594 Tatra T87 (1948) PXS 887 by Robert Knight
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Tatra T87 (1936-50) Engine 2969cc V8 OHC
Production 3056
Registration Number PXS 887 (Vehicle and age related plate)
TATRA ALBUM
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The Tatra 87 (T87) is a car built by Czechoslovak manufacturer Tatra from 1936 to 1950. It was powered by a rear-mounted 2.9-litre air-cooled 90-degree overhead cam V8 engine that produced 85 horsepower and could drive the car at nearly 100 mph
Designed by Hans Ledwinka and Erich Übelacker, and based on the earlier Tatra T77. The body design was based on proposals submitted by Paul Jaray of Hungarian descent, who designed the famous German Graf Zeppelin dirigibles. A fin in the sloping rear of the Tatra helps to divide the air pressure on both sides of the car, a technique used in later aircraft, giving the car a drag coefficient of 0.36, (measured in the VW wind tunnel in 1979).Small sets of windows in the dividers between the passenger, luggage space and engine compartments, plus louvres providing air for the air-cooled engine, allowed limited rear visibility. Its entire rear segment could be opened, to service the engine.
From 1950-53 the car was updated with a more modern 2.5-litre V8 T603 engine. The T87 was an expensive car sold as a five seater limousine and was priced at 25000 Sfr. the equivalent today of around $ 125,000 US.
Famous owners have included:
Hans Ledwinka its designer who took one as a retirement present, that car is now on display in the Deutsches Museum in Munich. It is ranked among the fastest production cars of its time.
Ernest Heinkel - German aircraft designer, who’s company produced the first turbojet
Felix Wankel - German engineer and creator of the Wankel engine.
Erwin Rommel - German Field Marshal
Andrey Yeryomenko - Soviet General and Field Marshal of World War II (received the first T87 manufactured after WW2 as a present, this car is now on display in the Tatra museum)
John Steinbeck - American writer - The Grapes of Wrath
King Farouk 1 of Egypt
Jay Leno - American stand-up comedian and television host
Norman Foster - British architect
A later (1971) Tatra 603-2 appeared prominently in the 2004 film - Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
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The cover of the Polish magazine Teatr i Życie Wytworne
(“Theatre and Exquisite Life”). The text on the cover advertises a 19-cylinder Tatra car.
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rural fields near Tatra Mountains in autumn season. beautiful view of countryside area of slovakia with forest on the hills. gorgeous mountain ridge with snow capped rocky peaks. miniature effect
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rural fields near Tatra Mountains in autumn season. beautiful view of countryside area of slovakia with forest on the hills. gorgeous mountain ridge with snow capped rocky peaks. miniature effect
