By Michael Kaplan
AUTHOR’S NOTE
I met Nat in 2005, when I was developing the premier private auto racetrack club now known as the Monticello Motor Club. He seemed to know everything about fast cars and the people involved with them. He was invaluable in guiding and introducing me around. And he immediately took to selling six-figure memberships - even before there was a track to drive on!
On his first day of work up in Monticello, when we were just starting to build the 4.3 mile grand prix style track, another employee got his Land Rover Discovery stuck in a big patch of mud where the off-road driving at Monticello Motor Club is now located. Nat jumped out of his ‘vintage’ Range Rover, pulled his fishing waders out of the back, walked out into the mud with his winch hook in hand, and pulled the Discovery back to dry land…and then neatly shed the rescue gear and turned in his still-spotless button-down shirt to meet a potential Club member who’d just arrived in a Ferrari 458.
…We’ve been friends ever since! He’s as earnest, diligent, and tireless as they come…and in the twenty years I’ve known him he’s talked me out of buying more cars than he’s recommended!
“I’ve always been into everything with a motor that makes it go…and usually the faster the better,” Nat Mundy declares. “I grew up in Bedford and was driving ATVs and motorcycles, on and off-road, since I was…too young to, even now, tell you how old I was! I went to Pound Ridge Elementary School and then to Eagle Hill - or The Southport School as it’s now known. I always felt like I was in the shadow of my older brother, who went to Brunswick, even though I went to high school at King Low Heywood and then Westminster - where my grandfather went. I guess I made up for how I felt by doing some wild and crazy things just to get more attention, and by learning to outwork everyone else at whatever it was that I was doing.”
“I went to Hobart thinking I wanted to be an architect, and finished their 5-year program in 4 years - with a final term in Australia,” Nat says with a characteristic smirk. “Right after college I got a job at a high-flying Wall Street firm as a trader in equity markets and selling what’s known as ‘144’ securities for corporate insiders. It was a good experience for me getting comfortable dealing with high net worth individuals. …But I’m better being my own boss.”
“Ever since I was a teenager I was always all-in trying to make money in just about any entrepreneurial venture I could find. I had a delicatessen and catering business, and I guess you could say I entered the automobile industry when I took over operating the Midway concession at Lime Rock Park,” Nat jokes. “But quite seriously, I’ve always been buying and selling cars…and motorcycles…and boats…and bicycles, if you want to go back that far, and I’ve always figured that focusing my career in the high-end automotive industry would be ‘doing what I loved’!”
I’ve always figured that focusing my career in the high-end automotive industry would be ‘doing what I loved’!
“In 2005, when I started getting involved with the whole world of guys who were joining Monticello - or what you were then calling The Drive & Race Club - I knew I’d found my sweet spot! Every day was more fun than the last! You set me free to sell memberships, and I got to tap into the universe of high-end car collectors. The whole experience was big for me, and I still have dozens of current customers who I met through the Club,” Nat says appreciatively.
“In 2006, I co-founded Grand Prix, the indoor karting and entertainment center off Route 117 in Mt. Kisco. I ran that business for a decade, and did well selling my equity in the business - particularly well if you consider that a professor at Hobart gave me a ‘C’ on ‘Grand Prix’ when I submitted it as a business plan back in college.”
“In 2007, I started my car storage business, which I still operate out of the HK location at 333 North Bedford Road in Mt. Kisco, and with additional capacity at other locations,” Nat continues the description of his automobile industry background. “And, overlapping with my time at Grand Prix, from 2011 to 2020, I went back to work for Monticello Motor Club as an executive involved in business development and sales. I used my time there getting to know as much about high-end automobiles and as many of the folks who like to own them as I could. …And along the way I’ve had a ton of fun doing things like getting my first look inside the Ferrari factory, driving the Baja, racing a Volvo 544 in the vintage race at La Carrera Panamericana, and most recently being in the pit at The Le Mans 24 Hour with our Glickenhaus SCG007 Hyper Car.”
Nat has carved-out a unique niche in the business of getting folks into the cars of their dreams…
His dealership, HK Motorcars, specializes in sales of a variety of different classes of cars—new and used—all with a focus on car enthusiasts and collectibility.
On the fun-having front, HK sources off-road classics and restores them for a demanding clientele. They recently sold-out of a series of 40 G-Wagen based ‘HK G-Cabrio’ four-door soft-top restorations, and are now working on a modern take on the Ford Bronco under the brand Vintage Modern Classics.
