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Ronald Ray Hackenberger (born 1935/1936) is an American businessman and car collector. He started as a truck driver, and then ran his own trucking business, before moving into ranching, real estate, and hospitality. He bought his first
Photos of many of the cars auctioned in 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackenberger, Ron 1930s births Living people People from Norwalk, Ohio Businesspeople from Ohio American car collectors
Ronald Ray Hackenberger (born 1935/1936) is an American businessman and car collector. He started as a truck driver, and then ran his own trucking business, before moving into ranching, real estate, and hospitality. He bought his first Studebaker
Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 as the Studebaker Brothers M ...
at 15, and had a collection of over 700 vehicles, including over 250 Studebakers, which were all sold at auction in July 2017.
Career
Hackenberger worked as a truck driver before starting his own trucking business, growing to 100 trucks and trailers. Hackenberger sold the trucking business, and then bought a cattle ranch in Texas. He also expanded into hospitality and real estate businesses. He now has a campground and catering service business in Ohio.Car collector
Hackenberger started collecting cars in 1962. His first car was a 1948 Studebaker, which he bought when he was 15, with a loan from his grandfather. Apart from more than 250 vehicles made by Studebaker, the collection includesHudson
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s, Kaiser
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s and Packard
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s, British and Italian roadsters, and French cars such as Citroen DSs and 2CVs, also a DeLorean and a Bricklin SV-1
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. His muscle car
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s include a 1965 Ford Mustang
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, a 1966 Dodge Charger
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The first Charger was a show car in 1964. A 1965 Charger II concept car resembled the 1966 production version.
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, and a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda
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.
There are microcar
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s, such as Crosley
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s, a Nash Metropolitan
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It conforms to two classes of vehicle: economy car and subcompact car. In today's US terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompa ...
, a Goggomobil
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Glas produced three models on the Goggomobil platform: the Goggomobil T sedan, the Goggomobil TS coupé, and the Goggomobil TL ...
, Honda N600s and Z600s and a BMW Isetta
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. There are 1940s motorcycles, John Deere tractors, Jaguars, and a Cadillac ambulance that looks like it came "straight out of ''Ghostbusters''".
His Studebakers include Larks, Hawks, at least one Avanti, as well as horse-drawn buggies and wagons from the carmaker's early days.
Hackenberger had originally hoped to open a museum to display his car collection, before deciding to sell them. He sold all of his collection by auction, on July 15 and 16, 2017, in Norwalk, Ohio
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.
The auction raised over $2 million, with the top price being $37,800 for a 1947 Indian Chief
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motorcycle with sidecar, followed by $31,500 each for a 1965 Amphicar 770, a 1969 Jaguar E-Type
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Roadster, and a 1938 Studebaker pickup.
Personal life
He married Eunice in 1962, they have six daughters, and live in Norwalk, Ohio.References
External links
*Photos of many of the cars auctioned in 2017
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackenberger, Ron 1930s births Living people People from Norwalk, Ohio Businesspeople from Ohio American car collectors