Vehicles tend to increase in value when they exceed a normal
human’s lifespan – they become what we call a collector car. The problem with newer cars is that the
second you drive that thing off of the dealership lot it depreciates in
value. Bill Ford, Henry Ford’s
great-grandson, purchased this 1903 Ford Model A last October for a whopping
$264,000.00 at an auction. He is only
the 6th owner of this vehicle (one of the 1st three ever
built & the oldest surviving production car by Ford.)
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The first owner of this Model A was Herbert McNary. He paid only $850.00 for the car over half a
century ago and took extreme care of it, as you can see. Herbert might have never seen it coming but
his mediocre amount of money kept the Ford Motor Co. from falling over the edge
of bankruptcy.
Back in 1903, the Ford Motor Co. had as little as $225.00
sitting in their bank account which was nowhere near what the impending payroll
was. McNary put down a deposit of
$170.00 on the vehicle and another $300.00 deposit from the Indiana Motor Co.
for another Model A. The $850.00 was a
full-price payment from a Dr. E Pfenning for his car. This value totaling to $1320.00 is what kept
Henry Ford’s dream alive and before he knew it, 1700 Model A’s we assembled in
his Detroit Plant.
Mr. McNary’s family sold the Model A to a collector for
$400.00 and the new owner just couldn’t wait to get it restored. He then re-sold the car to a Swiss Ford
dealer some years later. The collectible
sat in Germany’s Ford of Europe’s Cologne until 2001. Before the vehicle was able to reach the
auction block, this Model A was a part of the John O’Quinn collection, before
he passed away. It then received a minor
restoration by Terry Deters Restorations following the auction.
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Now, this is just one of the many types of vehicles that
deserve only the best modes of transportation and it would most definitely go on
an enclosed transport carrier. The car shipping process would be as careful as if you were sending grandma off to the
airport.
For more information on auto shipping and enclosed shipping services, call N-Motion Auto Transport today.
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