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Tatra's
You learn something every day:jesus
These are weird looking cars but you can see where the beetle came from
http://www.ukcar.com/sframe.htm?/history/Tatra/ |
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| posted on July 30th, 2003 at 11:06 PM |
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OK more weird sh!t :alien
Check out Mike's shed:o
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| posted on July 31st, 2003 at 02:28 AM |
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Hmmm thats pretty funky . Never seen one .
Does anyone know of any here in Oz.
Are you going to get one as ya next project Jenz
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| posted on July 31st, 2003 at 05:52 AM |
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I heard of one up in QLD, but that was a while ago.
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| posted on July 31st, 2003 at 08:46 AM |
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I went to Prague in 1994 and I saw a couple on the street. I'd never seen one before or even heard of Tatras, but they looked so beautiful I
fell in love with them straight away.
I think they even did an air-cooled V8 - wow!
1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper
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| posted on July 31st, 2003 at 08:54 AM |
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Saw a variety of those things in Prague.
If ever you want to go cool wierd car shopping/spotting Prague is the go. Lots of old wierd East/West things lurking around.
You should see the local equivalent of Rice's! Sadly I have no pics but I highly recommend going there before it turns into a real shithole.
Its on its way down now probably due to evrymovie etc with a few $$$ looting the place. It has discovered rampant capitalism. The cab drivers make
Colin MacRae look like a granny on her way to church too. This is where they shot the 350Z ad and that Vin Diesel movie where he saves the world (yet
again.....)
You gotta try the REAL local Absinthe too. Fairies Fairies Everywhere...:sandrine:sandrine:sandrine:sandrine:sandrine |
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| posted on August 6th, 2003 at 11:14 PM |
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Don't think we have them here but I could be wrong?
My next project LOL
Have trouble getting bits some bits I want for Bels' 36hp now let alone something like a Tatra. Would imagine you'd need the $$$$ to import
everything
How cool are they and so different :thumb
Nah, someone had been giving me a VW history lesson so I thought I'd share
Hey, the Tempo Matador, where the kombi design came from
http://hem.bredband.net/b113915/one/tempo1.htm
http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/features/0108vwt_tempo/?iam=dpile_100
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| posted on August 6th, 2003 at 11:34 PM |
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Harding's in brissie had one sitting around for a while. In need of restoration |
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| posted on August 7th, 2003 at 10:58 PM |
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Hmmm, not interested:jesus
Maybe someone with more time and means on their hands
It would be good if someone could actually do it:bounce
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| posted on August 17th, 2003 at 10:36 AM |
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I did a lot of research on the Tatra (still have it) & if things went a little differentin WW2 we could all be part of aussietatras.com.
"It is not difficult to spot the close resemblance between the Tatra T97 and the VW Beetle. For several years, ever since the 1933 Tatra V570
prototype, Ledwinka and Porsche regularly met each other to discuss their automotive work and designs. When the T97 was launched Porsche was working
on the KdF-Wagen, the later VW Beetle, for Hitler's promotion purposes. Hitler considered the T97 to be too similar to his KdF-Wagen which was to
be produced by the new Volkswagen factory, even though the T97 was listed at more than five and a half times the KdF-Wagen's target selling
price. In 1939 the T97, along with the T57, were ordered to be removed from the Tatra stand at the 1939 Berlin Autosalon, because of their close
resemblance to the KDF-Wagen. In the late 1930's it became clear VW had used several patents of the Tatra factory. Just before the war Tatra had
ten legal claims against VW for infringement of patents. Although Ferdinand Porsche was about to make a settlement with Tatra, he was stopped by
Hitler who said he would "solve his problem". Shortly after he invaded Czechoslovakia and gained control over Tatra, stopping the T97's
production.
After W.W.II the VW Beetle went on to international stardom selling millions of cars, while Tatra found itself stranded behind the iron curtain
producing what the communists ordered them to do. The case of the patents was re-opened after W.W.II and was dragged on for years ending in 1961 when
Volkswagen eventually made a settlement paying Tatra DM3,000,000. Ferdinand Porsche later admitted that he occasionally "looked over the
shoulder" of Ledwinka..."
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| posted on August 17th, 2003 at 12:21 PM |
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Thanks Jen
Thanks for the info Jen... much appreciated... there was a Tempo Matador at the VW Nationals in Sydney this year (or maybe last year)....
these are very rare with only 1362 being made in 2 years . They are sort of (ugly) unusual looking... I wouldn't mind one...
It would be hot in the summer with the engine behind the seat.. but just think, You could adjust the ignition timing or replace the points etc in the
rain and NOT get wet....  :bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce:bounce
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- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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| posted on August 17th, 2003 at 04:28 PM |
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Dunno If I really like them, the back of em kinda look a bit spooky
Ree
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| posted on August 17th, 2003 at 09:07 PM |
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I agree Ree, they are fuggly things.
