American Reacts to Tatras Drag Racing at an Airport Runway

[@m.r.659]

Those were Skoda Busses. They were also build in Poland on license. Greetings from UK and Poland. Ps. Converting busses in Europe isn't as popular because of many tourists spots specially at the south of continent have very small, narrow roads.

[@ZIGZAG12345]

Yep. Most campsites in the UK would not allow something that size in either.

[@bangboombang1]

Skoda 706 RTO. The trailer on the bus is a Jelcz 01 trailer. Jelcz 043 was the Polish conversion of the Skoda

[@Suchac_cz]

Plus they are a hell of gas thirsty, and have expensive insurance and road tax.

[@karelschiller1087]

8:05 These are buses of the Czech brand Karosa. Originally it was Škoda's bus division (like Liaz was Škoda's truck division), but now Karosa belongs to Italian Iveco.

[@CMDRSurtkuku]

just for your information, the first three green truck are older than that in the second race. The first one, T805 is from early 50', the second one T148 is from early 70', the ones in the third race are V3S, which is on the left, the one on the right is T111 and it is actually one of the oldest -- it has inverted front shield. In the fourth race, the one on the left is T138, the one on the right is T815. 5th one: both T813.

[@The_Unexpected_Inquisitor]

3:20 That is Praga V3s I already posted a link to your Discrord, think you are gonna be impressed what this truck is capable of.

[@beneckejpavel]

Hello, the creator of the original video answers in comments, that it was not a public action, but only friends and family meeting in the old airport... And they had fun.. :)

[@tomaszuzanik7486]

he collects a lot of private collectors or museums, like old trucks, buses or cars, and then he goes to various retro events. there were Tatra 805,138,148,111 813 Praga V3s and a Skoda 706 RTO bus

[@dominikhejl5748]

those were Škoda busses. (RTO models i think) and yes, even busses are collectibles here in CZ. boxy 813 tatras look pretty cool, that's for sure.

[@milanbujna2957]

These old buses weren´t Tatra but Škoda 706 RTO built between 1958 and 1972 in various types and trimms.

[@viktornovomestsky3999]

Hi, take a look on the modern Tatras - they are building awesome army trucks (exclusive partner of Czech army + many NATO armies), firefighter trucks, xxl trucks for special emergency (with first response units), mining trucks etc.. They have unbelievable amount of types, as you can customize them according to your needs...

[@NenadTrajkovic]

Tatra trucks were a common sight in the former Yugoslavia, and even today there are applications with mixers and cranes in that territory

[@Kropikovo]

@8:40 Some people in our country do it, but to take a vintage Skoda bus, and to destroy it by converting it into an RV... I think your parents would disown you, you'd be scratched out of their will... you might even lose your citizenship :D But seriously, there is a strong community enthusiasts who look for vehicles like this, and renovate them.

The unimog-sized trucks in the beginning of the video stand out: The Tatra 805 - obviously independent suspension, but also geared wheelhubs for more clearance and an aircooled 2.5 litre petrol V8 engine originally from Tatra 603. These were mostly military, but you find a few also as firefighting vehicles. There was also a prototype of something like a huge military jeep built on the same frame, a bit lighter than a Humvee.

[@xlumino4372]

1:28 see the orange Dumper accerlating in the grass without any problems. My Daughter get one 28-inch plastic-version of the orange Tatra 148 for our garden. it's pretty cool and looks really authentic 3:20 it's a Praga V3S which is a light truck based on a Tatra 111 3:36 is Tatra 138 and Tatra 815 4:37 is amazing V12 watercooled sound! Tatra 813 7:55 are Skoda buses (706 RTO) with trailer that was also heavily used in China for public transport

[@kyslikcz8160]

The couple of military ones are: Tatra 111 (this type of tatra etered in military service in 40s) and the seckond is Praga V3S (V3S means vojenský třítunový speciál = three-ton militaty specia and by czechs is this truck often called "vejtřaska") and I thing it could be version JVR (velitelsko štábní automobil = command staff car) or ŠA (štábní automobil = staff car). The Praga V3S was prodused between 1953 and 1990 and many of thouse truck are still in use to civilian purposes and also they are still in use in some militaries all around the world.

