About 2/3rd of all sold/known A.S.-lorries was indeed from Schmidt’s region…that being said it
is likely that the expertise/craftmanship of both Beijnes from Haarlem/Beverwijk and Asjes from
Alkmaar/Bergen was applied with regard to the cab and body. The Stoof- and Van Wezel A.S. had
TB-registration which indicates the year of first registration (numberplate remains with vehicle) is
after april 1958. Some A.S.-lorries had a registration (like Wolf & Peereboom, the cheesetrader)
according to the province/county so G for North-Holland, later (when all G’s with 5 digits were used)
to be followed with GZ. J. Kieft of Grootschermer was another loyal A.S.-customer with both draw-
bar and tractor of this marque.
Regarding the “Kromhout front axle”: Both Kromhout and Schmidt bought axles from Timken.
The bodybuilder of the cab of the Van Wezel truck is unknown to me (the body was built at ESVE), but I agree similar styling elements are returning on other Dutch coachbuilder’s cabs (e.g. horizontal bar in grille also returns on some De Graaff cabs.). The pictured A.S. of Maters had a cab of v. Beurden, who built more or less similar style cabs also on Kromhout for example.
The bodybuilder activities of Schmidt didn’t continue after the late 20s, maybe early 30s, as I am aware of at the moment. Most cabs and bodies were built by third parties. For the buses in the early days indeed companies like Asjes, Beijnes, Kuip, Verheul etc… Also the truck cabs in later years were all constructions of external bodybuilders, which was still common practice back then.
The V.d. Kommer A.S. was indeed based on a Leyland chassis, but equipped with a ■■■■■■■ (as mentioned) and a Timken front axle, and registered as A.S…
Regards,
JWK
The cab on the ballasted tractor reminds me of this one:
Are they from the same coachbuilder, do you think?
Regarding van Beurden, they have a website which shows more history than many other coachbuilders:
vbeurden.nl/nl/bedrijf.php
Though in Dutch…I input an announcement/article on A.S. with regard to ■■■■■■■■
See yellow-post-it at the left for relevant text
1957 advertisement of Schmidt (A.S.) for ■■■■■■■ (from “Diesel” specialist journal)
The layout was taken from the contempoary ■■■■■■■ brochures.
[zb]
anorak:
The cab on the ballasted tractor reminds me of this one:
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Are they from the same coachbuilder, do you think?
There are several similar style elements. Could very well be the same coachbuilder. The question left is who?
JWK:
[zb]
anorak:
The cab on the ballasted tractor reminds me of this one:
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Are they from the same coachbuilder, do you think?There are several similar style elements. Could very well be the same coachbuilder. The question left is who?
This is the familiar question, when identifying rare Dutch vehicles from the 1950s and '60s. As you must know, there were dozens of companies, some of them sharing presswork, glass etc. It is intriguing and, at times, frustrating.
There must have been a few dozen (or more) cab builders in Holland (in other countries it would have been the same, I guess).
Some coachbuilders supplied in larger numbers all over Holland, but many were known only locally.
Wouldn’t it be interesting setting up some kind of database of known cabs, which can be used as reference? Maybe a little off-topic here.
JWK:
There must have been a few dozen (or more) cab builders in Holland (in other countries it would have been the same, I guess).Some coachbuilders supplied in larger numbers all over Holland, but many were known only locally.
Wouldn’t it be interesting setting up some kind of database of known cabs, which can be used as reference? Maybe a little off-topic here.
Thanks to bloggers like ZB-Anorak, ERF-Continental, En-Tour-Age, Tip-top, Mandator et al, this little collection of ‘Dutch Marque’ threads is already becoming a collective database in its own right, JWK - and you will probably join that list! Robert 
A new thread is started: Dutch marques: cab- and bodybuilders and also Belgian marques: cab- and bodybuilders
Please follow the reference-number for each relevant marque as it is indeed tricky and confusing…
A clear picture of an A.S. for Stoof Breda
I did some searching in the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ and via JWK I was informed that the ■■■■■■■
H- and A-series were installed in the A.S.-vehicles, HA-400 (83hp), HB-600 (125hp), HB-400 as
well as AA-600. More to check and to verify but herewith some input.
Very interesting documentation!
ERF-Continental:
A clear picture of an A.S. for Stoof Breda
Nice and clear picture indeed! At the front, in the oval, one can hardly see the
emblem with ■■■■■■■ DIESEL on it. By then ■■■■■■■ was not very common
with the Dutch operators and good to show what’s moving you.
A picture of the first A.S. of Disselkoen at the Schmidt stand at the 1959 RAI exhibition (from Beroepsvervoer)
This one also has a cab by Van Beurden. This cab version is almost equal to the ones on the Kromhouts in the Verheul thread.
The bodywork is by Heida (now Heiwo).
The engine is a ■■■■■■■ HRF 6-cylinder.
Regards,
JWK
Another, well known (in Holland, that is) pre-war A.S.
Originally supplied in 1934 with a petrol engine, to be replaced by a ■■■■■■■ in 1935.
Regards,
JWK
It is known that the Dutch brewer of Swinkels from Lieshout (their brand is Bavaria) had an A.S.-
tractor…perhaps the attached one cabbed by Nillesen from Wijchen?
The fact that the cab was so spacious was because of the crew needed to unload the crates and
barrels at the numerous pubs or ‘distribution depots’ all over the country. Bavaria is ranked in the
list of Heineken, Amstel, Grolsch and the other local breweries.
The Bavaria/Swinkels tractor unit in higher resolution:
Courtesy of EH/Conam
Any additional information is welcome.
Regards,
JWK