This looks to be a very curious car. Recently discovered in Switserland, the 1948 T87 was taken off the road in 1955, stored dry and serviced till this very day and occaisionally taken for a short drive on Swiss garage plates. Still in a pretty good condition with its iriginal interior, the car was customised / [...]
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2011
A Swiss T 87 history
November 13th, 2011
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Tatra Spotting
Tatra interested in Dutch army order; Phoenix to be imported in the UK; RHD models tested
October 29th, 2011
Czechtrade.nl has written that the Czech ambassador in Holland Jaroslav Horak visited DAF Eindhoven on October 21. The visit was meant to underline the Czech-Dutch Tatra Phoenix cooperation. Further it became known that both Daf and Tatra will try to supply the Dutch army with 3500 5-ton trucks, once the present Dutch DAF trucks will be [...]
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Press, Tatra Works
Paccar’s CEO comments on DAF-Tatra deal
October 26th, 2011
Question: Jerry Revich – Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Research Division
And Mark, can you talk about your vision for the TATRA business specifically? Did you anticipate at some point owning a bigger piece of the company? I guess what’s the extent of the opportunity here?
Answer: Mark C. Pigott – CEO Paccar
Well, full points to you for [...]
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Press, Tatra Works
Tatras readied for the 2012 Dakar
October 25th, 2011
Once again Biglorryblog is most grateful to his Italian chum Gianenrico Griffini (who’s also chairman of the Jury of International Truck of the Year so I need to keep in with him!) and a man who manages to get himself invited to all sorts of good jobs–which he then kindly shares with BLB! And here’s a [...]
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Events & Meetings
Tatra Alert. T 54 found back untouched
October 21st, 2011
Just days ago Tatra World informed you about JiriVermirovsky’s freshly restored T 54 stolen in Ostrava.
A happy Helena Martinova has now informed TW that the T 54 has been located by the Ostrava police. Fears were about the cars condition. Were parts stolen, was the engine still there? We now can tell you that the car was still [...]
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Personal
A Pictorial Tribute to Models T77A & T87
October 16th, 2011
A coffee table pictorial book of the first streamlined production cars in the world . Book format: Hard Cover 12in x 12in, 21 pages, 15 color pages with 3-views and technical specs.
Preview the book
A new Tatra book has been published. According to the publisher it is a coffee table pictorial book of the first streamlined [...]
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Literature & Manuals
VIDEO: Tatra 5×4 truck
October 13th, 2011
How to get a T 815 home on five wheels? Move your load to the right and avoid left bends!
http://www.telegraaf.nl/incoming/10718197/__De_kiepwagen__.html?p=16,2
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Unrestored T 87 engine for sale.
October 13th, 2011
Rudolf Kandusz is offereing a T 87 engine before renovation.
Details: Rudolf Kandus (Czech Republic) rudolf.kandus@seznam.cz or tel. + 420 736607950 (Czech/German language)
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Classifieds & Requests
Hitting the Tennessee Roads in Rolling Museum Pieces
October 12th, 2011
NASHVILLE — The Lane Motor Museum is not sitting on its collection.
Located about five miles west of Nashville International Airport, the museum recently enlisted about 100 adventurers to drive some 20 cars from its collection in a fund-raiser rally between the museum and Lynchburg, Tenn.
The event, called the Rally for the Lane, was held twice [...]
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Tatra Classic Car News
T 54 stolen in Ostrava
October 10th, 2011
JiriVermirovsky’s freshly restored T 54 was Stolen in Ostrava last weekend.
Its restoration was almost finished with upholstery worrk about to finished. We ask you to keep your eyes open. All information is welcomed to get the T 54 back to its owner. Engine and chassis bumbers will be added soon on TW.
Contact:
Helena Martinova, +420 775 21 22 [...]
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