[@MattiAntsuK]

Very soon, there will be a dragrace event in my hometown of Eskilstuna - Sweden. On the Kjula Dragway. It's been a VERY rainy summer in central Sweden. So this year might be interesting.

[@u.e.u.e.]

2:41 I remember these trucks being on the road in the 1970's and 1980's in East-Germany. Do you see the big semi-transparent pods on their front fenders? You saw the brake fluid gotten moved in there - that was funny. 😉

[@suomenpresidentti]

Buying big long distance buses and converting them to family RV's is a really popular thing now here in Finland.

[@mariemalikova9593]

2:06 fun fact, many of us here in Czech Republic had that exact orange or blue one as a toy. If I am right it was 1:10 scale and you can still buy it😊

[@ondrejvasak1054]

I had one exactly like that when I was little. It was big enough to put my cousin in the back and truck him around the yard.

[@mariemalikova9593]

@@ondrejvasak1054 yes!! Or transporting materials like sand!

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Not sure they'd convert buses into motorhomes in Europe, conversion costs, regulations and the cost of diesel might make it a no go. But have seen several in Australia.

[@NocnaGlizda]

Those old buses that stood there were very similar ones that drove in our country in Poland in the 60s and 70s. We called them "cucumber".

[@ivarmarkusson382]

many old tatra trucks have a v12 diesel in it, i remember few of those since i wasa a kid

[@petenikolic5244]

Some very nice air cooled V8 Diesels in those trucks

[@ZIGZAG12345]

The truck with the crane at about 2:20 immediately made me think of Snowrunner! For Soviet-era heavy vehicles, they actually went up and down there a lot less slowly than I expected! The stuff about "bus racing" reminds me of a funny site when I was a kid. Some sort of vintage car/steam rally was taking place, and near the end of the day when we were going back to my mum and dad's car, we walked past a separate exit where a bunch of fast/exotic older cars were being let out one at a time, most of them using it as an excuse to make a dramatic/wheelspinny exit. But there were also busses in that queue! Most of the busses left normally, but the one leaving just as I got there, a big expensive newer Volvo "coach" type nice bus for private hires, decided it was gonna do a "fun" exit too. The engine basically got maxed out on the line, and he let the clutch out. The twin-rear tyres chirped, and the front of it rose right to the top of its suspension travel as it got away, it must have had a lot of travel since for the brief moment the gap between the front wheel and the panel around it looked like it got bigger by about a foot!

[@IgiPL]

At 2:20 it is not crane, it is basket lift. At 3:38 is crane like in Snowrunner ;)

[@ZIGZAG12345]

@@IgiPL Haha, you are correct!

[@petrophaga8523]

IMHO one difference to USA is what people understand as "restoration" Americans take an old car, cut everything they dont want and rebuild it as they want with modern parts or parts from another brands, etc... the target is to have a car that LOOKS somehow original In Europe the target of a restoration of an old car is to preserve it. It has to be the most original as it could be. Even the paint has to be the original. This difference is also shown in tuning: West Coast Customs learnt it the hard way: in USA it is about the look. Noone looks under the carpet. When they came to Berlin they learnt 3 lessons: 1. European love understatemaent. Vitali Klitschko (former heavy wight world cahmpion in boxing) was their first customer. His car was--- a SMART He wanted the engine tuned but no TVs and toys 2. EU labour laws are way stricter than in the US 3. Every car needs TÜV. a technical instection every 2nd year... I remember someone from TÜV said about the cars WCC built in USA: none of them would be allowed on German streets. The last point is important: you cannot build anything you want. There are strict regulations. Thats another reason why the US kind of restoration wouldn't work. If it is a classic car, TÜV uses the specifications of its year. But if you change something it is a new car and therefore has to pass actual law

[@Pidalin]

I think there is nothing wrong with converting your bus or truck to something slightly different when you need it and it's gonna be safe and pass technical check, but at least some of those older cars should be preserved in original state, but you have a lot of them in museum and these tatra trucks or our karosa buses are not rare, they are everywhere, so you can do whatever you want with that. If it was some truck from 1935, it would be really a shame to converting it and upgrading it with modern parts.

