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Manufactured on the new downsized Buick and Oldsmobile
station wagon chassis, B & Bs funeral coaches were intended to give an economical option to
those directors who wanted a new hearse, but were unable or unwilling to pay
the price of a Cadillac. B & B's hearses were stretched from 16"-18" and
featured a raised roof and a modified rear loading door. Those cars were
stretched about 16 or 18 inches, and used the stock station wagon side doors
for the first couple of years. By 1980, the rear side doors were extended as
much as the chassis, so no new side body panels were needed in the
conversion process. B & B built some, although not many, hearses on the
Cadillac chassis too. Those were not particularly attractive and were built
from extended 4-door sedans. B & B was out of business by 1984 and the tooling
ended up across town at Bratton Coachworks.
© 2004 Mark Theobald - Coachbuilt.com, with special thanks to Bernie DeWinter
IV.
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