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Fire at the T111 museum near Prague

May 16th, 2020
no comment Posted by smitkees

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
no comment Posted by smitkees

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
no comment Posted by smitkees

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
no comment Posted by smitkees

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
no comment Posted by smitkees

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
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/tatra/603/1963/744565

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Cheating the wind by Tatra streamliners

May 14th, 2020
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://classiccarcatalogue.com/wp/2019/10/27/cheating-the-wind/

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The Tatra works and the corona virus

May 14th, 2020
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://fleet.ie/picture-of-the-week-tatra-trucks-continue-to-serve-during-crisis/

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Bruno Sojka presents Tatraplan Sport in Bratislava, July 1950

May 14th, 2020
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vtedy.sk%2Frok-1950%3A-pretekarsky-tatraplan-%25E2%2580%2593-vyrobok-znarodneneho-priemyslu%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0ZJTz-yZ7qYxuIliliJ5z4fAVjN77b5iWpcoAHMJJYcs4lByE_W81EbhM

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A 1921 Rumpler? A 1914 Castagna bodied Alfa? No, it’s a 1913 Czerny bodied Charron!

May 14th, 2020
no comment Posted by smitkees

Could this be the first ever built streamlined saloon? It was built before the Rumpler and the Castagna Alfa!
http://theoldmotor.com/?p=137404

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