---
title: "Please Don’t Drive Me to My Funeral in This Ford Explorer Hearse Upbadged as a Lincoln"
description: "It doesn't have to go down like this."
date: "2021-04-14"
modified: "2021-04-14"
authors:
  - name: "Peter Holderith"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/peter-holderith"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/40183/please-dont-drive-me-to-my-funeral-in-this-ford-explorer-hearse-upbadged-as-a-lincoln"
categories:
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Explorer"
  - "Ford"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Please Don’t Drive Me to My Funeral in This Ford Explorer Hearse Upbadged as a Lincoln

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/04/ford-lincoln-hearse-lead.jpg>)
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Hearses are solemn and strange [at the same time.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36565/meet-the-detroit-diesel-powered-6x6-cadillac-hearse-that-rides-on-60-inch-mud-tires>) They carry caskets, obviously, but they're typically [aftermarket re-bodies](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29334/this-tesla-model-s-hearse-will-keep-your-carbon-footprint-low-all-the-way-to-your-funeral>) of existing cars that were never meant to haul such, erm, grim cargo. That means, in a lot of cases, they don't look [quite right](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36310/this-lifted-cadillac-hearse-on-a-chevy-truck-frame-is-how-i-want-to-go-out>).

The hearse in question today is [being sold by Parks Superior Sales](<https://parkssuperior.com/model/explorer-combination/?fbclid=IwAR3asptQnl1TSZiwu9Jn79mvjzji5X9ryB_evn8uKw9tp_d2ZHgUelQmD_o>) and was built by MK Coach. Yes, it's a [Ford Explorer](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40102/2021-ford-explorer-adds-cheaper-enthusiast-st-and-platinum-trims-all-new-platinum-hybrid>) (for the most part) but the so-called "Combination Coach" can be optioned with the grille from a Lincoln Nautilus. The result is a lengthened, mildly reworked Explorer that says Lincoln on the front. Very unusual.

![message-editor%2F1618421554453-inlinea.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1618421554453-inlinea.jpg>)
**Parks Superior via YouTube**

Really, it's surprising how well a grille from a car that has so little to do with [the Explorer](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39600/did-you-know-the-original-ford-explorer-was-a-mid-engined-pickup-truck-with-a-tent>) fits. And for those wondering, no, the Nautilus is not the Lincoln vehicle that sits on Ford's CD6 platform along with the Explorer—that's [the Aviator.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25133/the-450-hp-2020-lincoln-aviator-suv-is-a-classic-vision-of-modern-american-luxury>)

Why not just make an Aviator hearse in the first place? Strangely enough, MK Coach does make a hearse based on a Lincoln, but [it's built atop the Nautilus](<https://mkcoaches.com/legacy/>) instead. It's very similar to the Explorer in question but slightly bigger. According to a video made by Parks Superior Sales, the grille is an option in case a funeral home has a fleet of Lincoln vehicles and wants the Explorer to match. It's also offered without the glitzy grille, for the record.

https://youtube.com/embed/qvArd\_RLBpc

Parks Superior Sales points out that this Explorer isn't just a hearse—it's a "combination vehicle." According to [their website](<https://parkssuperior.com/model/explorer-combination/?fbclid=IwAR3asptQnl1TSZiwu9Jn79mvjzji5X9ryB_evn8uKw9tp_d2ZHgUelQmD_o>), that means it can also work as a casket-carrier, flower car, and more.

There's no price mentioned and it's unclear what options the base trucks are fitted with before being converted, but needless to say, it'll do the job. While that is technically true, I think I might write into my will that my hearse shouldn't be a re-badged [Explorer.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32078/more-than-20-percent-of-ford-explorer-buyers-chose-the-400-hp-st-model>) I think I would rather go for the real Lincoln, but then again, I will be dead. Maybe I'll just go with the Combination Coach.

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## Author
Peter Holderith is a former staff writer for The Drive. He enjoys covering the regular news cycle, writing reviews, and hunting down long features on obscure pieces of automotive history.

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