Perfect Getaway Car of the week

What would be your perfect getaway car?
Behind the iron curtain in the 60s, the Tatra 603 was built for diplomats and other big suits only. It was a big streamlined luxury car with an aircooled hemi V8 in the back. The Czech peasants drove Skoda's. This commercial shows it has everything you want in a getaway car: fast highway cruising, off road capability, bomb-proof engineering and a luggage compartment you can fit a body in...

Help Wanted

My Tatra 603 has been sitting idle for almost two years now. I took apart the gearbox and I haven't got the tools or time to put it back together.

It's very similar to a VW box. It also has the engine behind the rear wheels and swingaxles connected to the box.

I have all the parts needed to put it back together but it needs adjustment of the diff and outgoing axle. If I can't put it back together I'll have to sell this car eventually.

I need someone who has the tools and skills to put it back together. Will pay or swap for paintjob! Please help!

Here's a short film of my first drive after restoring brakes & sorting out electrics:

Listen to that V8 go! Help me get this thing back on the road!

Nothin' much...

Today, I did some things that were on my agenda for a long time but I never seemed to get around to doing them.

I fixed some leaks in the roof of my new workshop. Hope that stops water falling onto my precious parts-collection.

I also moved my Tatra from my old workshop to the new. It doesn't have axles or an engine at the moment so I welded up a rolling platform so I can move it around. It takes up a lot of space...


I still have to put the gearbox back together, put in the new clutch, shorten the springs and put the suspension back together etc. etc. It will be a lot of work but it's worth it just to hear that lovely V8 purr again.

I also took the newly painted tank for the Cross Chop outside. The pictures I took yesterday don't seem to show the kolor that well. In the sunlight, you get a better idea.

I can't wait to put on the black & white. But I sprayed on so many layers of clear yesterday that it's better to wait a couple more days before adding even more paint.

C-ya!