The Goethe Collection @ SeeMyCars.com

SeeMyCars.com is the Internet home of The Goethe Collection of professional cars.  I invite you come inside the virtual museum and have a look at my building and vehicles.  Thank you for visiting, I hope you enjoy it!
~Dennis Goethe 

A PROFESSIONAL CAR is a specially modified vehicle based on a car chassis that is (or can be) used in funeral, livery, or rescue work.  This includes hearses, combination coaches, limousines, flower cars, first-call cars and service cars, and car-based ambulances.  Professional cars are really the last vestiges of American custom, built-to-order vehicles.

My latest acquisition in late summer 2011 is a 1978 Superior Cadillac high-top Ambulance.  See the pictures and read about it its life history on the Ambulance page.

And, The Goethe Collection @ SeeMyCars.com website is completely new!  New look, new pictures, new information; in otherwords, everything!  Feb. 2012.


Pictures have been added to the horse-drawn hearse page. late March, 2012.

I am fortunate to have built a 4,800 square foot Coach Haus in 2004.  It's more than just a garage, it's a museum. There are miniature die-cast collectables, ads, posters, pictures, and funeral artifacts on display too.  There's even a huge working church organ!  The Coach Haus is located near downtown Pacific, MO on 3rd Street. Check it out on the Coach Haus page. 

My collection spans 113 years to be exact, from an 1898 glass sided McInnis Brothers horse-drawn hearse to a 2001 Eureka Lincoln Diplomat 6-door funeral limousine.  The oldest motorized vehicle is a beautiful, unrestored and oh-so-rare 1937 S&S Byzantine carved-panel hearse.  In between are vehicles from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s!  There are hearses, combination cars, limousines and a Cadillac high-top ambulance. They all run, are driven, and enjoy the quiet life of pampered retirement!

Looking for more information about professional cars?  Visit the Professional Car Society here and the PCS Northland Chapter and Professional Car Archives here.  Be sure to check out my favorites page for more interesting sites.