Maserati Hearse

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/10/24/maserati-hearse.html

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I’m thinking of a stylish reboot of Harold and Maude…

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Harold and Maude first thought, too:

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Is this for real? Hard to tell from just pictures but it seems kind of tacky and frankensteined together.

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Agreed; the designers at Maserati must be mortified.

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Now that’s a cool hearse.

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What’s a Hydraulic Alzabara?

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Have you seen Harold and Maude? His mom buys him a little roadster and he makes it into that. And what happens to it at the end of the movie is epic.

I love that movie.

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No! And I’ve heard all good things about it. Adding it to my list of things to track down…

It helps the driver by augmenting the force applied to the alzabara.

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The preferred term is “coachbuilding”, but unfortunately these days most people buy their cars off the shelf.

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Tacky? I suppose you don’t like “Pink Cadillac” either. I would kill myself right now to get in that awesome Hearse!

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http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/2014/01/retro-concepts-1978-sbarro-function-car/

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It’s real- or at least, Maserati hearses are real. In fact, one was used for the 2010 funeral of Polish president Lech Kaczynski:

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On the plus side, being a Maserati it’ll always be in the shop.

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A Maserati Hearse and a Cadillac Coffin:

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That looks like someone found that Hot Wheels Darth Vader car and felt that they needed to make it a thing

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My new jazz-funk band.

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“Full AC” in the back

Wait, what?

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You see a hearse. I see a one-man camper van.

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Ditto for Burnt Offerings (despite lack of a Maserati).

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