A Century of the Motorcycle (3rd Expanded Edition), Martin Reissner
The Century of the Motorcycle is an original Czech publication by Martin Reissner about the technical, social, economic, artistic and sporting contexts, the history of the production and use of two-wheeled vehicles with internal combustion engines. Geographically, the content specifically maps the territories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Germany, and a large space is dedicated to machines manufactured in the Czech lands. Historical and modern photographs complement the texts about individual brands and types of motorcycles.
Format 210 x 210 mm, hardcover with dust jacket, 472 pages
ISBN 978-80-88260-52-3
A century of traffic police
The publication by the author's team maps more than a century of history of the traffic police in our country. On the pages, readers will find dozens of unique period photographs, but above all, erudite chapters on the establishment and activities of the traffic police from the beginnings in 1919 to the present day, and in addition, it brings an interesting perspective on the development of transport in the territory of the republic and the technical means of the traffic police fleet. The anniversary publication was created with the support of the Traffic Police Service of the Czech Republic, under the auspices of the Police President of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Police Museum of the Czech Republic.
By purchasing, you will contribute to the Police and Firefighters Foundation, which cares for disabled members of both corps and the survivors of those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Cars and motorcycles with Wankel engines, Michael Květoň
The publication presents the history of the then new design of the internal combustion engine and the life of its creator, Felix Wankel. The engine was presented to the professional public in a practically usable form in 1960. The world was amazed and at first glance it seemed that a completely new era of the internal combustion engine was beginning. Car manufacturers and other internal combustion engine manufacturers feverishly bought licenses and began working on their own development of the Wankel engine. However, with increasing problems, they gradually dropped out, until only Mazda from Japan remained, which produced cars with the Wankel engine until 2012. However, the Wankel engine has not yet said its last word.
West Bohemian Races and Circuits. A Century of West Bohemian Road Racing, Jiří Wohlmuth
West Bohemian Races and Circuits is a continuation of memories of motor racing on city circuits and hillclimbs. It loosely follows on from the editions from Central and Northern Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. Road races in West Bohemia began in the mid-1920s. They were considerably more modest than those in other parts of the country, but for example the famous races in Pilsen Lochotín were very significant and famous racers regularly started in them.
The first pre-war part deals not only with racing in Pilsen and the surrounding area, but also in the spa town of Karlovy Vary. The second part chronologically deals with post-war racing in a number of places, Cheb, Kdyň, Klatovy and Nepomuk. In the third separate part, you will get to know several excellent racers, designers and mechanics, whose names were famous throughout Europe in their time - Otto Krattner, Josef Lukšík, Albín Patlejch, Václav Pauer, Josef Sloup, František Sutnar, Miloslav Vališ. The book is complemented by circuit maps, period, previously unpublished photographs and, as is traditional, results reports.
Sodomka Body Shop – other production Part VIII, Martin Štěpán
As part of the systematic processing of sources on the famous Vysoké Mýto body shop of Josef Sodomka, another, already VIII. volume of the history of production in Vysoké Mýto is coming to the book market. The monograph describes the production of carriages, sleighs, children's carts, a highway, a scooter and especially many types of towing vehicles, including residential ones. More than 400 period photographs, part of the custom book, copies of design drawings, technical documentation and other period documents form the essential content of the publication, which should be added to the previous works.
L&K – ŠKODA, Part II – The Flight of the Winged Arrow
author: Jan Králík and Petr Kožíšek
The best book about L&K and Škoda cars (ENGLISH)
L&K – ŠKODA, Part I – Upward Path 1895-1945
author: Jan Králík and Petr Kožíšek
The best book about L&K and Škoda cars (ENGLISH)
50 years of veteran of the Křivonoska rally, Jiří Vlach
With the help of willing friends, the author tried to capture the activities in České Budějovice and the surrounding area from the first steps. He managed to map the initial individual activities, daring drives around the country and abroad. This gradually continued at the level of national and international meetings of clubs and owners of historic vehicles. Since the seventies, Křivonoska has been the highlight of the season, but even in this part, the author tried to capture other activities of the club or individual members. The last part contains portraits of several prominent club members, some of the regular participants in the rally and some of their machines. Anyone who was a participant in any year will certainly fondly remember the experiences, the wonderful atmosphere and the personal contacts that often last to this day. The new book on the book market offers a pleasant refresh of memories from the period when cultural and sports activities with a large audience were the main weekend programs.
