Dutch daily De Telegraaf in cooperation with the Autovisie magazin, phoned me last year if I would be interested to show a Tatra in their series “Uw Garage.” Due to mechanical problems, I had no car available and we decided to wait until this spring when I expected to have a car ready. I had [...]
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2014
Along the Amsterdam canals: T 87 video
June 6th, 2014
Girl Power at the TFI meeting
June 2nd, 2014
With two female competitors, a ladies’ cup was to be won at the TFI meeting last weekend. Conny Bohne from Germany and Dydia DeLyser from the U.S. had to battle it out with Conny Bohne the eventual winner. Being awarded already with her 3rd place (and a cup) in the T 603 class, Conny Bohne [...]
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Tatra Trucks seeks to develop foothold in Saudi Arabian market
June 2nd, 2014
Czech defense companies are looking at an upturn in business after a period of flat demand. And Tatra Trucks is one company that has survived difficult times and is now looking ahead to meeting orders won in part thanks to its flexibility in sharing some of the workload with the customer.
More: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/business/tatra-trucks-seeks-to-develop-foothold-in-saudi-arabian-market
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TFI meeting 2014 cntd
June 2nd, 2014
A massive photo presentation by Bert Barents on this year’s Tatra Freunde Internatioal Meeting in Noordwijkerhout NL
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=52A884B5A1274D8C%2122754
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TFI Meeting Noordwijkerhout NL: Friday photo’s
June 1st, 2014
Tatra Freunde International visited Holland during their 27th annual meeting. On saturday the wonderful cars gathered at the Louwman Car Museum in The Hague. The museum owns a T87 as part of their amazing collection. The weather was uncommonly pleasant: dry, sunny, yet not too hot. The organisation welcomed guests from the Czech Republic, Austria, [...]
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Prague to Pebble or bust
May 22nd, 2014
http://www.tflcar.com/2014/05/prague-to-pebble-or-bust-roman-reports-from-prague-on-buying-driving-the-tfl-tatra/
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A Dutch T 57b in 1955
May 20th, 2014
This T 57b was owned by the Amsterdam based Spierings family in 1955. The photo, sent by Hans Spierings, shows the car, just after a respray. “My father needed all his mechanical skills to keep the car going””
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A small Tatra streamliners story
May 16th, 2014
http://beranger.org/2014/05/15/tatra-77-87-97-and-the-beetle-kdf-wagen/
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Technical Day Koprivnice
May 16th, 2014
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Court clears ex-defence minister accused of soliciting large bribe
May 15th, 2014
Prague Municipal Court has cleared a former minister of defence, Martin Barták, of bribe-taking in connection with the purchase of Tatra all-terrain vehicles for the Czech army. A co-defendant, armaments manufacturer Michal Smrž, was cleared of attempted fraud. Mr. Barták had been accused of asking the chairman of Tatra’s supervisory board for a bribe of [...]
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