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Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#449399
After looking through an old 1959 Launceston Examiner Newspaper, i noticed something.
It read.

VW COPIED

Volksfiatovitch is the irreveret name bestowed in Western Europe on the new russian, rear engined car.Though the car owes quite a lot to the Fiat 600, it's engine is almost a scaled down replica to the Volkswagen's. It is an air cooled flat four, with pushrod operated, verticle overhead valves, and it has the same compression ratio as the Vw. However, total capacity is only 750cc. (Against about 1197cc.) And the output is about 20mph compared with 36mph with the Volkswagen.




Does anyone have any pics of this rare beast???

Cheers 1963 Empi Radar.

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#449400
Weird huh???

LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#449408
the paper wasn't dated the 1st of april by any chance. aussie gee-up maybe?
Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#449412
Trying to find info on that car I came across this an air cooled V8!!!!

...a summary by Gareth Jones

The T603 project was begun in 1953, after the Czechoslovakian government issued the order for Tatra to design and build a car suitable for official duties, to replace the Volgas and ZILs that were used after production T87 ceased the previous year. The car would have six seats and an engine capacity of not more than 3.6 litres.

The heart of the new car was the newly developed 603 engine by Jiri Klos. A 2,545cc air-cooled V8, its specification was advanced; oversquare (75 x 72mm), with a single centre camshaft and hemispherical combustion chambers. The engine's first application was in the 4x4 T805, and in its 'military spec' it developed 75 bhp, but it had also been used in some interesting Tatra competition cars, like the T601 Tatraplan Montecarlo and the T602 and T607 sports racing cars. In the new T603 saloon, however, it produced 95 bhp at 5000 rpm.

will try to get a pic

Matt.

[ Edited on 21-1-2006 by Matt Ryan ]

[ Edited on 21-1-2006 by Matt Ryan ]

[ Edited on 21-1-2006 by Matt Ryan ]

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Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#449426
1963 Empi Radar,

Here are some more pics, I think these are more like the ones talked about in that news paper article.They are called Tatra and were made in Czechoslovakia Apparrently they first surfaced in the 1930's and Adolph didn't like how similar they were to the KDF wagen, so he made them stop production. They resurfaced after the war and there have been many models since.

Start with this site:
http://tatraklub.tatraportal.sk/
or
http://www.tatra-register.co.uk/






PS. HANDS UP WHO WANTS ONE!!!!!!!

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Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#450178
DUBB61 wrote:the paper wasn't dated the 1st of april by any chance. aussie gee-up maybe?
No it wasn't. Think it was boxing day 1956 i think.

Thanks Matt Ryan but i think this is a different car.

[/quote] I think [/quote]

But this may be the car.
Thanks averyone for the information.

does anyone know anything about these cars??

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#450179
By the way. I wouldn't mind hooling up the beach in that Tatra!!!!
I WANT ONE!!!!!

71superbug The Itch Itcher

1,184 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#450203
in that second picture..is there no-one sitting in the front at the drivers seat but there is someone sitting in the back...reading a newspaper?

what a weirdo.


Anthony

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#450319
I bet the driver got out to take the pic!
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#450323
A split window Beetle and early Type 1 Karman Ghia sit with T87 and T600:

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#450328
Purple Martin wrote:I bet the driver got out to take the pic!
I've worked it out! A guy named John Long and his wife went on a tour to the three oceans that surround North America in a restored 1947 Tatra T87. That is one of his photos, so that'll be his wife in the back, presumably looking at a map. Here is his website with the story of the tour, and plenty of great pics:
http://www.openthinkinc.com/tatra/
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

555bug WRX Bug Boy

1,123 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#450794
guy harding up here in Brisbane had a Tatra (might still have it), apparently you need to sleep with a lot of people to get one out 🙂

Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#450851
With the triple lights & boat tail rear, I think it has more in common with the American Tucker.

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Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#450853
Tucker

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Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.

modulus Veteran Volks Folk

2,009 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#450912
Whilst looking for VW information I got the drag co-efficient of the 1934 Tatra T77 - wait for it - 0.212 !

And that was with a three-flat-piece windscreen.


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Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#451674
Anything else on this car???

Matt Ryan Fahrvergnugen

890 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#451791
1963 Empi Radar wrote:Anything else on this car???
I found plenty on the web just by typing tatra into google. Also plenty for tucker.

Matt.


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Guy_H Officially Full-On Dubber

232 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#456073
I still have the Tatra (Tatraplan T600) - its a nice rust free 1951' version with a truckload of parts - Aussie delivered RHD.

Someone please buy it off me & restore it - its a really cool ride 😊




[ Edited on 13-2-2006 by Guy_H ]
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www.goapr.com.au

www.oettinger.com.au

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#456103
what are you asking for it?
Guy_H wrote:I still have the Tatra (Tatraplan T600) - its a nice rust free 1951' version with a truckload of parts - Aussie delivered RHD.

Someone please buy it off me & restore it - its a really cool ride 😊[ Edited on 13-2-2006 by Guy_H ]
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool