I've been away from the forum for quite a while now, but I have been busy. I still haven't got a Trabant but I did buy something East Bloc - a 1952 Tatraplan. Very exciting!




It drives like a 1930s truck but it's bloody marvellous!!

that thing is awsome!
What engine is in it?

Ohh that's so pretty! There are a couple of these floating about in Dublin, lovely woofle from the aircooled V8.

Hi. It has a 1.9 litre four cylinder boxer engine. A lot like a VW engine really.

Greetings!!
Air-cooled V8 motor was in Tatra 603 AND 613.
Does Anyone know what happened to the UK upgraded 613's??

Didn't one pop up for sale recently?

It's in Bristol, Prague apparently… http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C453400

now that is cool looking ....

That's a very good looking machine. Never seen or heard of one before.

Andy.

Wow! That is great! What a wonderful machine.

If I lived in the U.K., I can't imagine the things I would be hauling back from East Europe!

Cool! My crazy friend wants one of those...

If I recall the predecessor to the postwar Tatra was known as a secret weapon to kill high ranking Nazis. It seems Nazis has a fondness for both the car and aggressive driving which made the oversteer deadly. Much better than the modern “punching nazis in the face” moral question... pack a Tatra full of nazis and let them loose in the twisty mountain roads!