Horton Classic Car Museum collection up for auction

(Bowie News Online) - The Horton Classic Car Museum closed its doors in Nocona, and the collection of vehicles will go up for bid in the Mecum Auction in Houston on April 13 through 15.

The vehicles were recently posted on the Mecum website, and the popular museum closed on Feb. 22.

Pete Horton, who died in Aug. of 2022, built the museum and opened it in 2012 to showcase the more than 125 museum-quality classic cars he collected throughout his lifetime. Horton, a longtime Nocona businessman.

The collection includes iconic vehicles such as a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner Convertible, a 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback, and an exemplary 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible, as well as Horton’s extensive Corvette collection.

More information can be found here.