2004 Monsters Haulin Hearse w/The Mummy (Film Still Reproduction)

A Haulin Hearse is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction

of motor vehicles,  a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin to a funeral, wake, or graveside service.

They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles. In the funeral trade of some countries

hearses are called funeral cars or funeral coaches.

Haulin Hearse: The name is derived, through the French Herse, from the Latin Herpex, which means a harrow.

The funeral hearse was originally a wooden or metal framework, which stood over the bier or coffin and supported the pall.

It was provided with numerous spikes to hold burning candles, and, owing to the resemblance of these spikes to the teeth

of a harrow, was called a hearse. Later on, the word was applied, not only to the construction above the coffin,

but to any receptacle in which the coffin was placed. Thus from about 1650 it came to denote the vehicle on which

the dead are carried to the grave. Haulin Hearse were originally hand-drawn then horse-drawn after the decoration

and weight of the hearse increased. The first electric motorized hearses were introduced to the United States in the early 1900s.

Petrol-powered hearses began to be produced from 1907 and, after slow initial uptake due to their high cost,

became widely accepted in the 1920s. The vast majority of hearses since then have been based on larger,

more powerful car chassis, generally retaining the front end up to and possibly including the front doors

but with custom bodywork to the rear to contain the coffin.

(1) *Authentic Replica w/Die-Cast Metal Body And Chassis*

Brand: Playing Mantis
Series: #412-30 Car #06
Model: Haulin Hearse
Category: Monsters Series Authentic Replicas

Vehicle Mfg: Johnny Lightning

Card Item#: 412-30

UPC#: 090733412300

Original Vehicle Mfg & Year: General Motors Corporation-1970’s
Scale: 1:64
Year Mfg: 2004

Condition: Mint
Class: Universal Studios Monsters! Authentic Replicas Series
Paint: Black w/Mummy Tampos
Recommended Age: 8+
Vehicle Type: Haulin Hearse
location@off-site boxed (“RED & CLEAR CONTAINER”) (1) 3-30-2021