I Saw My First TATRA! & So many Classic European Cars

[@Rangatology]

My Dad passed away this Saturday gone by, he would’ve loved this museum.

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Even for european museums, these are pretty rare models.. You found a really good museum there !

[@erikziak1249]

The Tatra 97 is really super rare even in former Czechoslovakia.

[@michelbeauloye4269]

At 11:58, a DAF is shown as being Swedish when in fact it is Dutch. In fact, DAF Cars has been bought by Volvo while they still build trucks in the Netherlands. At 12:12, this block Citroën Gasogène is actually running on WOOD! During WWII, there was a shortage of gas for private use and they installed those furnaces to produce gaz from charcoal (the solution was not very effective, but it was better than nothing at that time).

[@foxfire0ne]

Greetings from Czech Republic, the country of Tatra cars and trucks. The emblem at 3:35 is actually the Great Coat of Arms of Czech Republic, so you know. Thank U for showing Tatras.

[@Blackadder75]

For who were those Tatra cars made in communist times?

[@frglee]

Tatras were considered very sporty in the 1930s, and became very popular with German military officers and pilots after the WW2 invasion of Czechoslovakia. With the big rear engined sports cars having 'interesting' handling characteristics, it led to many fatal accidents - so many that occupying German military staff were banned from owning them.

[@Diveyl]

... It is a geat coat of arms of Czech Republic. It is composed of four fields. Two (first and fourth) are showing small coat of arms of Czech Republic, which is a silver lion with golden crown, golden claws, hissing tongue and twin tails shown on red field (heraldry of Bohemia/Czech). Second field shows blue field with checkered (in white and red) eagle (female) (heraldry of Moravia). Third shows on golden field a black eagle (female) with silver crescent moon on breast (heraldry of Silesia). Polish voivodeship of Lower Silesia is using a similar but much simpler heraldry. Both heraldry can be traced back to medieval times, to the Silesian Piast dynasty, and in Czech the eagle took red claws and tongue for Habsburg heraldry of two headed black eagle.

[@Stepica]

@@Blackadder75 There were not enough cars to buy PERIOD, multi year waiting lists even for basic Skoda etc. So these were all taken by high profile communists, mostly in thegovernment and the army. You would see them on the road once in a blue moon

[@tabletikmaminkin5229]

@@Blackadder75 T613 for first secretary of KSC

[@tonyzed6831]

OMG a Renault Avantime. THIS would be an entire video for a US car lover if one could put his hands on one and drive it.

[@KISSFanDan1995]

I want that Tatra 6x6. Ditch the car hauler, add a camper uplift, a heavy duty lift kit and some beefier tires. Or add a 5th wheel and buy an old reefer to convert to a part RV, part car/toy hauler.

[@xitsatnuf1046]

In Germany, we don't even have such models in our museums. The Technik Museum Sinsheim features a DeLorean and some Formula 1 cars, along with the Concorde and its Russian counterpart. The Technik Museum Speyer is more famous for its Airbus suspended at 70m height, the Russian Space Shuttle Buran, and a submarine. All of these exhibits are accessible. You might consider planning a vacation in Germany. The two museums are barely an hour apart and offer combination tickets.

[@michalmarek8461]

We love you!!! From Czech Republic!!!

[@LimaAlfaDelta]

Dat Beetle with the external AC unit.... I just lost it there.... :))))

[@geiroveeilertsen7112]

The big sticker at 4:47 is definitely something Welsh.... 🙂

[@ondrejkonopasek9363]

When my mom was growing up, her dad had T603. All neighbours hated them cuz that car took up twice as much space as regular cars sold behind the iron curtain. She has 3 siblings and shes always talking about how 4 teenagers were riding at the back. Thats how spacious it was.

