Tatras are air cooled so some of the Corvair guys are really into them.
They say the Tatra V-8 was way ahead of it's time for air cooled
technology. They are one of the oldest makes of cars that are still in
business (http://www.tatra.cz/enff/history/).
About 20 years ago, a friend of my dad collected orphan cars. He had
Scarab and Berkley (LBC Content) either in Mobile or the Mississippi
Gulf Coast. My dad was in love with the Scarab and I really wanted a
Berkley.
Patton
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From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Max Heim
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:13 PM
To: MG List
Subject: Re: Odd but Cool, low lbc content
I remember seeing a few old Tatras in Europe. Czech car, rear-engined,
swing axles. The old story is that the German High Command in WWII had
to ban the captured Tatras from the officers' motor pool because two
many officers were going off the road backwards in the Czech mountains,
being used to the handling of more conventional Mercedes-Benzes and
Opels, etc.
That Scarab has got to be collectible, I can't believe there's one
sitting in a barn.
Logically, there should be a Tucker in there somewhere...
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