'59 Cadillac Flower Car

[Andria H]

 

Found an AMT Ecto-1A kit for cheap and decided to chop it into a "coupe de fleurs", aka funeral flower car. Ended up incorporating lots of Polar Lights and Monogram parts in. 

 

[Andria H]

Current progress. This is a design I created to approximate a Miller Meteor or S&S or Hess & Eisenhardt "coupe de fleurs", but it is a replica of nothing as far as its design goes. 

The roofline is slightly chopped at the B-posts/raked back with Polar Lights glass up front/cutdown and recut kit supplied windshield in back & the window glass apertures recurved, the "stainless steel" rear deck is a Polar Lights Ecto-1 top cut/filed/filled to suit, with the "dutchman panel" between the rear window ledge/where the rear deck sits on made from part of the hood/cowl of the PL Ecto kit I cut up for parts and the raised portion made from a parts bin "parade boot". The dash is AMT in a Polar Lights interior tub, with Monogram Caddy parts used throughout where originals are unsuitable to my eyes. 

Paint color will be close to factory Gloucester Grey Metallic with a black or lighter grey vinyl top and detailed Gloucester Grey dash with Andros Blue interior.

 

 

[David G.]

That's a good start. I'm interested to see how it turns out.

David G.

[Big Messer]

Nice!. Many moons ago I started one myself, but for... reasons never finished it.

[bobss396]

We had a local junkyard that had one they used to deliver parts.

[meechum68]

Great start Andria!

[Andria H]

sadly the project ended up being relegated to the backburner, to eventually be rebuilt as a Jimmy Flintstone '59 Pontiac Superior Criterion ambulance or '59 Superior Crown Royale hearse. I could not get the roof/rear greenhouse to look or sit right.