Gosford Classic Car Museum

[Express]

The Gosford Classic Car Museum opens today.

http://gosfordclassiccarmuseum.com.au/









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[Carrion]

Wow, that GT is porn.

[Mechan1k]

It's the only Black Phase 3 in existence isn't it?

[phat_stak_tipa]

Wow! Is this place new? Will have to get out for a look soon.....

[JDSOTI]

Nice Collection would love to take the Sprint up there for a run and check it out!

[turbo4]

Had a look the car list on the website, there has to be ten's of millions of dollars worth of cars there. It looks like car enthusiast heaven.

[FPV+fteT3]

Originally Posted by turbo4

Had a look the car list on the website, there has to be ten's of millions of dollars worth of cars there. It looks like car enthusiast heaven.

It represents a @70M investment in cars. The owner is a self made millionaire who made his money in the late 80's, 90's setting up a used car business in the emerging from communist rule Russia. He was importing used cars from the US and simply could not get enough of them to meet the demand. He is worth @$400M and decided in the last couple of years Putins policies had almost ruined his business model and it was time for him to return home to Australia.

[Express]

For those that have Facebook there are a lot of photos, info and some video here if you’re after more details.

https://www.facebook.com/gosfordclassiccarmuseum/


They've been working on getting this up and running for sometime, it's located in the old Bunnings site in Stockyard Place at West Gosford off Manns Road.

[FPV+fteT3]

Background story on the owner and cars below,

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/39...-video/?cs=305

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/39...o-poll/?cs=305

[HULK EF]

I took my 2 yo son on the 930 am on opening morning...

My head was spinning apon entry with overwhelmimg Automotive erotica!!!

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by FPV+fteT3

It represents a @70M investment in cars. The owner is a self made millionaire who made his money in the late 80's, 90's setting up a used car business in the emerging from communist rule Russia. He was importing used cars from the US and simply could not get enough of them to meet the demand. He is worth @$400M and decided in the last couple of years Putins policies had almost ruined his business model and it was time for him to return home to Australia.

Inspirational story right there. Who knew one could make that much coin as a used car salesman. Why did he have to set it up in gosford? Last time I drove there, there was nothing to see at all, and nicknamed it Ghostford ever since.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by FPV+fteT3

It represents a @70M investment in cars. The owner is a self made millionaire who made his money in the late 80's, 90's setting up a used car business in the emerging from communist rule Russia. He was importing used cars from the US and simply could not get enough of them to meet the demand. He is worth @$400M and decided in the last couple of years Putins policies had almost ruined his business model and it was time for him to return home to Australia.

A family friend did the same in Germany when the wall came down in Berlin, although he was selling new cars, was loaded as business boomed. Details are hazy as I was 15, but he is no longer loaded, apparently was too generous with trade in prices on Trabis (competing for business I guess) and went broke when business returned to normal levels and he had a yard for of cars no body wanted..

[gcg2503]

Can someone please post pictures of the Landau they have there!

[Sioso]

There is some nice stuff parked in there.
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/i...30-gp7ot5.html

If you're one to get excited about a visit to Bunnings Warehouse, put this place on your to-do list.

There's a new tourism attraction in Gosford, on the NSW Central Coast. It's called the Gosford Classic Car Museum and is home to one of the world's biggest private car collections, with over $70 million worth of metal. The museum is housed inside a warehouse formerly belonging to the hardware chain, and still sports its ubiquitous red, green and white colour scheme. The internals have been stylishly re-fitted with polished concrete floors and carpet aisles.


Sam Charlwood tours one of the most impressive car museums you're likely to come across.

Filling the huge floor space is some 450 vehicles hailing from all corners of the globe. Australia, the US, UK, Italy and Germany feature strongly across the museum, but by the same token there are small niches such DMC Deloreans and Goggomobils covered off as well.

And like your typical Bunnings, everything in store is for sale.

"I come in here and I'm still in awe," says museum owner Tony Denny, a now-Gosford local.
Star attraction: the Gosford museum features a rare Onyx black Ford Falcon GTHO Phase 3.


Denny is a car entrepreneur who made his fortunes selling all but 23 per cent of his share in AAA Automotive, Europe's largest used car network recently. The €220 million sale means Denny, in his own words, can afford to spend nonsensical hours furrowing through EBay and Gumtree pages acquiring new vehicles for the Australian collection.

