The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville has built a reputation on the wide variety of cars it houses. Among the Peels, Panhards and Martins are the more prosaic Fiats, Citroëns and Hondas (usually Euro- or Japan-spec).
Then, there are the Tatras. Museum owner Jeff Lane has been collecting them for more than a decade. Outside of the Czech Republic, there are more Tatras at the Lane than at any other museum in the world.
“When we first opened in 1993, we had most of them on display in the first grouping as you enter,” Lane said. “One time, we only had a few out and some visitors said, ‘Geez, I came to see the Tatras. We read that you have a lot more!’ So we’ve gone back to always having at least five or six on display.”
When we asked how many the museum owned, Lane squinted his eyes and said, “About 17, I think.” Then he consulted his list: “17, 18, 19 . . . 22,” he said. “Sorry, I forgot a few.”
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