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The 2011 S&S Masterpiece is everything a coach should be. This top of the line hearse comes in two models. The S&S Masterpiece Commercial Glass Coach is an extraordinary vehicle with a superbly magnificence history behind its story. The S&S Masterpiece with Limousine Windows and a Tiara Band is impressively stylish and everything you’d expect it to be with a name like that.

First, what is “commercial glass”?

In the early days of coachbuilding, engineers designed a hearse on a commercial chassis. This took a great deal of ingenuity since the hood was a base Cadillac design with front fenders and a chassis. S&S maintains this tradition of historic craftsmanship by starting with a heavy-duty Cadillac chassis and removing the body and windows. They replace those with the dignity of a hearse body and high “commercial glass” windows. These features give the Masterpiece all the room funeral directors need for stately caskets and flower arrangements. It truly is a masterpiece.

The S&S Masterpiece with Limousine Windows and a Tiara Band is elegant, stylish and a profound work of craftsmanship just as the commercial glass is. It features the industry’s widest opening loading doors, as all S&S coaches do, built from galvanized steel and designed to last a lifetime.

S&S has been building funeral coaches since 1876, long before automobiles took over where the horse and carriage left off.

S&S limousines are beautiful, stately, elegant and full of grandiose comfort from top to bottom. You can’t go wrong when you start with a Cadillac chassis. If you have the skill and experience that S&S brings to the table then you end up with a best of class vehicle superior to everything the competition has to offer – like the 2011 S&S Masterpiece.

If you’re looking for a superior funeral coach then the 2010 Superior Diplomat Lincoln is about as upscale as you can get. This is class, luxury and superior quality all rolled into one.

Superior is synonymous with comfort. It always has been. But the 2010 Superior Diplomat from Lincoln takes that to a new level. There is plenty of head and leg room in the driver’s compartment and the beauty that should only be skin deep flows right from the outside of the coach to the interior with smooth boldness. It just doesn’t get any better than this and every funeral home that offers this vehicle for its services can boast of class and tastefulness without equal.

Standard features include:

• Heavy duty chassis
• Your choice of OEM exterior paint
• Pinstripe (again, your choice)
• Full vinyl top
• Stainless steel Lincoln emblem
• Leather seats
• Cloth headliner
• Velcroed, one-piece cloth drapery
• Interior sidewall, cloth or vinyl
• Laminate rear compartment flooring
• Spare tire storage under the floor
• Two-piece rear partition glass

Those are your interior standard features. The exterior standard features are just as impressive. Check these out for extra comfort and beauty:

• Name plate brackets on side doors
• Church truck (open)
• ABS bumper protection
• 10 rear rollers
• Widest opening load door available
• Left hand load door hinge
• Full size spare tire
• Loading lights in rear bumper

And if that isn’t enough, the optional features on the 2010 Superior Diplomat Lincoln include:

• Oval rear windows
• Flag staff holder
• Manual extend table
• Electric extend table
• Air suspension switch
• Stainless steel roof band
• Stainless steel applique area
• Open church truck well
• One-piece partition glass
• Name plate brackets on rear load door
• Strobe headlights
• Turn signal strobe lights
• Beacon ray roof

And there’s a lot more besides.

The 2010 Superior Diplomat Lincoln is one full stretch of class and style. 253.4 inches long, 72 inches high, 78.2 inches wide and 36 inches extension. The casket floor length is 116 inches of usable space. The loading door is 38 inches high and 46 inchees wide. The angle is 121 inches. If you’re looking for a funeral coach that speaks superior in every way then this is it.

Elegance. Style. Classic luxury. These are the attributes of the 2010 Cadillac S&S Medalist.

When it comes to funeral coaches, S&S doesn’t set the standard. It is the standard. Synonymous with prestige, you’d expect one of their funeral coaches to offer class and style. And that’s exactly what the S&S Medalist from Cadillac offers. Nothing less.

Standard features include:

• Heavy duty Cadillac chassis
• Choice of exterior paint OEM
• Pinstripe choice
• Full vinyl top
• Coach lights
• Leather seats
• Cloth headliner
• One-piece cloth drapery with velcro
• Vinyl or cloth interior sidewall
• Laminate rear compartment flooring
• 3-piece rear partition glass
• Closed church truck

And it just keeps getting better. The Medalist options include:

• Limousine style rear windows
• Oval rear windows
• Hidden side-door umbrella storage
• Flag staff holder
• Manual extend table
• Electric extend table
• Chrome wheels
• Stainless steel roof band
• Flip-up church truck compartment door
• Rear floor storage
• One-piece partition glass
• Cornering strobe lights
• Beacon ray roof

And a whole lot more.

The 2010 Cadillac S&S Medalist is designed for comfort and style. It meets the following dimensions with all the elegance and style you’d expect from Cadillac.

