Iowa family to auction off classic car collection

JAMES: WELCOME BK.AC A SMALL NORTH CENTRAL IOWA TOWN WILL BE A HOTSPOT FOR CAR LOVERS THIS WEEKEND. RHA:EY IT WILL BE AUCTIONED F.OF 6:00 MARCUS MCINTOSH ROLLED INTO , WILLIAMS AND SHOWS US SOME OF THE CARS THAT WILL BE FOR SALE. MARCUS: SATURDAY, HERINE WILLIAMS, IT IS THE HEMKEN CLASSIC CAR AUCTION. SO COME TO TOWN AND YOU CA HAVE THE CHANCE TO BID ON A RLSOL ROYCE CLASSIC, LIKE THIS BETWEEN ONE. 65 AND 70 VEHICLES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK MOST ARE FROM THE- COLLECTION OF DARYL HEMKEN. THE- SON STEVE HEMKEN SAYS HIS FATHERS FIRST PURCHASE WAS THIS 1914 MODEL T. FROM THERE, HIS FATHER'’ HOBBY SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE. >> I DID NOT WATCH HIM. I WENT WITH EM.TH IT MADE ME A CAR GUY. I LOVE YOU. MARCUS: THE BEST PART WAS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FATHER. THE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES WILL HAVE MEMORIES ON BOARD ONE IN PARTICULAR MAY BE THE HARDEST FOR HIM TO PART WITH. >> THIS 1948 CHEVROLET. DAD HAS STARTED TO RESTORE IT, BUT HE DIED IN 2005. AFTER THAT, MOM RESTORE THIS CAR IN HIS HONOR. MARCUS: THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FROM THE AUCTION WILL GO TO MCPHERSON COLLEGE IN KANSAS FOR AN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPN HIS PARENTS NAMES. >> ONLY COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS A FOUR YEAR DREEGE PROGRAM FOR CAR RESTORATION. MARCUS:HE T AUCTION WILL BE AT THE FAMILY FARM IN WILLIAMS AND ONLINE THROUGH RICH PENN AUCTIONS. PENN SAYS HE IS ALREADGEY TTING INTEREST IN SOME OF THE VEHICLES FROM BUYERS IN A NUMBER OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. >> A CLASSIC, OLD-SCHOOL IOWA FARM AUCTION WITH A LOT HIGH TECH IN IT. MARCUS: CLAICSS CARS ONCE STORED IN A CAR MUSEUM IN WILLIAMS WILL SOON BE SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD. IN WILLIAMS, M

What took decades to collect, refurbish and restore should be gone in one afternoon.The Hemken Classic Car collection will auctioned off Saturday at the Hemken Farm in Williams.All the cars belong to Daryl Hemken."He started collecting in 1960," said Steve Hemken, Daryl's son.Steve Hemken says his father's first purchase was a 1914 Model T.From there, his father's passion for the classics hit cruise control."Throughout the '60s and '70s he brought home a lot of cars," Steve Hemken said. On Saturday, 65 to 70 of his father's classic cars will be auctioned off.The majority of the money raised will go to McPherson College in Kansas.Money that will endow a scholarship in the names of his parents Daryl and Ann Hemken. Daryl passed away in 2005, Ann passed last year."McPherson is the only college in the country with a 4-year degree program in car restoration," Steve Hemken said. The live auction is both in-person and online, through Rich Penn Auctions.

WILLIAMS, Iowa —

What took decades to collect, refurbish and restore should be gone in one afternoon.

The Hemken Classic Car collection will auctioned off Saturday at the Hemken Farm in Williams.

All the cars belong to Daryl Hemken.

"He started collecting in 1960," said Steve Hemken, Daryl's son.

Steve Hemken says his father's first purchase was a 1914 Model T.

From there, his father's passion for the classics hit cruise control.

"Throughout the '60s and '70s he brought home a lot of cars," Steve Hemken said.

On Saturday, 65 to 70 of his father's classic cars will be auctioned off.

The majority of the money raised will go to McPherson College in Kansas.

Money that will endow a scholarship in the names of his parents Daryl and Ann Hemken.

Daryl passed away in 2005, Ann passed last year.

"McPherson is the only college in the country with a 4-year degree program in car restoration," Steve Hemken said.

The live auction is both in-person and online, through Rich Penn Auctions.

Iowa family to auction off classic car collection

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