pictures worth a thousand words?

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by larrybuck

Please add some words: what, where, when, and can I get one like it?

[Peter7307]

James,
As far as I can tell the car is a Tatra and possibly a type 87 ( a little difficult to tell from this angle).

Google Tatra cars - they also build trucks and have built aircraft in the past- and get the details of their history.
It is a great read.

Peter.

[mcrews]

1940 Tatra T87 Sedan
AUCTION RESULTS: Car was Sold at a price of $121,000

75hp, 2,970 cc single overhead cam air-cooled magnesium alloy V8 engine, four-speed manual transaxle, independent front suspension, swing-axle rear suspension, and four-wheel drum brakes. Wheelbase: 124"

The Tatra T87 offered here is believed by marque experts to have been originally built in 1940 by virtue of its dash layout and lack of sunroof. The car was purchased by an American G.I., who exported the car to the United States after V-E Day, and in 2002, it was purchased in running order from his daughter in New England. The car was carefully restored, and the engine was meticulously disassembled and rebuilt to original specifications. Upon completion, the T87 was displayed at the 2008 Milwaukee Masterpiece Concours d'Elegance, and the current owner reports that the car starts, runs, and drives very nicely, with delightfully light steering, thanks to its rear-mounted engine.

Recently, other T87s have been featured in several museum exhibits, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Curves of Steel exhibit at the Phoenix Museum of Art, and Modernism: Designing a New World, at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. A truly bold design statement that, in many ways, foreshadowed the cars of today, this fine T87 will certainly continue to draw admiration and provoke discussion wherever it travels.

[jamesqf]

Dang it, the front just doesn't live up to the back.

[larrybuck]

Make your own front end! Be creative!

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Dang it, the front just doesn't live up to the back.

I know, I was terribly disappointed!

Like a vw bug '4 door' with a wart in the center!

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by larrybuck

Make your own front end! Be creative!

If I had the time, and the shop & equipment, and the skills to use it...

[ecofreak]

I love every inch of a T87.

[larrybuck]

I didn't mean to sound sarcastic, but if one could afford to travel across the country, find one of these, buy it, get it home; they could probably afford a front end redo.

[cleanspeed1]

I believe this thing was the car that inspired the VW Beetle. Same styling, construction techniques, etc.