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<p>[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 4349831, member: 738"]That's quite a story. I purchased it at a private museum collection liquidation in Manassas, VA many years ago. It was made by the Nuffer and Lippe Carriage Co. of NY. We used it as a prop in our haunted attraction. One summers eve, a drunken driver being chased by the police plowed into our drive-way, hitting three cars, two port cochere pillars and the hearse, knocking it out into the back yard. The porte cochere roof then collapsed on top of everything. The driver ran off on foot and was never caught. No one was at home, so we are lucky no gas tanks exploded, burning down the house. </p><p>In the ensuing hearse restoration, the original owners brass plaque was discovered on the underside of the coffin bed. It had been in service to the Falconer Bros. Undertakers of New Market, MD during the Civil War. When the hearse was returned, after a $10,000, 2-year restoration, this is what I photographed in the back window. When we retired, we sold it to a carriage company in Minneapolis. Now the hearse is back in service, mostly hired out to gangbangers who try to kill each other at the graveside services. Poor old hearse. I hope our Lady in White scares them straight.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]360671[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Darkwing Manor, post: 4349831, member: 738"]That's quite a story. I purchased it at a private museum collection liquidation in Manassas, VA many years ago. It was made by the Nuffer and Lippe Carriage Co. of NY. We used it as a prop in our haunted attraction. One summers eve, a drunken driver being chased by the police plowed into our drive-way, hitting three cars, two port cochere pillars and the hearse, knocking it out into the back yard. The porte cochere roof then collapsed on top of everything. The driver ran off on foot and was never caught. No one was at home, so we are lucky no gas tanks exploded, burning down the house. In the ensuing hearse restoration, the original owners brass plaque was discovered on the underside of the coffin bed. It had been in service to the Falconer Bros. Undertakers of New Market, MD during the Civil War. When the hearse was returned, after a $10,000, 2-year restoration, this is what I photographed in the back window. When we retired, we sold it to a carriage company in Minneapolis. Now the hearse is back in service, mostly hired out to gangbangers who try to kill each other at the graveside services. Poor old hearse. I hope our Lady in White scares them straight. [ATTACH=full]360671[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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