• Length = 245.2 inches
• Height = 70.3 inches
• Width = 77 inches
• Casket floor length = 116 inches of usable space
• Loading door height = 34.3 inches
• Loading door width = 43.5 inches
• Loading door angle = 135 degrees

The inner body structure is completely steel all the way around and crash-test proven. Cadillac went all out and made the S&S Medalist as safe as it is elegant and you can’t get any better style if you spent twice as much time shopping.

Move out of the way because Superior is here. The 2010 Cadillac Superior Statesman Hearse, that is. And believe me when I say this is a coach that lives up to its name. It is superior, built for a statesman and it carries the Cadillac name. What more can you ask for?

The Statesman has some impressive stats. Check these out:

• 245.2 inches full length (20.43 feet)
• 70.3 inches high
• 77 inches wide
• 147.3 inch wheelbase
• 116 inch casket floor
• 34.3 inch high loading door
• 43.5 inch wide loading door
• 135 degree loading door angle

Regal, elegant and classy. How else can you describe it?

In addition to size, elegance and style, the 2010 Cadillac Superior Statesman Hearse comes with the following standard features:

• Leather interior
• Heavy duty chassis
• Cloth headliner
• Stainless steel motif area
• Laminate rear compartment flooring
• Vinyl or cloth interior side wall
• ABS bumper protection
• Your choice of pinstripes
• Stationary bier pin in front
• Quick adjust bier pin in rear

Optional features (brace yourself because this is just a partial list, barely touching the tip of the stately iceberg) include:

• Limousine style rear windows
• Oval rear windows
• Flag staff holder
• Chrome wheels
• Closed church truck well
• Beacon ray roof
• Rear compartment carpeting
• Engine block heater
• And a whole lot more

You can also opt for the Superior Package, which is only available on the Statesman. It includes:

• Sovereign style interior landau box
• Stainless steel roof band
• Padded motif
• Carpeted bumper protector
• Dual front bier pins

The 2010 Cadillac Superior Statesman Hearse truly does live up to its regal name. And you should settle for no less.

There are few vehicles that can match the 2010 Cadillac S&S Imperial in terms of luxury, status and VIP appeal. It is the consummate hearse limousine and the perfect luxury vehicle for driving short distances.

Available in any color, the S&S Imperial handles very smoothly with an automatic transmission. The Imperial hearse does look awesome in black with a black interior and I’d highly recommend this coach in those colors, especially if you’ll be using at a funeral car.

If interested in the 2010 Cadillac S&S Imperial hearse vehicle, better get your cash out now because they won’t last long. Heritage Coach is taking deposits now.

Like the 2010 Cadillac Eagle hearse it features the high back flat top with a side-swinging back hatch. Alternatively, you can get the flip-upwards-to-open rear hatch. The back doors open butterfly style to make entering the VIP seat with lots of leg room much easier and more convenient. The front seats are spacious as well.

The interior leather seats are plush and comfortable, just what you’d expect in a luxury funeral car or hearse. Your VIP passengers will love riding in this car. The 2010 Cadillac S&S Imperial is as beautiful to sit in as it is to look at.

Earlier this month, the annual Frozen Dead Guy Days celebration took place in Colorado. The event is one that brings hearses, caskets and cold temperatures all to the same place for a fun and festive three-day celebration in honor of “Grandpa” Bredo Morstoel, a man who died in Norway about 20 years ago and was transported to Colorado after being cryogenically frozen. His grandson and the wife of Bredo kept the body behind their house in a shed. The grandson was eventually deported and his mother was evicted. However, the frozen guy stayed in the shed.

Coloradoans began holding the macabre festival in 2002 which is like a cross between Oktoberfest and Halloween, according to one student at the University of Colorado. People dress up as morticians and some paint their faces to represent death-like masks and more. There is a Parade of Hearses, coffin races, a Polar Plunge and more festivities to make the three-day event fun and exciting and a popular draw for people from all over the area. According to Nederland police Sgt. Jake Adler, the attendance at this year’s event was higher than previous years because the weather was warmer than usual.

The crowd was so large, in fact, the Brain Freeze booze tent had to expand its drinking area beyond the temporary pedestrian mall. One of the more popular drinks of the weekend was “Grandpa’s Spirit,” a vodka-based drink that had everybody feeling good.

Frozen Dead Guy Days is a fun event that happens every year. As it becomes more and more popular, there are sure to be larger crowds and more festivities to entertain the people who show up for this fun yet macabre event.

Are you looking to invest in a new hearse for your funeral home? If so, there are some really great Cadillac models coming to market in the near future. We are waiting on shipments of the following Cadillac Hearses:

• 2010 Cadillac S&S Imperial
• 2010 Cadillac S&S Medalist Hearse
• 2010 Cadillac Superior Statesman Hearse

Each of the 3 new Cadillac hearse models offer both, funeral home owners and funeral home directors, great features. We are expected to receive a new shipment of each of these three models very soon. If you’d like to find out more information on any of the 3 new Cadillac hearses OR would like to pre-order your new 2010 Cadillac hearse, we can help you with that.

