In 1898 the first Dutch vehicle license was issued to the Groninger W.A. van Dam.
Two ladies drive the car in the village of Zoutkamp.
The car was made by the "Groninger Motorrijtuigen Fabriek" (Groninger Motorcarriage Factory) of brother Johannes van Dam, who registered the second Dutch car for himself:
The cars were produced with a German Lutzman patent, and when that patent was acquired by sewing machine factory Opel, Van Dam changed to a patent by Bentz.
