Bob Pond's car collection is a dream turned reality for most car enthusiasts. Over the last sixty years he has built an impressive empire of amazing vintage cars including high model luxury items. This article gives a background peek into his notable collection and the history of Bob Pond's collecting endeavors. Read more about Pond's car collection.
Pond left the Navy in October of 1945, aching to jump into the booming business of commercial aviation. But the family business called him back, and -- owing to that sense of obligation ingrained in all Midwesterners -- he signed back with Advance Machine Co., an organization, started by his grandfather Merritt Pond, that built floor polishers and industrial vacuum cleaners. Pond was the eighth employee. He went from bookkeeper to salesman in just six months, and the traveling required by the job was the perfect excuse to talk his family into buying an airplane -- a Cessna 180, then a 182, then larger and larger planes. A jet came in 1970, fulfilling both Pond's overseas expansion and flying dreams.
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