"A lot of it is about the thrill of the chase," the approachable and totally unassuming owner tells Drive. Denny also dabbles in real estate and is midway through developing 450 new apartments nearby.

There are some vehicles Denny just had to have for the museum – his $5 million Ferrari LaFerrari being one – though most have been acquired with a view of profiting from their sales. He points to his noggin when asked how he keeps so much intel on future classic values, but also cites the 2000 or so analysts who work under the AAA Automotive global empire.
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"People might think it's a little bit crazy but there is a business case behind every car," he says.

"We haven't gone to extreme lengths, if it was too hard we just didn't pursue certain cars. We just walked away unfortunately. I like cars and I love the diversity here but there is just a certain point where you've got to walk away.

"Every car that's here, there is an investment decision behind it. I wanted a museum to share my passion with everyone, but there still is an investment decision. Many of the cars here are a one to five-year hold."

Denny and his 25-year-old nephew spent 18 months piecing together the Gosford collection. Denny would typically find a lead abroad or in Australia, sometimes sending his nephew on long, protracted missions to seal the deal.

"To buy 450 cars we actually had to purchase about 5000 cars and whittle our way down to the selection you see here today," Denny says.

"We looked in the newspapers, we had people with car collection contact us and generally we were proactive looking for these cars in the market place."

"What does 450 cars mean? It's probably one of the biggest in the world, certainly inside the top five. What we'll try to achieve here is a broad range of cars."

Denny's definition of broad is hardly open to interpretation. The museum is home to all sorts, from an extremely rare 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S to a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL or classic Corvette Stingray.

For Australian enthusiasts, the collection includes an extremely rare factory-painted Onyx black Ford Falcon GTHO Phase 3, a HSV W427, a pair of mint Toranas (XU-1 and SLR5000) and one of the original HSV GTS-Rs with only 8000km on the odometer.

Ask Tony his favourite car and his face beams: "The EK Holden with 9000 genuine miles and the picnic seats at the back. It's just beautiful and I love it. That and also the HR Premier X2: our family had a HR, we grew up with HR – it was the basic model and you'd see a Premier version and think 'if only'. To get a HR Premier X2 original is just excellent."

Denny enjoys cars from all walks but, having grown up to Holdens and Fords in North Sydney, has a soft spot for locally made vehicles. For this reason his point about everything being for sale is arguable; you get the feeling willing buyers would need to part with major cash to acquire some of the Aussie heroes.

The museum is located in West Gosford and is open seven days a week. Admission is $20 for adults, $15 for car club members and $12 for children and concessions. Plans are well developed on opening an in-house 1950s-themed café. Rest assured the Bunnings sausage sandwich won't be on the menu.

More information is available at http://gosfordclassiccarmuseum.com.au/
Fast facts: Gosford Classic Car Museum

*Site purchased 2015, vehicle acquisition commenced in June 2015

*Most expensive purchase: Ferrari LaFerrari (circa $5 million)

*95 per cent of the collection has been purchased within Australia

*35 Ferraris featured in the exhibit make up approximately 30 per cent of the value of the entire collection

*Full memorabilia store attached to the museum

[Boza]

If all the stuff is for sale I think it's more of a showroom than his collection saying that still an awesome place to visit.

[LoudPipes]

Originally Posted by gcg2503

Can someone please post pictures of the Landau they have there!

I looked through all the photos on their website and Facebook page and couldn't find any of it.

Maybe someone who's been to the museum has snapped a photo of it and could post it up.

[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by LoudPipes

I looked through all the photos on their website and Facebook page and couldn't find any of it.

Maybe someone who's been to the museum has snapped a photo of it and could post it up.

I have done the same in the past too!

[bangm001]

Yeah awsome collection!! When you read though that each purchase was made as an investment.... He cant be a True car guy then can he!!?? That GT sold for over a million AU$ correct?

[buggo]

He can still defininitly be a car guy, just a real smart car guy not wanting to blow or lose all his money. Not many people will ever be able to say they own any one of the cars this guy has, and he has over 500 to himself.

I defs cant wait to check it out once the hype dies down a bit. There's some cars that I'll never see again in my life and they happen to be 20 minutes from home for me.

[nstg8a]

While bowdons wouldn't have the quantity I wonder where it places on value?


I would love to check this place out, might have to add it to the bucket list.

[Ben73]

Maps says it's 1 hour from my house, and I have a 4 day weekend. I guess I know what Ill be up to this weekend