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May / June 2016 Iowa Auto Recyclers
Inside this issue:
Van Horn's museum was a part of
North Iowa for over 17 years. Lloyd
Van Horn, the founder and proprietor of
Van Horn Truck Museum, opened in
1983, closed the door on Sept. 22, 2000.
At age of 69-year-old back then, Van
Horn said dwindling attendance was one
reason he called it quits. Van Horn's
“collection of collections” was headlined
by the 55 antique trucks on display.
Van Horn at the time had said "It's been
unreal," of the traffic at his museum
since his announcement to close. "We've
had more people here lately from Mason
City and Clear Lake than the previous
four years." Now at age 85, Van Horn
has amassed a much smaller scale per-
sonal museum of his own that he will be
sharing with the attendees of the Iowa
Automotive Recyclers Summer Outing.
Lloyd Van Horn founded Van Horn Auto
Parts, Inc., located at 20966 Monroe St
in Mason City, Iowa, in 1951 and is still
active in the company today along with
two sons, Terry who is the general man-
ager, Larry who is the parts manag-
er, and Terry’s wife Sue who is the office
manager.
But if you really want to see an expert
gleam with pride and knowledge held by
few, if any other individuals on the plan-
et, don’t miss an opportunity to ask Lloyd
about antique trucks. Lloyd himself told
the tale to a reporter in 1995 of how the
antique truck museum got started.
A Little Story on the Van
Horn Truck Museum by
Lloyd Van Horn
About 25 years ago, on a Saturday after-
noon, a friend talked me into going to an
antique auto auction with him. Up to that
point I had never collected antiques of
any kind, but I thought I would go with
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Van Horn Truckload of History