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1937 Sayers & Scovill Byzantine Carved-Side Hearse

In 1937 S&S built coaches exclusively on the straight-8 Buick commercial chassis. The Byzantine was S & S’s new top-of-the-line coach and featured larger and more ornately carved drapery panels than the Romanesque which was carried over from the previous year. The Byzantine as well as its new companion, the Athenian continued to be sold as dedicated rear-loading coaches. As with many other mid-Thirties carved-panel coaches, S&S's carved panels were also set into the rear doors and were made of large aluminum castings, not carved wood as the name implies. 1937 date marks were all-new. Last year's vertical bars were replaced by a pair of diagonal chrome bars affixed to each side of the otherwise attractive Buick grill. A huge and hideous chrome-plated Sayers insignia was mounted at the front of the hood. As before the Buick hubcaps were discarded in favor of S&S-badged discs and all tell-tale Buick badging was deleted.

Inside, the 1937 Byzantine funeral coach was fitted with luxurious burgundy mohair and cathedral-styled walnut trim covering the floor, walls and ceiling. The front seat was also covered in burgundy mohair while the dash and door panels were finished with wood-grained Dinoc.

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