There was the old airplane engine and the 1938 Model A pickup truck. But the best find Sedalia resident Kevin Ulmer has made was a 1951 Chevy 10 “Woodie” Station Wagon, which he bought for $800 in Smithton.
“It was originally used as the Smithton ambulance and then was turned into the town’s hearse,” he said. “I sold it on eBay for $8,600 and the buyer, who was up in Washington, put about $60,000 worth of restoration into it. He eventually sold it at a Barrett-Jackson auction for more than $100,000.”
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