[@zdenekdolezal9646]

Hello from Czech Republic. Tatra 815 Truck - jeah that colouring is deffinitely from 90' crazy times. T700 was one of the last cars Tatra ever made (after that only trucks) and it was just marketing name for more radical facelift of T613. Which already had 4 other previous facelists. T700 itself had one more later facelift with diferent engine cover and glass obove it. T613 here is third model (second facelift) that was first with plastic parts (bumpers and things like that) Previous two wersions had a lot of chrom parts. T603 here is first model (of two later facelifts or three depending on what you still takes as facelift). Second wersion had more chrom with 4 front lights extremely close to easch other. Another facelifts and all versions after had 4 lights again, but less chrome and wider look. (under rear window inside car above engine is nice place for kid to sleep there. :) ) T87 - was one of the best aerodynamic cars ever. It was Nazzi killer. During WWII German nazzi officers loved thhose cars. They were more comfortable than any german car of that era. But they were so comfortable, that they couldn't feel the speed and drived them too fast with a lot of tragical accidents from irresponcibylity driving. (also there were no safety featuresin those cars or basicly in any car of that era). Those cars probably killed more Nazzi officers then war itself (until the point where Hittler forbids his officers to use them). Also you should look at engines of those cars. They are beauties. Especially T603. Tatra cars of almost any era was luxurious cars created mostly for Czechoslovakian government (and Czech government later on). But in 90's when kommunist party went down and other companies came to our market, Tatras were too expensive and too outdated of their technologies and safety measures, that they went bancrupt. Only truck division was barely surviving for more then two decades and constantly changing its owners (even american Terex owned them but mostly looted them) until new owners of the Czech arms industry bought them and restarted them from basicly nothingness.

[@Skawagon]

In interest of accuracy I would add that the red Tatra Zdenek reffers to as a T 87 is infact smaler and rather rarer example of T97, a later car, smaler thna 87 aimed at middle class markets. It can also be thought of as a little larger and more practical version of VW Beetle (however those came into production rather later) sharing very similar concepts (Rear engined, rear wheel drived, air coleed)

[@finnishculturalchannel]

There's this pretty fun, entry-level form of Nordic Rallycross class, called Folk Racing, which combines small and slightly dodgy looking cars and motor racing-as in cool cars like old Volvos, Saabs and BMWs: "Mika Hakkinen Teaches Captain Slow to Drive | Top Gear", "Jokkis Finnish Folk RacIng: A Race For Anyone With Wheels!", "Racing a 1500€ Car At Epic Jokkis Race In Finland | WRC 2019" "Vicious Volvos & Smashed Up Saabs: This Is Folk Racing - Carfection" and "Hardest Jokkis Crashes 2015-2020".

[@DenUitvreter]

The Citroen DS, the single greatest step forward in automotive innovation since the invention of the wheel. I like this museum, this collection is obviously a tribute to all the designers and engineers that rethought the car, that thought outside the box and therefore sometimes came up with a tear drop, or with a box.

[@vHindenburg]

I am so lucky that I have one on my street.

[@gergelystechnicmodels8565]

Agreed. The Citroen DS is the most interesting car of all time in my opinion. Jay Leno has a great video showcasing his DS. I think IWRocker would enjoy that one.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@gergelystechnicmodels8565 Or Top Gear with James May on it in the greatest car of all time. I don't even think it's pretty, especially not with the old head lights. I love the SM much more. But it's such a charismatic car, it's always eye catching, you can park an old rusty one among very expensive cars and will catch everybody's attention.

[@stefanthiem6630]

I can only but agree, being the proud owner of a '72 DS23 Pallas, since 1987

[@russcattell955i]

@@stefanthiem6630 DS23 Pallas is the best,

[@martinkovar9317]

Fun fact how to recognise that the tatra in 5:07 is pre-WW2 and tatras you showed before are made after WW2 is the side of the steering wheel, because before occupation by germany, people in czechoslovakia were driving on left side of the road. But it was changed because in germany they drove on the right side

[@antcommander1367]

“Czech Secret Weapon.” tatra prodused cars that killed more Nazi officers than in active combat

[@tabletikmaminkin5229]

that was the model on which Zikmund and Hanzelka went around the world

[@tommi_varri]

@@tabletikmaminkin5229 that was Tatra T87 . T97 was the one that Germans (nazis) took inspiration from to build their stupid vw beetle, they basicaly robbed it and than banned it from production so beetle could have clean path

[@4tbf616]

Well, seems like the Germans did at least *something* good for us...

