Reply To: 1919 Series 51 Custom Sport Touring

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This is a No-Reserve auction. (I have no personal interest in the car, and am adding this information to help Al, who does not use a computer.)

I’ve added a more specific link to the vehicles.

Liquidation of this car and other collector vehicles will be held at Jerry Gould Auction Company, Bakersfield, CA at 9:00 AM PDT on Saturday July 23, 2016, telephone bids accepted. Preview is Friday July 22 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 6200 Price Way, Bakersfield, CA. For details on the AUCTION including bidding and payment requirements, call Gould Auction at (559) 587-3123 during business hours. For information on the VEHICLES, call PAS member Al Engel at (559) 688-8844, the sooner the better.

The auction company has NOT been responsive to questions and requests for more information I submitted via their website, two weeks apart, so I recommend telephone as the only means of getting more information. I am told that TELEPHONE BIDS will be accepted, but there is no information on the website about bidder qualification and payment requirements. Note when going to website that this company is gouldauction.com (singular), and that a completely different company is gouldauctions.com (plural of auction)

I was allowed to drive this Series 51 on the 2008 Modoc Tour and found it to be an excellent performer.

Other vehicles being auctioned include 1911 Kissel 40 hp model D-11, 1968 Dodge Coronet 426 Hemi 4-speed restored, enclosed car trailer, 2006 Dodge Cummins diesel dually pickup tow vehicle, 1979 Mercedes 450SL, vintage motorcycles.

To attempt to answer questions about the body: I understand that now deceased member John Libaire’s 66 touring caught fire and the body was lost but not the chassis. He constructed, or had constructed, this 4-p phaeton body for his 66. At some later date, he acquired a 1919 Series 51 touring and mounted the 51 body on the 66 chassis, and this body on the 51 chassis.

http://gouldauction.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=projectGallery&action=listing&listing=3