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 fourty Tatras from seven European countries attending the May 5-8 meeting, several members jumped the wagon and formed a new supervisory board, breathing new life into the club. The rally was contested by two very rare Tatras, both from Czech Republic: a T 77 from Prague and a T 17/31 from Ostrava. Anothrt surprise visit was made by a unrestored T 87 from Germany.

The two-day rally visited the highlight of the Mattsee area, including the city of Salzburg, the KTM works, a locomotive museum and last but not least Ernst Piech’s Fahrtraum Museum, where the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche himself acted as a guide for the visiting Tatra  owners.

TEILNEHMER MATTSEE TATRA-TREFFEN 2016

1 Friehs, Rudolf A T 11 1923

2 Steffen Dirk D T 57 Sport 1931

3 Fanderl, Johann D T 57 1933

4 Spiess, Erich A T 57 sport 1933

5 Suchy, Bohumir CZ T 57 1sport 1933

6 Müller, Jan CZ T 57 sport 1934

7 Hoffmann, Helmuth A T 57 sport 1934

8 Steiner, Walter A T 57a Halbcabrio 1935

9 Frohberg, Thomas D T 57a Halbcabrio 1936

10 Altendorfer, Joachim D T 57a 1936

11 Engl, Hans A Austro-Tatra T 57/L 1937

12 Smit, Kees NL T 57K 1943

12A Toloch, Jiří CZ T 17 1927

14 Pitsch, Oskar A T 30L Taxi 1928

15 Veřmiřovský, Jiří CZ T 54 1931

16 Brablík, Libor CZ T 75 1936

17 Leitner, Helmut A T 75 1938

18 Kasík, Pavel CZ T 77 1936

19 Maralik, Aleš CZ T 87 1947

20 Staffen, Alfred A T 600 1949 4 Vergaser sport

21 Colloredo-Mansfeld, Jerome T 600 1952

22 Litschauer, Josef A T 600 1952

23 Mezzera, Mario I T 603 1961

24 Forker, Peter D T 603 1962

25 Forker, Steffen D T 603 1966

26 Fährmann, Andreas D T 603 1966

27 Holzinger, Bruno A T 603 1969

28 Bieber, Ernst A T 603 1972

29 Baláš, Stanislav CZ T 603 1972

30 Kubizňák, Zdenek CZ T 603 1972

31 Pirovano, Ferdinando I T 603 1973

32 Meier, Ernst CH T 603 1975

33 Beez, Gernot D T 613

34 Carstensen, Svend DK T 613S 1987

35 Kocisko, Rudolf DK T 613 1992

37   Pierre Steichen L T 613

38 Berger, René D Corvair Corsa 1965

39 Pelikan, Klaus D Citroen DS

40 Ivo Prochaska CZ T 613-5

Trebing, Max D ohne

Heinlein, Günther D ohne

Henkel, Roland D ohne

Salzburg city centre:

http://www.salzburg-hotel.at/en/city-of-salzburg/salzburgs-sights/

Salzburg lake district:

http://www.salzburgerland.com/en/salzburger-seenland/index.html

KTM works:

http://www.ktm.com/gb/

Video: Lokpark Ampflwang Dampflokmuseum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5US_gS0HGjQ

Fahrtraum Museum Mattsee:

http://fahrtraum.at/

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/museum-von-ernst-pich-im-namen-des-patriarchen-1.1747740

https://www.facebook.com/dakartrucks.nl/posts/440827459443913?notif_t=notify_me_page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CAQUdJWsw

http://www.sardi.com.hr/index1.html

T 87 restoration video: http://www.sardi.com.hr/tatra87_video.html

In this video of Dutch origin many Dutchy trucks (About one-third of the truck participants is Dutch), but also Kolomy and Huzink (both Tatra). In the video, Kolomy overtakes de Rooij at a spot where a maximum speed was ordered, the tv broadcast fearing that Kolomy would be penalized.

http://www.rtlgp.nl/item/24219/etappe_3_bij_de_trucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEVwHDJ6hOc

The rally enjoyed 78 starter; 49 finished the trial.  The route of the 5900 km trial in details was as follows: Leningrad – Tver – Moscow – Tula – Kharkov – Rostov-na-Donu – Armavir – Pyatigorsk – Tiflis – Pyatigorsk – Rostov-na-Donu – Kharkov – Moscow. Trucks also took part in it – their route was Leningrad – Moscow – Kursk – Moscow, 1635-km long. The trial started on August 18, 1925.

The trial started on August 18, 1925.  In the rally, Tatra won trhe economical prize in their class.19 stages, 5.300 km. Leningrad – Moscow – Tiflis – Moscow; 78 Starter / 49 finishers

http://www.net-film.ru/en/film-22572/

http://www.cnet.com/videos/industrial-espionage-nazis-and-air-cooled-engines-the-tale-of-tatra/

VIDEO:   http://www.dw.com/en/vintage-tatra-t87/av-18728639

Militracks in Overloon, NL showed tracked and half tracked German WWII vehicles as well as WWII cars and motorcycles. Your editor Kees Smit showed his 1943 T 57K while a Norwegian collector showed his extremely rare 1939 T 92, a 6×4 light truck originally built for the Czechoslovak forces, but eventually used by the Germans to invade Scandinavia. We had a ride with this truck! Apart from these vehicles, the Overloon war museum showed their Schwere Wehrmachtschlepper built by Ringhoffer/ Kolin in the war years while some Tatra’s OT 810 converted back to SdKfz 251 also were present.

Schwere Wehrmachtschlepper

T 92

Preparing for a drive with the T92

The Wehrmacht driving manual already mentioned that the T 57K wasn’t an off-road vehicle. Here the T 57K got stuck with its differential in the mud, the course having seen many tracked vehicles.

www.militracks.nl

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?94010-Militracks-2015

But there were even more Tatra-related vehicles (here a 2014 video): Riding with Vladimir Lehars’ in his SdKfz 9 Famo with Tatra diesel power at Miltracks 2014 Overloon. Full circuit of the course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmeMHCJJVBw