1937 HORCH 853 CABRIOLET

[Guest Ron B.]

FOR SALE IS THIS VERY RARE 1937 HORCH 857 CABRIOLET. THE SAME OWNER FOR 67 YEARS. WE NOW HAVE THE PAPER WORK FROM THE ESTATE TO SELL THIS CAR. THE OWNER HAS SPENT OVER $100,000.00 ON THIS RESTORATION. THEIR IS NO RUST OR DENTS AND IT IS IN PRIMER PAINT. THE RESTORATION SHOP LOST THE TAIL LIGHTS, THE REST IS COMPLETE AND RUNS AND DRIVES WELL. THE FIRST PERSON TO OFFER $300,000.00 WILL OWN THIS RARE CAR. REPLY WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND WE WILL CALL YOU TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME WITH YOUR NUMBER. YOU ARE INVITED TO COME A INSPECT THIS CAR AS WELL. (rrbedard@charter.net) THANKS RON B.

Edited June 25, 2012 by Ron B.
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[Guest Ron B.]

FOR SALE IS THIS VERY RARE 1937 HORCH ROADSTER. THE SAME OWNER FOR 67 YEARS. WE NOW HAVE THE PAPER WORK FROM THE ESTATE TO SELL THIS CAR. THE OWNER HAS SPENT OVER $100,000.00 ON THIS RESTORATION. THEIR IS NO RUST OR DENTS AND IT IS IN PRIMER PAINT. THE RESTORATION SHOP LOST THE TAIL LIGHTS, THE REST IS COMPLETE AND RUNS AND DRIVES WELL. THE FIRST PERSON TO OFFER $300,000.00 WILL OWN THIS RARE CAR. REPLY WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND WE WILL CALL YOU TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME WITH YOUR NUMBER. YOU ARE INVITED TO COME A INSPECT THIS CAR AS WELL. (rrbedard@charter.net) THANKS RON B.

Don't miss this one!

[trimacar]

You need to put this car for sale on PreWarCar site. While there are people on this forum with the money to buy the car, it's still a somewhat limited market. PreWarCar has 10's of thousands of people looking at it, and is heavily weighted toward European cars. Good luck with sale, fantastic automobile.

All about Antique, Vintage and Pre-War Cars - PreWarCar

[alsancle]

+1 on the prewarcar.com ad. Also, you should probably advertise it there as a 853 "Cabriolet" as the roadster was a 2 passenger (and tend to bring 2 - 3 million). Good luck. Very cool car.

[Guest Ron B.]

Thanks for the tip trimacar. I now have it listed their. Someone has told us that their are only 8 known to exist and this would be #9 ?

[alsancle]

I'm going to guess that there are at least a couple of dozen known 852/853 Cabriolets. I can think of 1/2 a dozen in the U.S. alone and there are quite a few in Europe.

Check this website out: Horch Classic GmbH - Ihr Spezialist fr die Restauration klassischer Horch-Fahrzeuge

Regardless of the number of known cars it is quite desirable and you should get close to the asking price.

[trimacar]

I've sold a few cars through PreWarCar, and I'll bet you get action on the car fairly quickly. One of the cars I listed, a 1912 Regal underslung project (and while I hesitate to use the well overused "barn find", I did, literally, pull it out of an old barn in central Pennsylvania), sold within hours..............I realize the Horch is in an entirely different universe of collecting, but I still think it'll move on that site.....good luck, great car.....

[trimacar]

Hmmm...interesting website on the Horch....and the fellow brags about quality of restoration, then on a 1935 roadster shows a close up of a door latch that obviously has some pitting that's been painted or plated over, and Phillips screws holding the plate in (in the US, those screws weren't available until about 1938, were they available sooner in Europe?)

One has to be careful with bragging vs. pictures shown.....

[MarrsCars]

Hmmm...interesting website on the Horch....and the fellow brags about quality of restoration, then on a 1935 roadster shows a close up of a door latch that obviously has some pitting that's been painted or plated over, and Phillips screws holding the plate in (in the US, those screws weren't available until about 1938, were they available sooner in Europe?)

One has to be careful with bragging vs. pictures shown.....

Just a quick correction that the "crosshead" or "self centering" screw was invented, or rather marketed, by Henry F. Phillips of Portland, Oregon after taking ownership of the design from it's original inventor who failed to find any interest for the idea. Phillips also invented the crosshead screwdriver to go right along with it as a means to speed up assembly line work. The first use was in the US in 1936 actually. Paul Brong Machine Works has a direct connection and is still in business and claims to still be using some of the original prototype screwdrivers even today!

BTW, did this car sell and what is it's status today?

Edited March 26, 2014 by MarrsCars (see edit history)