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The last motor trip most of us will ever take is in a hearse. In honor of Halloween (boo!) here’s an assortment of interesting funerary vehicles. Yes, hearses.

The machine that started the legacy & a gloomy hearse.

Known in the trade as funeral coaches. At one time, they were also the favored transportation of surfers and professional musicians—you know, both stylish and practical. When Neil Young wrote, “With your chrome heart shining in the sun, long may you run,” it was in tribute to his first car, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster hearse. There are collectors of funeral vehicles.

These enthusiasts prefer to call them professional cars, including ambulances and flower cars in their field of interest. It makes sense these cars would find fans: As the coachbuilding era of luxury cars came to a close, the trade continued on, performing conversions of premium cars—Packards, Cadillacs, Buicks, et. Al—into funeral vehicles. There were dozens of companies that specialized in building these unique machines, and a handful exist to this day. Funeral cars are as interesting as they are macabre.

Here’s an extremely random survey.

EXCLUSIVE The hearse used to carry 's body following his assassination is up for sale. For the price of beachfront property. After MLK Jr.

Was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital in Memphis on April 4, 1968, he was transported to the funeral home in this white 1966 Cadillac Superior Royale Coach with a black top. The hearse was used again the day after his funeral to take his body to the airport. The current owner bought the hearse in 2007 - after it was in storage for nearly 40 years - and fully restored it to its original condition.

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But wants to sell it now. We're told the seller hopes it eventually ends up at the National Museum of African American History and Culture so it can be on display to the public. But not before scoring him a huge payday. The hearse can be purchased right now for a cool $2.5 mil on Momentsintime.com. Telepictures and Warner Bros.

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