In 2010, at the initiative of our colleague MUDr. Jiří Koťátek, we organized a commemorative meeting for the first organized ride from Rudolfinum to Zbraslav, which took place on Saturday, April 3, 1960. After another ten years, Covid-19 canceled the event, so we need not wait until they close Prague for good to internal combustion engines, then there will be nothing to celebrate.
The Historic Automobile Club was founded in Prague on April 3, 1959 by several motoring enthusiasts. For a short time it was called the Archa Club, but since 1961 this association has had the definitive name of the Historic Vehicle Club (KHV) at the Svazarm Municipal Automobile Club in Prague. It was the first organization of this kind in Czechoslovakia.
According to the then foreign practice, vehicles manufactured before 1928 were considered historic. The KHV was introduced to the public for the first time on April 3, 1960, on the anniversary of its founding, with a promotional ride from Prague, from the Rudolfinum to Zbraslav and back. All twenty historic cars, mostly domestically produced, started and finished. The event was very well received by the audience and the press of the time. A short clip was also featured in a film newsreel.
Nothing has changed in the organization either, here stands the patriarch of the veteran movement and witness of the events of that time, Dr. Jiří Koťátko, the editorial staff of the Motor Journal magazine, the National Technical Museum in Prague, and the Car Club Prague radio station.
The commemorative ride after sixty-five years will be open to historic cars and motorcycles manufactured before 1930. It will take place again in early spring, on a date close to sixty years ago - on Sunday, April 13, 2025. The meeting and start of the participants will again be in front of the Rudolfinum on Jan Palach Square. The route of the ride will follow a fifty-year tradition along Smetana embankment, across Palacký Bridge to the other side of the Vltava River and then further along Strakonická to Lahovice. In Zbraslav, all participants will have lunch together and head to NTM Prague, where documentaries will be screened in the cinema hall and witnesses will speak.
A wonderful commemorative plaque from Martin Dašek is being prepared for participants.
| St. number | Vehicle | Year of manufacture | Name | Surname |
| 1 | Coach | 1902 | George | Horice |
| 2 | Torpedo | 1907 | Joseph | Kubista |
| 3 | Le Zebre mod. A | 1909 | Paul | Elijah |
| 4 | Renault ax | 1910 | John | Aegis |
| 5 | Bugatti 13 | 1911 | Prof. Jan | Pirk |
| 6 | Douglas 2¾ HP | 1914 | Peter | Hostalek |
| 7 | Ariel 5–6 hp V-twin | 1916 | Charles | Kupka |
| 8 | Bugatti 13 | 1922 | Jacob | Stauch |
| 9 | Senechal SS | 1924 | Catherine | Kupkova |
| 10 | Prague Piccolo | 1924 | Henry | Son |
| 11 | BSA H3 deluxe 557 | 1924 | John | Ulrich |
| 12 | Chevrolet Suburban | 1925 | Peter | Drazan |
| 13 | Salmson GS | 1926 | Milan | Bathtub |
| 14 | Bugatti 37 | 1926 | Stanislav | Profile |
| 15 | Prague Picollo | 1926 | George | First |
| 16 | Scott Flying Squirrel | 1927 | Martin | Dashek |
| 17 | NSU 251R | 1927 | Zdenek | Hour |
| 18 | Laurin&Klement-Skoda 110 | 1927 | Peter | Bailiff |
| 19 | BSA | 1927 | Francis | Hail |
| 20 | Oldsmobile Six | 1927 | George | Patocka |
| 21 | Lincoln L | 1928 | Wenceslas | Kafka |
| 22 | Ford Model A | 1928 | John | Nutrient |
| 23 | SIMA-STANDARD | 1929 | Ivo | Fallow deer |
| 24 | Wikov 7/28 | 1929 | Peter | Fur coat |
| 25 | MG M-Type Midget | 1929 | Emmanuel | He jumped out. |
| 26 | Walter 6B Super | 1930 | Stanislav | Karger |
| 27 | OK | 1930 | Brick | Student |
| 28 | Czech Republic – Böhmerland 600 | 1930 | Arnost | Didn't miss |
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| 29 | Aero 30 | 1934 | Ludek | Paid |
| 30 | Hound 4 | 1937 | Thomas | Rokos |
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