[@alutirp8513]

It would be nice to visit the Tatra Museum in Kopřivnice.

[@chytrex]

Those Tatras you claimed to be dfrom 50's are Tatra 148 (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_148) improved version of Tatra 138 which were really from 50\s. Those military ones were I guess Tatra 111 and the second one (returning first) was Praga V3S ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praga_V3S ). And I can only guess but, IMHO the camera car was some variation of Tatra 813 ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_813 ) or some of its mutation.. they were made in many shapes ( From 4x4 to 8x8 ). BTW I would love to see your reaction to one of plenty vids with Tatras on Truck Trial events, for example from Mohelnice.. I guess you would love some crazy terrain and roaring tatras on top of that :D Greetings from Czechia and thanks for your vids.. I love them :)

[@adampetten5349]

Tractor on Nurburgring was cool. Think it took 19 minutes lol.

[@robbentvelzen6807]

September 2nd I'll be visiting the classic TT Basse 2023. It is a race for old motorcycles on a street circuit. in holland. Can be found as: Classic TT Basse 2023. May be worth while looking into.

[@mikulaszimak8840]

Converting buses into RVs is not a very common thing here. There is a big road tax for commercial vehicles paid per kilometre, you need a special expensive licence and fuel is very expensive. But a lot of people are converting vans into RVs because those are usually under 3.5 tons so you can drive them with a standard car licence. Probably the most common one is the Peugeot Boxer/Citroen Jumper (same thing as RAM ProMaster, just with 4-cyl diesel). Those buses are Skoda 706 RTO, mostly owned by private collectors, my friend owns one.

[@psychotropnilachtan8869]

Europeans dont live in buses because you would go crazy trying to find parking spot every night. There are no big ass parking lots and no wilderness.

[@derpherbert3199]

Hey Ian, this is the best kind of content :) I don't know much about these and I'm just here for the ride

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

It's not really an event it's just a club of vintage truck owners having a bit of fun XD

[@JosefJoura]

I think this was filmed on the emergency Airport near Komárovice in Czech republic, I was there few times on motorcycle having Fun, but Now its only for police training needs And Its no longer accesible

[@tikkabrno]

G'day Ian 👍🇦🇺 Heads up, *_LandCruiser 70 series have an even more retro throwback facelift for 2024!!!_* Back to the 75 series front end look..... *But with ultra new-age led ring headlights 😂 wtf!* Also offering a 2.8 4cyl turbo diesel 6spd auto option. Keeping the 4.5 V8 option. There would have been a "summer of love" fiery and not so peaceful protest in Australia if they ditched the dinosaur V8 😂 (although, look up retuning remapping, chip upgrades and exhaust system upgrades for some pretty serious gains in hp and torque) 😏👍 I've had a graphite grey 76 series V8 wagon on order since Apr 2022. Wonder if I'll scrape in with the last of the 2023 or a 2024 🤔 Not sure what I'd prefer. Tell me what you think🤷‍♂️ or could be a 2025 model at this rate. New sub. Love your enthusiasm and appreciation for all things outside of your own backyard.

