Archive for 2013

T57K body

January 12th, 2013
no comment Posted by smitkees

To complete my T 57K, I am looking for a T 57K body.  Present are a  complete chassis, bonnet, doors, dashboard etc but no body.
I am therefore looking for a body (quality unimportant) or a T 57K wreckage. Info Kees Smit smitkees@planet.nl or tel. +31206103393

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4 cylinder Detra for sale

January 12th, 2013
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In Germany, the only existing four cylinder Detra 8/40 has become for sale.  The vehicle, with a flat bed body, was build in 1931 and is the only surviving example of  a four cylinder Detra (chassis Tatra T52) bodied by Auer body of Bad Cannstatt.  LHD, matching numbers, 40 hp aircooled flat four, 100 kph. [...]

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truck Stage 8 cancelled; Loprais talks about stage 7

January 12th, 2013
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NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
Another beautiful stage race result and silver for the crew number 503 and for the Princess 69. The brakes was burning in the finish. Due to finishes was cancelled today stage!
From the morning the racers and their accompaniment went up to the Andes. Yesterday they got up [...]

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Stage 7: De Rooy 1st, Loprais 2nd, Kolomy 6th; climbs to 3rd place overall!

January 11th, 2013
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The stage victory has gone to Dutchman Gerard de Rooy, with a time of 2:02′21″, building on the first place obtained on the first half of the stage. In second place, Ales Loprais (Tatra) finished 1′09″ behind, but in front of Andrey Karginov’s Kamaz (1′38″ behind De Rooy) and Pieter Versluis (Man), 2′11” behind the [...]

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Overall ranking after stage 6

January 11th, 2013
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Marcel Schoo’s Tatra Phoenix crash in photos

January 11th, 2013
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http://www.ttm.nl/nieuws/id32474-fotos-crash-marcel-schoo-in-beeld.html?foto_id=6289

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Stacey out!

January 11th, 2013
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What is wrong with having success in the truck category? Loprais suffered from battery and electrical problems  the day after het had gained the overall lead and now Hans Stacey (Iveco) crashed his Iveco the day after he won the 5th stage. Stacy approached the top of a dune too fast and rolled over, damaging [...]

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Loprais comments on stage 6

January 11th, 2013
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11.1.2013
NEWSLETTER INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM
Wandering Atacama and our crew with the Princess 69 back on the top of the stage
The first speed test in Chile took the participants of the race back to the Atacama Desert. Two thirds of the track they faced sand and dunes. In the other part the racers [...]

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Marcel Schoo out!

January 11th, 2013
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We have been informed that Dutchman Marcel Scoo and his Tatra  Phoenix crashed in the 6th stage. They got lost, drove backwards and landed in a dune pan.  The roll cage was damaged as is its body. The truck runs and the team has decided to head for Santiago (Chile), the finish of the Dakar. [...]

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Results Stage 6: Loprais 4th, Kolomy 6th. Kolomy 4th overall!

January 10th, 2013
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After problems on the special stage, Eduard Nikolaev loses ground on the first place held by Gerard De Rooy. However, 18′40″ is still a gap that does not allow the leader to relax, just like the 30′32″ that separates the Dutchman from Ayrat Mardeev or the 38′31″ between the race leader and Martin Kolomy. It [...]

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