[@HGSolberg]

@@4tbf616 LOL

[@zabimarru477]

"Tatra nezná bratra" 💪I love your videos man. Greetings from Czech Republic. 👋

[@NanamiSakora]

Moje slova bráško

[@pitrispennyklimes3799]

mužeš mu řict že na těch Tatrach obou jak te puvodní 613 a te novějši 613 že mají doplnky ze škodovky třeba jako že zrcatka na stare su z favorita blinkry a budiky na nove z Felicie ja umim prd anglicky jinak by mu to napsal sam 🤣 ale krasa že kajsik v americe su naše stroje 😍 a chtěl by vidět jeho reakci na Velorexa 😂

[@merijnvanschaik4989]

The 603 show around the 5 minutet mark is a Type-1. The 603-2 had 4 headlights bur got rid of the centre headlight. The centre headlight turned in the directio of the bend you would be taking.' Tucker head a similar thing back in the day.

[@gregorseehofer4160]

You are an open minded guy, appreciate your videos. Greetings from Austria 🍻

[@adamivan5185]

1:40 T815 is running 19 litre air-cooled twin turbo V12, which was the best engine option you could get back in the day.

[@petrskupa6292]

The 1938 Tatra was the real unique and precious one. It was the inventor of car aerodynamics car actually

[@artusrawa3776]

The Nazi Killer: 1938 Tatra T87 - Jay Leno’s Garage good video about Tatra

[@knudsburg]

Funny, the black Tatra has a front number plate from Germany! FL-D 622 and the first 2 letters means Flensburg which stands for the town in which the car was registered, which is only 40 km away from where I live. ☺

[@ceha9517]

I was wondering this too. 😱

[@nsufansbystre172]

Two cobras behind the cabin is a V12 cylinder T815 engine

[@Tomas-oq3yy]

The Tatra both 603 and 613 were used as a presidential cars in Czechoslovakia, but were also sold as a regular car. And let me tell you, if you owned a Tatra at the time when it came out, you meant buisness. My great grandfather used to have a T-603, and he was a lead of a small cooperative (sorry couldn't find good translation).

[@DenUitvreter]

My grandfather was manager director of a cooperative too, in the capitalist West. Basically the farmers were the owners who brought in their milk, and employed him to run the factory. He drove a few American V8's, as one the few in the village to own a car.

[@PatrickCurrie1]

The T601 Tatra was the vehicle in the Lemonysnicketts movie.

[@Dave_from_Technical]

The Lotus 7 was the original design, when Lotus decided to retire the model in the early 70's Caterham bought the rights to manufacture it, which they continue to do to this day. 😉👍 Excellent video, that's a great collection of quirky and well preserved cars.

[@andreavoros-marky4203]

I always find your enthusiasm quite entertaining, but your wife's is so much better! 😁 Grandpa is a gem and your kids are cute!

[@IWrocker]

Thank you!!!🎉

[@galier2]

Nice collection. Some remarkable points you missed. The red Tatra is the model that inspired Ferdinand Porsche for the VW Beetle. It was so "inspired" that Tatra sued Volkswagen for patent infringment and would have won if Germany hadn't invaded Czechoslovakia inn 1938. On the Citroën models shown as people have mentioned the DS is iconic but it is not the only special exemplary. The traction (the black one) from 1938 was also one of the most innovative cars of its time. It's the first mass produced car with front wheel drive with wielded unibody. The model in your video has also the peculariety of using a wood gas generator for fuel.

[@PhonoDirect]

Tatra actually won the court battle after the war and VW had to pay for it.

