Tags quality

The market forces and the enthusiasts

Here on this side of the screen, we like almost everything, but we have our stable preferences in terms of brands and types. We see it just like with relationships: You can float from one to the other, but if you stay with someone you get to know that person and if it goes well, you will appreciate it more and more.
Purchasing classics there

Opel Omega: An honest and delicious world car

Classics? That's about memories. The contractor from the Zoutelande area long before that song was made about that village. It was in the time that Zeeland Flemish contractors or larger Opels or Mercedes drove 200 diesels. Those were cars that were taken seriously enough in Zeeland without being seen as gaudy type.

180 or 120 Degrees? The Laverda triples

A Laverda 1000 three-cylinder engine does not yet reach 100 hp, but - at least according to the owner of the copy we photographed for AMK 12 - it is also too fast for the Netherlands. Within Laverda circles there is a mild battle between the owners of machines with the crank pins at 180 degrees and those with crank pins at 120 degrees. Yet this beautiful Executioner from Breganze represents a magnificent piece of motorcycle history where the people of Laverda bought a lot of stuff abroad because the Italian suppliers did not think the quality was good enough and because no agreements could be made with them...
Austin_Allegro_Equipe

The Austin Allegro: that will be a winner!

The Austin allegro was terrible at the time. The survivors receive some appreciation. Because the Austin Ellendro (German) was at the very least compromising in its time. The successful successor of the successful Morris 1100-1300 was by the men of British Leyland
De Tomaso

You can restore here

So, bottom line, it doesn't even have to be more expensive to have a restoration carried out here in the Netherlands. David Nieuwenhuis of DN Restorations from De Meern, for example, is one of the entrepreneurs who even returned to the Netherlands from Poland. Because the craftsmanship is still here. And because 'cheap' in practice all too often means 'expensive'. Whatever you decide: be well informed, make clear agreements and put them on paper.