Dutch DKWs gather. But what happened to Dutch museum cars?

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You liked yesterday's NSU Spider, didn't you? Well how about this then? Earlier this month, a big gathering of Auto Unions and DKWs took place in central Holland with some lovely two-seater convertibles attending. This was, in fact, the 44th International meeting of its kind, and regular contributor Karel Vermeer went over to have a look. He wrote: "There were about 200 cars from all over Europe" and as always, he shot some good photographs. We absolutely adore the Monza seen above, but also like the Mesiterklasse Coupe (we think) on old Dutch plates of picture number 2, the Danish F12 built by Baur of picture number 3 and that rare Meisterklasse Universal 'woody' of picture number 5. Oh, and how about that Swiss duo of 1000 SPs - both the coupe and the convertible, which always make us think of a miniature version of the Ford Thunderbird of its day? Thanks for sharing Karel.

Sadly, The Netherlands no longer houses the lovely Auto Union and DKW museum in the coastal town of Bergen, not too far from Amsterdamn. Until a few years ago this place was the life works of mister Henk Geerts, who's collection was officially acknowledged by Audi AG and a must-see for every Auto Union and DKW enthusiast. When mister Geerts passed away a couple of years ago, and with his daughters not sharing his interests, the doors were closed. We wonder what happened to the cars there..?

(Words editor, pictures Karel Vermeer)        

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