[@madigorfkgoogle9349]

you took it from my mouth, I was also going to comment the Traction Avant, people dont know that it was first European car without a frame but unibody and modern multipoint suspension. It was so popular before WWII that Citroen even opened a factory in Germany. The DS, when it came out, was instantly sold out, and funny fact is, that it was using the very same engine as the aforementioned Traction Avant.

[@richardsmith579]

The Tatra was known as the nazi killer. Nazi (German) officers stole them and killed so many of themselves (score😉) that the German authorities banned them from driving them. The Tatras had swing axle rear suspension with air cooled V8s slung out of the back. Ferdinand Porsche copied Tatras when he designed the beetle in the 30s. These also had swing axles with an air cooled motor hanging out the back, equally hopeless for stability, but cheap and popular.

[@waize]

the pink/red little car beside the blue one you liked last, is a Norwegian SMART car.

[@Mojova1]

"It was only 1000 dollars". :D That is 21,336 dollars today. :). Amazing museum. Really rare European cars.

[@jamesfranklin2203]

In Tennessee they have good taste in music and cars

[@SmartCarGuy]

Fun fact: Auto Union, as he said was the old name for AUDI. One other meaning for the word 'AUDI', is the four letters for Audi, stand for A - Auto, U - Union, D - Deutschland (Germany), I - Ingolstadt (the city in Germany where Audi was started). It's also a Latin word!!!

[@reavy6945]

The 1938 Tatra was also known as secret Czechoslovak weapon as German officers used to drive them at high speeds and loosing control due to most of the car weight being in the rear. Soon after Wehrmacht specifically forbade its officers from driving Tatras due to this.

[@Jozua86]

Wow this place is awesome, so many unique cars!

[@honzab3402]

Some guys from Czech republic traveled africa with that Tatra from 1938

[@_stoupa2_397]

11:15 This Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI had my grandfather. He's saying to me all the time that it was very fast car back in the day, especially in corners. Few days ago it had 40th anniversary. One of the most iconic cars of all time.

[@russcattell955i]

_stoupa2_. believe me, as a former owner, a 205 Gti with good tyres will corner like a trout.

[@benjaminzuckschwerdt4779]

Jeah the 1.6 GTI was wonderful.....better and faster than the Golf GTi

[@AngelinaJolie734]

The 205 GTi was the queen of Red fires Grand Prix. In 1.6, it was a very good car, and in 1.9, it could become very dangerous.

[@benjaminzuckschwerdt4779]

@@AngelinaJolie734 you mean the GTI 1.9 120 HP ? Yeah this car was awesome.....makes so much fun on the roads in the Alcase and black forest.....

[@TherconJair]

My sister owned a 205 GTI, although I think it was the 1.9l version. Was pretty fun to drive :)

[@suomenpresidentti]

205 GTI, what a legend.

[@TheNtecc]

Save money and come to Kopřivnice museum ✌️ 🎉 hello from czech republik

[@atempo206]

Awesome cars . Good job my favourite "react man" .

[@MrBanaanipommi]

11:24 the peugeot 205 GTi, old granny in my town drives EXACTLY one like that, same colored even... she does not want to sell it... i have asked lol! regards from finland! we have also some very cool car museums, especially RALLY CAR museums :)

[@alexm9903]

Wonderful museum indeed ! The Citroen Méhari prototype is UNIQUE ! I am French and I never saw it. The Peugeot 205 gti is the GOAT on the road. Good video !! Hello to all your family from France 🇫🇷 ! The country of luxury cars.

[@piratetype]

I currently own a 1974 Tatra 603. These were produced from 1955 to 1975 over a period of three generations, with the 'main' difference being the changes to the front fascia along with other details. The engine is a rear mounted air-cooled hemi V8 with a displacement of only 2.5 liters and with a power output of only 105 horsepower. It easily propels the car up to 100 mph due to the low drag (the 603 was the last streamliner Tatra produced). I have some videos of it on my channel. You should have a look at the commercial they made called "Tatra Happy Journey".

