1938 TATRA T97
REAR ENGINED STREAMLINER
1938 TATRA T97
REAR ENGINED STREAMLINER
Production Years: 1938-1939
Country: Czechoslovakia
Number Produced: 510
In 1932, Tatra designed a prototype automobile, with a rear engine, in the same league as the Volkswagen. In 1934, another car went into production: the Tatra 77.
It was a big car with a V8 rear engine. A few hundred were made before the introduction of T87, still with a V8 but of a more modern design. The wood and steel body was replaced by a unibody, the car was lighter and the engine, now made of aluminum, created a better balance of weight between the front and the rear axle.
Only 510 cars were made and today it is a very rare automobile.
(Photos by J. Michael Helmsley, Vintage Roadcar Magazine)
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