Long before I developed any interest in pro cars, even long before we were in the resto biz I was dating a girl whose grandpa was the longest practicing mortician in PA at the time of his demise. Dad was just beginning to buy antique car so it seemed natural that we would buy the funeral home's 1952 Cadillac Superior. 7000 miles, still had the original tires, never sat outside over night in its life and was literally "as new". We kept it a year or so. Dad wanted room for more antiques so we sold it to a fellow who intended to use it to haul parts to Carlisle. Unfortunately, within 6 months of our selling it the new owner was side swiped by a truck and the hearse was scrapped. As we PA Dutch say "We get too soon old and too late smart".