[@paulb66-07]

Thank you for showing this museum collection.

[@PbPomper]

What an awesome and beautiful museum!

[@danfikacek4800]

Hi from Czech republic 👋👋 Tartas was president cars for many years in Czechoslovakia👍

[@TyrantPHY]

love the vlog. love to see more like this.🤩

[@GEVIDEOSCZ]

If you ever find yourself in Europe, Tatra have really great museum here in Czech republic

[@tiktoklegendy]

Tatra made in Czech Republic. today there are only a few pieces. which drives. they are real rarities

[@micko11154]

Wow, thats a great museum, heaps of vehicles I have never seen either. Dani gets excited too. A great day out. Emma looks like a very young Wednesday Addams!!! I love her outfit. Cheers!

[@gregorturner9421]

that blue gti you looked at. the 1.8 version hammers because they were designed and sold with a short through gearbox. my parents had one for a while exact same color and off the line it would keep up with higher power cars as it is light as with the short throw gears.

[@danielemerson312]

The red car in the "Extras" section with the door at the front - my mum used to have one of those Bubble Cars!. When you open the door, part of the steering column hinged out of the way. So it would be mum driving, one of us two kids in the front seat and one curled up on the rear shelf. Safety last! Noisy and not very fast, but a car with character.

[@TheNetsrac]

Awesome tour, thank you very much 👍🏻

[@ondralacman]

It's a Tatra 6x6 815, I have a plastic one at home when I was little, so I used to transport sand on it, Dad has two world patents for a tubular frame, it's still used today, and before that an air-cooled diesel was used, it had Euro 5 emissions, it's expensive in Europe diesel A Tatra needs difficult terrain to be economically efficient, the bigger off-road legend is the Praga v3s 6x6, it is lighter so it fits in the mud, it is still used today but as a forest pick-up or well drilling rig, production started in the 1950s, but the cars were military for the cold war and on the roof they have a hatch for a machine gun, the car is very slow 40 miles per hour, it is also used for railway repairs, and the engine is a military multi-fuel diesel, in case of war, gasoline with motor oil or gasoline and diesel could be used 1: 1

[@annebokma4637]

Jeremy Clarkson did an episode in one of those tiny tiny cars. If he fits, so will you 😁 That green Volvo is the same design as the Dutch daf. Volvo bought daf and continued to make them. There was a tv show where they raced them using reverse gear only. First with VDT transmission. as fast going forward as going back. achteruitrijden was the name of the episodes

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

Tell the wife the Tatra is half the price of a Unimog and she will love it 😄 Years ago I owned a Peugeot 106 from the 90s. It was very light weight and a lot of fun to drive with its 75 hp engine. Sadly, it consumed more and more spare parts every year. And still, when I think about it today, I think I should have kept it.

[@denisspeta7758]

Hi, I am from Slovakia, was born in Czechoslovakia, and the Tatras are very cool cars an they were very modern constructed for that time. In my childhood a lot of them run on the streets, but only comunistic politicians are people with very important functions drove such cars Tatras are cool cars. It was a privilege. normal common people were not allowed to have such cars.The middle light of tatra 603 is turnable in the side you turn your steering wheel.

[@tummytub1161]

"Look at this little Fiat" Yay, my favourite Fiat the Panda was in the picture! Did you know it's featured in the Netflix series Love Death & Robots season 1 episode "Three Robots". I do miss a Simca 1000, Lancia Delta and the Mercedes/Daimler Benz L319 (this one's for truck lovers) in the collection, but you can't have everything, just glad the Panda is there. That Mehari prototype was actually altered for production and consumer use to have ridges in the plating to give it more stability the prototype was made out of flat sheet metal because that was the design, but it didn't hold up and made too much noise when driving. And also the external AC unit was an American invention, sorry for going car nuts😅

[@MatsPhoto]

Fantastic museum 🤩

[@PbPomper]

So many cool cars! I love those crazy futuristic cars! It's like the friggin Jetsons!