Be one of the first to get email notification when the vehicle you are looking for is added to our inventory. Signing up for the Auto Locator Service gives you the inside track to our most up to date inventory and helps you find the vehicle you are looking for. For more information on a particular Cadillac hearse or to pre-order your new Cadillac hearse today, call our Internet Manager at 610-862-0560 and tell him you found his information on the Heritage Coach Dealer Blog.

Heritage Coach Insider Program

Last month we rolled out a brand new program, the Heritage Coach Insider Program, where you’ll receive deals on our hearse and limo sales. If you sign up to be Heritage Coach Insider, each month we will send you 1-2 emails. We will not overload you with emails and you can opt-out at anytime. We also will not share your information with outside parties. As part of each email, we will inform you on the latest Heritage Happenings, as well as, link you to our social media sites and provide you with savings coupons. Basically everything that you need to stay connected to Heritage Coach will be delivered to your email Inbox on a monthly basis. We hope you considering signing up to be Heritage Coach Insider today.

We are very proud to announce the launch of our new email Insider Program. Our readers can now sign up for access to exclusive savings and incentives offered to members only. This means coupons and special offers on new and pre-owned hearses and limousines. It’s a free program that can save you hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars on vehicles, as well as, parts & service.

Each month we will send out 1-2 emails to our Insiders. We will not overload you with emails and you can opt-out at anytime. We also will not share your information with outside parties. As part of each email, we will inform you on the latest Heritage Happenings, as well as, link you to our social media sites and provide you with savings coupons. Basically everything that you need to stay connected to Heritage Coach will be delivered to your email inbox on a monthly basis. All you have to do is click the image below, enter your name and email address, and click submit to sign up. It’s that easy.

What do you think about this new program? Does it sound intriguing? Let us know your thoughts by adding a comment to the post below. We want to continue to interact and listen to our readers so that we can improve our offerings to you. The more feedback you provide, the better informed we’ll be on your needs. We can then make improvements to this new program and to other future programs that may be in development. We hope that you’ll take some time out to give us your opinion and we look forward to interacting with you through our great new email Insider program.

Recently, an autistic boy in Sydney, N.S. died in a snowstorm after following his dog Chance into the woods. Search teams weren’t able to find him until it was too late, but Chance stayed faithfully by the boy’s side, trying to keep him warm in a futile fight against a snowstorm and the hypothermia that eventually set in.

At the funeral procession, among the hearses and funeral cars that traveled to the memorial, there was one whose passenger had four legs, a tail, and mournful eyes that seemed entirely in keeping with the tone of the day. Dogs have been known to lie on their master’s graves and return time and again to keep them company – but how many have actually attended the procession?

It’s a touching thought that when a community gathers together in mourning for a little boy who could not even cry out for help due to his autism, an allowance could be made for the pet who was so faithful to his master, and who tried to save him. Many funeral homes might not have allowed Chance to ride in the hearse, but they recognized that he had an important role in this little boy’s life and deserved to be a part of the memorial too.

Anyone who has ever driven funeral cars or hearses has surely had rules and regulations to follow about what is and is not acceptable within the bounds of the car. Some of those rules are simply practical, such as not eating food in the car because it might leave crumbs. Others might be more for the sake of the solemnity of the car’s task, such as not honking the horn because such a loud noise might feel disrespectful to the mourners.

Though I haven’t personally asked all the funeral car drivers out there, I’m sure many of them have rules about pets in their vehicles. I’m equally sure that almost all of them would say that they would make an exception for a situation such as this one, and a dog such as Chance. Particularly when your industry is a realm all about compassion and respect, it seems almost essential that sometimes funeral cars must give way to human emotions.

So here’s a question from us at Heritage Coach for all of you out there: when is it appropriate to make exceptions to rules regarding hearses and funeral cars out of consideration for the family and for the deceased? What circumstances would you make an exception for? And when would you say that funeral cars deserve respect too, and that certain rules need to be obeyed to make sure they stay that way?

We’d love to hear your stories about any times when funeral cars have made exceptions or chosen not to.

Securing financing for anything has been really tough lately for small businesses and consumers. Knowing this, we want to make sure that we are there to support our customers when they begin the financing process. On our website, we have financial resources and tools designed to make the hearse and limousine buying process less stressful and more successful for our customers. You can fill out an online finance/lease application, check out different lease options, and calculate your monthly payment with our online finance calculator. Click the image below to see how it works.

If you’d rather work with someone from Heritage Coach, our sales team will assist you throughout the entire financing process. There are several ways you can structure your financing in order to comfortably afford a hearse or limousine. Our consultants can guide you through the pros and cons of these various options. Basically, there are three main types of lease agreements that we deal with on a daily basis for our customers. They are:

• Straight Lease
• Lease-Purchase
• Trac Lease

Each lease type is described on our website under Finance & Lease Information.

If you’re in the market for a hearse or limousine, but think that you’ll never be able to secure financing in this economy, definitely check out our website. If you’d rather talk with someone face-to-face, don’t hesitate to give us a call at 610-862-0560 to setup an appointment with a member of our sales team, or simply stop by our Conshohocken, PA location.