Dutchman puts largest Ford private collection for sale

Posted on 31-07-2014 at 18:32 by JordyS – 21 Comments”

The largest Ford private collection in the world is going under the hammer and there is more than enough beauty.

We do not this time in the plane to the cars to check out, because it comes to the classics of the Den Hartogh Ford Museum in Hillegom. Now, you could of course ask why they auction away want to do of no less than 47 pre-war Fords, but the explanation is actually quite simple. The museum is simply a younger audience and want to do that with (what else) younger Ford models.

We are not, fortunately, about a new S-Max or Mondeo, but the icons that Ford in the sixties and seventies on the world continued. For example, think of the classic Ford Mustang, which according to the museum even among young people with a huge reputation. The product range consists of Ford models that were built for 1940, such as the Model-T and Model-A, which are respectively ten and eight times in the museum.

The classics are relatively affordable, because for 8,000 euro, you can, for example, a Model T Open Tourer from 1926 at the nab. The Coach 950 V8 (1937) with 35.000 euro the highest starting bid. Can offer through the website of BVA Auctions, but if you first want to take a look, that is september 28 in Hillegom.