[@Inferiis]

fun fact, the 38' Tatra is the OG Beetle. Ferdinand Porsche stole the design and implemented it, and once Germany invaded them, they couldn't sue

[@Inferiis]

@@pumelo1 that's exactly what I said

[@wieslawszapowal302]

OMG!!! SO NICE❤

[@richardvank]

3:06 I have never seen Tatra 700 in my life and I am from Czechia, they made only 62 of them

[@HRM.H]

You gotta check out a DAF variomatic someday. They are very unique Dutch-made cars that could drive as fast in reverse as in drive. We had a local racing series called "achteruit racen", which translates to "reverse racing". It was a spectacle to see

[@Koen030NL]

haha i mentioned this in the 2CV video. Its just too quircky and the achteruit race videos are funny. Especially with the André van Duin commentary (that is if you understand dutch).

[@DenUitvreter]

It's branded as a Volvo here, a later one therefore. The dark green one. It had the first CVT, very smart and simple system. It also ended up in a race car and was about to enter Formula 1, but it was outlawed because it would be much faster than the others. They could have tuned the engine for one specific rev number since the CVT would do the rest, and that's too much to work with for an F1 engineer. The same speed in reverse was just the outcome of the system used. Because it was so easy to use in the days of double clutching in small cars, and quick of the line, the engines were kept small and it was very popular among not to keen drivers, women and the elderly. This ruined the image of the car after a few decades. It was called "old tart shaker with suspender belt drive". DAF came up with the Marathon coupe, a sporty and quick version that did well in rallies, but it was too late.

[@nutzeeer]

some volvos have this, as volvo bought a DAF factory at some point to avoid EU import tax.

[@jimijames9792]

I actually mentioned this a couple of days ago. So there's a demand.

[@nielsdebakker3283]

​@@nutzeeer The bright green volvo at the end of the row is a daf with a volvo emblem from the time volvo just had bought the daf cars factory. (Also readable on the information card) The founder of daf also invented the cvt. jarreletelaandrijving or garterbelt drive) ps. there is also daf trucks, owned by paccar.

[@popcornshiner3937]

That was fun, I am amazed at some of the funcky designs, I have never seen those cars everr. great work Ian

[@rogerb4436]

If you love anything automotive, you should check out the Britten motorcycle that was broke some motorcycle speed records and designed and built by a Kiwi in his garage by John Britten R.I.P.

[@jensschroder8214]

When these cars still had two-stroke engines, they were called Auto Union. With the four-stroke engine from Mercedes, it was renamed Audi. After that, Audi was sold to Volkswagen. Then Audi supported Volkswagen with the concept for the VW Golf.

[@rikardottosson1272]

My uncle had a Citroen Berline 11 in the early sixties, apparently. He would impress all the ladies in the village until he broke the CV joints.

[@siriuspyramid7441]

Somes of them looks so futuristics like we saw in old cartoons.

[@jamesfranklin2203]

Tatra build trucks from 4x4 to 12x12, with water or air cooled

[@oscarvitaaluenn1378]

It's funny to see, how excited you are, while 4 of those trucks are rusting at my uncle's backyard...

[@gamingtonight1526]

Great kids!

[@fredjansen2659]

the green volvo is a DAF, they changed it to volvo after they took over the DAF Factory, funny thing is, that daf can go as fast backwards as forward..

[@dominiksecka2051]

I wish to be here with you, and be able to tell you more about these european cars

[@flitsertheo]

5:53 Wiking from (West-) Germany has/had a neat little 1/87th scale plastic model of the Tatra T-87 in its range.

[@kriketo]

My mother used to drive a Mehari when she was young in the late 70's and theyre still a comman seen car in Ibiza and Palma Islands around Spain also they have a collectors car club in Spain :D

[@brunoheggli2888]

This is very great!Thank you!

