Superior Coach was a coachbuilder in the American automotive industry. Founded in 1909 as the Garford Motor Truck Company, Superior is best known for constructing bodies for professional cars (hearses) and school buses. Following major downturns in both segments in the late 1970s, Superior was liquidated by its parent company in 1980. From 1925 to 1980, the company was based in Lima, Ohio.
1912 Garford Motor Truck logo
1912 Garford COE truck
1916 Garford 5-ton truck
Russian Garford-Putilov armored car used in WWI (derived from Garford truck)
A hearse is a large vehicle, originally a horse carriage but later with the introduction of motor vehicles, a car, used to carry the body of a deceased person in a coffin at a funeral, wake, or memorial service. They range from deliberately anonymous vehicles to heavily decorated vehicles.
Cadillac hearse used at the state funeral of Ronald Reagan
Interior of a hearse in Denmark
Museo del Carmen de Maipú [es] Maipú, Chile
Jewish hearse, Theresienstadt concentration camp, Terezín, Czech Republic