Up for auction is a very
rare, beautiful 1975 Miller Meteor Landau Traditional 3 way hearse with the
Dual-Action Levelizer feature. This funeral car is in excellent shape and all
the casket handling and leveling features work perfectly. For those of you who
are new to funeral vehicles the three way casket handling feature is an
electric table that moves the casket out of either side door or out the back
door with the flick of switch. The Dual-Action Levelizer feature is a hydraulically
controlled suspension that raises or lowers the car on either side to place the
car in the best position for casket handling. For the hearse collector and
those familiar with these vehicles I’m sure you will appreciate how rare this
car is and how hard it is to find one fully operational. We even have the
original Miller Meteor Division key fob that came with this car. I will even
throw in an original sales brochure from 1975. This car was originally in
service in Bakersfield CA. It was bought by a gentleman in Bellflower CA and
kept indoors there for many years, I bought it about 5 years ago and basically
refreshed the drive train and did some customizing. I did the customizing so
that it is all removable so that a purist collector would appreciate the
originality. It has 96,252 original miles and runs very good, I have driven it
to shows all over CA and won a few awards with her. The top is not vinyl it is
crinkle paint.
The 500 ci, or 8.2 liter engine is the
largest engine ever installed by Cadillac. The engine has a new timing chain, water
pump, fuel pump and oil pump. We installed an Edelbrock Performer intake
manifold with an Edelbrock Performer carb. We installed a Davis Unified high
performance distributor and of course new wires and platinum spark plugs. We
also installed a Sanden high performance A/C compressor and converted the A/C
to use R134a. The A/C works very well. We used custom brackets, underdrive
pulleys and hardware from 500cid.com they also go by MTS Maximum Torque
Specialists. The custom aluminum valve covers also came from MTS. We also did a
smog pump eliminator kit as 1975 is smog exempt in Ca. We also installed a new
radiator and of course all the belts and hoses are new. We also installed a
brand new not rebuilt Powermaster 140 amp alternator and very nice dual exhaust
with Flowmaster 50 series mufflers. We also installed dual batteries with an
isolator to control the charging. The tires are almost new and they are high
quality Toyo’s. We also just put new brake drums, brake shoes and spring kits
on the rear and new rotors and brake pads on the front. All the ball joints and
steering components and bearings are also new along with new shocks all the way
around. This car drives like it is new. Of course the rear is stiff with the
hydraulic Levelizer cylinders but she rides very nice.
The casket is actually a large speaker box
for Kicker sub woofers. It has 4 -12” Comp RT subs. We used shallow mount subs
so the casket still has all the bedding and looks to be still usable. Kicker
actually uses this build on their social media advertising around the month of
October to show off different ideas for their speaker systems. We call it
waking the dead on their site. For a fun effect it also plays while the casket
table slides in and out. It uses a 1,000i watt Kicker amp for the subs and an
Alpine 300 watt amp for the mids and tweets. The fiberglass box for the head
unit and 2 of the mids and tweets was custom made to fit between the seat and
the dash with 2 cup holders. It was custom designed for this vehicle and air
brushed with crosses and is very beautiful. The Casket is removable it just has
an easy plug in for the speaker wire. It has 2 more mids and tweets in the kick
panels by the doors.
As you can see in the photos it has blue LED
lights behind the Landau bars on the sides and blue LED’s around the casket and
in the casket compartment lights and in the floor board areas. It also has blue
LED lights that light up the engine compartment. There is also a white LED for
the engine compartment just for convenience at night.
The only negatives are the seat has a few
rips as you can see and could be re-upholstered. There is one little paint
blister that is from corrosion under the paint on the rear passenger side door.
My name is Patrick if you have any questions
or would like any more information or photos you can call or text at
559-554-6269. Thank you for looking, happy bidding.