So glad Volkswagen inproved on the look:thumb
Lee, I think I do remember seeing a Tempo at the Nationals now you mention it. Just didn't know about them then and it did not grab my attention
greatly. This year was my first and I don't think I caught it in any of my pics.
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| posted on August 23rd, 2003 at 07:13 PM |
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There was one at the 2002 German Car Day at York, WA. Think it was in the York Motor Museum Collection. Have a feeling it is being/has been
transferred to the Fremantle Motor Museum. Had a pair of rear windows in front of the rear mounted engine, then another pair behind the engine, ie
look through two panes of glass to see out the rear.
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| posted on August 23rd, 2003 at 09:02 PM |
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Double glazing, why? Insulation from the cold? Strange:alien |
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| posted on August 24th, 2003 at 02:32 AM |
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Shazza's long lost cousin!
Spot the difference:
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| posted on August 24th, 2003 at 02:35 AM |
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heres another cool tatra site
http://www.autohistories.com/tatra
heres a cool pic I found
And heres an interesting pic of where Porsche and Ledwinka are comparing their cars - notice the Split beetle and the Karman ghia
man these cars look cool and funky i want one bad - how many are here in Oz?
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| posted on August 24th, 2003 at 11:10 AM |
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Don't know if we do have any here. By the replies they have all been spotted overseas
They do sorta grow on you.
Love the illustration you found, very comic bookish
Is it a ticket for a show with a date on it?
Love the cousin to Shazza as well, very cool lines, nice looking ride.
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| posted on August 24th, 2003 at 12:30 PM |
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Thanks for the info on Tatras... just looked at the site and the later model Tatras were Very Expensive... very nice also... they didn't look
like a rear engined car at all. or air cooled...
thanks
Lee
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| posted on August 24th, 2003 at 12:50 PM |
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Hey look at the scale model of the rag top Tatra on the right, it could be easily mistaken for a beetle if you didn't look closely at the
back
Found it on the site xxx-1.8T posted
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| posted on August 25th, 2003 at 12:15 PM |
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i want one!!!!
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| posted on August 25th, 2003 at 02:28 PM |
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Can't wait to take advantage of that 3 litre V8 with 60Hp!
"Tell him 'We've already got one'"
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| posted on September 2nd, 2003 at 10:05 PM |
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Wahhhhhh!!! Check this site out
OK the words are in Russian (VW Club of Russia) but look at the pics here in the timeline of Russian beetle history
Such a Tatra look, what ya reckon:thumb
http://www.beetle-club.ru/beetle/history/history1.htm
Go into the site it's really interesting, well has good pics of Russian VW's. We need a translator for the rest
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| posted on September 14th, 2003 at 06:42 PM |
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there is a few here and i beleive i read somewhere that they are or did make air cooled trucks.....big arsed trucks too !
and yep they did V8 air coolers too !
still make stuff today ! some aircooled
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| posted on August 1st, 2004 at 08:20 PM |
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I found a couple of wind-up tin Tatra's today.....I'm very pleased!!
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| posted on August 1st, 2004 at 08:22 PM |
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...from the back...two different models...even better:thumb
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| posted on August 1st, 2004 at 10:24 PM |
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Hey - Jenz -
Where did you get those?
Any more left?
You went shopping on a Sunday ?
Never had Sunday shopping when I was a kid !
Never had a wind-up Tatra, either !
Cheers.
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| posted on August 1st, 2004 at 11:21 PM |
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lol......Yep I went shopping on a Sunday :party
Nothing like a little retail therapy :thumb
I bought them at Poppy Shop in Lygon St Carlton...Tiamo/Readings side of street...and city side of Faraday....
They were the only two there.....
Poppy Shop has heaps of tin toys...always has.....If you're interested I'm sure they could get them in for you
It's so cool how they don't drive off of tables....amazing little design...and the key is so BIG
The boxing is pretty neat as well...that's why I took pics of the different side of them as well..
I'm Happy!!!
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berlin-rome
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posted by jenz58
These are weird looking cars but you can see where the beetle came from
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many cars at this time look "like the beetle", e.g. this shows the
"berlin-rome car" from bmw.
images of a private bmw
collection
or the Zündapp Car from 1931 build in Nuremberg -
 
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There is one for sale in Aust at the moment for $9500.
Not sure what condition, the pic is a rear on shot but not too bad.
They apparently had the same problem as beetles on mtn roads. With a flat 8 in them they slide out at the rear and killed too many german officers, so
they were banned from driving them Just another little Czech bit for the
war effort I think 
'Ah, whatever................'
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