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07/09/2026 7:40 am
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! OK, so I'm a wee bit early - been to any brick & mortar stores lately? 
Years ago, Precision Miniatures released a beautifully executed series of 1/18 Cadillac & Ford "professional vehicles," including this 1966 S&S (Sayers & Scovill ) hearse.
Sadly, only their 1938 Cadillac hearse had ALL opening features (because it shared tooling with Signature ) but money was spent tooling realistic coffins, and chrome-plated church crutches.
Today, Greenlight owns this tooling, however, not all hearse releases have included the "accessories." 
07/09/2026 7:47 am
Love the styling, though discomfited by the looming need for use of such a conveyance, which is why I don't have any. The '66 Caddies had a really nice, long line from stem to stern.
This post was modified 1 month ago by GDH
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07/09/2026 8:34 am
@gdh Yes, my dad bought a new '67 SDV.... long & low. The 1965 re-design was so good, that Cadillac used it until the all-new 1971 models were released. That was a SIX year run - something unheard of in the 1960's when GM was cash rich! 😮 😮 😯
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07/09/2026 8:36 am
"Every one of the images appear as 1:1's."
You're too kind Tony..... but hang on - I'm posting some '59 pics soon. 😉 😉
07/09/2026 9:06 am
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07/09/2026 9:08 am
@gdh ....right, I remember you saying that. They were (are ) nice cars! 😉 I always preferred the '67 over the 1968's, not just for sentimental reasons but because 1967 was the last year for exposed wipers, round mirrors, no F&R running lights, etc... it was the end of an "old-school era." If you know what I mean. 😉 😉
This post was modified 1 month ago by Christopher Moroni
07/09/2026 9:10 am
07/09/2026 9:50 am
My CDV was also white, with a black vinyl top. I can't find any photos, but I'll keep looking. I lost a harddrive full of them about fifteen years ago, when two backup harddrives failed, simultaneously.
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07/09/2026 10:39 am
I lost a hard drive full of them about fifteen years ago, when two backup hard drives failed, simultaneously.
😲 😲 😲 😲 😲
07/09/2026 10:55 am
@chris Yeah, it was a b_tch. Now, I have three backup HDs. I haven't stored data on an internal drive in twenty-plus years and I never thought two external drives could fail at the same time, but they did.
07/09/2026 2:57 pm
Many moons ago, I had a small business creating tribute videos to show at wakes/services. I wish I had known about this model at the time; I would have loved to gift it to one of the funeral homes that was a steady customer.
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