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How a Tatra T 87 inspired John Long to start series production of the Bowlus Road Chief

May 16th, 2016
no comment Posted by smitkees

http://petrolicious.com/the-bowlus-road-chief-is-reviving-the-golden-era-of-trailer-travel

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Jeff Lane’s new T 49

May 13th, 2016
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http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/koprivnicti-renovatori-vyrobili-repliku-trikolky-tatra-49/1349293?
http://www.patriotmagazin.cz/koprivnicti-renovatori-vyrobili-unikatni-repliku-trikolky-tatra-49/
http://ostrava.idnes.cz/replika-tatra-do-lane-motor-muzea-v-americkem-nashvillu-pis-/ostrava-zpravy.aspx?c=A150529_134040_ostrava-zpravy_jog

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Mattsee Tatra meeting welcomes new-born TFI

May 12th, 2016
no comment Posted by smitkees

Organised by some Tatra Freunde International diehards who regretted the fact that the TFI had become neglected, not organising a members’meeting in 2015 and 2016, the Tatra meeting in Mattsee (A) became a highly successful meeting.

The meeting was held in the small city of Mattsee, the place where the TFI was founded. With close to [...]

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Video and story: T 603 B5

May 10th, 2016
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Urvan Tatra 603 crushing opponents at the Nurburgring and then go home
May 6, 2016

Officially called Tatra 603-2 B5 Marathon.In the mid-sixties he plagued compete in the famous race in Marathon de la Route and attracted uproar unique ejector cooling.And thanks to the children of the original navigator and rider fascinates today.

Načítají se informace o videu…

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Tatra T 77: The future of yesterday

April 29th, 2016
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German monthly magazine has published a five-page article on the Tatra T 77, featuring photos of Kees Smit’s T 77a.
http://www.oldtimer-markt.de/zeitschriften/oldtimer-markt/oldtimer-markt-52016

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Tatra to sell trucks to Jordanian and Egyptian army

April 26th, 2016
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Tatra carries you from Egypt and Jordan orders worth 800 million. Countries to deliver military chassis
Peter Lukac – Editor 26. 4. 2016 09:23 (updated 10:25)  0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Forward
The value of the contracts is around 800 million crowns.
Kopřivnická company that three years ago ended in bankruptcy, he last year earned 390 million crowns.
Tatra bude [...]

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Movendi Tatra T 77a in the USA

April 25th, 2016
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Remember the Movendi T 77a offered at Retromobile last year?  The car was sold to Florida and looks more honest, now its coat of paint has been removed.
http://www.tbauto.org/cars/tatra_t77A.htm

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Tatra Military vehicles exposition 1900-1945

April 25th, 2016
no comment Posted by smitkees

Please kindly accept a notice of initiation of a new exhibition at the Technical Museum Tatra Kopřivnice on the theme: “And not only … the Tatra military trucks and other specialty equipment from Kopřivnice 1900 – 1945″ exhibition opening will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 16 o’clock. The exhibition will run until [...]

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TFI: Does the phoenix rises from its ashes?

April 24th, 2016
no comment Posted by smitkees

Early May a Tatra meeting will be organised in Mattsee, Austria.  It is held on the well-known traditional Ascension weekend, always claimed and used by the Tatra Freunde International.  As the TFI has experienced problems with finding successors in their supervisory board, the (the oldest western-European Tatra Club)  club made a neglected impression the last [...]

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Czech, Lithuanian Militaries Enhance Transport Capacities With New Acquisitions

April 24th, 2016
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http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/land/vehicles/2016/02/02/czech-lithuanian-militaries-enhance-transport-capacities-new-acquisitions/79696720/

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