Tatras at Essen 2015

Around 190.00 visitors attended the Techno Classica in Essen this year. With several Tatras shown, the Tatra community could not complain and will welcome the growing international attention for the brand.

Autostadt, the Wolfsburg VW museum, showed some of their latest acquisitions: A Borgward Isaballa, a Lincoln Zephyr, a Chevrolet Corvair and a 1945? T 87. Autostadt is rumoured to have paid E 230.00 for the Ecorra restored Czech vehicle.

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Another T 87 was offred for sale at Thiessen. The German dealer, offering an all-white T 87 in Essen last year at a price of E 235,000, now offered a black 1942? T 87 at E 300,000.

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But do not think this prize is outrageous. The well known green twelve cylinder T 80 was offered at E 1.200.000,– by a Dutch dealer.

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Most simple Tatra in Essen was however  a 1927 T 12, shown by the Tatra Register Deutschland. The German club has continued the stand of the Tatra Freunde International Club, which is showing no sign of life at the moment with no meeting planned in 2015 or information to its members. TRD members Jürg Malinovsky, Stefan Ebert, Roland Henkel, Carsten Schole, Antonin Zavada, Hedi Hübner and Kees Smit manned the stand with Tatra fans all over Europe paying a visit to the TRD stand. Shown at the classic car hall, the Tatra T 12 attracted quite some interest, especially with its bonnet opened.

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From l to r: Hedi Hübner, Antonin Zavada, Roland Henkel, Stefan Ebert, Kees Smit

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Further, a Czech restoration shop showed a Tatraplan engine.

Other news on Essen:

http://www.prewarcar.com/magazine/press-releases/techno-classica-essen-emphasizes-its-leading-status-026065.html

http://www.sportscardigest.com/techno-classica-essen-2015-report-and-photos/