1907 Spyker restoration

[SpykerOwner]

Another 1907 is being restored at the moment.

From this:
[ATTACH]9458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]9459[/ATTACH]

To this:
[ATTACH]9460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]9461[/ATTACH]

More info on facebook

[IVR007]

Is this the car Rob Spyker used to do his Peking to Paris drive or is it another 1907 car? The P2P car is based in New Zealand if I'm not mistaking

[SpykerOwner]

As far as I know this is another 1907 Spyker that will be as good as new.

[Spyker 007]

Is this the car Rob Spyker used to do his Peking to Paris drive or is it another 1907 car? The P2P car is based in New Zealand if I'm not mistaking

The original Peking to Paris car is in the Netherlands.

Nice find Hans!
Was the crankshaft that bad they had to make a new one??

[OnTheLam]

Super!

[SpykerOwner]

It turns out this Spyker is located in New Zealand

[Mattjs33]

Since there are only a handful of classic Spykers left in the world, (and most of them are in museums) it might be fairly easy to catalog them. We could make a "Classic Models" subsection of our Unofficial Registry, where we could build threads with photos and info of these cars. Is there interest here in doing that?

[amzamz]

I am sure they have chassis numbers! I would appreciate this, of course, but I will not have time to do it...

[IVR007]

That's a good idea. You've got to limit it to the cars that still exist: the old spijker must have produced over a thousand cars. There are about 14 of which I know their location, most of them are in the Louwman collection.

I can remember one thing: the C4 "Tenax" that set a new endurance record (30,000 km in 36 days) had chassisnumber C41, engine number 3201. I don't know whether that's the same C4 as Louwman now has...

[SpykerOwner]

Is there interest here in doing that?

There certainly is

[amzamz]

... a good start would be a comprehensive list of the 38 different Spyker models before 1925 (here). Unfortunately, there is no information given about production numbers. Is there access to written documents by Spyker Corp. (pre 1925)? In the case of Bugattis that is an invaluable resource, as chassis numbers, coachwork type and first owners could be found.

[chengliu]

It turns out this Spyker is located in New Zealand

[IVR007]

I just received my book about the old Spyker, it's called 'Spyker - A dutch Fabricate' from Wim Oude Weernink. It's a second edition, printed in 1998. Pretty hard to get your hands on a copy in good condition.



It's a fantastic historical book. When I have some time I'll will read it thoroughly and write a review here if wanted. Might be a great help in establishing an unofficial register (just as getting in touch with Louwman and/or the 'Trombenburg institute' in Wassenaar).

I think there is an english version as well, called 'Spyker - made in Holland' but I'm not sure whether that's the same book and availability might be even worse.

[IVR007]

There is a page at the end with an overview with all modelyears and production numbers. In short: between 1500 and 2000 cars and trucks were build (14 of them still exist). Some carriages have also survived. 110 airplanes and 200 aircraft engines were build as well.

[Aiglos91]

What have you paid for that one?
I might know a store where there also is one for sale