Author Archive

Dutch press (NRC-Handelsblad) about the V&A exhibition

December 6th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

NL: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/12/04/meer-dan-een-autoparade-a3982621
English: https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2019%2F12%2F04%2Fmeer-dan-een-autoparade-a3982621
German: https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=de&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2019%2F12%2F04%2Fmeer-dan-een-autoparade-a3982621

Read more...

All American and European large rear-engined four-door cars

November 30th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/big-rear-engined-four-door-cars-part-1-american-attempts/
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-european/big-rear-engined-four-door-cars-part-2-european-efforts/

Read more...

Published in History

Sunday Times and the Guardian Reviews: Cars:Accelerating the Modern World review – revolutions behind the wheel

November 25th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.driving.co.uk/news/interview/cars-accelerating-modern-world-qa-curator-new-va-exhibition/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/23/cars-accelerating-the-modern-world-review-v-and-a-victoria-albert-museum

Read more...

Published in History, Museums, Press

“The Tatraplan is the only car I should kill for.”

November 19th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

Video: Araun Gordijn paints. The video includes a Tatraplan in a scrapyard with the painter expressing his love for the brand. Text is Dutch, but has English captions.
https://conam.info/nieuws/nieuws-1/3410-documentaire-over-araun-gordijn

The pix below are Tatra-related watercolors and paintings by Araun Gordijn. They are not mentioned in the documentary video.

T77a’s and Gerrit Rietveld designed villa “Rhapsody” in Bloemendaal/ NL,  [...]

Read more...

T603 (T708) Turbine phantasies by Andrej Troha

November 19th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://andrejt.artstation.com/projects/Aexoo

Read more...

Published in Miscellaneous

The fine result of the long restauration of a Tatra 500 HB(Mountain Bus)

November 15th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.facebook.com/autobuscz.sro/photos/pcb.1229081917294600/1229079960628129/?type=3&theater

Read more...

Published in History, Restoration

Remembering the cars behind the iron curtain

November 15th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.goodwood.com/grr/road/news/2019/11/axons-automotive-anorak-former-iron-curtain-carmakers—post-berlin-wall-collapse/

Read more...

Published in History, Press

Tatra T603: It’s a woman!

November 11th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

A very neat coffee-table book on the T603 was published recently.  It is a  representative book about the legendary Tatra 603.  On 384 pages he will personally tell you his life story. The book is richly illustrated with 354 images, including unique studio photos and a number of unpublished archive images.
Website: https://www.heritageandzoom.com/
Scroll through the book: [...]

Read more...

The legend of an U.S. West coast Tatraplan race car.

November 7th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

http://www.esotericclassics.com/tatra-trivia.html

Read more...

Published in History, Racing & Rallying

T87-2, T603-2s offered in Germany

November 7th, 2019
no comment Posted by smitkees

https://www.kleinanzeigen.oldtimer-markt.de/anzeige/Tatra_87_Automarkt-107156.html
https://www.kleinanzeigen.oldtimer-markt.de/anzeige/Tatra_603_Automarkt-107160.html
https://www.kleinanzeigen.oldtimer-markt.de/anzeige/Tatra_603_Automarkt-106156.html
(Adverts found by Stefan Ebert)

Read more...

« Previous PageNext Page »