[@lordofnumbers9317]

Wow. Exciting. Cool cars everywhere.❤

[@andy4194]

The sticker on the red Tatra at 4.47...is a slate tourist attraction in North Wales...when I saw the word Llechwedd I recognised it immediately as Welsh language...Llechwedd is the place..don't know what Ceudwill means..I'll look it up

[@andy4194]

Ceudwll is welsh for Cavern...so this car has been to the slate caverns at Llechwedd North Wales at some point in its life...

[@koenigvm]

You should came to Museum Tatra in Koprivnice, Czech Republic from where Tatra came. I am from Koprivnice.

[@petrsimi]

You should visit Europe, especialy Stuttgart, Germany. There are four Car/Technical museums close each other. Sinsheim Technical, Speyer, Mercedes museum and Porsche museum.

[@zorglub20770]

This museum looks awesome

[@shannondavis5536]

nice to see some old unique cars you may appreciate my old 86 ford meteor still in perfect condition only 200km on the clock my family dont like it coz its old but sadly the master cylinder went on it and cant find one for it anywhere gonna cost me 2k to get it back on the road which i cant afford so it just sits there in a mechanics yard wasting away

[@ItsDoctorAmatic]

It's interesting that many of those Tatras have German licence plates on them. To be honest, as a 35yo German, I've never seen a Tatra myself.

[@Kilian600]

I REALLY envy you. I'm living in Germany, around 500 km next to the Czech Republic, but I never saw a Tatra car in my life. Not even those two times, I was in the Czech Republic !!!

[@DenUitvreter]

I saw them in Hungary in the late 80's, high communist party officials being transported.

[@ignatiuskhan]

Hey! Same here...

[@archaonczech6073]

There is a great Tatra museum in Moravia (Koprivnice) + there are some of the rare models in National Technical Museum in Prague ;-) you will not see them in daily traffic as they became a collector items and are quite expensive to get.

[@andyt8216]

11:25 the Peugeot 205 was so so popular in the UK. As someone who passed his driving test in 1992, a second hand 205 was about the coolest car you could realistically get! Actually I did pass my driving test in one (my instructor’s).

[@jmbpinto73]

This one is the GTI, mighty 1.9L in the small package, it was seriously quick back in the day.

[@alucardonus]

Take a look to a car called Velorex. . those are awesome. There is a video of those going whole road 66! Nicknamed ,,Laundry on the run'' its alu skelet covered with leather.

[@richardmartak3536]

Hey man , you gotta see MTX Tatra V8 , it was supposed to be Tatra sport car which was based out of Tatra 613 , only 4 exist , 3 in museums in Europe and one was aparently delivered to us customer as a kit car

[@kamilhalapi]

2:50 Tatra 613 was produced exclusively for the government in Czechoslovakia. And it was exported only to the friendly countries of RVHP.

[@_light_catcher]

8:38 Renault Avantime. the most interesting thing about this car: the doors of the Renault Avantime measure 1.40 meters and weigh around 60 kilograms each. 1.40m = 55in 60Kg = 132lbs

[@tomvsas]

I've seen a few of those driving on the road here in NL and outside. You especially find them in blue, although I also remember seeing 1 in red. Always thought they were very interesting, like slightly larger Renault Scenics from a few years later.

[@adrianmclean9195]

The doors had to have a new, incredibly expensive hinge system developed, so they could open narrowly - Hubnut review explains. Wish we had got this and more French cars in Australia - but so far away, small market, ultra competitive, huge tariffs, local content laws, emission laws, hard to establish a dealer network and suited for Australian conditions, compliance, exchange rate, right hand drive etc. There was also the Renault Vel Satis.

[@xlumino4372]

Love it

[@Diecastclassicist]

The Dymaxion was designed by Buckminster Fuller, best known for geodesic domes.

