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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 this year, on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. Participants paid $400 to $800 for the privilege, depending on the vehicle being driven; the fee covered the driver and as many as three passengers. A family-style lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House in Lynchburg, as well as a tour of the Jack Daniel Distillery there, were also included.
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 this year, on Sept. 24 and Oct. 1. Participants paid $400 to $800 for the privilege, depending on the vehicle being driven; the fee covered the driver and as many as three passengers. A family-style lunch at Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House in Lynchburg, as well as a tour of the Jack Daniel Distillery there, were also included.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/hitting-the-tennessee-roads-in-rolling-museum-pieces/
October 12th, 2011
Wer an Tatra denkt, dem kommt sofort der T 603 in den Sinn. Die bevorzugt in Schwarz ausgelieferte Stromlinien-Limousine glich einer Zigarre vom Typ “Robusto” und war von 1956 bis 1975 die S-Klasse der sozialistischen Brüderstaaten hinter dem Eisernen Vorhang. Ein luftgekühlter V8-Motor im Heck mit 2,5 Liter Hubraum schob den Luxusliner “Z cesky¿ch luhu a háju” (Bedrich Smetana: “Durch Böhmens Hain und Flur”). Doch die Tschechen konnten auch anders. Im niederländischen Druten erwartet uns ein Tatra T 80 mit V12-Motor.
Von 1931 bis 1938 nur 25 Mal gebaut, zählte der große Tatra T 80 zur reichlich vorhandenen globalen V12-Prominenz: In Europa Daimler (GB), Horch, Maybach und Hispano-Suiza, in den USA Cadillac, Franklin, Lincoln und Packard. Zu Beginn der 30er Jahre hatte nämlich fast jeder (Premium)-Automobil-Hersteller ein Spitzenmodell mit prestigeträchtigem V12-Motor im Programm, um sein technisches Potenzial zu beweisen. So war es auch bei Tatra. Dabei nutzte das teure V12-Cabrio das gleiche technische Konzept wie seine Brot-und-Butter-Markenbrüder.
Text: http://www.stern.de/auto/news/exklusiver-fahrspass-mit-v12-motor-1720580.html
Photos: http://www.stern.de/auto/news/exklusiver-fahrspass-mit-v12-motor-1720580-photoshow.html
August 25th, 2011
The Czech National Technical Museum reopened its doors last month after a long reconstruction period. The main hall still houses the Museum’s basic Tatra collection: The original Prasident, the Rennzweier, a T 75 convertible, the Thomas Masary T 80, a T 77a and of course the Hanzelka/Zikmund T 87. Cars are now exhibited in periods along vehicles of other brands with contemporary films projected on the walls.
More pix: http://gemik.blog.cz/1102/narodni-technicke-muzeum-fotoprohlidka
http://www.ntm.cz/en/museum/collections/industrial-design
April 10th, 2011
British architect Norman Foster recently acquired his freshly restored T 87 in Geneva. It was restored by Ecorra. Watch a video of his T87 on a test drive by Ecorra people: http://auto.idnes.cz/
Foster has become a real streamlined car fanatic, recreating Buckingham Fuller’s Dymaxion: http://boingboing.net/
Profile: http://www.designboom.com/portrait/foster/bio.html
April 10th, 2011
The T77 was introduced exactly 77 years ago, on March 5th, 1934.
The Tatra Museum honours this memorable day in automotive history.
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Czech: http://ostrava.idnes.cz/
March 6th, 2011
Paul Greenstein’s corner garage on Glendale Boulevard doubles as a collector’s paradise. Photographer Gary Leonard and reporter Anthea Raymond get the scoop.
On a recent rainy Sunday, Paul Greenstein greets me and photographer Gary Leonard at his “Den of Antiquity.” Despite the weather, music blasts through the open garage door off Glendale. We enter to see a sprawl of gear and machines inside. A car is on a lift.
“People always walk in and ask me to fix stuff,” Greenstein said. “And I say, ‘No.’ This is mainly for my stuff. “ More….
January 12th, 2011
Finally, proof that T87’s were reverse engineered from Alien spaceships! (well, according to Paul Greenstein)
see also: http://www.cptr.us/tatra.html
December 6th, 2010
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, Packard, Jaguar, Mercedes, Ferrari among many others.
High upholstered quality made of Visón, ostrich or crocodile, nacre dashboards, lalique mascots, handles in ivory and silver, precious woods, lights with Swarovsky crystals, exotic ornaments, etc. The top model automobile in all its glory.
The modern car with the art and fashion!
A glamorous collection of “vintage” hats, with pieces from the beginning of the century until the 60s will be exhibited. High fashion with Balenciaga, Dior, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Balmain, etc.
Artists, stylists, journalists, photographers, creative minds in general and other specialists will discover an atmosphere full of masterpieces, sculptures, facilities in relation to the automobile and its history.
An innovative museum ahead of its time in traditional concepts that will certainly be one of the most interesting ones in Europe and that will contribute to make of Malaga an important destination for cultural tourism.
http://www.museoautomovilmalaga.com/ingles/coches/excentricidad.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12700690@N07/5224508554/sizes/l/in/photostream/
December 6th, 2010
IN retrospect, perhaps, it should have seemed inevitable: the Tatra won the 2010 Collectible Car of the Year Contest on nytimes.com.
Yes, the Tatra. Of course.
The what? Read more here……….
July 24th, 2010
The well-known Louwman collection, a collection created by the Louwman family, a Dutch vehicle importer since the beginning of last century and nowadays Toyota importer, have built a new home for its collection in The Hague. After the location found a home in Leidschendam in 1969, in Raamdonksveer in 1989, the collection has now found a new home in a superb, purposely built, 10.000 m three store building. It was openened by H.M. Queen Beatrix last Friday, July 2nd.
The Louwman family started to collect historical automobiles while importing Dodge and Chrysler in the Netherlands. In 1934 they bought their first collectable car, a 1914 Dodge Type 30, one of the oldest surviving Dodges today. The collection steadily grew and now counts over 230 automobiles. Two of them are Ledwinka designed: a 1948 Tatra T87 and a Spatz Victoria bubble car with central tube chassis, designed by Hans Ledwinka in the autumn of his career.
The T 87 is positioned close to the entrance in a hall housing highlight designs of several countries, the T 87, representing Czechoslovakia, accompanied by a Citroen DS, a Volvo 444, a DAF 600, a Toyota 2000GT etc.
Video of HM Queen Beatrix opening the new museum as well as a museumimpression: http://nos.nl/
Louwman Museum: www.louwmanmuseum.nl
Tatra T 87: louwmanmuseum.nl/
earlier article: tatraworld.nl
July 3rd, 2010
