---
title: "It’s Not Halloween Without a Chevy Caprice Hearse and a Twin-Engined Coffin Go-Kart"
description: "You can carve pumpkins, or you can just park these out front."
date: "2017-10-06"
modified: "2017-10-06"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14931/its-not-halloween-without-a-chevy-caprice-hearse-and-a-twin-engined-coffin-go-kart"
categories:
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Chevrolet Caprice"
  - "coffin"
  - "Craigslist"
  - "custom"
  - "Hearse"
---

# It’s Not Halloween Without a Chevy Caprice Hearse and a Twin-Engined Coffin Go-Kart

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/10/00t0t_antfri5p6jn_1200x900.jpg>)
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We admit [the words "craigslist" and "custom"](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/14377/this-celica-based-ferrari-replica-is-wrong-on-so-many-levels>) can usually inspire more terror in car enthusiasts than any garden variety haunted house. But honestly, we don't see how your Halloween display this year will be complete without this 1996 Chevrolet Caprice hearse and its payload: A custom-built, twin-engined coffin go-kart.

Going for a hair under $8,000 [on the ol' craigslist](<https://stlouis.craigslist.org/ctd/d/1996-chevy-impala-hearse-with/6315397734.html>) in Springfield, Missouri (screenshot at bottom), this might be the coolest coffin-carrier we've seen [this side of *Harold and Maude*.](<https://petrolicious.com/articles/building-this-jaguar-e-type-hearse-was-quite-the-undertaking>) The seller claims the rust-free wagon was used as a [real hearse](<https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/713/15-hearses-worthy-of-your-bloodlust>) down in Georgia in a past life and remains in great shape, with the 260-horsepower, Corvette-sourced LT1 engine still pumping strong. The hearse rides on a set of aftermarket Ridler wheels and a nice set of Nitto tires. A custom dual exhaust system and quad pipes round out the rebirth.

![message-editor%2F1507312199612-100w0w\_5qwrteah8lq\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312199612-100w0w_5qwrteah8lq_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312209984-200h0h\_8z7elbpvfpt\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312209984-200h0h_8z7elbpvfpt_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312216564-300x0x\_cii060wrmoj\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312216564-300x0x_cii060wrmoj_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312223592-400y0y\_l4qjqaaqj7k\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312223592-400y0y_l4qjqaaqj7k_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

Of course, people have been [having their ghoulish fun](<https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/2163/meet-the-thundertaker-a-four-ton-hotrod-cadillac-hearse>) with used hearses for ages. We're really here for the coffin kart. The seller provides frustratingly few details on its construction or performance, but it looks professionally done in the pictures and the bumpers and very-real engines seem to indicate it does actually drive. We're not totally on board with the two-sided Heaven/Hell motif, though a respray should be a cinch thanks to the casket's metal construction.

![message-editor%2F1507312276526-500v0v\_cci8jhprqrf\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312276526-500v0v_cci8jhprqrf_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312290340-600v0v\_9h1vd3z1meb\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312290340-600v0v_9h1vd3z1meb_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312283176-700o0o\_auzmhpwnv6a\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312283176-700o0o_auzmhpwnv6a_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

![message-editor%2F1507312308290-800p0p\_3asuje3karu\_1200x900.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312308290-800p0p_3asuje3karu_1200x900.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

The seller notes the Caprice hearse makes a great daily driver and is a "crowd drawer" at car shows and stoplights alike. *But I don't want to drive a hearse,* you say. Fair. But you can't say with any honesty that you don't want to take a crack at that coffin kart—or frankly, be buried in it. Hard to think of a better ride for a trip to the great beyond.

![message-editor%2F1507312491643-ad.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1507312491643-ad.jpg>)
*Craigslist*

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
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