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"Tatra" JK 2500 - the dragon from Brno

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Created on May 18, 2018

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Jan Tuček (Übersetzung G. W. Pollak)

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Archiv Jan Tuček

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JK 2500 (1955) - photographed in 1958, with cast rims and air vents in front of the doors

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JK 2500 (1955) - photographed in 1958, with Tatra type train and air-cooled V8 under the hood

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JK 2500 (1955) - the Beetle front axle, the Alfa 6C engine and the tubular frame are clearly visible

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JK 2500 (1955) - a large water cooler ensured the healthy temperature balance of the 6C engine

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JK 2500 (1955) - a wooden frame was built first in classic coachbuilding style

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JK 2500 (1955) - designer Kubinský with his car

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JK 2500 (1955) - as a finished sports car

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JK 2500 (1955) - recorded in 1958

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JK 2500 (1955) - elegant silhouette

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JK 2500 (1955) - the body was made of wood and sheet steel

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JK 2500 (1955) - still with the Alfa Romeo 6C drivetrain

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JK 2500 (1955) - recorded in 1958, modification with a V8 engine from the Tatra T 603

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JK 2500 (1955) - taken in 1958, the second generation of cast rims with turbine effect

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JK 2500 (1955) - pretty two-tone paintwork - taken in 1958

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JK 2500 (1955) - now with Tatra lettering to honor the installed engine (taken in 1958)

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JK 2500 (1955) - in its final form (picture from 1958)

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Summary

One of the most outstanding designers in post-war Czechoslovakia was Julius Kubinský. He became famous for his racing and sports car prototypes. His masterpiece is undoubtedly the "JK 2500" named after him, a super sports car built in the mid-fifties. This report follows the traces of the elegant coupé and shows it in many historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Airplanes and cars
National pride
Modern construction with compromises
Sheet metal and wood body
A roundabout route to road approval
Always improving

Estimated reading time: 4min

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One of the most outstanding designers in post-war Czechoslovakia was Julius Kubinský. He became famous for his racing and sports car prototypes. His masterpiece is undoubtedly the "JK 2500" named after him, a super sports car built in the mid-fifties. Julius Kubinský (1923 to 2008) is considered an aircraft designer despite his automotive career. His ultra-light JK 1, built in the 1990s, was a single-seater plane intended for photographic land documentation. He switched to automobiles shortly after the war, when he unsuccessfully tried to boost the production of sports and racing cars based on the KdF at the Koller bodywork plant in Bratislava (Slovakia). So he moved to Brno, where he realized some of his planned designs.

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