FIRST OF ALL, THE VEHICLE WAS MADE BY THE FLXIBLE COMPANY IN OHIO.  WHEN IT WAS TO BE SHIPPED TO HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, IT WAS SOLD WITH “REDI-AIRE”  THAT MEANT THAT THE HOLES WERE CUT INTO THE FIREWALL BY THE FACTORY AND COVERED WITH PLATES/SCREWS IN TRANSIT.  WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DELIVERED, THE MORTUARY WAS TO FINISH THE PAINT, UPHOLSTER IT AND INSTALL THE A/C WHEN IT WAS NEARLY DONE.  AN A/C RADIATOR WAS INSTALLED, FAN SHROUD AND THE REDI-AIRE PLATES INSTALLED BUT NEVER REMOVED. BUT, SOMETHING HAPPENED AS THE A/C WAS NEVER COMPLETED.  WE DIDN’T KNOW WHY UNTIL WE FOUND SOME BUSINESS CARDS FROM “ABBOTT AND HAST MORTUARY” WERE UNDER THE SEAT.  I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH OF THE MORTUARY, AND THAT’S WHERE MARILYN MONROE WAS PLACED WHEN SHE DIED BACK IN, YOU GUESSED IT..1962! EXCITED, I CALLED RON HAST OWNER OF THE MORTUARY IN 1962.  I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD SUCH A PINK HEARSE IN 1962.  HE ASKED IF IT WAS “HOT PINK” OR “DEEP PINK”  I TOLD HIM “NO”, AND HE ASKED IF THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST WHITE IN COLOR.  I TOLD HIM YES.  HE THEN STATED THAT HE OWNED SUCH A HEARSE AND THAT IF HE COULD GET THE ORIGINAL CALIFORNIA PLATE NUMBER, HE COULD TELL ME WHO WAS DELIVERED IN THAT VEHICLE BACK IN 1962.  UNFORTUNATELY THE ORIGINAL BLACK PLATES WERE NO LONGER ON THE VEHICLE WHEN I RECEIVED THE CAR. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS A “PREMIER” MODEL SINCE IT HAS VIEWING GLASS ALL THE WAY AROUND, NO LANDAU BARS.  THAT WAS SO PEOPLE COULD SEE THE COFFIN IN THE BACK TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.  THEIR WAS ANOTHER HEARSE MADE IN 1962 THAT WAS A “PREMIER” BUT THAT ONE WAS NOT STRETCHED, MAKING THIS ONE OF ONE! IT WAS ALSO PURCHASED AS A “LUXURY” MODEL SINCE IT WAS STRETCHED OVER 3 FEET. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE ACTRESS’S FROM THE 20’S, 30’S, AND 40’S WERE GOING TO BEGIN PASSING AWAY AND THEY WANTED A “FEMALE ONLY” VEHICLE WITH STYLE.  SO THEY ORDERED THE BEST THEY HAD.  HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT ABBOTT AND HAST DID THEIR OWN PAINTING AND INTERIOR FOR THE CARS TO THEIR LIKING. IN THE CARS FINAL TRANSFORMATION, SUCH AS PAINT AND INTERIOR… MARILYN MONROE PASSED AWAY.  SO THEY PAINTED THE VEHICLE PINK AS THAT WAS HER FAVORITE COLOR.  (GEORGE BARRIS TOLD ME THAT AS HE PAINTED HER PINK CADILLAC) THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO FINISH THE VEHICLE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC OUTCRY TO FINISH HER BURIAL, AND THEY WERE WEEKS AWAY FROM FINISHING IT THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH THE BLACK HEARSE THAT WAS USED IN THE VIDEO FOOTAGE. SO, AFTER USING THE HEARSE FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS RETIRED AND PURCHASED BY A TRUE HEARSE COLLECTOR PAUL NIX.  HE KEPT, RESTORED AND SOLD ULTRA RARE HEARSES IN THE USA. ACCORDING TO THE STORAGE FACILITY- “ABOUT 30+ YEARS AGO, PAUL NIX PLACED 5 CADILLAC HEARSES AND THIS RARE BUICK HEARSE IN A DRY STORAGE UNIT JUST OUTSIDE OF HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA.  THERE THIS CAR SAT IN THE HOT SUN FOR THAT LONG TIME.  ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WANTED THE CAR, SO PAUL NIX RELUCTANTLY SOLD IT TO HIM.  BUT THEY LOST THE TITLE.  SO THE STORAGE FACILITY SOLD IT VIA HIGHEST BIDDER FOR STORAGE SINCE NEITHER PAUL NIX OR HIS FRIEND COULD REMOVE IT SINCE THEY HAD NO TITLE.  THERE IS CAME TO REST IN PORTLAND OREGON WHERE IT SITS NOW.

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Location: Clackamas, Oregon, United States