05/25/2026
I saw this post yesterday. I was involved with helping with this in the early stages. I was helping a Funeral Home in Calgary Alberta, McInnis Holloway Funeral Homes. The concept was awesome, but the cost was prohibitive for most.
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In the early 1980s, Airstream launched the Airstream Funeral Coach, a Class A motorhome designed to combine a hearse, lead limousine, and flower car into one vehicle so families could travel together to the cemetery. Introduced in 1981 after slumping RV sales during the oil crisis, it seated up to 14 passengers in airline-style seats or a wrap-around sofa, with a rear compartment for flowers and a discreet side hold for the casket, and was priced at $85,000 compared to $40,000 for a traditional hearse and $60,000 for two limos. Marketed as fuel-efficient and backed by Airstream's aluminum build quality, it featured customizable floor plans from 24 to 35 feet and amenities like TVs and lavatories, but only 32 units were produced between 1981 and 1991 due to limited demand.
