cott spent many hours restoring it to working condition, even saving two of the original wooden wheels, which had been preserved somehow by being submerged in the mire.
Scott's restoration skills are obvious in the condition of the cars.
He points out features such as the kerosene lantern headlights that needed to be lit individually and burned with a wick and flame as the car was driven, and the large, almost comedic-looking horn that, when squeezed, makes the classic "honk" sound.
Restoring these treasures is something he and son Bernard have done as a hobby for years.
"I find it medicinal," he said.
"The bug set in about 42 years ago, and it hasn't gone yet. I don't do engines though. I just love old cars, but I like veteran cars. I'm not fussed about those big Yankie things."
In a bay next to the main garage sits a tiny 1937 Austin 7 looking like something from a storybook, and is the first car Scott ever owned and still in perfect working condition too.
Used as his runabout to travel between Feilding and Palmerston North as a 15-year-old apprentice, he still gets this famous little piece of English history out and drives it today.
Other cars are driven too - Scott and his wife led the opening parade of the Napier Art Deco celebrations in one, and drive the others in conventions with other enthusiasts.
Retired now, Scott and his wife have decided it's time to sell.
Real estate agent Kevin Sheppard said the Awanui Drive house was one of the more unusual properties he had represented.
"Not many homes come onto the market with that kind of specialist space," he said.
Scott said he and his wife needed to downsize the house.
"There are some old friends that will certainly be moving with us," he said.
"I only said it was the house that we needed to downsize."
