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Exmoor Hall, Bath and West ShowgroundShepton Mallet, BA4 6QNSunday 4th November 2018
1949 TATRA T600 TATRAPLAN
Restoration Project
A 1949 Tatra T600 Tatraplan project, unregistered, chassis number 70632, engine number 550, silver. This extremely rare T600 is one of only 2100 produced between 1948 and 1951, with very few examples surviving today. The T600 is a slightly smaller version of the famous pre-war teardrop shaped Hans Ledwinka designed streamliner saloon with the distinctive Tatra rear fin emerging from the sloping roofline. The newly developed aerodynamic car featured a two-litre OHV four-cylinder engine, positioned behind the rear axle, four-speed gearbox and a body shape based on the earlier T97, but with air vents removed from the sides and repositioned to the roof and the distinctive rear stabilising fin becoming smaller. This car comes from a private collection having been acquired in the mid-1980s and has been in dry storage since awaiting restoration. The T600 is able to run and move with the aid of a slave fuel supply and hot-wired ignition. The interior is finished in brown ***leatherette (not leather)*** which is dirty, the dashboard is appeared complete with all gauges but will require cleaning, servicing or restoration as necessary. The body appears original with some rust and corrosion apparent in certain areas, most evident in the bottoms of the doors. The paintwork is flaking in various areas and will require respraying. Our vendor advises us that the person he purchased the car from believed the car was used as a Czech Embassy car, but unfortunately there is no documentation to confirm this. He also advises us that the car has been magazine featured at some point. This cold-war and the extremely rare car is now reluctantly for sale because our vendor feels that he is unlikely to restore it due to other projects and advancing age. Unregistered, MOT and tax exempt See illustrations
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