Photo of the day - Tatra!

[tbutler]

Early-model Tatra T-11 convertible at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville.

Tatra is a Czech company that started making cars under the Tatra name in the 1920s; this car is around that vintage. It was later known for streamlined, rear-engine air-cooled cars that arguably inspired the VW Beetle; after WW II, it became a primary luxury-car maker for the Communist elite across Eastern Europe, even ending up in Cuba. I'll post photos of some of the other models at the Lane Museum if there's interest. :) Some of them are pretty funky.

Edit: Another pic of the T-11. Does the smaller size work better for you in browser windows?

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[yhlee]

I have a large enough monitor that the larger size is fine for me.

Eee, vintage cars! I don't know anything about cars any more, but I was car-crazy as a small child and had posters of them on my walls. :) In Richland, Washington every year they have a vintage car show and if you hang out at the park at the right time you can see this procession of various vintage cars drive by. It was great. I hope they still do that.