Het wereldwijde magazine en verkoopplatform voor liefhebbers van klassieke auto’s, door liefhebbers.
Het wereldwijde magazine en verkoopplatform voor liefhebbers van klassieke auto’s, door liefhebbers.
This is just another picture that seems intriguing, if only with little information. What we know is that the car is a Spyker and that the woman in that impressive fur coat is named Mrs. Verhoef. It was taken on March 11, 1960. That’s it.
Now, we know that we do have a loyal following of Spyker enthusiasts here at PreWarCar.com, so we wonder if you guys know a tad more about these images. Was Mrs. Verhoef a Spyker enthusiast herself, who used to drive her lovely car on a regular basis and did she manage to maintain it even herself? Or was the picture just taken by chance with the car that happened to be there?
The registration plate H-986, seen on the first picture only which seems to be put on the car without any attachments, is a so-called provincial plate. These were used before the early 1950s when the Dutch switched from a provincial to a national system when the H-number (for the province of South-Holland) became obsolete. But how about the car itself then? Is this the same vehicle?
Words by Jeroen Booij. Pictures Collectie Spaarnestad / WL Stuifbergen.
I am in Australia, where quite a few Spyker cars of the period 1905 to 1923, and a couple of Spyker trucks of the early to mid 1920s were sold.
I have a significant file of information, with period advertisements, records of agencies in Australia, and several photos of original Australian-owned Spyker cars that have survived. Five have been found in this country, all of which have long gone back to their country of origin. I am familiar with all five cars, and have correspondence going back over 50 years, that transpired between myself and the owners back then.
My own Spyker went back to Holland in 1970 when purchased by Max Lips. The engine number was 15001, and the chassis 15043.
The car was incomplete but was substantially intact. Despite trying for many years to establish what happened to it, I have not been able to locate where it is, who owns it now, and whether it has been rebuilt. I have many photos of it.
Can anyone please assist me to trace its location today? I would very much like to correspond with someone familiar with the surviving cars in the Museum today.
Ian Irwin. Canberra, Australia. email [email protected]