[Closed] James Bond Fleetwood Hearse

What's that noise I hear?

It is the hearse SCREAMING for whitewall tires! It looks good, but I can't imagine that Superior ever delivered a deluxe unit like this without whitewalls.

Thanks for posting the pics. My example has not arrived yet.

Whitewalls would be nice

It is a budget model and there are various areas where IXO could improve it if they did it in their Museum Series. Whitewalls would be one, slightly better interior detail and perhaps an option of a flower car as well. Since roof is plastic it could surely be converted to an ambulance too.

The material with it doesn't mention any maker year, etc. - Any idea what year the model is and the exact model and coachbuilder detail too?

Thanks for posting Maz. Looks really good. A little bit chrome foil for the windshield and the silver paintet chrome parts, and yes David your right, it needs whitewalls and it is a very attractive model.
Sadly, here in Germany they deliver very slow. At the moment, you can buy number 65 (Land Rover Defender)!!! It's a long time to number 88!

Christoph

Maz, it is a 1968 Souvereign Landaulet by Superior

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and its from "Diamonds are forever".

Christoph

Maz it looks good....

someone said it was 7 inches long. Is that correct.

Mine arrived today. It measures just under six inches.

The magazine accompanying the toy says the real car is 6288 mm long, which means it is 247.6 inches in full size and should be 5.76 inches in 1/43 scale. I haven't removed it from the base yet to get an exact length, but it sure looks close to me. It is longer than the hallowed Motor City Sunset Coaches 1966 Miller Meteors. I don't have the new American Excellence ambulance to compare.

As Christoph said above, it will look much better with some careful foiling on the details and whitewalls.

A short feature in the magazine shows other Cadillacs used in Bond movies, inlcuding a 1965 Fleetwood Brougham, a 1971 or 1972 Fleetwood pimp mobile from Live and Let Die, and a 1977 Fleetwood Seventy-Five limousine from A View to a Kill. Maybe these are previews of toys they are planning to make later, especially the 77 Seventy-Five.

Yup, sure needs whitewalls and the word "Slumber" should be deleted from the side windows. A very dignifieid lettering with the funeral home's name was the only lettering on such a funeral coach. But in those days nobody took a final ride in a funeral coach without whitewalls, just wasn't done! IXO needs to remedy that.

Maybe whitewall tires from a FM

Caddy, Lincoln or others might fit. I used the tires off a FM 57 Lincoln on a Brooklin Lincoln. Junkers can be found.
I've had no luck so far getting the hearse, two auctions went to high for me and one I just missed for an OK price.

But it is a replica of the 1:1! [pic]

source: http://www.car-nection.com/yann/dbas_txt/Cad_flm2.htm

Better but no "slumber"

source: imcdb.org

with: Click

Interesting.... The word on the street was these were made by UH

Very interesting since UH has been doing a series of Bond cars.

Including the aformentioned Corvorado.

Thanks for the PICS Maz. I've been waiting for them to be posted.

Actually David...Not That Unusal To Not See Those Elegant WWs

Growing up in the funeral business and a director for now some 26-years, I've had the opportunity to see MANY funeral coaches in my day. My grandfather owned both a 66'
aswell as a 68'...and the 68' did not arrive from M&M w/
the added WWs. It wasn't until a few years later that my grandfather made that change. His Scotch/Irish pocketbook was welded shut::)

I was the official "carwasher" of our entire fleet and I can tell you firsthand, keeping those WWs clean/white was NO easy task. The WWs tended to be more porous in those days, whereas today, the "new" vintage WWs have a more favorable molding technique when the tires are produced so that dirt and grime wipes right off instead of absorbing
somewhat into the WW. What I'm saying is that the quality today is MUCH higher that in the 60's.

But, generally speaking, only the fully-loaded Coaches had the added WWs, unless of course, you requested them when placing your order for your "new" Coach. If you take a look at the book, "American Funeral Cars & Ambulances", you
will find that prior to the mid-fifties, most hearse/coaches & ambulances arrived with BWs, again, unless the purchaser requested WWs.

Jeff