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T 600s and T 603s kept alive in the Soviet Union

May 15th, 2014
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(Originally sent by Ing Holubec on Facebook)

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Competitors at TFI Rally Noordwijkerhout will shape word “Tatra”

May 14th, 2014
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It is planned that the competitors at this year’s TFI Rally (May 29 – June 1) will shape the word “TATRA” while parking at the Louwman Museum, one of the sites visited during the rally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louwman_Museum

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The art of aerodynamics

May 12th, 2014
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Airflow-optimised cars date back to the 1920s. Although it was initially racing cars that inspired the art of aerodynamics (bar a few notable exceptions), the resulting principles eventually filtered down to road machines – and soon there were wind tunnels at HQs from Stuttgart to Detroit…
The importance of aerodynamic efficiency in automotive design was initially [...]

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Ecorra on T 87 restoring

May 11th, 2014
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Wrecks Tatra under his hands turning into polished gems
Vitezslav Hinner dedicated his life to restoring vintage cars, especially cars Tatra. It additionally offers so little – is because of Koprivnica, where in 1993 he founded the company Ecorra, under which he, along with another more than a dozen people working on reshaping rezivých wrecks in [...]

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Tatras at the 8. Ost Europa Auto Treffen in Finewurt, Germany

May 4th, 2014
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North of Berlin, the GDR was revived with 100s of Eastern Europe vehicles. Thousands of visitors came to view old planes, helicopters, wrecks, cars, trucks and motorcycles at the area of the Aircraft Museum in Schorfheide.
An ubelievable number of  Wartburg, Trabant, Barkas, IFA, Skoda, Moskvich, Lada etc.cars enthusiasmed the visitors. Not less than 6 Tatra [...]

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Tatras starring at Milano Classico 2014

May 3rd, 2014
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From April 25 to April 27 was held in Milan in 2014 Autoclassica During the three days of exposition the influx of visitors was large, many of the cars on display, the best car brands, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Mercedes, Abarth, exhibitions auto parts. The stand Tatra was stormed by [...]

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Tatraplan and other classics deliberately left at the mercy of mother nature…

May 1st, 2014
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This might be a painful sight for classic car enthusiasts. Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW; just a few of the iconic names whose logos you would never expect to find on vehicles in such a sorry state. But what might really shock you is that these unfortunate automobiles are not actually abandoned, and their owner is [...]

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2014 Silk Way Rally cancelled

April 28th, 2014
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MOSCOW, April 22 (R-Sport) – Formula One’s upcoming Russian Grand Prix in Sochi caused an unusual casualty Tuesday as the organizers of Russia’s highest-profile rally said it had forced their event to be called off.
The Silk Way rally for off-road cars and trucks was launched in 2009 as an annual competition modeled on the Dakar [...]

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April 28th, 2014
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Start of the 2014 rally season was (at least for me) the 2014 Queen’s day rally, a rally held this year fron Nederweert castle up to Nieuw Vennep, a track of 160 km. http://www.vkrit.nl/  About 140 classic cars competed!  Though it started in the rain, the wetter quickly became better and in the end we [...]

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T 603 Slot car

April 27th, 2014
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If you want a 1:32 scale slot car to race on your Scalextric or Carrera track, you have lots of choice.  There are sports cars, racing cars, saloon cars and rally cars available from the modern day and yesteryear.  Now added to the list is a 1960 Tatra 603.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/garethj/Slot%20cars%202/IMAG0876_1_zpscqtuhstw.jpg
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With the [...]

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