Austin A135 Princess Hearse

(1946 - 1968)

Featured Hearses: 555 Roy Rawlins ‘Flower-Power’ hearse at the 2004 Unlimited Shootout (Arena), 88 Speedy Reed at the Ipswich Volcano in July 2002, 918 Ted Cook from 1999 Firecracker 8, 401 Phsycho Stu Hemings of the Preditors team at Firecracker 9, 557 Paul Bowen at Firecracker 13 and 33 Simon Reed (The Legend) at the 2006 Icebreaker XIII meeting at King’s Lynn

Produced as the A135 Princess Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 upto 1956 and as the Vanden Plas A135 Princess 4-Litre up to end of production in 1968

Some early cars used triple carbs to help drag its immense bulk around