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Max Schindler & Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau Typ A 120 years old photos discovered

May 16th, 2020
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Tyre change between Bruck and Loeben (1901): Car owner Max Schindler von Kunewald (Kunin) with his wife Anna and driver Franz Kalista
https://www.blesk.cz/galerie/regiony-ostrava/957458/unikatni-objev-v-kunine-fotky-120-let-stare-tatrovky-kterou-slechtic-koupil-za-sedm-tisic?foto=0

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The Slovenska’s Strela renovation. Videos!

May 16th, 2020
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Videos and stories: http://slovenska-strela.cz/en-GB#resume
https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/3055176-oprava-slovenske-strely-konci-barvu-jsme-trefili-spravne-rika-reditel-koprivnickeho?fbclid=IwAR041CYXFR1ZW1hESEUeiXQd9ULh3c_Y852HXR3wmGGPkU1uS_pNptyGgnw

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Tatra Museum Koprivnice reopens after corona lockdown on May 12, 2020

May 16th, 2020
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https://www.tatramuseum1.cz/

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Fire at the T111 museum near Prague

May 16th, 2020
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The Museum before the fire: https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/auto/vypada-to-jako-skanzen-socialismu-ale-je-to-muzeum-nejslavne/r~f8a38e96616611e885e70cc47ab5f122/r~c7ac18fc616711e89c45ac1f6b220ee8/
Video of fire: https://auto.sme.sk/c/22397072/v-muzeu-tatra-111-vypukol-poziar.html
After the fire: https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/unikatni-muzeum-tatry-vstava-z-popela-pomahaji-darci-i-s-penezi-v-krabicce-od-salatu-40323567?fbclid=IwAR371jRxA0GuNcvo23I2dIvbBuZojz4IG3et_VTAdQQXyQBwEDaavCNR5Aw

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How the Nazis Helped Give Birth to the Volkswagen Beetle. Three page article by by Warfare History Network

May 16th, 2020
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-nazis-helped-give-birth-volkswagen-beetle-144727

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75 years ago: The last battle of World War II in Europe near Slivice in the Příbram region

May 15th, 2020
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Photo shows demarcation line in Cimelice opn May 9-10 19045 with Americans on the left and Germans on the right. Note T 87 in the centre.
Please open the PDF files of https://www.muzeum-pribram.cz/cz/akce/detail/posledni-bitva-2-svetove-valky-v-evrope-u-slivice-na-pribramsku/848/?fbclid=IwAR3DNzH-jS_-HWhZd8CZZeSFqcpLvfW4suG-r93Qp9ZZRwjFM9ikLZ4dbtw
(Thanks to Robert Keil for posting the photo above on Facebookl)

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Driving a classic T603 through the Alps

May 15th, 2020
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https://www.auto.cz/historicke-tatry-opet-pokorily-alpy-po-stopach-nejtezsi-rakouske-souteze-105560

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Rare T613 Electronic for sale

May 15th, 2020
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https://www.auto.cz/na-prodej-je-vzacna-tatra-613-electronic-v-90-letech-vzniklo-jen-17-kusu-134237

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T 603-1 to be auctioned by RM in October 2020

May 15th, 2020
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https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/tatra/603/1963/744565

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Cheating the wind by Tatra streamliners

May 14th, 2020
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https://classiccarcatalogue.com/wp/2019/10/27/cheating-the-wind/

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