Back in the seventies I drove a 1957 Pontiac Hearse...what a great ride! But I eventually traded it for an old Sara Lee bread truck, (large step van), and I went to work on it. The MPs were VERY happy that I got rid of that old hearse as most of them thought it was very sacrilegious.

I had to rebuild the engine and repaint the INside but left the outside as it was, all weathered and faded paint. It had a door just behind the drivers compartment so it was private and over the rear axle there was a partition with just enough room for a double mattress behind it. In the middle of the van I was able to put lights, paneling and carpeting throughout and a convertable sofa, two recliners, a stereo setup and a small ice box. This was many years before the custom van days. It was almost like being in a living room in a home and since it looked like a beat up old delivery truck from the outside no one ever bothered it.

I miss those good old days.