“And then inquiries started coming in from every capital city, especially Sydney and Melbourne. Then once it got advertised and promoted, we sort of had expectations of $120,000. “In the initial stages we thought it would get $50,000 to $80,000. Oshkosh Tractor made plans to purchase and move. The company was soon reorganized with as the La Crosse Tractor Company by merging Happy Farmer and the Sta-Rite Engine Company and continued to build Happy Farmer brand tractors until 1921. “What was probably worth nothing went for $200,000. Happy Farmer started producing tractors in Minneapolis in 1916. “It was just a family car, it drove the kids to school,” he said. He said he originally thought it would fetch $50,000 to $80,000. But it was all intact and that’s what made it special.” “It hadn’t run in 16 years and we were told to leave it like that for the auction, so it was covered in dust and dirt. Though the show was considered a good FLOCK SALE, -At the sale by auction of. There was a shelf built in front of it so you couldn’t even move it. “The car was parked in a corner covered in empty corn bags with a pool liner thrown over it,” he said. Young said it was his biggest sale in 25 years. “We knew it would be amazing but we never thought it would go to what it went to. He was a man with a list and it was always on his list to do but he’s never got to it. “It’s just sad that he didn’t get to restore it. “We were always made aware of what it is and what it meant to him. “It’s been parked in the garage but not forgotten, we all knew it was there,” she said. She took it everywhere – she was the main driver of it.” Usually Pop would buy a new car, then Dad would buy his old car off him.” “Dad a hard-working cane farmer, born and bred in Bundaberg,” she said, adding: “It was the first car he ever bought that wasn’t his father’s. Scherer’s daughter, Noeleen Schulte, said the family car had provided an amazing legacy. The car was eventually sold to a Sunshine Coast man. About 600 people attended the auction in person. The car attracted 300 to 400 inquiries, with interest from as far away as Bangkok. He died in December 2021 at the age of 82.Īn auctioneer, Bill Young, has now sold the rare 327 Monaro – the first Monaro to win Bathurst and only one of two to win the historic event – for an astonishing $200,000 but believed it could have fetched more. Sign in Checkout Wishlist Compare Account Sign in My account Wishlist Compare Checkout call for support +44 (0)1844 202432. He planned to restore it but never got around to it. An extensive range of classic and modern farm tractor and implements on scale model form, together with many other farming related items such as prints and DVDs. Late Bundaberg cane farmer Darryl Schererīut when she died in 2006 Scherer moved to a block of land on the outskirts of Bundaberg and put the car in a shed.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |