In our last issue, we reproduced a newspaper story about one of a number of 'Hearse Clubs' which have sprung up in California. Members of these clubs delight in parading around town in their vintage funeral coaches, which are adorned with funeral flags, caskets, imitation skulls and skeletons and ghoulish vanity license pates. Many of our members are funeral service professionals: we can only imagine what they think of all this. The PCS is extremely sensitive about how we present ourselves, and our vehicles, to the public: e.g., our 'no caskets' rule. We are striving to educate the public, not shock or revulse them. Most of us are in the PCS because of our genuine admiration and respect fo the beautiful old funeral vehicles (and ambulances and limos) and the companies and craftsmen who designed and built them. Lets's hope that this fad doesn't spread East. The one good thing about this situation is that it's a powerful reminder as to what the Professional Car Society is really all about: A 'Hearse Club' we're not!
This article was written
without any prior provocation on our part.
It was never apoligized for, nor retracted in their magazine.
Due to this article, there
is now a group of "professional car" owners
that think we're a bunch of blood sucking freaks.
Here's my (Amy the Hearse Queen's) response to this...
Formerly I had a really juicy come back to this, but right now, I just have this:
Amy the Hearse Queen