Ogar, the story of a forgotten brand, Tomáš Rokos
The author is a long-time supporter of the Ogar manufacturing brand. In addition to gradually acquiring detailed knowledge of all manufactured types, he carefully collected any available information from the period press, company brochures, photographs, manuals and spare parts catalogs for many years. The time has come and the fan of the non-existent motorcycle brand considered it appropriate to enrich the knowledge of supporters, open the memories of eyewitnesses, expand the offer on bookstore shelves, but also publicly boast of the results of purposeful activity. Reprints of period documents and photographs will bring closer the interests and production of first bicycles and then motorcycles of the Ogar brand.
Czechoslovak Body Builders, Part 1, Pardubice Region, Jiří Junek, Martin Štěpán
The Regional Museum in Vysoké Mýto has once again prepared a treat for all those interested in history, regardless of age group. They have published the first part of a new edition on Czechoslovak coachbuilders, which is dedicated to both well-known and forgotten coachbuilders in the territory of today's Pardubice Region on 208 pages. Coachbuilding was once very widespread and closely related to the development of motoring and automobile production. In contrast, today it is somewhat of a "memories" field, hidden somewhere in the bowels of robotized automobile factories. And that is why the authors of the museum in Vysoké Mýto decided to describe and document the production and history of Czechoslovak coachbuilders. The result of the work is the first part of a book that maps the history of eight coachbuilders. They managed to obtain a large amount of unique material, such as period photographs, plans and testimonies of eyewitnesses or family members. Thanks to them, the enthusiastic authors were able to depict not only the specifics of bodywork production, but also many economic and social aspects of the first half of the 1950s. First and foremost, however, they present readers with the stories of extremely interesting, hard-working and tenacious people who made their mark on Czechoslovak automotive history.
Black Peter
33 playing cards with painted pictures of vintage vehicles. Includes instructions for the game. The game is suitable for three or more players.
Motorists on and below Šébr, Jan Němec
Published by the Technical Museum in Brno
Softcover, format 16.5 × 24 cm, 190 pages
On February 7, 2020, the book launch of the head of the State District Archive in Děčín, Jan Němec, Motorists on and under Šébr took place at the Technical Museum in Brno.
Pre-war Czechoslovakia had long underestimated the potential of motoring and left car and motorcycle owners to help themselves. In our over-motorized present, drivers would be surprised to find themselves having to procure road signs, pay for winter maintenance and constantly ask for improvements to roads that cost nothing. In order to be heard, drivers formed associations, of which there were around a hundred, which fought each other for members. The German car club "Nordböhmischer Kraftfahrerbund" in Rumburk managed to unite almost 2,000 motorists and its voice carried weight. It was one of the few to cooperate closely with the Car Club of the Czechoslovak Republic and for a long time put the interests of drivers above national and political interests. It organised popular races, published a magazine, gave lectures and fought tirelessly for domestic driving.
This is yet another masterpiece by an author known for his book, The Legendary Motorcycle of the Czech Republic. We recommend that anyone who is eager to buy the book, they will not regret it.
Our Motorcycle Import, The First 70 Years, 1895–1964, Milan Veselý
The new book is the result of many years of research efforts by the author and his friends. It is prepared as an encyclopedia mapping the first 70 years of motorcycle imports to our territory. The main emphasis is placed on the most complete list of brands operating on our market, the time frame of their operation and the determination of their success expressed primarily by the number of units sold. For the most important companies, an analysis of the structure of the type offer is carried out, information is provided about representatives, operational interesting facts, the most important sporting successes and notes on the service life of their machines and their occurrence in today's collections of historic vehicles. The operation of individual brands on our market is supplemented with basic facts from their own company history.
The book begins with a brief historical overview summarizing the first 70 years of our motorcycle imports. The first part follows, dedicated to 54 brands that managed to sell more than 100 motorcycles in our country. Their treatment is significantly more detailed than the treatment of the remaining 219 brands in the second part. The huge number of illustrations, together with the high level of graphic and printing work, gives the publication a representative character. The vast majority of the illustrative material was taken from period prints and albums of period photographs of exclusively domestic origin.
Historical facts were drawn primarily from old Czech and German periodicals and publications. They were only supplemented with information from contemporary Czech literature and the Internet. Most statistical data was taken from archived company reports and from reports of the Czech Statistical Office. To a lesser extent, period almanacs and period magazines served as a source of valuable information. The huge number of illustrations, together with the high level of graphic and printing work, gives the publication a representative character. The vast majority of illustrative material was taken from period printed matter and albums of period photographs of exclusively domestic origin.
