Auto Collectors Garage
Classic cars at sunset beneath the American and Texas flags

Classic car & truck specialists · Round Top, Texas

The classics, honestly told.

Fifty years of buying, selling and living with collectible cars. Every listing is driven, photographed and described in plain English — so you know exactly what's coming home with you.

50+Years in classics
1,200+Cars placed with collectors
Round Top, TXVisit the showroom

Current inventory

Featured this week

A rotating selection of cars, trucks and oddities from our shop floor. Click through for the full photo set, walkaround video and condition notes.

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What we do

More than a dealership.

We've been in classics long enough to handle every part of the deal — finding, selling, financing and getting it to your driveway.

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Curated Sales

Every car we list is inspected, driven and photographed thoroughly — no surprises, no glamour shots covering rust. What you see is what you get.

02

Consignment

Let us place your classic with the right buyer. We handle marketing, vetting, paperwork and transport so you don't have to.

03

Financing

Specialty classic-car loans through our lending partners — competitive rates, terms built for collector vehicles, quick approvals.

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Worldwide Shipping

Door-to-door enclosed transport anywhere in the country, and export logistics for buyers overseas.

Ken and Kathy Dougherty, founders of Auto Collectors Garage

Founder's Story

The man behind the cars.

Ken Dougherty has been a car nut since he was three years old. Long before he could read, he was riding shotgun around Houston, calling out the year and make of every car they passed. By ten, he'd taught himself to drive.

In 1990, he turned that lifelong obsession into a business — built with his wife Kathy as co-founder, and built on a single idea: honesty. Decades and cars-on-six-continents later, that's still the whole point.

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From the shop

Recent news

Jun 26, 2026

The First Drive Always Tells the Truth

There's a moment, right after you turn the key and the engine settles into its idle, when a classic car tells you everything about the life it's lived. The throaty rumble of a small-block V8. The mechanical honesty of a manual gearbox. The way a well-kept chassis tracks straight and true down an open road.

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Collector advice

Talk to Ken before you buy someone else's car

A $195 inspection will tell you the water pump is weeping and the left rear tire is cupped, and none of that tells you whether the car is worth owning at the price you're about to pay.

Ken has been buying, selling and living with classics for 50 years, and he's placed 1,200 of them with collectors on six continents. Send him the listing, the photos and the VIN, and he'll tell you what he would pay, what he would want to see underneath it, and whether the money you're planning to put in ever comes back out. When a car is wrong, he says so and saves you the drive.

He isn't selling you this one, so there's nothing in it for him except telling you straight.

Pre-Purchase Review, $350 for one car.

Collector guide

How to register & inspect a classic car in Texas

Antique vs. Classic vs. Custom plates, the 25-year rule, inspection exemptions, bonded titles, and the FAQ we get asked every week — written from 50 years of walking paperwork through Texas county tax offices.

New arrivals

See cars before they hit the floor.

One short email when something interesting comes in. No spam, no marketing fluff — just the car, the price, and a few honest photos. Unsubscribe with one click.

Auto Collectors Garage exterior

Visit / contact

Stop in. Kick the tires. Stay for the stories.

We love showing the shop off in person. Call ahead and we'll have the coffee on and a few cars warmed up. Friday through Sunday by appointment.

Halfway between Austin and Houston, just off US-290
Austin ~1.5 hrs · Houston ~1.75 hrsGet directions →
Showroom
Round Top, Texas
Mon – Thu, 10 – 3
Fri – Sun by appointment
Financing
Specialty classic-car loans through our partners. Ask us about pre-approval before you fall in love.