![Varkenshandel Tijs Haarle B.V. from the east of the Netherlands specializes in pig trading, the company name says it all. One of their vehicles was present at a September 2026 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5460-115x115.jpg "2018 Scania S500 6×2*4 Livestock Truck – A Triple-Decker With a Liftable Roof")
![Twin-steer, a dual drive tandem with planetary drive axles, leaf springs all around, a powerful turbodiesel, and all that completed with a fully up-to-date day cab. This DAF in factory-demo-red […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5863-115x115.jpg "2024 DAF XFC 530 FAD 8×4 Dump Truck – A Modern Traditionalist")
![In 1996, DAF Bus International acquired the esteemed Frisian coachbuilder Smit (generally referred to as Smit Joure). At that point, DAF Bus was already a division of Paccar the VDL […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5908-115x115.jpg "1997 Smit Orion Grand Luxe – A Coach Reunited With Its Team")
![Quite a few young, light-hearted Twingo owners showcased their little Renault cult classic at the recently held, 2026 edition of the ‘Renaultoloog Meeting & Markt’ in the south of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5647-115x115.jpg "First Gen Renault Twingo Collection – In The Happy-Go-Lucky Zone")
![My personal favorite of the 2026 ‘Heart For DAF Days’ event, held on October 3 and 4, must be Cattoor’s DAF truck and trailer combination. Sure, the classic stand-alone tractors […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5927-115x115.jpg "A Classic Shipping Container Combination – DAF in Full")
![A trio of identical Mercedes-Benz Actros 6×4 tractors, neatly arranged at a September 2026 truck show in the east of the Netherlands. The one on the right was first registered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_5538-115x115.jpg "Mercedes-Benz Actros 3358 – A Triple Of Three-Pointed Stars")
![The 2026 edition of the ‘Heart For DAF Days’ will be held on October 3 and 4. A must-visit, as you can imagine. I still have some unposted pictures in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_3514-115x115.jpg "The Remains Of The 2024 Heart For DAF Days")
![Back to the eighties with a light truck model that had just started its career and a small cargo van from its last production year. The Renault B-series (‘Gamme B’) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_5744-115x115.jpg "1984 Renault B70 And 1988 Renault 4 F4 – The Newcomer Carries An Old-Timer")
![This lime green, rear-engined beastie stood out in the temporary parking area next to a Renault gathering, recently held in the south of the Netherlands. The 1977 Simca 1000 Rallye […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_5750-115x115.jpg "1977 Simca 1000 Rallye 2 – Not As Green As Grass")
![At first sight, the extra long and heavy ‘ecocombi’ I caught the other day appears to be a standard B-double, but there’s more to it. The second trailer may look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_5516-115x115.jpg "Shipping Container Ecocombi – One Big Rig, Four Vehicle License Plates")
![Since August 2021, MAN Truck & Bus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Traton Group, which in turn is a daughter company of the Volkswagen Group. The production of commercial […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2439-115x115.jpg "Classic Trucks And Tractors By Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (M.A.N.) And Heinrich Büssing")
![To mark the 80th anniversary of the ANWB Wegenwacht, the Visscher Classique car museum in the Netherlands is holding a temporary exhibition of all kinds of classic and modern road […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_5368-115x115.jpg "A Pictorial History Of Dutch Roadside Assistance Vehicles – Two-Wheelers And Four-Wheelers, But No ATVs")
![In 1957, eight years after the Van Doorne crew started the production of rolling chassis, DAF introduced their first heavy-duty chassis-cab, known as the 2000-series of trucks and tractors. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_3443-115x115.jpg "1967 DAF A 2200 DO 505 Flatbed Truck – Raising The Bar")
![Early July, the Dekkers family business took delivery of their latest Volvo fleet member, an FH Aero 6×2*4 truck with a hooklift hoist. New to the job, but it already […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_5320-115x115.jpg "2026 Volvo FH Aero 6×2*4 Hooklift Truck – I Have Just Started Rolling")
![Every year, Bakker Bedrijfswagens -a multi-location DAF dealership- presents a special edition of a heavy DAF tractor under the High Performance label. Two years ago, they paid tribute to the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_2714-115x115.jpg "Two DAFs, Three Engines – Honoring The Bull (And The Bear)")
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