How sexy are the lines and sounds of the early 911s??

5W Coupe making a run for it at a local hot rod get together.. Lovin summer!!

John and his Tatra-collection;

On our little "Screwdrivers Tour of Canada 2012", we connected with one of our new heroes; John in Toronto. John loves "the weird ones", and besides a fleet of weird Citroens, he has focussed his last 25 years in the hobby on ... Tatras. We found his wonderful garage just outside the city and dropped down on our knees when the garage door first revealed these two beauties;

"Climbing the latter" in the world of Tatras means...the 603, then the Tatraplan, then a T87...but John could not rest with that. 20 years ago he set his goals high, and aimed for the T77 - the "penultimate" factory produced streamliner of all times. The T77 was a "no expense spared" type car aimed at portraying the excellence of Czechoslovakia, and is truly a very advanced, very large and very complex luxury car - what an unbelievable shape;

After 10 years of hunting and begging....John got his T77 out of Moscow, after spending a total of 4 years on the "paperwork". Less than 20 T77s are known to exist in the whole wide world...and this very evening we had to go through "moments of silence", as we approached this fantastic car. The giant, aircooled, magnesium V-8 alone....was worth the visit:

Thanks for the great evening John - we will be back.

Meanwhile - check out more of John and his T77 here:

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/at-the-garage/antiques/tatra-t77/

Also - check out his fantastic story on what he did with his T87:

http://www.openthinkinc.com/tatra/

How many Barndoors does one need?

.....at least three. According to Screwdriver#7. Now he has got '52, '53 and '54 in his collection.

Samba bus left to rot...

23 windows is often enough for any VW-nut to wet his pants and trade his wife for.... But the owner of this old '59 hotel-wagon has left it outdoors to rot - and there is nobody or nothing that can change his mind on that subject. Unfortunately for the Bus and the longing enthusiasts - but it makes up a nice Easter-trip adventure for Norwegians with no snow..

Our two favorite Tatras ... ever.

A snowmobile and a racecar....what more do you need?

#7 and his '54 Barndoor...

#7's cool '54 Barndoor is coming together nicely now, after a classic "much more work than expected"-phase in the restoration process. This old bread-van will be sitting semi-low with Rocket Racing wheels and a smooth, vintage Gene Berg-engine. Great work Rune and friends! This van has gone from forrest-relic to the smoothest Barndoor in Norway in just a few years. A mamooth job and finally now some time behind the steering wheel this summer. Thumbs up!