Yes, there have been Chrysler Imperial hearses, but in extremely limited quantities by small coachbuilders, so records are difficult to obtain. Memphian coach was one of the builders, so was Cottner and Bevington. But as far as existing numbers, maybe the Professional Car Society (www.pcs.org) may be helpful.
Hearses were never built by car manufacturers. Coachbuilders would obtain specific car bodies from manufacturers, and then modify them from the "A" pillar back.
Most coachbuilders worked on
several makes, where others were exclusively dedicated to one make of car in the examples of Sayers & Scovill for Cadillac, and Henney for Packard.
Chris Middlebrook
1962 Custom Southampton
--- On Mon 10/30, anthony romano < mamrom@xxxxxxx > wrote:
From: anthony romano [mailto: mamrom@xxxxxxx]
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:49:42 -0500
Subject: IML: IMPERIAL AS A HEARSE?
WAS THERE EVER a CHRYSLER IMPERIAL manufacture as a HEARSE?
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