Our Motorcycle Market, The First 120 Years, 1895–2014, Milan Veselý
The new book is the result of many years of research efforts by the author and his friends. The aim of the publication is to provide the most concise, yet comprehensive description of the development of the first 120 years of two-wheeled motorization in our territory. The main part of the book is prepared as an annotated and illustrated statistical report on the development of our motorcycle production, sales, imports and motorization of the population. The brief text illuminating the economic, political and legislative background is supplemented by a number of exceptionally extensive tables with never-before-published data. The second part of the book outlines the history of motorization of our armed forces, post, the development of traffic regulations, safety, accident rates, the road network and the collector-veteran movement.
Historical facts were drawn primarily from old Czech and German periodicals and publications. They were only supplemented with information from contemporary Czech literature and the Internet. Most statistical data was taken from archived company reports and from reports of the Czech Statistical Office. To a lesser extent, period almanacs and period magazines served as a source of valuable information. The huge number of illustrations, together with the high level of graphic and printing work, gives the publication a representative character. The vast majority of illustrative material was taken from period printed matter and albums of period photographs of exclusively domestic origin.
With Tatra into a fairy tale, Irena Ričlová Lachoutová
The book "Tatra into a Fairy Tale" is here for all little lovers of big cars. And not only for them. The book features historic Tatra trucks that are now experiencing their crazy adventures. Dads, grandfathers and maybe even some mothers can tell their children about their own memories in the fairy tale...
The Magic Barn, Irena Ričlová Lachoutová
Is it possible to have a wonderful holiday without a TV, computer, tablet and mobile phone? If your grandmother has a magical barn in the yard, then yes. During one night you will experience a journey into the past, you will drive in an old car and a tractor, you will find yourself in a black and white photograph and in a typewriter case. Open the large wooden gate, the adventure begins…
Škoda Auto – 100 years of Automotive History
author: Jan Králik
English language
L&K – Too bad. Teil I, – Jahre des Aufstiegs 1895-1945
Hardcover, A4 format, 423 pages, Czech language
L&K – Škoda. Part II, – Flight of the Winged Arrow 1945-2003
Hardcover, A4 format, 271 pages, Czech language
The legendary Škoda 100/110 and its siblings
GRADA Publishing
Hardcover, format 21 × 25 cm, 152 pages
ISBN: 978-80-247-3721-8
Škoda 706 RO and RTO buses, Martin Harák
GRADA Publishing
Hardcover, format 22 x 16.5 cm, 144 pages
Čezeta and scooters JF Kocha, Martin Kusý
Published by Fiala & Šebek
Hardcover, format 22 × 31 cm, 276 pages
Published as the III. publication in the ČZ Motorcycle Catalog series. A separate, comprehensive work that brings together all related aspects of scooters from Strakonice. The author has compiled the history into eight separate chapters: Koch Scooters, Development of Čezeta Scooters, Production, Athlete and World Traveler, Promotion, In Film, Technical Description, Jaroslav František Koch, Photographs, and the last, voluminous part is entitled Appendices. Many a long-time scooter owner and reader will find themselves in self-reflection and memories on the pages of the publication. A representative publication can be a joy in the form of a dominant under the Christmas tree.
Sketchbook – Václav Zapadlík
With this publication, we would like to introduce to all lovers of the work of Maestro Václav Zapadlík a little-known, but in its own way extremely interesting part of the work of this genius of drawing and painting of historic cars. Here you will find not only sketches, sketches, drawings of cars or their parts, but also pictures of jazzmen or drawings of naked women with seductive curves. Thanks to this composition of unknown pictures, we have come to the conviction that this distinctive, nostalgically magical part of his work must also be presented to the general public and especially to all fans and admirers of the world of historic vehicles.
My Beautiful Suffering, Miroslav Špak
Monograph of motorcycle racer Miroslav Špak
Road, as the queen of motorcycle sports, has the oldest world championship. In our country, the Czechoslovakian championship is proud of its founding date in 1954. During its existence, the composition of the cubic capacities gradually changed. Sidecars also appeared briefly in it. During the existence of the Czechoslovakian championship, more than 800 riders took turns as participants. The best of them managed to permanently write their names in the historical winners' tables. The aim of my story is to bring both witnesses and the younger generation closer to the atmosphere of the races by looking behind the scenes. The individual stories of people, mechanics, competitors and also organizers of motorcycle road races tell how attractive and dramatic those times were.
The Mercedes-Benz Phenomenon & Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
In addition to a concise and readable history of the world-famous Mercedes-Benz brand, set in a broader cultural, economic and technological context, the publication brings attractively prepared biographies of seven key figures with roots in the Czech environment, who significantly advanced the development of the Stuttgart icon and, with it, global motoring. A separate chapter is dedicated to the oldest brand club on the European continent, founded in Czechoslovakia in 1963. The authors demonstrate the development of production over more than a hundred years using the example of three dozen selected cars from the largest state and private collection in the Czech Republic. Given the breadth of scope, depth and attractiveness of the treatment, the book has the potential to appeal to readers at home and abroad. The publication is published with the support of the exclusive importer Mercedes-Benz Czech Republic.