“We’ve delivered enough Broncos to Nantucket - or actually we can’t call them Broncos, and are only allowed to point out how they do evoke the Bronco image - that people there must be thinking it’s some kind of a native species!” Nat remarks. “Let’s face it, a lot of the vintage trucks were actually shitboxes…and we’re turning-around vehicles with all the nostalgia of the favorites, but with all the advantages of modern safety, performance, and comfort. It’s a winning formula for a lot of uses.”
For the more serious enthusiast, Nat’s dealership also specializes in the leading edge of the luxury car market: bespoke, collectible, and low production-number cars. HK Motorcars is the exclusive dealer for nine world-renowned brands: Glickenhaus, SSC North America, Kimera, Touring Superleggera, Gunther Werks, Nardone, Fifteen Eleven, Vintage Modern, and Eccentrica.
Based on Nat’s longstanding relationship with the legendary Jim Glickenhaus, HK Motorcars is the exclusive dealer for Glickenhaus’ ‘small-batch’ production of street-legal center-seat supercars and Glickenhaus’ unique MPV known as The Boot. The entire production of the Glickenhaus 004 three-seater supercars is sold out through 2025, but Nat is presently working with buyers to customize the limited production in the works for 2025 at prices ranging from $480k to $800k. The Glickenhaus 007 supercar made podium at Le Mans in 2022…and Nat is the guy who can put one of these in your garage! The run of Boot MPVs were sold at a price of approximately $300k, and HK Motorcars is taking orders now for the next run of 50 due in 2027.
HK is the exclusive distributor in the U.S. for SSC North America and their hypercar, the TUATARA. Manufactured in Washington State, it’s the fastest production street-legal automobile available, with a top speed record of 284 miles per hour! Only 5 of these are out there so far! #6 will have a price tag of $2M.
And HK represents several ‘restomods’ - which are present-day recreations of historic favorites…
The KIMERA EVO37, created in 2021, is an homage to the Lancia 037 Group B rally car. One of the most famous Italian race cars of all time, the 037 is legendary for being the last rear-wheel drive car to win the World Rally Championship, doing so back in 1983. The Kimera EVO37 is essentially a completely modern recreation of the original rally car, remaining faithful to its architecture and design, while incorporating all-new materials and technology.
The NARDONE, created by a family-owned coachbuilder in Italy, is an homage to the Porsche 928…only it’s better in every way than the original.
The 1511 914, from a UK manufacturer, which is an homage to the Porsche 914…but made with modern Cayman internals and brakes, capable of 175 mph and 450-550hp - with a price tag of only $550k.
And the ECCENTRICA, a most striking restomod of a first-generation Lamborghini Diablo, with a price tag of $1.45M. Featuring a 550-horsepower, 5.7-liter V12 engine and a six-speed manual transmission. Its design includes: 19-inch wheels, LED running lights, a reimagined interior that blends classic elements with modern technology—and a “Bull-like” personality. Only 19 units will be produced, with deliveries starting in the summer of 2025.
“We also represent customers in selling and acquiring cars, and in managing car collections,” Nat explains. “While we can facilitate transactions on Bring-A-Trailer or any other auction site, we’re pleased to act as an honest dealer in facilitating a direct transaction between buyer and seller. A good portion of our pre-owned sales are done with repeat clients—but no matter what, we have a track record of consistently beating the market average when it comes to used car prices in the consignment arm of our business.”
“Also, in some circumstances, we take ownership of vehicles, either to add them to our HK Collection, or with the intention of resale. One example of a special car we have in inventory is the 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT ‘L-Series’. It was delivered new in Italy and is largely original, with the exception of being painted red back in the 1980s. Being an ‘L-Series’ means the car was a very early model in the production run, so it has some unique quirks that make it more desirable than later Dino 246s. We plan to return it back to its original yellow color later this year.”
And as if that doesn’t sound like enough going on - even with the capable staff at HK - Nat has now also embarked in the business of what he calls ‘Cartainers’. Nat owns the patent on these glass-walled steel-framed security-systemed auto transport trailers, which double as showcases at auto and other events, and can also be used as ‘zoning-proof’ storage containers in anyone’s backyard. It’s essentially a sealed, self-contained garage space with full HVAC and optional hurricane-proof glass. He’s already leased them to Barrett-Jackson and other major automotive events, and there are currently talks with Porsche to lease several of them for events across the U.S. Nat offers, “…They start at $49k a piece, so they’re less expensive - and far more fun - than building a garage!”
“My job is showing cars at the best car shows in America and Europe, attending all kinds of vintage and performance races and events, mingling with the car craziest crowd I can find, learning everything there is to know about everything auto, and buying and selling some of the finest automobiles in the world!” Nat proclaims. “What could be better than that?”
As featured in the March/April 2025 issue of Bedford & New Canaan Magazine