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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