créée
le 8 mai et dernière mise à jour le 8 mai
2008
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C A
D I L L A C
1954

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<<BARRETT-JACKSON>>
ENCHERES DE SCOTTSDALE 2008
(Arizona)
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- hôte
: <<BARRETT-JACKSON>>
se dit lui même "the world's greatest
collector car events" met aux
enchères un bon millier de voitures en
une semaine à Scottsdale (Arizona) tous
les ans en janvier. Puis c'est au tour de Las
Vegas, Palm Beach etc etc
- voitures
américaines : c'est 95% des
propositions au marteau
- photos
: du webmestre du trombinoscar en janvier
2008
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CE QU'EN DIT
LE COMMISSAIRE-PRISEUR
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- lot
1533.1 adjugé $7000
- 1954
CADILLAC CUSTOM "HEARSE REVISITED"
- Summary
:With a Bobcat mounted to the back, and exhaust loud
enough to wake the dead, this is one sweet ride you'll be
dying to get into. Sold on a Bill of Sale only. Special
conditions apply.
- Description
: Monster Garage suffered its first failure with the Grim
Ripper build. Immediately, discussion boards filled up
with posts that the guys should be given a second chance.
The original team was assembled to build the ultimate
corpse delivery vehicle. Doran Hirschkorn returned to
Monster Garage after the previous attempt failed. "I
jumped at the chance to come back on the show. There were
dozens of times I thought about what I would have done
differently if I had another chance, so when they called
I didn't hesitate to jump back on a plane and come out
for another shot." Hirschkorn, a Bobcat manufacturing
engineer, says aside from getting the hydraulics for the
Bobcat arm to work, his biggest challenge in this build
was fitting the backhoe into the hearse. "The backhoe
frame was too wide to fit inside the car's frame, so the
ends had to be torched off and reinforced. I spent 2 days
just cutting through the material and welding it back
together. It took more time than I expected, but we all
put in a bunch of overtime on this project." THE TEAM:
Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast
Choppers, Long Beach, CA, George Barris, custom-car
designer, Barris Kustom Industries, North Hollywood, CA,
Mike Desmond, custom-car designer, MAD Machines, Long
Beach, CA, Tim Conder, mechanic and motorcycle
customizer, Seattle, WA, Jose Gonzalez, heavy-equipment
tech, Yale/Chase, Long Beach, CA, Bart Grande, software
consultant, Carlsbad, CA, Doran Hirschkorn, Bobcat
manufacturing engineer, Bismarck, ND, and Steve
"Tombstone" Sterle, horror-prop manufacturer, Hollywood
Tombstones, Woodland Hills, CA. VEHICLE SPECS: Height:
70"; Width: 77"; Length: 21'; Length With Parts Extended:
30'; Ground Clearance: 2"; Weight: approximately 4,000
pounds. Paint: By Mike Lavallee, Killer Paint, Snohomish,
WA. Hydraulics: A belt-driven pump on the motor builds up
pressure for the hydraulics operating the Bobcat arm.
Special Welds: Includes welding the plow to the car's
front end and the Bobcat loader to the back end.
Additional Acquired or Machined Parts: Includes a 9'
Bobcat loader (for digging the grave), a bungee-cord
catapult contraption (for delivering the casket) and a
plow (for filling in the grave)
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