Hans splits his time between New Zealand and the Netherlands.
He sent the Austin by container to Rotterdam, and then spent some time fixing it up in his workshop before loading it on to his equally vintage 1970 Opel Blitz truck which has been converted into a car transporter.
“I had never been to the north of Scotland and I wanted to see it,” said Hans.
“Once I got off the ferry in Newcastle I thought it was just a day’s drive to the Orkney Islands but that was a big mistake.”
In fact, it took two days for Hans to travel about 400 miles from Newcastle to the ferry port at Scrabster in the far north of Scotland which connects Orkney to the mainland.