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Hogra 4x4 met Netam kipper

This unique, very rare Hogra has been fully restored and is in excellent condition!

History of Hogra:

After the end of World War II, the Netherlands emerged battered from the battle and slowly recovered during the 1950s. These years were marked by simplicity and hard work to rebuild our country. There was a shortage of materials and thus also of equipment. Well into the 1950s, the truck fleet consisted mainly of outdated equipment from military stock, which was massively rebuilt and kept running for civilian purposes.

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In the early 1950s, Mr. W.A. Hoek saw a growing demand and the need for heavier trucks, which were difficult or impossible to supply. He saw an opportunity to build a homemade truck based on market demand at the lowest possible price, which could offer maximum performance to the user.

However, Mr. van Hoek lacked the necessary capital. When he came into contact with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Gravelaar, who was willing to provide him with the required start-up capital, the new truck brand "HOGRA"—derived from the initials of both individuals—became a reality.

In 1954, production of the first units began in a former dairy factory in Ravenstein.

The Hogra factory was a typical assembly plant. All necessary parts, except the electrical wiring harness, were purchased from third parties and assembled in Ravenstein into a rolling chassis with grille, hood, firewall, and front fenders, but without a cab and body. At that time, it was common practice for a truck to leave the factory as a rolling chassis and then be fitted with a cab and body by a coachbuilder to the buyer’s wishes. Well-known bodybuilders of the time included Paul & van Weelde and Buca, as well as numerous local coachbuilders.

The chassis, spring sets, and sheet metal of the Hogra were manufactured in the Netherlands, while the engine was supplied by the British company Perkins and, later, the Austrian company Steyr. The two models that Hogra built during its brief existence derived their type designation from the installed engine. The H7-P6 type was equipped with a Perkins P6 diesel engine delivering 83 hp. The H7-S100 type and later the H10 S-100 featured a Steyr engine with 100 hp. The "7" in the type designation indicated a gross load capacity of 7 tons. The H7 models were designed as 2-axle 4x2 chassis, with only a few 2-axle 4x4 chassis produced. From 1957, the H10 model was introduced as a 3-axle 6x2 chassis, which, with a longitudinal axle, enabled a gross load capacity of up to 10 tons.

From the late 1950s, competition in the truck market intensified. Hogra stuck to the conventional cab layout, and with outdated technology, the company could not keep up with the emergence of more modern forward control models that offered higher payloads and better performance. By 1958, the company found itself in a precarious situation and was operating in a reduced form. The curtain finally fell on this Dutch truck brand in its brief period from 1954 to 1961—finally, in 1961, after Kromhout had already vanished from the market. Only a limited number of units were built, almost exclusively sold in the Netherlands.

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