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Filling up a Spyker. But which Spyker?

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.

 

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vrijdag mei 29th, 2020
Ian Irwin
26 November 2022, 05:05
I have only recently discovered this documentation on the PreWarCar website. Regrettably I cannot assist in the identification of the particular car illustrated, except to say that it does not appear to be the survivor 7 hp Spyker of today.
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]
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Martin de Little
09 Juni 2020, 12:35
The car is lovely, but the watering can is a beautiful object in its own right. Judging by the bashing it has had, it is probably very much older than the car itself.
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Sasha Lanz
07 Juni 2020, 22:06
What is on the front fenders of the Spyker? It looks like it was drawn on the photograph.
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Mike Coe
07 Juni 2020, 15:56
Wow, really cool photograph !!!!!
Cheers
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Paul Wavell Ridgway
07 Juni 2020, 11:44
The lower photograph, of the car collecton, has two cars registered H-986, ho hum.
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Piet Geirnaert
31 Mei 2020, 19:40
Voor zover ik kan nagaan is dit wel degelijk dezelfde Spijker die via Riemer bij Louwman terecht is gekomen. Ik werkte in 1965 bij Louwman in Leidschendam als restaurateur, toen de collectie nog niet voor publiek toegankelijk was. Ik maakte toen een foto van het beschadigde embleem op de radiateur (samen met een lucifersdoosje voor de verhouding, zie foto), waar de S en de y zichtbaar beschadigd waren. Bij Louwman zit nog steeds dat embleem met die beschadigingen op het exemplaar in het museum. Op alle foto's hierboven en de catalogusafbeelding zijn dezelfde beschadigingen zichtbaar.
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Ariejan Bos
30 Mei 2020, 13:12
De oude schicht (or the old bolt of lightning).
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Henk Oost
30 Mei 2020, 01:11
In my opinion the Spyker as it is shown on the photo of the garage of Jan Verhoeff is NOT the actual Spyker in the Louwman museum - formely in the Automobiel Museum Driebergen.
There are to many details in difference lik scuttle, windscreen and mudguards. The Spyker of Jan Verhoeff has mudguards more modern than on the museum car. I can not imagine that in de 1950's it was "restored" to an older version when it came in te collection of G. Riemer.
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Ariejan Bos
30 Mei 2020, 13:10
There is a story, that Marten Toonder copied this Spyker for his Dutch cartoon series Olivier B. Bommel and Tom Poes (Oliver B. Bumble and Tom Puss). In this series it was Bommel's car, called 'De oude schicht' (The old bolt of lightning). Toonder was born and raised in Rotterdam, and would have passed regularly the garage of Verhoeff where the Spyker resided and would have been shown in their showroom now and then. There is doubt however if this story is actually true. Toonder had been acquainted with a cartoonist working forWalt Disney and his car is not unlike the cars drawn by Disney.
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Ariejan Bos
30 Mei 2020, 12:49
That is correct. The car on the right even isn't a Spyker, but a much rarer make: it's a Rolling or Rolling-Baby produced in small quantities by P. Dupressoir in Maubeuge (France). This make was sold in England as Averies. The car on the left is also uncommon, but more the model than the make. It's one of the larger models of Zedel.
The photo in the garage itself also is a intriguing mix of nationalities (5 in total!), the most interesting being the (Dutch made) Omnia on the far left and the large (American) Thomas on the far right.
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Arnoud van der Sman
29 Mei 2020, 11:40
I have a catalogue from 1969 from the Museum in Leidschendam that later changed name to the Louwman collection, , this seems to be the car,

according to the catalogue this Spyker is a 2 cyl from m 1906
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Rutger Booy
29 Mei 2020, 11:23
Auto garage Jan Verhoeff
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Rutger Booy
29 Mei 2020, 11:20
It seems to me as well that the photo on the website was taken at the Riemer museum in Driebergen, so this Spyker must have been sold to the Louwman collection. The photo is of a later date, because here is mrs. Verhoeff (with double f) already quite old. In addition, the license plate is loose on the car.

I do have a photo that the Spyker is still in the garage of Jan Verhoeff.
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Jaap ter Linden
29 Mei 2020, 08:03
Inderdaad intrigerende foto's. Opgenomen voor het automuseum in Driebergen. De auto moet dezelfde zijn die nu in Den Haag is. Wie mevrouw Verhoef is ? Geen flauw idee.
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The PreWarCar.com Team
31 Mei 2020, 15:43
Translation:

Intriguing photos. Taken in front of the car museum in Driebergen. The car must be the same one that is now in The Hague. Who is Mrs. Verhoef? I have no idea.
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Rutger Booy
29 Mei 2020, 07:29
The license plate H-986 was issued to her husband, Jan Verhoeff. He was a dealer in second hand cars , living in Rotterdam, from the early years of the previous century until the 1920s. Many cars passed through his hands, not only Spyker, but also many famous British, American and French makes.
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Karel Vermeer
29 Mei 2020, 06:33
I think the picture is taken in front of the car museum that was in Driebergen.
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