Buses of the First Republic and the Protectorate 1918–1945, Martin Harák
The Retro edition brings to the book market a new book mapping the production of buses and trolleybuses in Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1948. The three main Czechoslovak car manufacturers controlled the largest part of the market at that time: Praga, Tatra and Škoda. In addition, there were dozens of small and large coachbuilding companies that individually built bus superstructures on various domestic and foreign chassis. Readers will learn about the beginnings of bus and trolleybus production in our country, its heyday in the 1920s and decline during the economic crisis, and the changes that were then brought about by the Second World War and the following years. The rich text is supplemented with construction details, technical parameters and, above all, a number of unique, often never-before-published photographs. We will learn about the lives of important coachbuilders (Sodomek, Uhlík, Peter and others). A suitable Christmas gift for the male population, without age restrictions.
TATRA 813: history, tactical-technical data, modifications, Jiří Frýba
The only comprehensive publication on the development, production and individual versions of the Tatra 813 vehicle is compiled mainly from archival documents of the Central Military Archive/Military Historical Archive Prague. In the introduction, it introduces the reader to the means used to move artillery and very heavy loads after World War II. The main part of the book contains information on the development of the Tatra 813 tractor, on the production of prototypes and their testing, as well as on the design of semi-trailers required by the army. In the most extensive chapter, divided into several parts, you will find tactical and technical data on individual applications of the vehicle, which are supplemented by drawings and photographs of various parts of the vehicle. The basic type of the Tatra 813 8 × 8 tractor (Kolos) is described in the most detail, from which the entire unified series is based. For other versions, including civilian ones, mainly design changes are presented. The appendices contain not only descriptions of the tractor's semi-trailer equipment and the use of T 930 series engines in individual vehicles, but also color photographs of the T 813 vehicles and their successor, the T 815.
1000 Czechoslovak mils 1933, 1934, 1935, Petr Kožíšek
To give a concise overview of the extensive content, it is possible to write that the representative publication captures the author's dedication to the specific discipline of automobile racing, held with various variations up to the present day. The intention of the first year of the competition, which began to be prepared in the Autoklub na Opletalová in February 1933, was to promote the domestic automobile industry affected by the economic crisis. The description of the three pre-war years takes up two-thirds of the publication's content. Some of the original photographs of the competition cars were stored in the archives of the Technical Museum, photos of the prototypes were discovered quite by chance in an unused archive, another series of photographs were borrowed from family albums of generations that know the direct participants only from preserved oral memories. Details of the individual years are presented by copies of the period press. Several original photographs show factory cars that never participated in any other races or competitions; after the end of the first year of the "miles", they were destroyed by the manufacturer - they did not live up to expectations. The following pages describe the commemorative years starting in 1970, when there were already enough enthusiastic owners of historic vehicles across the country. The last part contains the lists of starters and the results tables of the pre-war years.
Motorcycle trailers Pav, Jiří Bartuš
A novelty is coming to bookshelves in the Retro edition, because motorcycle sidecars form an integral, but little-known part of Czechoslovak motoring history. The book provides readers with a comprehensive picture of the history of the use of sidecars in conjunction with motorcycles, which was a direct and logical consequence of the specific post-war development of motoring in Czechoslovakia. The specificity of Czechoslovak development is confirmed by the fact that in no other country has the use of motorcycle sidecars been so widespread as in Czechoslovakia. The book's advantage is a detailed mapping of the development of motorcycle sidecars in Czechoslovakia, both directly of the PAv sidecars, whose purposeful and yet very tasteful and timeless design embodied the materialization of efforts to use the motorcycle as a full-fledged means of transport, as well as of predecessors and also of amateur-built sidecars, for which the PAv sidecars were an inspiration. Individual sidecars are described in detail and appropriately documented photographically. Based on the processing of many period documents, the book also provides information on the practical operation of carts, their maintenance and repairs.
Maintenance and repairs of ČZ 125 and 150C motorcycles, Augustin Šulc, Karel Šulc, Augustin Šulc jun.
