Welcome
Thank you for your interest in classic cars by Mercedes-Benz.
I am a private collector of classic Mercedes-Benz cars and have cars dating from 1912 to the 1960's. Some of the cars I have restored to its former glory and some I bought already restored.
Parts for sale
If you are looking for certain parts there is a good chance that I can locate them for you and point you in the right direction.
Cars for sale
Some of my cars are indeed for sale. I often drive one for a few years and then move on to a different model. Sometimes I also have cars for sale that aren't mine.
Literature & Automobilia
I have a vast library of spare parts books, manuals, etc. I also have some photocopies of these. I have several warehouses where I keep my cars and any enthusiast is welcome to view them, but I must insist on prior arrangements, mainly because some cars are kept at different locations for security reasons.
Again, thank you for your interest in classic Mercedes-Benz and happy motoring.
Walter NieuwkoopHighlights
February 26-27, 2011. Open day at Mercedes-Benz in Newcastle for the 125th anniversary. Then later in the year the Mercedes-Benz club North East section had a club visit to the main dealers and I went in my little delightfull 170Va.
After my accident earlier this year I decided at the last minute to take a well needed break and go to the celebrations for Mercedes-Benz 125th anniversary at Berlin, Tempolhof Airport. Tempelhof is certainly a very impressive building and very suitable for the occasion. However, I was a little disappointed as there were very few prewar cars there. Also the organisation of everything was not up to the standard we all expected. The guided tour of the former airport which was promissed, nobody seemed to know anything about and the food stalls were also substandard with things constantly running out. I think I had one coffee on the saturday morning as supplies ran dry. After Tempelhof made a quick visit to Marienwerks in Berlin (5 pictures including the final one of a hidious statue). We made the most of things and after our Berlin visit decided to go North in former DDR country to the island of Ruegen. Beautiful island, but in places still very much 20+ years behind and as you can see in the last picture the holiday accommodation at Prora was not very good.
Whilst visiting Veterama in Mannheim I took the opportunity to visit the famous Carl Benz museum in nearby Ladenburg. The museum is housed in a delightfull building. Although it is quite small, the display of vehicles is astonishing. In my opinion one of the best museums in the world. Well worth a visit.
Inbetween days of showers we found a virtually shower free day for this show. It was well attended by hundreds of cars, unfortunately far too many modern cars. I think classic car shows must be for classic cars ONLY. In my view black number plate cars only. This year I took my 1971 Mercedes-Benz camper van. Nowadays you very seldom see these on the road. This year I put quite a few thousand miles on its clock so it is well used. We were parked between 1990's and even a 2003 car. Needless to say I will not be returning.
The Marxzell Transport Museum is situated in the heart of the Black Forest. Just the drive to and from Marxzell is delightfull and should all be part of the visit. Some say that the word "museum" isn't quite right and call it a "Collection of stuff". None of the cars seem to be restored, but all seem in a very original condition and obviously were just put there. The museum doesn't only feature transport, but there is all sorts. I think their biggest problem is space as more and more stuff arrives and ends up in front, on top and underneath everythings elso. You might look at a nice car, but as you try and get closer a typewriter is in your way. Whatever people make of the place it certainly is unique and therefore great. Here are a few pictures, but go and see for yourself.
April 2008 me and my 2 co-workers Cliff and Ray went to Stuttgart. On our way we stopped of near Koblenz and saw some amazing castles. Next morning we woke up to heavy snow, but that did not stop us. First a short visit to the MB Classic Centre and then on to the museum. There is some amazing stuff there. I took loads of pictures but to get a better impression one needs to visit it. A must for every MB enthusiast. After the museum it was on to Essen to Techno Classica and saw some great archtechture along the Rhine. As usual I spend an awful lot of money there on rare parts I need for my restorations. But in between hunting for parts it is good to look at some cars and meet up with clients from all over the world. Revisited the museum again in October 2010. Lots of changes, but in my opinion not really good ones. Far less prewar stuff on show and also virtually no changes in the prewar cars. So a bit disappointing. I did have special permission to photograph their blue 1909 Benz landaulet. You might have seen my latest purchase: a 1912 Benz Landaulet body only. It is remarkably similar to the 1909 car in the museum. Ofcourse I had seen the outside of the museum car, but not the inside and when I did see it I was amazed that it was almost identical to my car, except that in the museum car they certainly took some shortcuts in the restoration or perhaps nothing original was left. So I consider myself lucky that we have fragment of the interior upholstry to copy.
Did a lovely short autumn trip to the Scottish West Coast testing the campervan thoroughly. Everything was great and all worked well. It certainly became very evident that an old fashioned narrow camper is extremely usefull on narrow roads with tiny passing places. Yes, not a fast camper, but when on holiday do you want a fast car. Much more relaxing this way. Very much needed short break after an extremely hectic 6 months with no spare time at all. One of the highlights of this mini trip was waking up one morning in pooring rain with 2 otters playing on the beach 20 yards in front of me.
Great long weekend with wall to wall sunshine, except for Saturday night when the heavens opened. Good weekend of classic car racing with only minor incidents on the track. My personal favorite highlights were to see the Fiat Abarth cars as I myself used to race these in the late 1960's around Spa, Zandvoort and various other circuits.
On my recent vist to Veterama I had a few hours time to do other things. I had heard about the Technology Museum in Sinsheim which is halfway between Mannheim and Heilbronn. Lots of aircraft and a huge classic car display. Lots of Americam cars, but also a big range of Mercedes-Benz cars. Actually I think there were more prewar Mercedes-Benz car in Sinsheim then in Stuttgart, including some military stuff (which the Mercedes-Benz museum won't display). I have several military Mercedes-Benz vehicles so it was great to see other ones as well. I can highly recommend this museum. There is enough for everybody, not just cars. I even saw a chainsaw display. Obviously I mainly potographed the MB cars. Hope you enjoy them.
The museum in Speyer is the sister museum of the one in Sinsheim. Very similar in its set-up with transport and technology as its subject. By far not just Mercedes-Benz, but obviously most of my photographs would feature the brand.