2010 Chrysler 300C Hearse

Jason:  Great job on a project I would have never thought of.  Excellent body work.

 

Don't forget the rollers in the floor for the coffin.

  

Rollers??? Sam you say Rollers?? Watch this! LoL

Thanx everyone for the comments and compliments!

Well I had a bit of a hiccup with hinging the rear door, it seems its either open or close but no swing. I tried multiple location points and many different hinges and nothing works. Oh well, I'm going to display it open anyways as the interior is coming along smashingly!

Well here's Sam's Rollers that he mentioned. I made them with Half Round glued to .010 Styrene Sheet and then I used .040 styrene strips to make the coffin stop/slide rails. I'll foil the rails and rollers later on. I drilled holes in it for multiple location points. I hand crafted and sculpted the rear coffin stop from scrap styrene. I doubt I'm making a front one as this one took me 2.5 hours of widdling and fiddling. Hands are tired. LoL Enjoy!













What you see on the divider that looks cushiony .... Well, that's the "crash pad" and I just need to put the trim on in between the two sides. I also made the window larger on the divider. Not sure if I'm going to put glass in it yet or not. We'll see!  

Enjoy!!

Do you have a scale coffin or will you be scratching one up? Looking good.

Good work Jason. It's really taking shape now.

Zbuckster wrote:Do you have a scale coffin or will you be scratching one up?

Funny you ask that Buck! LoL

Since I am having issues with the rear door hinges. I'm just going to leave the door open to display all the hard work on the interior. And since I have a lot of empty space what is the best way to fill it up. Make a casket/coffin!

I got the dimensions online off Google and used a scale calculator to shrink things to size. Then I got some .060 sheet and .040  solid rod, cut everything to length, then glued everything up and left it over night to dry nice and tight. Then I started shaping things to form the casket.







Oh, yeah! I made it where the lid is hinged and can open.



Using the decorative coffin brake near the door and made a new one for the front.





Then I took .020 square rod and made the decorative trim for the coffin, .060 solid rod for the handle braces, and I'm using paperclips to make the handles.







A few posed on the rear of the car.







Enjoy!!  

 

Nice work Jason...... ghoulish but nice.  

Well, thanx to everyone who has commented on this build. I'm getting ever so close to the painting stage and then it'll be on to assembly. Color choice has been narrowed down to two colors: Steel Blue Metallic or Silver Pearl Clearcoat. Either way it'll have a black vinyl top and possibly a tu-tone custom blue interior. Since having hinge issues with the back door it'll be displayed with the rear door open. So here's some mock up shots of how it'll pretty look once completed. As you can see the casket is pretty much done and ready to be primed and painted. Small details on the body need to be done and it too will be ready.





I was goofing around with some wheels that I've had in my stash from extra sets some kits came with. I think all and all I'm going to stick with the stock 300C rims even tho they look tiny.

Stock:



Memphis Blues Edition:



River City Jazz Edition:



Enjoy!

Looking good Jason.

That's a cool lookin build, Jason ! Really nice work and a great concept. I would balk at complimenting the Donk looking wheels, but that's a personal hang up of mine.   
  

Very interesting build....casket and all.
- can't think of a similar model since the Johan Cadillac

 

Everything is great (you even included the "rollers" in the back!) except . . . those wheels. They look they were from Stevie Ray Vaughan's Willie The Wimp's funeral procession song.

Great work, Jason. The wheels are a personal preference, just like funerals are these days. There are traditional somber funerals and there are the contemporary celebration of life funerals.

Nice details! looking forward to see it done!

Sorry I've been gone for so long.

I'm going to try and start up on this project again. Recently at a yard sale I came across a decorative wrought iron fence/Christmas decoration. I think it works great and the size is just right. What y'all think?











Think I'm going to try and do a diorama with this car. This ought be fun. LoL

Enjoy!

The fencing looks good and the hearse look great Looking forward to a dio with this set up, grave yard or parlor dio ??

The fence looks spot on Jason.

Welcome back buddie.

Sweet !! Fence is perfect !

Nice, very nice.