It took 10 years and $1 million to complete the revamp of this exquisite example.
Only 106 examples of the Tatra T77 were produced from 1934 to 1936, when it was replaced by the T77a. A total of only 249 T77 and T77a models were produced through 1938 and, at present, only five examples worldwide are known to be restored and drivable.
The four-door sedan comprises a coach-built body on a pressed box-section steel chassis, and is distinguished by a prominent tail fin extending from the nape of the rear window to the base of the rear bumper. Resembling nothing so much as the automotive equivalent of the prehistoric Dimetrodon, the Tatra was equally unusual under its skin. Beneath its finned rear decklid resides an air-cooled, 3.0-liter V-8 engine that makes 60 hp. A V-8 enlarged to 3.
If there are similarities between Tatras and Volkswagens, it’s because Ferdinand Porsche, author of the VW Beetle, and Tatra’s Hans Ledwinka, often discussed a design for Hitler’s “People’s Car.” Tatra even sued Volkswagen for copying its 1936 Type 97, litigation which was dropped when Germany took over the Tatra factory with the 1938 invasion of Czechoslovakia.
International Auto Restoration, of Oak Lawn, Ill., performed the decade-long project of making this example of the model pristine. The story of that restoration includes the fabrication of many intricate mechanical components and trim, including ash framing under the original sheet metal, wheels and bumpers. The decade-long project was performed by International Auto Restoration of Oak Lawn, Ill. Those in attendance when it crosses the auction block will, without question, be witnessing the finest example of the model in existence.The 1934 Tatra T77 set to cross the RM Sotheby’s auction block on March 3.
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