Atlas 1:72 Leyland Verheul Holland Coach City Bus

The NV Automotive Industry Verheul was a Dutch manufacturer of buses and trucks to Waddinxveen , which under that name existed from 1900 to 1970.

The history of Verheul, which originated from a carriage workshop in Waddinxveen, corresponds with that of many other bodywork factories . Dirk Verheul, the owner since 1900, started building coachwork after the First World War . In the 1930s the factory had grown into one of the largest in this field in the Netherlands. Buses and trucks were produced on many chassis brands . In particular, there was collaboration with the Dutch Kromhout .

In 1948 Verheul and Kromhout presented the self - supporting VB48 bus body at the RAI exhibition . In these first years after the liberation , Verheul also actively participated in the reconstruction of Dutch public transport . The number of buses needed was greater than they could handle, which is why Verheul outsourced the bodywork of large series of Crossley and Scania-Vabis buses to the aircraft manufacturers Fokker and Aviolanda and the shipyard De Schelde .

In 1955, NV Verheul opened a new factory in Apeldoorn. From 1958, Verheul took over the entire construction of the company cars from Kromhout. Based on the existing Kromhout chassis and engines, the company put these cars on the road under the name Verheul from 1959 . At the same time, the company name was changed to NV Auto-Industrie Verheul . The trucks were delivered in both front-steering and standard-type steering vehicles, tractors and trucks in the medium and heavy classes. It was also possible to choose from a chassis with two or three axles, and an AEC or Rolls-Royce engine.
In addition, the company took over the construction of complete Kromhout buses, with Kromhout only supplying the engines. This alliance came to an end in 1963, because after the takeover of Verheul's other partner AEC by Leyland , a close collaboration was established between Verheul and Leyland-Holland in Aalsmeer . They continued under the name Leyland Motor Corporation NV .

The Verheul factory was destroyed by fire on December 9, 1970. The Dutch branch of British Leyland then arose on this site. The name Verheul was no longer used and bodies were no longer built. The construction of standard intercity buses was continued by Den Oudsten in Woerden .

The Holland Coach was a collaboration between Leyland and dutch coachbuilder Verheul. Actually, this 'coach' was not a coach, but a city bus - the real coach was called Leyland-Verheul Royal Holland Coach.

The chassis and engine came from Leyland's Royal Tiger/Tiger Cub, but unlike most cases of coachbuilding, Leyland were also involved with the overall development. This is evident when looking at the front emblem: Leyland's tiger logo placed inside Verheul's big 'V' logo, and the words "Holland" and "Coach" surrounding.