A Dutch display at a Dutch event with a Dutch BMW…

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Chauvinism is a strange thing. An unreasonable belief in the superiority of one's country and area. Most of us have some kind of feeling for it, related to the cars we own or cherish. Your editor is no different, but as a Dutchman, the options are rather limited: Spyker is of course well-known, as are DAF and perhaps Eysink, Burton and Donkervoort.

However, there are also Dutch companies that were coachbuilders in the pre-war and early post-war era. Still a rarity to see one, but at least there are a few to boost our Dutch self-confidence.

At the International Concours d'Elegance in the former royal palace of Soestdijk (where else!) they come together when there is an exhibition of 14 cars with bodywork built in the Netherlands.

One of the cars is an absolutely stunning 1935 BMW 315 with coachwork by Pennock from The Hague, which had been missing for a long time. But thanks to this theme at the concours, it was brought back to the Netherlands for restoration after being found in a storage box in Germany, and will now be on display at Soestdijk for the first time.

BMW 315 by Pennock

The 315 was originally bought through the Dutch importer Hart Nibberig & Greeve in The Hague, and Pennock was commissioned to build the body a year later. The car was used for a long time in the Netherlands and on international trips. It was sold in the post-war period to a person from Germany who restored it, used it and wanted to restore it again, but never finished it.

It was Jan-Peter Nijmeijers, the organiser of the Concours d'Elegance who was researching cars built with Pennock bodies and found a photo of the car online and became intrigued. He found out through a friend that a similar car was for sale in the US, but it turned out to be exactly the same car as in the pictures, which was in a storage box in Germany and because travel/shipping was difficult due to the Covid pandemic, was still in storage here. The owner had never finished the restoration and the car was in parts. Jan-Peter soon found a Dutch collector who, like your editor, has a chauvinistic view on things and bought the car. He immediately started a thorough restoration. The car is now fully restored and will be on display at the event.

Other cars with Dutch bodywork at the show are:

1907 Spyker 20/28 with a body by Spyker from Amsterdam

1914 FN 24PK with a body by Pennock Den Haag

1922 Spyker Double Twelve replica with a body by Autotron (rebodied in 1976)

1928 Lincoln Model L dual phaeton with a body by Schutter & van Bakel Amsterdam

1936 Bentley 4.5 litre with a body by B. Veth & Zoon Carrosseriefabriek Arnhem

1936 Lancia Artena with a body by Van Rijswijk from Den Haag

1939 Bugatti T57 Berline with a body by B. Veth & Zoon Carrosseriefabriek Arnhem

1939 Mercury Kwik with a body by Schutter & van Bakel Amsterdam

1947 Delahaye 135 MS with a body by Pennock Den Haag

1947 Delahaye 135 M with a body by Pennock Den Haag

1948 Delage D6 with a body by Pennock Den Haag

1948 Delahaye 135 MS with a body by Pennock Den Haag

1948 Bentley MK VI with a body by Chr. A. Roos Den Haag

1949 COTURA #3 with a body by Coos van der Tuyn Racing from Rotterdam

1950 Talbot Lago T26 with a body by B. Veth & Zoon Carrosseriefabriek Arnhem

1957 Hirondelle #2 with a body by Henk van Zalinge

Tickets for this amazing Concours d'Elegance in the weekend of 26 to 28 of August are available via this link.

The PreWarCar.com and PostWarClassic.com team will be present during the event and will share pictures on the websites for those who cannot make it. But seeing them in ‘the flesh’ is always better, so we hope to see you there!

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