This unusual car was spied in Tesco's Brigg car park - a black hearse.
Ken Harrison, who kindly took the picture and spoke to the owner, says: "Initial thoughts were that the driver was in the store sorting out his Tesco life insurance policy."
As Ken was looking round the vehicle, the owner and his wife appeared.
"It's got a fantastic body" was his opening response. Not bad for £700. Why pay an arm and a leg for a smaller new car when you can get a vehicle like this?"
While his wife was munching sandwiches in the passenger seat, obviously unperturbed by it past history, the man continued: "If you want one, there's a guy in Worksop - he's got a whole yard full."
The hearse/family car is based on a three-litre Ford Granada, and rear is now neatly carpeted in grey.
Ken asked what the long, two-seater was especially useful for, and the guy replied: "Grandads - yes, grandad clocks. I go to Browns (Brown & Co) when they've an auction on and I just slide them in the back."
Turning the clock back to the early 1980s, a Brigg family (Pybus?) also had a hearse as a family car. I seem to recall we ran a story about it in the Lincolnshire Times. Anyone remember their car drifting down Grammar School Road? I bet some of you do!
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