Finally............

Oh MY! Congratulations! What a trophy! Good luck on the hunt for the roadster version.

Congratulations on your purchase. It is a beautiful model.

Really beautiful model. Nice to snag it!

Always a good day when you can take possession of a long sought after model.

Beautiful. Persistence usually pays.

Very nice ! It is a gorgeous car and model of it.

Gorgeous in any scale! Good going!! 

Quite an impressive automobile and model .....

Some history ..........

History

Chassis 853558 is our feature car and its history remains somewhat of a mystery. The onset of war and allied bombing destroyed the Voll & Ruhrbeck factory in Berlin-Charlottenburg, leaving little in the way of ownership history or the original documentation. Fortunately, the car survived the chaos and was seized by the French government. A picture exists of the cabriolet with General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, head of France’s first army.

In the post-war era, the Horch was relocated to Switzerland and spend some time their before being offered by the Oldtimer Garage of Berne and selling to Dr herbert W Boyer in San Franciso. Painted black it was displayed at the 1988 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where its next owner, Robert M. Lee of Nevada first laid eyes on it.

In restored condition, the car was bought by Robert Lee for inclusion into his impressive collection in Nevada, USA. In 1997 he acquired the car and displayed it at the 1999 Pebble Beach Concours to complement the Horch Anniversary class. During this time he also had his foundation, RML Trust, search for the car’s history including the original date of manufacture. They wrote Rudolf Voll who worked at his uncle’s workshop but no information was available. Fortunately several original vintage photographs were sourced and used a reference for complete restoration.

Restoration

By 2006, work began on the Horch. RML Trust used the available photographs to bring the car back to original specification. This including fabricating both the front and rear bumpers which were missing their license plate holders. Furthermore, it was decided to change the car to a hue of metallic grey first offered by Horch. This was a modern homage to the iridescent paint first offered by Horch as an option that used fish scales in the lacquer paint to make it shimmer.

During the restoration almost all the body panels were retained. Only the hood needed to be fabricated with its twin rows of louvres. It took the foundation 2.5 years to complete the car details such as the intricate interior woodwork, Spinneybeck leather upholstery and chrome plating taking considerable work.

When completed, the Robert Lee chose to have his car first displayed at the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance were it ran flawlessly a couple days before the show. With 150 miles completed, it was subsequently displayed at Concours d’Elegance where became an easy choice for Best of Show.

Congratulations on the new addition to your collection. The only models I have of Horsches are in 1/24 scale by CMC. They are truly beautiful cars.

Congrats!!

...it's nothing I'd ever collect, but man-0-man, it's clearly gorgeous and well rendered.   It certainly has an impressive museum-like quality to it.  🤓 

Congrats! They are incredible models.

Congrats Joop! I have the top up version because the roof line is so sleek.