Anyone know this car?

fg10291

On the carbuzz.com website ZV6650 http://carbuzz.com/news/2014/4/26/duPont-Registry-Enjoys-Awesome-April-Meet-7719913/ it's at a car show in florida. It's the 11th pic down. What kind of car is it?

Diabhalta

Tatra 603

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_603

Diabhalta

If it's in Florida, it probably doesn't belong to this guy:

fg10291

Thanks, but it's on irish plates unless I'm mistaken. Tatra cool shape

Diabhalta

It seems like it's an Irish plate...

btw. in that vid the lic. plate on that Tatra T87 says "OSMIVLC", which is actually shortened czech word for "eight cylinder". That is really very, very cool feature.

macplaxton

fg10291 wrote: »

but it's on irish plates unless I'm mistaken.

Diabhalta wrote: »

It seems like it's and Irish plate...

It IS an Irish plate.

Capri

A few Irish cars showing up in the US, hope they keep buying as the market's F*&KD here :(

That 603 along with a 613 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatra613_2I.jpg and a Fiat 500 giardiniera http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C485350 used to live on Burlington Rd, havn't seen the 613 about recently but it used to be a daily driver :cool:

alastair

I've always been surprised that Tatras have such a high profile in the US classic scene. They keep popping up on brings trailer etc.

DaveCol

Capri wrote: »

A few Irish cars showing up in the US, hope they keep buying as the market's F*&KD here :(

That 603 along with a 613 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatra613_2I.jpg and a Fiat 500 giardiniera http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C485350 used to live on Burlington Rd, havn't seen the 613 about recently but it used to be a daily driver :cool:

I think the 500 may be living off Anglesea Road now

hi5

alastair wrote: »

I've always been surprised that Tatras have such a high profile in the US classic scene. They keep popping up on brings trailer etc.

It helps that Jay Leno is a fan

Type 17

I used to see that car around Dublin (as well as the two mentioned above, on Burlington Road). Sad that all the interesting stuff is being exported (even though many of them, like this one, were imports in the first place).

I'd say that the car has been registered in Florida, but FL, like many states, doesn't require front reg plates, so with cars that have a "styled-in" mounting place for a front reg, it's common to mount a foreign plate from the car's country of origin, or to leave on whatever plate it was imported with.

Diabhalta

There are also two Tatras 603 in Canada (black and silver). The owner left Czechoslovakia in 1968 and bought both of them in 2005 (few years later he bought that Trabant which is in the vid also). Those cars are the only ones in Montreal.

justinrignall

It is Tatra 603. The engine used in the Tatra 603 was indeed an air cooled V8. Air conditioning was not fitted, but the cars had an independent heater situated under the front seat. The car's pleasure to drive. Have a great design. Incredibly spacious. Light steering. Excellent suspension.