Tatra World would like to thank the websites of the Dakar rally, Karel Loprais, Tomas Tomecek, De Azevedo, Jan de Rooij, Hans Bekx, CTK, Live-Raid, Eurosport, RTL 5 and Parijs-Dakar.nl for providing info and photos on the Dakar 2004 rally
Tatra Register Switzerland Meeting June 2004
Programm by Tatra Freunde International website
Tatra Register Deutschland welcomes you at their stand of the Jan. 31-Feb 1
http://www.classicmotorshow.de
TATRA WORLD’s TIP for 2004:
XXVII. INTERNATIONALES TATRA TREFFEN “LEKKERKERK 2004” A meeting of the Tatra Freunde International and the Tatra Register Nederland 20 – 23 may 2004 Info: smitkees@wxs.nl Dutch version German / English version
When Tomecek lost his podium finish
The Dutch magazin “Klassiek&Techniek” has written a 6 page 15 photo article on the restauration of a T 87 in their January 2004 magazin. orders: mail@klassiek-techniek.nl www.klassiek-techniek.nl
Tatra Register Deutschland did extremely well at their stand of the Jan. 31-Feb 1 Bremen classic car show.
They had copied a 30’s marketplace with a T 12 pick-up, a Detra T 52-30, a T 57b van and a T 57b. On the stand flowers and vegatables were sold http://www.classicmotorshow.de
Last week we reported on the Tatra stand at the Bremen classic car show.
We no hear that the Tatra Register Germany stand won first prize for the best-looking club stand. More pix expected soon at http://www.tatra-register.de/bilderbuch.htm
The French magazin Retroviseur compared the streamline styles of Tatra and Peugeot in their January (nr. 185) issue
21 colour pix, 9 pages back issues http://www.retroviseur.fr/
Lizzie Eayrs tells in the March issue of Classic & Sportscar
how she bought her T 57 in the eighties
WESTPORT, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 25, 2004–Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX) today announced that its joint venture, American Truck Company, LLC (”ATC”), in which Terex has a two-thirds interest, has been awarded and entered into a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to supply three prototype Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (”LVSR”) trucks. This contract, valued at $5.6 million, represents the first phase in a two-part process to determine the vehicle that ultimately will be selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for a total of up to 1,022 truck order. ATC is one of only two suppliers chosen to advance to the next phase of the proposal and evaluation process. The announcement by the U.S. Marine Corps follows the conclusion of a competition between ATC and other U.S. military truck manufacturers.
The U.S. Marine Corps will put the three ATC prototype vehicles through a 12,000-mile accelerated endurance test, performance testing, and an operational assessment conducted by Marine operators and maintainers. The LVSR program is intended to replace the Marine Corps’ existing heavy fleet with more capable, robust vehicles. The anticipated vehicles will include cargo, fifth wheel [...]