# bought a hearse: what do I call it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058 "2006-12-21T14:22:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/1 "2006-12-21T14:22:43Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/2 "2006-12-21T14:26:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/3 "2006-12-21T14:28:34Z")
Pssh. :rolleyes: ECTO 1 was an _ambulance._ How about Gravedigger? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/4 "2006-12-21T14:32:06Z")
[QUOTE=Ethilrist] Pssh. :rolleyes: ECTO 1 was an _ambulance._ [/QUOTE] It was [both](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecto-1), actually. > [@Wiki](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/5 "2006-12-21T14:44:02Z")
My dad used to refer to both ambulances and hearses as “meatwagons.” I always thought that was funny, in kind of a gross way. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/6 "2006-12-21T14:44:27Z")
Corny, but since it will be the thing transporting you, **The Meat Wagon**. You sir, have fine taste. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/7 "2006-12-21T14:45:54Z")
Crap! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/8 "2006-12-21T14:56:26Z")
Does it look like [this?](http://cgi.ebay.com/JAGUAR-HEARSE-T-SHIRT-Classic-Car-JAG-Harold-Maude_W0QQitemZ130059755327QQihZ003QQcategoryZ60289QQcmdZViewItem) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/9 "2006-12-21T14:59:15Z")
Corpse Carrier? Cadaver Chucker? Glen? ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/10 "2006-12-21T15:05:08Z")
I tried to find if Charon’s boat had a name, but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/11 "2006-12-21T15:11:24Z")
If you are a _Beetlejuice_ cartoon fan: The Deranged Rover. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/12 "2006-12-21T15:15:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/13 "2006-12-21T15:16:00Z")
Pinto? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/14 "2006-12-21T15:16:25Z")
William Randolph. Or Patty. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/15 "2006-12-21T15:18:15Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Pinto? 😃 [/QUOTE] No, that’d be for cremations, wouldn’t it? Perhaps [The 63 Corvair?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_At_Any_Speed#The_Corvair) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/16 "2006-12-21T15:30:50Z")
Is it a cadaverlack? ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/17 "2006-12-21T16:03:24Z")
> [@](#): > > William Randolph. Or Patty. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/18 "2006-12-21T16:06:12Z")
[The Creepy Coupe](http://www.hotink.com/wacky/02-d_ani.gif) Or, Ramon. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/19 "2006-12-21T17:06:18Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058/20 "2006-12-21T17:30:16Z")
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) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-hearse-what-do-i-call-it/385058.md?page=2)