Archive for 2010

Vladimir Cettl exhibition in the Tatra Museum

December 10th, 2010
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Czech photographer Vladimir Cettl is fascinated by classic car scrapyards. He is fascinated by Tatras especially and now has his exhibition at the Tatra Museum in Koprivnice. The exposition runs till March 28 and includes some Tatra wreckages. 
http://11-55.nolimit.cz/ homepage     vladimircettl on flickr

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Miroslav Zikmund, Vaclav Havel and a new book

December 8th, 2010
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Praha – Výběr nejzajímavějších reportáží z expedice po Africe a Latinské Americe cestovatelské dvojice Hanzelky a Zikmunda dnes v Praze představil Miroslav Zikmund. Původní texty jednadevadesátiletý cestovatel přepracoval a ve spolupráci s editorem doplnil o dosud nezveřejněné dobové dokumenty a fotografie. Jedním z kmotrů publikace nazvané Legenda H+Z, První cesta se stal bývalý prezident Václav [...]

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Published in Literature & Manuals

Czech Police should ask for whom Barták demanded US bribe

December 8th, 2010
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Prague, Dec 7 (CTK) – Former Czech deputy defence minister Martin Bartak, suspected of asking the U.S. owner of the Tatra lorry maker for a bribe, probably did so on someone’s behalf and the police should ask who could have fulfilled what Bartak promised in exchange for the bribe, weekly Respekt has written. Continue….

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At last: A T613 book

December 6th, 2010
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Jan Tucek has published his newest book, now on the Tatra T613.  It was expected for quite some time, but here it is:
Tatra 613
Publisher: Grada, edice: Retro;
ISBN: 978-80-247-2584-0, EAN: 9788024725840
Formát: 224 pages, 17×22cm, česky, vázaná vazba
Contents:
 
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Bohemia-Hobbies contact pmilbankj@aol.com when it becomes available
http://knihy.abz.cz/prodej/tatra-613
http://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/157901/tatra-613/ with english explanation how to order

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Published in Literature & Manuals

Karel Loprais Interview

December 6th, 2010
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For tatraworld.nl interviewed byVladimir Cettl, translated by Lucie Pohorelcova
This summer visited my born town Ustí nad Labem (CZ) a very special guest, perharps the most widely known living TATRA driver Mr Karel Loprais, because of the supporting project  for tourism „Trofeo Niké Bohemia“. Mr Loprais is a sixfold Winner of Rallye Paris-Dakar in trucks. That is [...]

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Published in Racing & Rallying

T 87 unloaded from a spaceship

December 6th, 2010
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Finally, proof that T87’s were reverse engineered from Alien spaceships! (well, according to Paul Greenstein)
see also: http://www.cptr.us/tatra.html

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Spanish T 87

December 6th, 2010
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A T87 has found a place in the eccentric car section of the Malaga Auto Museum. The museum has an extraordinary collection, presented in thematic areas that describe the different styles which characterize the artistic evolution of the XX century.
A Great variety of representative models of the best marks like Hispano, Bugatti, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Delage, [...]

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Minister sacks head of military acquisitions section

December 6th, 2010
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Prague, Dec 3 (CTK) – Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra has as of December 4 dismissed Jiri Stanek as head of the ministry’s section for military equipment acquisitions, the ministry’s press department told CTK Friday.
The change has been a part of the general replacement of the ministry’s top management. It also ensues from the ongoing [...]

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The Cd of the T77a

December 6th, 2010
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http://automix.atlas.sk/extra/715311/aerodynamickym-rekordmanom-je-tatra-77-a-talianska-turbina
http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&sl=sk&tl=en&u=http://automix.atlas.sk/extra/715311/aerodynamickym-rekordmanom-je-tatra-77-a-talianska-turbina&twu=1

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New T97 diecast model

December 1st, 2010
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http://www.macmodel.cz/cz/auticka/novinka/

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