to be carved from the head stone it's self. Tires/bumpers, an Glass all match the stone base that its on. Sort of crude compared to this 1:1 scale Granite grave stone.

Edited May 29, 2021 by ranma

[iamsuperdan]

Now I'm wondering where the Blue Goose is now.

[slusher]

On 5/30/2021 at 11:58 AM, iamsuperdan said:

Now I'm wondering where the Blue Goose is now.

The quote says the blue goose still and sad. It’s on find a grave..

[iamsuperdan]

9 hours ago, slusher said:

The quote says the blue goose still and sad. It’s on find a grave..

I mean the actual car. It obviously meant a lot to the guy; so much so that his family chose to memorialize it. Does the family still have the car all these years later? Did they sell it? Store it? Restore it? Is it driven?

[slusher]

On 6/9/2021 at 8:52 AM, iamsuperdan said:

I mean the actual car. It obviously meant a lot to the guy; so much so that his family chose to memorialize it. Does the family still have the car all these years later? Did they sell it? Store it? Restore it? Is it driven?

I hope they kept it. ….

[John1955]

This thread brought back a memory for me and I hope it's okay to share it here. When my older brother was killed in a car crash at 17 years old, people criticized my mother for wanting the gear shift knob from his car to be in his hand in the casket and when buried. I was 14 then and I understood why she did that. We were a cash poor family and my brother's cars before that were old 4 door sedans that he could afford. He had found a '61 Impala convertible finally though, 327 4 bbl (from a Corvette), single exhaust converted to dual and so forth. For $75, he bought it (with his own money), put in a new clutch and other work (trial and error teaching himself along the way how to do it). 

The pride he felt when the car was ready and passed state inspection, I remember his smile so well. And turning a dull red car into one that shined (rubbing compound, polishing compound and wax), oh how he loved that car. 

[Classicgas]

On 5/29/2021 at 6:18 PM, ranma said:

Looks to be carved from the head stone it's self. Tires/bumpers, an Glass all match the stone base that its on. Sort of crude compared to this 1:1 scale Granite grave stone.

Seriously?  Your response is its crude compared to the other one?

[ranma]

Seriously? It took you over two weeks just to post that GIF! I tried to PM you , but it wont go through instead  I have to post my response here.

[Classicgas]

Whatever.  Sometimes one misses threads. At least show some respect to the dead. What they did was very touching  and imo took more class than parking a car on a grave.

[ranma]

Funny, If you read the full comment I made I replied to what the car on top was made of. and added a Picture of a Grave stone made of  GRANITE! That isn't a real car on that grave. It wasn't disrespecting the dead, but  who ill carved the car on top was. BTW here are some Other Grave stones which were carved.

[Classicgas]

Why does it have to be 100% realistic?  Ever occur to you people have budgets?  The point is the tribute,  not how realistic it is. That is what the point is here. The epitaph on the stone says it all.

[ranma]

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Edited June 14, 2021 by ranma

[slusher]

On 6/11/2021 at 1:25 AM, John1955 said:

This thread brought back a memory for me and I hope it's okay to share it here. When my older brother was killed in a car crash at 17 years old, people criticized my mother for wanting the gear shift knob from his car to be in his hand in the casket and when buried. I was 14 then and I understood why she did that. We were a cash poor family and my brother's cars before that were old 4 door sedans that he could afford. He had found a '61 Impala convertible finally though, 327 4 bbl (from a Corvette), single exhaust converted to dual and so forth. For $75, he bought it (with his own money), put in a new clutch and other work (trial and error teaching himself along the way how to do it). 

The pride he felt when the car was ready and passed state inspection, I remember his smile so well. And turning a dull red car into one that shined (rubbing compound, polishing compound and wax), oh how he loved that car. 

Thank you for sharing your memory.  He was just beginning his life and sounds like he was happy…

[David G.]

On 6/10/2021 at 11:25 PM, John1955 said:

This thread brought back a memory for me and I hope it's okay to share it here. When my older brother was killed in a car crash at 17 years old, people criticized my mother for wanting the gear shift knob from his car to be in his hand in the casket and when buried. I was 14 then and I understood why she did that. We were a cash poor family and my brother's cars before that were old 4 door sedans that he could afford. He had found a '61 Impala convertible finally though, 327 4 bbl (from a Corvette), single exhaust converted to dual and so forth. For $75, he bought it (with his own money), put in a new clutch and other work (trial and error teaching himself along the way how to do it). 

The pride he felt when the car was ready and passed state inspection, I remember his smile so well. And turning a dull red car into one that shined (rubbing compound, polishing compound and wax), oh how he loved that car. 

Thank you for sharing your story John, I found it very touching.

As a Funeral Director, there are many times I've had the honor of helping families memorialize a loved one who was lost suddenly and tragically. Your mother did the right thing, no question. 

Thanks again for sharing your story.

David G.

[misterNNL]

A touching memorial to someone that loved their automobile.