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Louwman museum welcomes Kees Smit’s T87

December 31st, 2020
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Kees Smit sold his Tatra to the Louwman museeum. The T87 will be part of their permanent exhibition at the ground fllor. The present T87 of the museum will be transferred to the Toyota museum in Japan.

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Anybody know the the identity of this T77? Note small star up front and the uniform of the soldier.

December 30th, 2020
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The Slovak T603 MB minibus and pick-up

December 29th, 2020
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https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&u=https://www.autickar.cz/clanek/tatra-603-mb/

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New Tatra truck museum waiting for its Tatra exhibits.

December 29th, 2020
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On December 22, the company Morys, s.r.o. handed over to the investor – the Moravian-Silesian Region – the construction of the building of the new Tatra Truck Museum. But it’s not the end. On the contrary, the museum still have a lot of work to do with the new exhibition and they hope they will [...]

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T 82 troop carrier under restoration

December 29th, 2020
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Published in History, Restoration

The other Slovenska Strela

December 29th, 2020
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The origin of Slovenská Strela is described by experts in relatively detail, and if we grind it on the net, we get enough information about this great vehicle from the Kopřivnice Tatras, which confirms us in the general opinion that it was an exceptional, really functional and reliable vehicle. One of the two vehicles produced, [...]

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StB agents scattered my father’s ashes under Tatraplan. Ivan Margolius tells about his Czech roots and gives his view on Tatra and Ledwinka.

December 29th, 2020
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https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&u=https://www.irozhlas.cz/zivotni-styl/auto/tatra-automobilka-slovenska-strela-tatraplan-t87-t77-t11-t600_2010251632_jgr

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‘ Thirties Czechoslovak Traffic Police

December 29th, 2020
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Gendarmerie road inspection
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=cs&tl=en&u=https://hradec.rozhlas.cz/pocatky-dopravni-policie-kdy-stopkar-cetnik-se-stopkami-v-ruce-meril-rychlost-8348783
Czech Pol;ice Museum: https://juleswings.wordpress.com/2020/02/09/the-czech-police-museum-muzeum-policie-cr-prague/

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Published in History, Museums, Press

Tatra Around the World Expedition will continue next year after being stranded by Covid-19 border problems

December 29th, 2020
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The Tatra Around the World 2 expedition will continue after a six-month break forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, its members announced in a press release on Sunday. The expedition will head for Africa in the spring. This entails a small change of plan since the expedition was originally supposed to continue in Asia, but the [...]

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What’s wrong with this T1-603 Mask?

December 21st, 2020
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Visit http://www.tatra.ch/html/fotogalerie.html
and go to “Autounfälle in den 60ern”

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