I met Herman through the Southern California Triumph Owners Association (SCTOA)
when I was a more active member. He quickly stood out to me as a man of great
character. Back when I was selling my gaskets, I rarely failed to include one
of his fliers with each shipment, in part, because I wanted to share my
appreciation for the quality of his transmission conversion kits and, in part,
because he simply had my utmost respect.
--Justin Wagner
> On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:48 AM, Kenneth Knight via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> FOT Friends;
>
> It is with profound sadness that I let the FOT community know that Herman
> Van Den Akker passed away last Friday. While not an FOT member Herman was
> the maker of the HVDA conversion kit that allowed for a Toyota 5 speed to be
> installed in street TR?s and he belonged to several Southern California TR
> Clubs.
>
> Herman was my great and dear friend. A master machinist of over 60 years he
> and his wife Helen came here from Holland in the 1960?s. He worked as a
> machinist in the airline industry and had his own shop doing very high level
> machining for prototypes in Simi Valley until his retirement. Never one to
> sit still Herman developed the transmission kit that he sold for years and
> restored cars. The TR-3A he did for his daughter Heide and his TR-250 are
> some of the very best restorations in the country. As a friend Herman was
> generous with his time and anything that I know about machining was from
> Herman. Herman was a good friends with Ken Gilllanders, who we sadly lost
> this year, they worked together on many projects. Any of you who ever met
> Herman knew what a character he was.
>
> Herman loved a good beer and his Scotch. So drink a cold one for this fine
> man. Sometime next Spring there will be a party in Woodley Park for Herman.
> I will keep you posted.
>
> Ken Knight
>
>
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