On June 23rd, an auction of only Fords vehicles (plus a few different motorcycles) of the Den Hartogh museum took place in the Netherlands. This museum collected a large collection of Ford, now dispersed among many collectors. From the catalog of the sold you can see some particular and early Ford.... Info and photo: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25077/#/aa0=2&MR0_length=100&w0=list&aj0=lot_number_asc&m0=0 I show some photos for example but look the others to the links.....
What are these two crazy things above? Some kind of wild European coach built bodies? Never saw those before. But if we're picking some keepers, I'll take these last three.
This is the description given: "Starting with the Model T, Ford did offer formal town car body styles in limited numbers. These were very expensive Fords and were intended to be chauffeur driven urban vehicles. A number of Model As were also equipped as town cars and are some of the rarest of all Fords in this period. The clientele was limited, but there was a market for a more affordable chauffeur driven car based on the highly reliable Ford car. Built in the style of the famous 1927 Lincoln with Judkins Coaching Brougham coachwork, this well executed Model A is not likely to be seen outside of this collection. Done with a high degree of coachbuilding skill it is a complex body that was not built by an amateur. It is a representation of what a customer could have commissioned a coachbuilder to execute on a Ford if they so desired. It is built on a standard 1931 Ford chassis incorporating the original hood and cowl into the coachwork. This fords is a fun and eye-catching machine that is bound to be an attention getter wherever it is driven. The matched pair in this collection are believed to be the only two existing. " Find here with other photos: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25077/lot/267/?category=list&length=100&page=3 https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25077/lot/282/?category=list&length=100&page=3
Thanks for the pics. Some very rare and unusual body styles there. Also I'm with Squablow and the last 3 would be my pick.
I think that snowmobile would make a cool hot rod. I made a model of one using the paddy wagon kit a couple of banjo rear ends and some skis from a Lego set Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
In the past I have seen others ford snowmobile sold by a famous retailer in Minnesota, these: I thought the same thing
other vehicles of Den Hartogh museum auction: c.1912 Ford Model T Landaulette 1932 Ford Model 18 V-8 Station Wagon 1934 Ford Model 40 Deluxe Station Wagon 1932 Ford Model B 55 Wood Gas Powered 1928 Ford Model AA Popcorn Truck 1931 Ford Model A Hearse 1933 Ford 710 Roadster 1934 Ford 760 Cabriolet