[@tikkabrno]

The event is 'how to burn 20 litres of diesel in 2 minutes 😂

[@Pidalin]

That firefighter version is more like firespreader than firefighter. 😀 BTW, 3 sea species and 2 kind of birds went extinct because of this race 😀

[@JanHejn]

Not many people convert or even buy buses to keep because you need special drivers licence for anything that has more than 6 seats and/or 3,5t aka cca 7800 lbs. Even a F250 would be an issue in my country :D

[@groenekever]

We like to race strange stuff. Like lawnmowers

[@huja1998]

US has a long highways going throughout the country so the buses are great for the vacation trips but in europe its too difficult too many narrow tiny roads + the gas prices to feed these things would kill ya

[@Bobo-u8j]

Tatra sound Is cool

[@ruxxie]

u need to check the K700 Kirovets (CCCP) there is a video from .. hauling stuff.. like .. WTF :D

[@johnnygomez7063]

RECOMENDATION - BIG CORN SILAGE - Czech agriculture - where truck and tractors look like a very mall toys - i think that best Czech videos have the the company Agro Smržice ( Smržice is the name of the village where it is located) - kzbin.info?search_query=agro+smr%C5%BEice

[@uXJD0I6734wvJ7qmfJLH]

TATRA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_(company) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGWvmmV9jJiVf9E LIAZ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIbereck%C3%A9_Automobilov%C3%A9_Z%C3%A1vody kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4C1d6iYatacjtE ŠKODA en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Auto

[@Pyrochemik007]

Those round ones, like the orange truck, are T 148, produced between 1972-1982. But they took design from T 138, produced since 1959, so your guess of age is not that bad. Total pieces produced were 113 654. V8 12,7L air cooled diesel engine with 202 horses. If you saw a 1980s propaganda poster about building new commie residential blocks, there would be this orange tatra parked in front of it. There were also plastic toys we played with modeled after this vehicle, I remember it could carry my 5y/o self or 3 buckets of sand.

[@danieldavis8540]

Ingenious invention of Czech designers for Tatra cars for the Paris-Dakar rally. Unfortunately, the video is of lower quality (there probably isn't a newer one) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4CVnaWcrst6hJY

[@spinn231]

This is SKODA RTO Busses 😀

[@jiripodzimek7319]

oh Yeah aircooled V8 and V12 sounds good

[@rtepsutlaf]

Hi Ian , the bus with the Bus - trailer was this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmazZqduf5uJZq8 Did you see something like that in your life? 😃. It's a another type of Škoda busses. Enjoy your weekend. Greetings from Czech republic 👍

[@ZIGZAG12345]

That's actually a really good video, showing us the newer "bendybus" going behind, around and in front of its great grandfather, both of them doing more or less the same thing!

[@jglwstlnd5261]

Škoda 706 RTO are busses.

[@fugawiaus]

If it’s got motive power…….. it’s racable. Hehe

[@-sandman4605]

Cool 😎

[@krzysztofwancerski9334]

Hey man, love your videos. Do you ever live stream?

[@grahamleach4101]

They are racing for pink slips lol!

[@stoneageskillz6194]

@IWrocker look up Tatra Titus, you wont be disapionted.

[@tamaramlatilikova6130]

TATRA navždy kámo

[@rasimaj]

Tatra 813 Kolos kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4O0n3mVnph5gdk

[@AndyBootles]

Do a search for Van Hool AGG300

[@davidcruse6589]

You like rolling coal I guarantee you've never seen anything like this flame throwing coal 2500 horse power twin V8 4 turbo chrome engine's and weigh 8 tonne Only do burn out for a few minutes it's can do 1/4 mile in one go if keep in straight enough line They also drag races it as well Special tyres and melts them that quick this was around 15 years ago Just type in you tube bandag bullet Australia 🇦🇺 Then pick you choice great sound as well it used to do all drag tracks in Oz I watched this thing live a beast I promise you won't regret it If you don't soil your pants your lying I have no idea if still around now

[@liamstrange4939]

Yes its a way of life to certain people in the uk repurposing all types of vehicles

[@mif4731]

:D

[@andreiionescu205]

The image îs way too small