A happy New Year and a prosperous 2017
A happy new year and a prosperous 2017 Soon, after noon, we will be a year more experienced and our classics will be a year older. And if we just continue to collect days in 2017 and at least once a day...
Month December 2016
AMK 2016. A great year at Auto Motor Klassiek.
The accreditation of the Classic Motor Show in Bremen had just been handed to me, together with the press bulletin full of information. And the confirmation of the announcement that Walter Röhrl would give an extensive autograph session that special afternoon of February 5.…
Adjustment of addition to young timers from 1 January 2017
Drivers who also use a company youngtimer privately can expect a benefit in 2017. The additional tax for private use is reduced for motor vehicles that are 15 years or older. Until now, the maximum additional tax was 35%...
The Bosozoku: Classics on the bad path
Classics on the wrong path The 1% biker clubs, such as Angels, Satudarah, etc. are motorcycle clubs that you do not want to belong to if you have no trauma to compensate. But that these people have been busy since their inception...
Air-cooled show in Rosmalen: anniversary edition Aircooled Winterfest
A new edition of the Aircooled WinterFest will be organized in Autotron Rosmalen on January 7 and 8, 2017. The anniversary version celebrates the fact that the festival has been around for a quarter of a century. It is expected that many Volkswagen enthusiasts will be at the…
In the past ... the motorcycle market in 1948
So around New Year's Eve there is a lot of reflection. About what has gone and come. And we had such a moment when reading through the 'Motorcycle Handbook' - a sort of all-motorcycle... Actually, what the motorcycle market looked like at that time...
Motorcycles then: Everything used to be better
“Everything was better in the past” is a dead line. There used to be a few things that were clearer. But the classics that we like so much now? These represented the current state of technology at the time. Change oil to…
Austin Montego
The M-word If you - decades later - talk about an Austin Montego, Metro or Maestro in Great Britain, your British conversation partners will still kindly ask you 'Please don't mention the M-word'. Those type names mentioned – Metro, Maestro…
Tires
Diagonal tires and radial tires: the pros and cons Suppose you have restored your classic car from before the end of the sixties down to the last detail and are ready for new tires. The history of the vehicle has indicated…
Pete Estes
The muscle man Now that the enthusiasm for the muscle car is growing nicely - because honestly, what is more beautiful than a big, pounding and roaring V8? – it might be nice to know who…