Martin Kolomy shows his Buggyra Tatra for the 2014 Dakar
T 97 Classic car of the year 2013?
The editors of Classic Cars, Practical Classics and Classic Car Weekly have been through hundreds of entries and have chosen the 30 cars which they felt epitomise the classic car scene and the many fantastic endeavours that go into getting and keeping classics on the road. Now it’s time for you – the classic car [...]
Buggyra is a new partner of Tatra for the next Dakar
Experienced and successful truck racing team Buggyra will enter next year’s Dakar wit a new racing truck with Tatra chassis technology.
After Buggyra finally pushed through the engine GYRTECH the world’s most prestigious long-distance truck competitions, Rally Dakar, came the construction of a common racing special. He will be seen in Most.
Although the signing of the [...]
Kurt Maier
We have been informed that Kurt Maier (80), has passed away. He was one of the founders of the Tatra Club International, Tatra car collector, printer of the TFI magazine for many years, founder of a streamline car museum in Fachsenfeld über Aalen (now closed) and a friend of German streamlining pioneer Reinherr Koenig von Fachsenfeld, [...]
Beskydy Rally 2013
This year’s Beskydy Rallye will be held from August 30 – September 1.
Classes will be: cars till 1935; cars 1936-1954, cars 1955 and beyond, trucks.
This year’s event will honour Josef Vermirovsky, who will be remembered as one of Tatra’s best racing drivers but as a co-founder of the Tatra Museum as well to which [...]
Oldtimer Rally Tatra Slovakia 2013
This year’s Slovak Tatra Rally attracted several Tatras. Among them were a T 57b, two T 87s, two T 600s and three T 603s. The photos are from last saturday, in Banska Bystrica.
Tatra Heritage 2013 Program
Tatra: A Brand of Many Faces, 14th – 15th September 2013, Brno, Czech Republic
Main theme of the weekend program is the known and the less-known part of the extraordinary history of the Kopřivnice brand. During its long existence it left an unmistakable trace in the history of personal, public and freight transport not only in [...]
South African T 97
Not seen very often: A Tatra T 97 and the Franschhoek Motor Museum
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Rare T 75
While at the Frantisek Prosecky Rally on August 10, in Bystrice nad Pernstejem, I came across this rare T 75 with a body built in Brno. According to the owner of the car, it was an unknown firm to him. Ideas and solutions of the unknown body shop are welcomed.
A guide to Tatra’s archives 1897 – 1947
Known Tatra prospects collector Mojmir Stojan and Karel Rosenkranz have published all 1897 – 1947 Tatra prospects and brochures available. In a next publication, all documents on the period 1947 – 1997 will be published. The first part is over 2000 pages, printed in four volumes and offered in a box. The first volume contains [...]