American hearses might be the last of the true coach-built cars – hand-crafted by skilled workers, rather than welded together by robots – but unfortunately professional vehicles carry very little value. When the vehicles reach the end of their working lives, they are generally worth bugger-all. While some end up in the hands of collectors or find niche roles as band tour buses or tradesman’s vans, the majority reappear in the local salvage yard. This rare 1950s Cadillac Superior has had to endure the added humiliation of being butchered – and turned into a pickup truck. And what a crap job they’ve made of it too. Check out that plywood bulkhead.
The car was pictured in a Las Vegas salvage yard a few years back.