Meet volunteer Henk van der Koolwijk and his 1951 Fiat Topolino. This is the last model with physical turn signals, but Henk installed his own indicators for safety reasons. 25 years ago, he restored the Topolino completely single-handedly. The double-bearing crankshaft means Henk has to tinker regularly, but that is no problem for him. His career started at the Louwman Group and continued as a roadside assistant at the ANWB. After his retirement, Henk returned as a guide at the Louwman Museum. According to Henk, that ‘back’ also applies to automotive history: electric and hybrid cars already existed 125 years ago. A fun fact about Topolino: astronaut Wubbo Ockels drove a Topolino when he applied to become an astronaut. He was hired because of his car, ‘because that meant you had to be able to improvise well.’
