Safari's for sale

In LA. Price seems fair

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/1908967242.html

Bonneville Safari. Rarest of the rare!

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/1897174764.html

Wow those are both sweet!

For the morbid members

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-Bonneville-Ambulance-1959-Pontiac-Bonneville-Superior-Hightop-Ambulance-59-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem1e5df76820QQitemZ130425514016QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks

Way too much for it, but still hot.

Too much for sure but damn that's cool

Is it really a Superior? I though superior built different looking professional cars

In 1959, it was really only Superior building cars on the Pontiac commercial chassis.

There were others, such as Memphian, National, and 1 or 2 others, but with the exception of National, they were based on the regular station wagon chassis.

That is a Superior Criterion.

Comet was the one I was thinking of. Did they not do Pontiacs? I know they did Buicks in '59

What about Flxible? did they not do Pontiacs for '59 either?

There is nothing as sinister as that!

starchief_59 wrote:

What about Flxible? did they not do Pontiacs for '59 either?

Comet and Flxible might have done a couple of Pontiacs each. But they were very likely based on regular station wagons and not the commercial chassis.

Flxible was primarily Buicks only.

Records weren't well kept in those companies, unfortunately.

starchief_59 wrote:

There is nothing as sinister as that!

That is the epitome of sinister right there.

I know Flxible did 49 Buicks in '59 and 80 in 60. I forget how many Comet did and I don't think Superior did any buicks did they????


Armbruster I believe was the company that made this one

Yeah, that's an armbruster.

As far as i know, Superior did not do any Buicks.

Catalina wagon

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1959-Pontiac-Catalina-Station-Wagon-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem255d4e15f1QQitemZ160479188465QQptZSalvageQ5fPartsQ5fCars

Seems a little high but DAMN I love those wagons

I think the price might be okay if all the parts are there (and working)-its the bloody parts searching that can nickel and dime you to death

Funny, I have to comment on the Ambulance...As morbid as it might seem..it's cool! I showed a picture of it to my In-Law's who have property in La Pine, Oregon. They remember seeing it sitting in a parking lot in town and always joked when they would drive by it, commenting that they would rather hitch a ride or drive themselves to the hospital in nearby Bend (30 min. drive) before riding in that thing. Apparently it sat in the parking lot of the small hospital in La Pine until it dissapeared one day. My F-I-L joked about the mileage being 46,000..with a Population of "only" 1000 people, they must have driven around "looking" for patients! Maybe the doctor was the Undertaker as well! You never know.......

Back then, many of the funeral homes also ran the ambulance services. That's why there were combination cars, hearses that could be converted in to ambulances on a moment's notice.

I know, it was meant to be more of a tongue-in-cheek joke since "Downtown" La Pine is so small and the main drag is so short, if you blink, you WILL miss it! "Town" consists of a Gas Staion and a grocery store and NAPA, if you want much more than that, you have to drive 30 miles to get it. Cool looking car though....

Curious about the condition of this wagon...

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/cto/1951415619.html

Any new ones to post? Ebays been pretty bare bones for 59's lately

Prices seem spot on for both of these-they look like fairly well preserved units. Ebay is running a Bonneville wagon sitting at over 20,000 and still hasnt hit reserve!