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"Coffin Break"
Did you make a unique coffin from scratch? Or maybe you bought a real casket from a funeral home or supply company? Do you use it as a prop for your hearse or Halloween display? Do you know anyone who has one? Whatever the case may be, WE WANT TO SEE THEM!
Email us a couple pics of them, and you can show them off right here!

Scary Perry built this homemade casket from scratch, with a little help from his brother, Mark. It's not quite finished yet, but soon. He even got some real antique casket handles from his neighbor, who used to be an assistant funeral director at a local funeral home...(That lucky stiff!) Perry's also has a real casket as well as an infant casket from the 1940's,

Scott Bettisch ordered this casket specially made. It's a child-size model of "The Ward" in gun-metal gray. He wanted a child-size casket because as you can see, the very back of his hearse is jam-packed with his monster stereo equip-ment. He also bought a rubber skeleton from a magic shop for the "occupant".

The , from Gallery 2, built this handsome "cadaver crate" with a little help from his "fiends". Check out our hearse links page and look for the link to his website.

Troy Hambly of Las Ryd's Hearse Club (and also a Grave Sights member) sent us a picture of this coffin car that he's building. He got the idea from "Dragula", the coffin dragster that Grandpa built in the movie, "Munsters, Go Home". Troy's project is a *Romark model casket made of 20ga. steel, a 4 cylinder Chevette engine, automatic transmission, a Crosley rear end and front running gear. Driver not inclu-"dead" (sorry Troy, I couldn't pass that one up)

Grave Sights
+ Las Ryd's
= Grave Ryd's
Ha-ha-ha!
RELAX! It's a joke! Troy is a good fiend of mine!

Alex Lohman of Dallas, TX. sent us a pic of his store bought casket, which he only paid $295.00 for. I bet for THAT price, he could "handle" the casket with no problem. (I know - bad joke - sorry!)

Eric Pedersen (Gallery 6), built this toe-pincher style casket with his brother. Awesome job, guys!

Troy also built this handsome casket go-cart. Troy said he was walking his kids around the block in this, and someone called the cops on him. But since Troy also works as a paramedic and dispatcher, they already knew who it was before answering the call

This beautiful casket belongs to Gene & Kim Bandlow (a.k.a. Mr. & Mrs. M. Balmed from Gallery 8). This casket came from the Marciano Casket Mfg, Co. in grand Blanc, MI. It's made of 18 gauge steel & fully sealed. Both lids are made of brushed steel & lined with real red velvet that Gene added himself. Thanks, folks!

Leonard Jurgensen Of Oconomowoc, WI. actually made this awesome casket on the left himself! Grave job, Leonard! (can you make me one, now? ..haha!) He also has this antique casket from the 1880's on the right!

Check out the antique funeral signs and the church trucks in the pic on the right! Awesome!

Halloween Decoration
Toboggan/Sled
Flower Box
Clothes Hamper
Canoe/Kayak
Fishing Boat
Wagon
Go-Cart
Toy Box
Display Case
Picnic Basket/Table
Mail Box

Hide-Away Bed
Horse/Pig Trough
Phone Booth
Safe/Strong Box
Hot Tub
Beer Cooler
Incubator
Porch Swing
Planter
Coffee Table
Grandfather Clock
Piano Bench

Florida Voting Booth
Wine Rack
Crap Table
Dark Room
Compost Box
Pet Casket
Dog Sled
Shower Stall
Wardrobe Closet
Play Pen
Ironing Board
Treasure Chest
Sand Box

Bedroom for Mother-In Law Vault
Firewood Box
Waste Basket
Motorcycle Side Car
Cat Litter Box
Magician's Prop
Bathtub
Dressing Room
Bomb Shelter
Storage Locker
Fish Aquarium
Lobster Tank

Here's Perry's infant size casket from the 1940's. It measures 29"long, 15"tall and 13"wide.

Steve Andersen of Kenosha, WI. built this toepincher-style coffin and gave it his own personal touch with white satin lining and pillow, black spiderweb material on the lid and over the pillow, actual copper casket handles from the 1940's, and a medical skeleton to complete the look. He also has a real oak cremation casket...which the lucky S.O.B. got for free!!!