[@danielemerson312]

He also designed a Dymaxion Dwelling Machine. Or a house from outer space, if you didn't know better. Plenty of decent and intriguing images online.

[@Vinz3ntR]

The Volvo 66 is interesting. It started out as a DAF car, a Dutch truck and car manufacturer (they still make trucks), but the cars weren't a big success. So they sold it to Volvo. Volvo put in a Renault engine. My grandfather was a Renault mechanic and in his free time he serviced some cars (only Renaults but because of the Renault engine he had some customers with the small Volvo's). It used the variomatic transmission (still in use by some manufacturers like Toyota as the CVT transmission). These cars could drive the same speed going forward as backward. In the 80's we had a program on tv where people would race these cars backward.

[@adrianmclean9195]

Could you give a link to these reverse races - sounds hilarious and very cool. I think the Volvo 360 GLT, with rear transaxle, was also a DAF. An Australian adventurer, who made films, stubbled upon a little DAF in Africa with the variomatic transmission, and fell in love with it. Was easy to repair and the transmission's action was easy to understand with basically cones and bands.

[@riconl2937]

On the leaflet DAF was indicated as the manufacturer.

[@riconl2937]

​@@adrianmclean9195 the Volvo 340/360 were developped as DAF 77, but only produced as Volvo. Production was at Born, Netherlands

[@adrianmclean9195]

Okay, cool, thankyou - it was Australia's first " small " Volvo - we had only the 240 series and the 740/60 series up until then. They used them to rally here and the motoring journalists rated them very highly. Unfortunately we never got the awesome coupe with the pop up headlights and the grille under the bumper - 480 ? They looked really good and different. We eventually got the C30 coupe. I do like the Polestars.

[@murti1565]

The VW XL1 is one of 250 cars ever made and has the best fuel economy of all cars. It only uses under 1 Liter per 100km which translates to approximately 200 miles per gallon.

[@renmac22]

I actually learned how to drive in one of those pegeout!😄 my dad had one back in the day. That little thing was a beast.

[@flashback0994]

11:24 A Peugeot 205 GTI. This is the only Peugeot i would love to own sometime in my life. The car is famous and got a good history. 11:41 Thats the old Fiat Panda a very unique car! It was the first car from my mom! Sadly i was only as a young kid in this car it was a black one. I got my driver license in 2022 so sad this Fiat Panda from my mom doesnt exist anymore :(

[@adrianmclean9195]

And the Peugeot is an affordable classic

[@Arvipa.]

14:45 this is the wolkswagen XL1, for a long time it was the best ever mpg vehicule in the world ( not sure if it still is ) powered by a hybrid twin cylinder diesel, lots of carbon fiber elements and a lot of work on the aerodinamic, I think it was sold new around 150.000€

[@gloky.]

If you think the Tatra 815 is a beast, check out 813 Kolos :D That thing is the true monster.

[@rileyxxxx]

dude if you love trucks and tatras... you would love playing "snowrunner" the game. theres all sorts of tatras and other trucks from all over the world. super addictive game

[@alsk2132]

I have interesting fact about tatra if you are interested. So tatra is world third oldest car manufacturer. Tatras 77/87(as seen on video) were designed by Hans Ledwinka. As matter of fact Ferdinand Porshe knew Hans Ledwinka and copied lot of designes from that car and aplied it to VW Beatle and first Porshe 356(911 predecesor). When WWII ended Hans Ledwinka sued Porshe for that and won 1 milion marks. There is also a myth that more ss officers were killed while driving tatra 77/87 (thay did not expect oversteering) like by czechoslovakian army. Also in Madmax film, most big trucks are tatra trucks. And there is also video that some US fire departmenst are using tatra trucks during wildland fires.

[@CaptainKrimson]

thanks for this video, this is an awesome museum! If I'm ever in America I should visit this!

[@IWrocker]

I was super impressed! Check it out forsure if you are ever near Nashville, Tennessee

[@pangrac1]

That Dymaxion replica was made in Czech Republic too.