by Joe Jeffrey
Hearse turned into motorhome features room for four and pull out ‘casket-kitchen’
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: we here at CaravanTimes love a bit of innovation when it comes to creating bespoke caravans and motorhomes, as well as innovative ways to travel across the UK and further afield. But one man seems to have taken innovation and flipped it on its head, with the creation of a motorhome transformed from a hearse.
Following on from staring death in the face, after falling into a coma following contracting MRSA during a routine operation, Norman Crisp, from Shropshire, purchased a 1991 Ford Granada hearse online for the sum of £420, and soon after got to work, turning it into a four-berth motorhome.
As seen on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, Norman then set about modifying the vehicle, during which he provided more space by removing the hearse’s original roof and replacing it with one found on a VW campervan.
With a budget of £15,000, and the help of a skilled set of experienced, local restorers, Norman also added seating for two in the back, which transforms into a double bed, as well as a pull-out kitchen fitted with rollers, full-length cupboards and a drop-down double bed which rests within the modified roof.
Perhaps the pièce de résistance, however, is the kitchen, which has been incorporated into a metal coffin which Norman also purchased online.
Of the idea to transform his hearse into a motorhome following his scrape with death, Norman said: “It might be a way of saying to the reaper, ‘Up yours mate, you didn’t catch me this time.'”
To check out the transformation from coffin carrier to ‘his-n-hearse’ holiday home on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, click here – you can see it in all its gory, we mean glory, from around the 13-minute mark.
What do you think of this kooky motorhome? Is this something you’d want to spend the night in?
