May 14th, 2020
Several Czechoslovak classics restored: Tatra, Praga, Wikov, Skoda, Z. Watch 80 photos!
Danny Barnett & Alex Tremulis
No, this is NOT about Las Vegas |T603 owner Danny Barnett meeting Jay Leno, but about Danny meeting Tucker designer Alex Tremulis a loo0ng time ago. When the photo was recently shown to Steve Tremulis, the son of Alex, he spoke about his father.
“Your brother shared this shot of you and Alex Tremulis while we were at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance a few years ago. Alex loved Paul Jaray and as a kid growing up in the 1920s, Alex would study his designs for hours on end. They influenced his entire career of over a half century of automotive design, including, of course, the Tucker ‘48. He always thought Jaray and Hans Ledwinka were unsung heroes in aerodynamics and he tried to make sure that people in the United States were aware of their contributions to the art. In the 1980s, he wrote a long tribute to Jaray in a special streamlining issue in Motor Trend, I think. “
Steve Tremulis
Categorie: History
May 13th, 2020
Tatra at Retromobile Paris
https://www.hagerty.com/media/auctions/czech-out-this-amazing-tatra-lineup-at-retromobile/
May 13th, 2020
Arafat’s T603?
The T87 of Frans Andriessen (2009 Dutch article)
Chevrolet Streamlines. A 1936 film
The video Streamlines by Chevrolet is a well-worth watching. In it you will learn about wind tunnel testing and also view an interesting demonstration of a device that uses a liquid and aluminum powder to show the effect different shapes have on streamlining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsvkSmtFDzs
Old Cars Weekly about the T 603
Paris, Tatra is on its way!
New T87 bodies offered for sale
More pix and details at:
https://auto.bazos.cz/inzerat/115278405/karoserie-tatra-87-starsi-typ.php?fbclid=IwAR0UsPQeg0FQeTtDBCeAa61bE5SlQ5fDUsUy5MZvJcyePhQmllySqTgDvcw
Categorie: Classifieds & Requests, Restoration
January 30th, 2020
Retromobile 2020 with Tatra Stand
This year’s retromobile will finally have a Tatra stand. In 2017 it had to be cancelled for organisation reasons but a smaller stand was approved upon by the Retomobile direction. Man behind the Tatra stand is Thierry Farges, event manager at Retromobile.
https://www.retromobile.com/Visitors/Exhibitions-and-events/Events-2020/Tatra-A-small-manufacturer-and-a-great-history
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMc2QmU1kWE https://www.autoplus.fr/actualite/Retromobile-2020-Programme-Tatra-Exposition-Camions-1545312.html
The exhibition has been realised with the help of Tatra Museum koprivnice, Ecorra, the manoir Museum de l’Automobile of Brittany, Vladimir Cettl who will exhibit some of his photos and the Museum of Zlin with photos and viedeos of the Hanzelka / Zikmund journeys.
January 30th, 2020