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The sale of a nondescript tract of land near a settlement between nothing and nowhere was the unlikely catalyst for a series of events that led to the chance discovery of one of the world’s largest ever automotive barn find treasure troves. It belonged to the late Oom Louis Coetzer, and with this latest discovery bringing the total number of cars now known to have been owned by him to more than 600 vehicles, it cements Coetzer’s place in history as amassing the biggest individual car collection ever chronicled in that country.
The find will be going under the hammer at the end of March with Creative Rides Classic & Collectibles Auctions. The company’s CEO Kevin Derrick said the 334-lot sale will feature approximately 200 cars from the collection that include Mercedes-Benzes, Chevrolets, Holdens, Fords, Cadillacs, Alfas, De Sotos, Porsches and BMWs. The remaining lots will comprise hundreds of items of automobilia, engines, spares, books, original workshop manuals and a wide variety of original body parts from bumpers to tail lights. This is on top of the 286 vehicles sold
