Gene Knisley estate auction - Kansas City, MO

shame to see them like this. but the white makes it look twice as bad as it is. a small chip will really make a stain especial if the car never moves. a good bathe and light polish will clean it right up a dab of rust converter on the chip fallowed by pant and your good to go. the other place is the sealer on the rain gutter. it dries out cracks and the rust flows out. you can tell they are just wanting to dump. or the fight is over who is doing all the work. wash the cars off, air up the tires and have them running on a gallon can so they drive past the auction stand will double your money.
 
I would love to have one of those Stratus Dodge vans.

I would assume that those vans wil sell for close to scrap price. Have not run in years and may/may not have titles, according to the auctioneer. Too old and too neglected for the plumbers and electricians to want.
 
After a few attempts to sell a few of these cars on eBay, the entire collection will now be auctioned:

http://www.lindsayauctions.com/may13auction1vehicles.html

Sadly, as discussed earlier, these cars were stored for years in a leaky (wet environment) building.
Thanks for listing this, Steve. I saw something about it yesterday on FB but wasn't able to link at the time.

One thing notably missing in the auction was the very nice Consort ambulance that Gene had for many years. No telling how many times I tried to talk him out of it with no success.
 
What year was the Pontiac Consort?? There is one listed on th sale and photographed. I wasn't aware of anything that they had that I would consider "nice".
 
This is he only Pontiac Consort "ambulance" listed on the auction and I am assuming that it may have started life as a combo.
 

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Even thou the cars were rough, there would be a lot of cars on the road that could have used their parts to keep them rolling on !

I wish I had a yard to keep these in to become organ donors for keeping our rides rolling.

There is more value in parts than complete unts.

Darren
 
It should be able to be had pretty inexpensively in its current condition. May or may not have a title, according to the auctioneer.
 
Auction Results

Well, an interesting day/auction today in K.C.! No one got around to looking for titles, so all/most cars were sold sans titles. Most of you will recall the crazy eBay expectations on several of these that were listed within the past year. Here are today's results on those of interest to most of us. This does not include the 8% buyers premium.

1969 C-B Olds LWB Hi-Top Ambulance: $320
1963 C-B Olds LWB Combo painted as an ambulance: $400
1974 M-M Lifeliner: $800
1964 Superior Consort Combo: $400
1965(66) Superior Consort Ambulance: $425
1973 C-B Olds Seville Combo: $340
1954 Superior Pontiac Ambulance $250
1976 S&S Cadillac Ambulance: $1200
193? Siebert Ford: $50
194? Flxible Side Loader: $50
194? Flxible Ambulance: $50
Superior Dodge "Fat Boy": $210
Stratus Dodge Van Ambulance: $210
Stratus Dodge Van Ambulance: $210

I purchased the '74 Lifeliner, which was last in service in Minden, NE. Zach from Denver purchased the '65 Consort ambulance and the '63 C-B Olds Cottington combo.
 

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Auction Results

More photos from today.
 

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The '54 Superior Pontiac was the steal of the day! Not a hole in the body anywhere, but really bad floors in the driver's compartment. I really should have bought it too.

Most/some of these cars would have held up better had they been left outside for all those years!
 
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