bought a hearse: what do I call it?

[Sigene]

I just bought a 1966 Cadillac Hearse/Ambulance and would like to affectionately refer to it as ????something???

The only thing I can come up with is "the Dead Sled" but that has been used before and I'd like some further options.

Any ideas?

[Mindfield]

Are you kidding? There really is only one choice: ECTO 1.

Of course, it would've been a lot more fitting if that was a '59.

[Ethilrist]

Pssh. :rolleyes:

ECTO 1 was an ambulance.

How about Gravedigger?

[Mindfield]

Pssh. :rolleyes:

ECTO 1 was an ambulance.
It was both (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecto-1), actually.
The Ectomobile is a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor limo-style combination (hearse/ambulance/station wagon) endloader used in the 1984 film Ghostbusters and other Ghostbusters fiction.
But I stand corrected: Ectomobile. ECTO 1 was its license plate.

[Cub Mistress]

My dad used to refer to both ambulances and hearses as "meatwagons." I always thought that was funny, in kind of a gross way.

[bbs2k]

Corny, but since it will be the thing transporting you, The Meat Wagon. You sir, have fine taste.

[bbs2k]

Crap!

[Ethilrist]

Does it look like this? (http://cgi.ebay.com/JAGUAR-HEARSE-T-SHIRT-Classic-Car-JAG-Harold-Maude_W0QQitemZ130059755327QQihZ003QQcategoryZ60289QQcmdZViewItem)

[Least Original User Name Ever]

Corpse Carrier?
Cadaver Chucker?
Glen?

[Sophistry and Illusion]

I tried to find if Charon's boat had a name, but no dice.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

If you are a Beetlejuice cartoon fan: The Deranged Rover.

[Elendil's Heir]

Deathmobile

Abra Cadaver

Stiff Sedan

Funeral Wagon

Undertaker 3000

Coffin Car

Angel of Death

Charon's Brougham

...aaaaaaaaaand that's all I can think of right now.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

Pinto? :D

[Ethilrist]

William Randolph. Or Patty.

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

Pinto? :D
No, that'd be for cremations, wouldn't it?

Perhaps The 63 Corvair? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_At_Any_Speed#The_Corvair)

[The Vorlon]

Is it a cadaverlack?

[Encinitas]

William Randolph. Or Patty.
Brilliant!

[ZipperJJ]

The Creepy Coupe (http://www.hotink.com/wacky/02-d_ani.gif)

Or, Ramon.

[Sigene]

Of this list my favorite so far is Cadaverlac.

I have a personal affinity to Abra Cadaver, but only because of something hilarious my daughter said years ago...but it doesn't quite roll of the tongue so well.

William and Patty are good too; except for the baggage it carries with hearse collectors...They get pretty prickly about anything that refers to their cars as "Hearsts."

I'm still up for more suggestions. Keep em coming!

[Tuckerfan]

Neil. As in Neil Young, who, apparently, drives one (it being the best thing he's found to haul music gear).

Corpse magnet

Stiff wagon (Or "Stiffy" for short)

Necro1

Zombi wagon

Count Dragula

Final Flyer (i.e. it's a fast car, and you generally take your last ride in one)

DZ (short for Dead Zone)

[Bobotheoptimist]

Mr. Ed, of curse of curse.

[Kalhoun]

Of this list my favorite so far is Cadaverlac.

I have a personal affinity to Abra Cadaver, but only because of something hilarious my daughter said years ago...but it doesn't quite roll of the tongue so well.

William and Patty are good too; except for the baggage it carries with hearse collectors...They get pretty prickly about anything that refers to their cars as "Hearsts."

I'm still up for more suggestions. Keep em coming!
Okay...I had no idea they had a collectors group for hearse enthusiasts. Ain't that somethin'?

[Kalhoun]

Oh... and I might consider calling it "Hizzin" Except the Patty or William Randolph are my favorites.

[No Me Ayudes Compadre]

Willoughby (from Twilight Zone)

[Count Blucher]

The "Dead-Way People Mover"?


(Sorry, archaic DisneyWorld reference...)

[brewha]

I came in here (stupidly) hoping to be the first to suggest Ecto 1. Only missed it by 4.5 hours.

A buddy of mine had a van he called the Stabbin Cabin. Different meaning of Stabbin - but it might work?

[BobLibDem]

The Cheney Chariot

[ZipperJJ]

What about Harold? or Maude? From the movie Harold and Maude (http://www.e-type-online.de/galerien/unusual_bodies/harold_and_maude)

[Tuckerfan]

Some more:

Slab wagon

Romero's Ride (as in George A.)

Ghoul galleon

Galloping gabriella

Hell's barge

Dirgemobile

Corspe coach

C.O.D. (Chariot of Death)

Black Beauty

Renta (a play on "Hertz Rent-A-Car")

[Lute Skywatcher]

Paint it anything but black and call it "Hewadico" (hearse with a different color).

[Lute Skywatcher]

:smack: Got the phrase wrong! That should be Hoadico, but I think Hewadico sounds better.

[Honey]

Morticia.
Son of Sam.

[Geek Mecha]

My first thought was "Pussy Wagon", a la Kill Bill.

I'm so sorry.

[CalMeacham]

You need to paint it something other than standard hearse Black.


Then it would be


The Hearse of a Different Color (that you've heard talk of)

[CalMeacham]

Actually, right now it's
















The Hearse with No Name






Don't take it for a drive in the Desert.

[meek]

The Reaper Creeper or Reaper Keeper...
Reaper Sleeper?... Weeper?... Peeper?

That's all I got.
.

[According to Pliny]

ghost chaser
The Last Time machine
mummy rumbler

[blondebear]

How about Fisher?

Fisher and Sons is the name of the funeral home in "Six Feet Under".

[outlierrn]

the modsquadcar (merchant of death)

maudewagon, maudemobile, harold on wheels

[Chefguy]

Grave Mistake
Cryptonight
Sepulchritude
Bone Collector
Formalderide

[mnemosyne]

The Bone Wagon (http://www.lucasarts.com/products/grim/concept5.jpg)

[Zebra]

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
shiny and black
Open up your engines let `em roar
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur





dude, you have got to play that song really loud when you drive her.

[Harmonious Discord]

Charon

Christine

Liciense Plate : 2DIE4

[Harmonious Discord]

Dead Heat

CalMeacham the hearse with no name is a good one. Not a good name, a funny pun.

You can call it Patty. You know Patty Hearse.

[movingfinger]

One of my neighbors has one with the personalized license plate: GOTH SUV

[Kat]

Binky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binky_%28Discworld%29#Binky)

[Tuckerfan]

Kevorkian's Caravan

Kevorkomobile

The Belushi Mobile (seeing as how John's dead and all)

The next two take a bit of explaining, but I like 'em.

Kenneth

Rather Splatterer

Those two for the same reason. You remember when Dan Rather got the shit kicked out of him by that guy who kept saying, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" Well, frequency is measured in Hertz! (Of course, Rather was measuring it that night in "hurts." ;))

Bone Machine works, especially if you're a Tom Waits fan.

[According to Pliny]

the doom buggy

[Wile E]

I have no name but you should get a bumper sticker that says
"if the Hearse is a rockin' don't come a knockin' ... or zombies will eat your brains"

[ralph124c]

How about:
-LAST RIDE
-MY PASSENGER DOESN'T CARE
-SEE YOU AT THE CEMETARY!

[AskNott]

Bambi Lance

Glottis