article_snippet: My dad started with just one car but became what we believe is the largest private collection of automobiles in the country.
article_snippet: the largest private collection of automobiles in the country began with just one car in the 1980s but became largest private collection of automobiles in the country .
article_snippet: the largest private collection of automobiles in the country contains a Soviet era Scud missile launcher.
article_snippet: We have spent many happy years amassing the largest private collection of automobiles in the country but the care and maintenance of the vehicles was getting a bit much. '
article_snippet: The value of the largest private collection of automobiles in the country is expected to run into several million pounds although the family say the family have not sat down and put an overall value on it.
article_snippet: the largest private collection of automobiles in the country will be sold over three separate auction days in April, May and June .
article_snippet: John Saunder's son Chris said: 'We have spent many happy years amassing the largest private collection of automobiles in the country but the care and maintenance of the vehicles the vehicles was getting a bit much.'The number of visitors has fallen but ironically as soon as We announced We are closing We have been busier than ever'
highlights_snippet: More than 150 cars, 60 motorbikes, a gyrocopter and a soviet rocket launcher are in the huge private collection .
  
highlights_snippet: Amid the Army tanks and old buses and more, the huge private collection's most sought after item is an Aston Martin Lagonda .