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About Author: Johannes Dutch
Posts by Johannes Dutch
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1999 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 Pickup – The World’s Finest Prepper Truck
Posted on August 18, 2025 | 34 Comments(first posted 8/14/2019) Body-on-frame, live axles with leaf springs, a manual transmission, and -above all- a big lump of a naturally aspirated diesel engine with a mechanical injection […] -
Fieldside Classics: Not Built For Comfort, Nor For Speed
Posted on August 17, 2025 | 16 CommentsNo towering on-highway rollers today, but a collection of classic farm tractors from Austria, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK. The old fieldworkers are presented in chronological order, we’re starting […] -
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Milheeze – Regional Truckage Assortment
Posted on August 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsMultiple straight trucks and semis were on display at the yearly held show in the southeast of the Netherlands, organized by a local truck drivers club. Walking along a grand […] -
Truck Show Outtake: 1995 Scania R143H-420 V8 Streamline 6×2 – What Truckers Wanted
Posted on August 6, 2025 | 14 CommentsFrom the late eighties to the mid-nineties, the Scania 3-series with a 14.2 liter V8 was the most longed-for new heavy truck in Europe. Three decades later, it has reached […] -
CC Global: Carnehl And Bulthuis Semi-Trailers – Dumpy
Posted on July 26, 2025 | 7 CommentsThree brand spanking new, ‘stand alone’ end dump semi-trailers, close together in the same lot. Not the agricultural type of trailer, but the ones that are mainly used by earthmoving […] -
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 8 CommentsThe other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […] -
CC Global: John Deere Tractors – Different Fields, Same Big Green Machines
Posted on July 13, 2025 | 17 CommentsJohn Deere 4WD farm tractors are a common sight in the Netherlands, both on- and off-road. Outside the city areas, you simply can’t miss them. That is, if you […] -
Curbside Find: 1990 Volkswagen T3 1.7 D, Typ(e) 247 – Doppelkabine Pritschenwagen
Posted on July 8, 2025 | 25 Comments(first posted 4/28/2018) The other day I caught this Volkswagen T3 double cab pickup truck in a temporary parking lot. It represents the last rear engined, rear wheel […] -
CC Global: Open House At F-Trucks Nederland – A Full-Size Ford Fiesta On The Longest Day
Posted on July 6, 2025 | 19 CommentsSince May 2024, F-Trucks Nederland BV is the official Dutch importer and distributor of the heavy-duty Ford trucks and tractors developed and built by Ford Otosan from Turkey. Their very-well-organized […] -
CC Global: Van den Broek’s B-Double – B2B Logistics
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 10 CommentsIt’s not that easy to take a clear side view picture of an entire ‘ecocombi’, a combination vehicle with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”). Someone or something […] -
Car Show Classics: Volvo Cars Smörgåsbord
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 12 CommentsAn abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid! -
Car Show Classics: 1960 Borgward Isabella Combi And 1970 Volkswagen 411 LE Variant – Kombi Variants
Posted on June 17, 2025 | 24 Comments(First posted 6/17/2019) Kombi, German and short for Kombinationskraftwagen. That’s a combination of a motor car and a (small) truck, perfectly capable of transporting both people and goods. And […] -
Car Show Classic: 1998 Peugeot 106 Rallye Phase 2 – Screaming Little Lion
Posted on June 15, 2025 | 19 Comments(first posted 3/5/2018) Maximum driving thrills at an affordable price, that’s the Peugeot 106 Rallye in a nutshell. Go-kart handling at its finest. As a matter of fact, […] -
CC Global: 1973 Hanomag-Henschel F45 And 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter – Same Class, 45 Years Apart
Posted on June 15, 2025 | 12 CommentsIn the late sixties, the German Rheinstahl conglomerate merged the commercial vehicle divisions of their Hanomag and Henschel subsidiaries into Hanomag-Henschel-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, with Daimler-Benz as a 51% shareholder. Shortly after, […]
![1999 Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 Pickup – The World’s Finest Prepper Truck (first posted 8/14/2019) Body-on-frame, live axles with leaf springs, a manual transmission, and -above all- a big lump of a naturally aspirated diesel engine with a mechanical injection […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_8296.jpg)
![Fieldside Classics: Not Built For Comfort, Nor For Speed No towering on-highway rollers today, but a collection of classic farm tractors from Austria, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK. The old fieldworkers are presented in chronological order, we’re starting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2952.jpg)
![CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Milheeze – Regional Truckage Assortment Multiple straight trucks and semis were on display at the yearly held show in the southeast of the Netherlands, organized by a local truck drivers club. Walking along a grand […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_3990.jpg)
![Truck Show Outtake: 1995 Scania R143H-420 V8 Streamline 6×2 – What Truckers Wanted From the late eighties to the mid-nineties, the Scania 3-series with a 14.2 liter V8 was the most longed-for new heavy truck in Europe. Three decades later, it has reached […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_4022.jpg)
![CC Global: Carnehl And Bulthuis Semi-Trailers – Dumpy Three brand spanking new, ‘stand alone’ end dump semi-trailers, close together in the same lot. Not the agricultural type of trailer, but the ones that are mainly used by earthmoving […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4223.jpg)
![CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4238.jpg)
![Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking (first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_7910.jpg)
![CC Global: John Deere Tractors – Different Fields, Same Big Green Machines John Deere 4WD farm tractors are a common sight in the Netherlands, both on- and off-road. Outside the city areas, you simply can’t miss them. That is, if you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_2663.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1990 Volkswagen T3 1.7 D, Typ(e) 247 – Doppelkabine Pritschenwagen (first posted 4/28/2018) The other day I caught this Volkswagen T3 double cab pickup truck in a temporary parking lot. It represents the last rear engined, rear wheel […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_6267.jpg)
![CC Global: Open House At F-Trucks Nederland – A Full-Size Ford Fiesta On The Longest Day Since May 2024, F-Trucks Nederland BV is the official Dutch importer and distributor of the heavy-duty Ford trucks and tractors developed and built by Ford Otosan from Turkey. Their very-well-organized […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_4215.jpg)

![Car Show Classics: 1960 Borgward Isabella Combi And 1970 Volkswagen 411 LE Variant – Kombi Variants (First posted 6/17/2019) Kombi, German and short for Kombinationskraftwagen. That’s a combination of a motor car and a (small) truck, perfectly capable of transporting both people and goods. And […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_7879.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1998 Peugeot 106 Rallye Phase 2 – Screaming Little Lion (first posted 3/5/2018) Maximum driving thrills at an affordable price, that’s the Peugeot 106 Rallye in a nutshell. Go-kart handling at its finest. As a matter of fact, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_5408.jpg)
![CC Global: 1973 Hanomag-Henschel F45 And 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter – Same Class, 45 Years Apart In the late sixties, the German Rheinstahl conglomerate merged the commercial vehicle divisions of their Hanomag and Henschel subsidiaries into Hanomag-Henschel-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH, with Daimler-Benz as a 51% shareholder. Shortly after, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_4041.jpg)


