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Tatra Phoenix & Dakar & Marcel Schoo

September 19th, 2012
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Dakar Team Holland received its Tatra Phoenix this week and will use another one as support vehicle.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=345590888860454&set=a.332478306838379.79392.332473856838824&type=1&theater
http://www.rallymaniacs.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2639:het-tjechische-wapen-van-marcel-schoo&catid=88889086:dakar-2013&Itemid=92

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Tatra wins unofficial biggest exhaust pipes in the Goodgwood pits competition

September 17th, 2012
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The Tatra T603 from the former Czechoslovakia easily won the unofficial biggest exhaust pipes in the pits competition, they are attached to an air cooled V8. The car qualified a respectable 8th for both rounds of the St Mary’s Trophy with John Haugland and Arne Berg driving in the first and second races respectively.
http://www.psychoontyres.co.uk/tag/tatra/
http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/286588/2012_goodwood_revival_in_pictures_the_racers.html#
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=172&t=1197428&nmt=+tatra+t603+at+revival
http://keithwrjones.com/2012/09/16/2012-goodwood-revival-in-pictures/#jp-carousel-3428

Superb photo [...]

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Video: Four l-o-n-g videos of this year’s TRD Rheingau meeting

September 14th, 2012
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T 613 driver Bert Barents publihed four videos of this years’ TRD meeting on the web. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbMi6NfEkKs&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0NzZY6VS3c&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf8krCxSKbI&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqli2pHXESI&feature=youtu.be

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T 603 in German magazin

September 14th, 2012
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Here something for our German friends!  The T 603 is featured in the October 2012 Oldtimer Praxis
Komplett neu und jetzt volle 100 Seiten stark!
Ab dem 13. September 2012 im Handel mit diesen Themen:
Auto:

Tatra 603
TVR 3000 M
Mercedes-Benz Ponton Kombi Binz
Halbzeit: Ford Escort RS 2000
Fahrtenbuch: Fiat 124 Spider
Youngtimer-Steckbrief: Subaru Libero
Seziert: NSU TT

Motorrad:

BMW R62
Imme R100
Seziert: Rudge Ulster

Tipps und [...]

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Beskydy rally 2012 foto report

September 13th, 2012
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Here are some pix of the September 1-2 Beskydy rally.  The rally attracted about 30 entrants, including several pre-war-Tatras, TVCC’s T 70- fire truck, Leo Loprais’ T 70, Bomumil Suchy’s T 87, Ivo Slezak’s T 54, several Tatraplans and larger numbers of T 603s and T 613s and even a T 623.
http://francmotorkar.webgarden.cz/srazy/xxxxiii-mezinarodni-tatra.html?offset=90
http://malirstvi.jihlavsko.com/23449/beskydy-2012-tatra-veteran-rallye-tvcc-koprivnice/

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Video: Tatra Heritage excursion at Lany sports car museum

September 11th, 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrwkMEUw5HE&feature=player_detailpage

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Professional film on Miroslav’s Zikmund’s live expected.

September 6th, 2012
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Director Petr Hot filming a movie called The Century Miroslav Zikmund.It reveals the life of the famous traveler, who has 75 years of writing a personal diary.He caught it in meetings with famous people and historical events.
Zdroj:http://zlin.idnes.cz/film-o-cestovateli-zikmundovi-de4-/zlin-zpravy.aspx?c=A120905_201835_zlin-zpravy_klm

Petr Hot is filming a movie called The Century Miroslav Zikmund. It reveals the life of the famous traveler, [...]

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3D T 87

September 6th, 2012
no comment Posted by smitkees

Not perfect, but it is coming close. But the sills, sliding roof, headlamps, rear number plate holder all don’t seem to have the right dimensions.
http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/1947-tatra-t87-3d-model/691824

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Czech State attorney rejects Tatra CEO’s complaint

September 6th, 2012
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Brno/Koprivnice, North Moravia, Sept 5 (CTK) – Czech state attorney Jan Petrasek yesterday rejected Tatra lorry maker chief Ronald Adams’ complaint against his prosecution over alleged corruption, Tatra’s spokesman Vladimir Bystrov told CTK.
He said Tatra was not surprised by the decision and believes that the police will investigate the case as [...]

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Published in Tatra Works

Tatra is heading to Belgium! With an experience day!

September 6th, 2012
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Belgian and Northern France DAF dealer TurboTrucks & TurboParts invite you at their “Experience Days” held from september 20-23 at Domaine de Jaurieu in Mont-de-l’Enclus.
http://www.turbotrucks.eu/index.php/nl/24-extras/120-experience-days

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