THIS IS NOT A CHOP!

This is a real car. We don't see them that often anymore but they are still in use and occasionally, coach builders even still get orders for them. This is a Flower Car. Yes, believe it or not, there was a time when there were so many flowers sent to funerals and they were so important to the whole funeral process that an entire car was employed for the express purpose of conveying the arrangements from the funeral home to the grave or church. Used to day primarily in formal funerals for celebrities and political figures, the Flower Car is deliberately designed to either be completely open to display the flowers as the procession passes or enclosed (under the aluminum cover) in the event of inclement weather. Plug "flower car" into Google Images if you doubt me. They have been around LONGER than hearses in some cultures.

By the way, the tasteless desecration of the 1973 Superior Three-way Hearse on the first page turns my stomach. Some of the finest custom American car bodies were designed and fabricated one at a time for the funeral and medical industry back in the day of the custom hearse/ambulance/limousine. (Which was the ONLY way you could buy them.)