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Tatra T603

First shown at the 1956 Brno Trade Fair, the T603 took the lessons from the outgoing T87 and incorporated them into a new aerodynamic bodyshell of monocoque construction. The body designed by Frantisek Kardas and fine-tuned by Vladimír Popelar and Josef Chalupa was wind tunnel tested, and was largely the result of work they had done in private before the project for the T603 was sanctioned. Jiri Klos developed the 2,545cc air-cooled V8 used in the T603 which had a single overhead camshaft and hemispherical combustion chambers to develop 95bhp. At the front Macpherson struts provided the suspension and at the back swing axles. In 1964 the 3 headlamp front panel was replaced by 4 lamps closely fitted to the centre line, and the engine power was upped to 100bhp for the T603-2. Larger tail lamps were given to the T603-2, and in 1968 the unofficial T603-3 superceded the T603-2 with a conventional layout of quad headlamps, revised side scoop, and the deletion of the bonnet scoop. In 1975 the Tatra T613 replaced the T603.

Tatra T603-3 - badge on front panel	Tatra 603-3 - grille	Tatra T603-3. Early T603-1 cars had just 3 headlamps, the T603-2 was given quad lamps, and finally the T603-3 had wider separated quad lamps.	Tatra T603-3.	Tatra T603-3. With the T603-3 the headlamps finally conformed with those of most other cars in 1968. However, Tatra 603s were often returned to the factory for refurbishment, and at that time later body parts were often fitted.
Tatra T603-3. First shown at the 1956 Brno Trade Fair, the T603 took the lessons from the outgoing T87 and incorporated them into a new aerodynamic bodyshell of monocoque construction. At the front Macpherson struts provided the suspension and at the back swing axles.	Tatra T603-3. The tail of the T603 shows the aerodynamic shape which houses the air-cooled V8 engine.	Tatra T603-3. The aerodynamic tail of the T603, which was just spared the tail fin of the prototype when it went into production.	Tatra T603-3. The rear engine inlet was changed for the T603-3, the cowl extended forward almost to the rear door	Tatra T603-3. Replacing the Tatraplan T600 in 1956, the T603 continued the aerodynamic tradition. The body designed by Frantisek Kardas and fine-tuned by Vladimír Popelar and Josef Chalupa was wind tunnel tested, and was largely the result of work they had done in private before the project for the T603 was sanctioned.
	Tatra T603-3. Jiri Klos developed the 2,545cc air-cooled V8 used in the T603 which had a single overhead camshaft and hemispherical combustion chambers to develop 95bhp	Tatra T603-3. The T603 retained its split rear window until the end, although the original vertical fin that separated the windows was deleted early during the project. Under the bootlid sits the 2,545cc air-cooled V8 that had appeared in the T87, but now gave 95bhp. The apperture in the bumper is to exhaust the hot air from the interior heating system.	Tatra T613	'Beetles' and 'Beetle-back' cars

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