It is in these days in Slovakia during the annual appointment with the KM 500 SLOVENSKÝCH, the “rally” of the vintage cars corresponding to our famous tour of the “Mille Miglia”. Mercedes, Lincoln, Tatra and Skoda cars are of course various protagonists of the event yesterday stopped in Teplice Trenčianske, allowing us to admire and photograph these pieces of automotive history. This is especially of cars registered and badged in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary. Among the most admired media, the van of the Fire Department of the Twenties and Škoda off-road under the police and armed forces.
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Какие бы сложности не вставали на пути у чешских инженеров, они всегда находили изящное, а зачастую и необычное решение. На автозавод «Tatra» в 1923 году попал молодой и дерзкий инженер-конструктор Ганс Ледвинка. Согласно его разработке, замкнутая рама заменялась на расположенную по продольной оси трубу. Мотор жестко крепился с одного ее конца, задний мост — с другого. Согласно такой или слегка измененной конструкции, легковушки «Tatra» выпускались затем на протяжении восьми десятков лет!
http://www.auto39.ru/articles/2012/a12061201.html
Zlin – Zlin Square of Peace in the afternoon ending point of the fourth Advertising Association Fire tours Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. This year’s ride, which was on Friday 29 June started in Czech Cieszyn, she graduated from the historic fire trucks that his crews traveled for four days a total of 320 kilometers. The Zlín square together with the other guests were welcomed by Governor of the Zlín Region Stanislav Misak, who took over the holding of driving together with the Governor of the Region patronage.
“On Friday I attended the opening ceremony of driving in the Czech Cieszyn, which was attended by a large number of firefighters, and won the music was ready and the other rich accompanying program. There were just clearly know that the city considers a fire. Therefore, I am very sorry that today in our county town do not see anything like that, which is in contrast with the atmosphere not only in Czech Cieszyn but in most places where the journey on the path under construction, “complained the captain Stanislav Misak, but also the overall driving evaluated as a successful and highly praised not only the perfect technical condition of historic vehicles, but especially members of the endurance of their crews. They successfully managed a difficult journey, despite the very hot weather, which in the last days there.
Zlin – Zlin Square of Peace in the afternoon ending point of the fourth Advertising Association Fire tours Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. This year’s ride, which was on Friday 29 June started in Czech Cieszyn, she graduated from the historic fire trucks that his crews traveled for four days a total of 320 kilometers. The Zlín square together with the other guests were welcomed by Governor of the Zlín Region Stanislav Misak, who took over the holding of driving together with the Governor of the Region patronage.
“On Friday I attended the opening ceremony of driving in the Czech Cieszyn, which was attended by a large number of firefighters, and won the music was ready and the other rich accompanying program. There were just clearly know that the city considers a fire. Therefore, I am very sorry that today in our county town do not see anything like that, which is in contrast with the atmosphere not only in Czech Cieszyn but in most places where the journey on the path under construction, “complained the captain Stanislav Misak, but also the overall driving evaluated as a successful and highly praised not only the perfect technical condition of historic vehicles, but especially members of the endurance of their crews. They successfully managed a difficult journey, despite the very hot weather, which in the last days there.
In the early Nineties I appeared on a car show for Channel 4 calledDriven, which was produced by my friend Muriel Gray. This was a show that used a lot of the same tropes that Top Gear would later employ. Muriel knew that I had a great affection for Tatra cars which were made in Czechoslovakia. As a child visiting Prague with my communist parents we would be chauffeured around in fleets of futuristic-looking Tatra T603s, a vehicle that featured three headlights, space-age styling and a massive V8 engine in the rear. Now, in the Nineties, following the collapse of communism, a man was importing the last of the line, the Tatra 613, into Britain and I was to do a piece on him and the car.
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A new exhibit opening soon at the Petersen Automotive Museum will appeal to both the automotive enthusiast as well as those who love avant-garde design. Aerodynamics: From Art to Science opens June 16, 2012, and will run through May 27, 2013 in the museum’s Gordon R. Howard Gallery.
http://www.petersen.org/default.cfm?docid=1087
http://automotive.speedtv.com/article/autos-best-of-the-web121/
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/at-petersen-cars-that-cheated-the-wind-if-not-always-gracefully/
Take a look at Jay Leno’s Czech-made Tatra T87, which pioneered ideas in streamlining, suspension and fuel efficiency.
http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/multimedia/videos/jay-lenos-garage-1938-tatra-t87/
InstaForex Eurol Veka Team Tops the SWR 2012 Preparations by Testing Session in Slovakia
Under a close supervision of Peter Verluis, Eurol Veka MAN team owner and an experienced racing pilot himself, Ales Loprais was chasing the red MAN special for 800 kilometers of a grueling test ride in Slovak sands. Fans can distinguish some visual changes in the truck appearance: Ales is using his own wheels, which he previously used on his Tatra trucks since 2008, and the logos of Ales’ main partners, including the general partner of InstaForex, are pasted on the truck as well. Therefore, this year’s Silk Way Rally will be driven by Ales in a joint team called InstaForex Eurol Veka.
Speaking of the race crew, Ales will use an international crew, with an experienced navigator, Serge Bruynkens of Belgium, and mechanic Frank Deenen of the Netherlands. It is Ales’ second international crew after two races driven with Jaro Miskolci of Slovakia.
The entire racing fleet will be dispatched from the team base in Holland on July 3. At the same time, the Frenstat’s base of Loprais team will be left by the assistance Tatra 4×4 called “Philharmony” with a sleeping and conference capacity. “Me and other race crews will fly all the way to the start in Moscow on July 5,” Ales says.
However, one Tatra truck will not be missing in the lineup of the racing crews. Svoboda Team will join efforts with Ales Loprais for this year in Russia and therefore the traditional orange color will be replaced by the red-and-white team markup. “This year we drive together. The Svoboda Team made a hard debut in Russia last year and managed to finish the race. Before that, the team was well known in smaller races and the Czech truck trial. This time, they will use our FRT – Loprais Shocks absorbers, which should make the much faster on the track. We’ll see. I am certainly looking forward to this cooperation,” Ales adds.
Needless to say, fans should not miss a thing of this year’s SWR. The race will be broadcasted by Eurosport to all European countries. In addition to that, Eurol Veka MAN team will have its own film crew and one cameraman will accompany also the Loprais squad. Press cars will include also the team doctor and Loprais’ physiotherapist who will look after Ales’ spine and muscles after each stage.
Silk way rally 2012 is also the first racing event, in which Ales Loprais will represent the Dakar edition of Edox watches as their exclusive ambassador.
The race will start on July 7, 2012 on the Red Square of Moscow and conclude after 8 tough stages in Gelendzhik near the olympic Sochi.
Source: Jiri Vintr/Loprais Team
VIDEO: http://loprais.cz/loprais/index.php?obsah=zobraz&id_clanku=818