Grada introduces a new book, it was ready for printing in 1955, but unfortunately it was not published then. Its content is articles that were published in the magazine Svět Motorů in the years 1953–1955. In them, the Šulc brothers devoted themselves to the maintenance and repair of the best-selling ČZ motorcycles, which are still the most widespread among collectors and veterans today. Many motorcyclists keep their motorcycles in good condition, but there are few who can adjust their motorcycle correctly, and even fewer who can find a fault and fix it. Why? Because they do not know their motorcycle. That is why we want to help them. With these words, the Šulc brothers began a series of 25 articles that were to be published in a sequel, and which they planned to publish as a manual. They covered in detail riding techniques (breaking in a new motorcycle, riding uphill, riding in the dark), maintenance (cleaning, lubricating, chain tensioning, adjusting brakes, caring for tires), but also more complex topics (disassembling the carburetor, adjusting the igniter, regrinding the cylinder, wheel alignment, engine repairs, removing and installing bearings, and other technical details. The articles are supplemented with technical photographs from the ČZ archive, comments on repair procedures from a contemporary perspective, and assessments of what is usable and what is not. The Šulc brothers' insider advice will certainly be appreciated by the entire community of veteran bikers even after years.
200 Czechoslovak motoring plaques from the period 1922-1939
For the exhibition POWDER and BENZÍN Troja 2000, the author prepared a catalogue with images of more than 200 commemorative plaques, often created according to the designs of prominent design figures – Španiel, Nušl, Axmann, Švec, Pištora, Pichl and others. Two criteria were decisive for the selection – that the plaque was issued in Czechoslovakia in the period before the Second World War. Motoring plaques are nowadays a narrowly specialized collecting discipline. The publication will provide information and can direct thematic creation of private collections.
The Road to Favorit, Jan Králík
The author knew more than thirty-three years ago that the long and, above all, thorny path of development and production of the Favorit passenger car was worth carefully documenting. He had to reject the ideas of that time, he waited and waited! Developing anything new while trying to comply with the extensive tangle of many restrictions and prohibitions resulting from completely meaningless regulations was completely impossible during the years of normalization. Even though the original idea to produce a new type of passenger car within the framework of the Common Market came from the highest party positions. But the design tendencies of world car manufacturers indicated significantly different solutions from the originally intended ones. The gradual development, sometimes even illegal, was taken up by the administrative people in Mladá Boleslav. The amount of work with development and then with the preparation of production was unimaginable, but the people were enthusiastic. The most energy and time was taken up by the battles with the „windmills“ – at that time in the form of the state apparatus. When the Favorit was put into production, the leaders were melting in superlatives. Just like Ing. Andrej Barčák, then director of the PZO Motokov business group: "The Favorit was a groundbreaking project for Škoda. Škoda designed and then produced a car comparable to their European competition under significantly worse conditions. At the beginning, there were just a lot of restrictions, nothing was approved, big risks were taken, but Škoda had no reason to be ashamed of the result."„
Published by Motor Public, hardcover with dust jacket, format 22.5 x 21.5 cm, 118 pages
ISBN 978-80-906693-1-4.
Cars of the First Republic 1918 – 1938, Jan Tuček
A representative publication with perfectly crafted graphics prepared by a renowned author. The content consists of descriptions of passenger cars manufactured in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1938, their basic technical data. In addition to cars from large factories (Praga, Škoda, Tatra), cars from smaller manufacturers (Aero, Jawa, Walter, Wikov, Z) are also presented, as well as cars from small brands (Disk, Enka, Gatter, Isis, Stelka, Trimobil ...) - a total of 33 of the most important brands. In each chapter, the reader will find sales statistics in individual years, period prices and other technical information. A total of 600 exclusively period photographs are used in the chapters of individual production brands. The last chapter contains 52 copies of period brochures of the listed car manufacturers. The new book will be an ornament to the library, a source of much new information, a pleasure for the reader and a joy for the owner ...
Central Bohemian Races and Circuits, A Century of Central Bohemian Road Racing, Jaroslav Kotrbáček and Jiří Wohlmuth
Acceptable distances between populated places, as well as a good road network in Central Bohemia, have made it possible to write an interesting history of racing in this region. Long-distance races, hill races and city circuits began to be held here more than 110 years ago. In many towns, racing had only a fleeting existence and after the first year, no more followed (Kralupy nad Vltavou, Vlašim, Horoměřice, Roztoky u Prahy). However, there were places where racing took place for several decades (Městec Králové – 40 years; Kolín – 16 years; Mělník – 13 years). For each of the thirty-nine places, the authors found the exact race routes, information from the organizing activities and result lists with the names of competitors, both known and unknown, and spiced everything up with interesting facts from the period press. Witnesses will reminisce over the pages, and representatives of the younger generations will wonder where and on what roads the racers fought for supremacy.
Ace of Hearts, Miloslav Souček
With the warm words of the foreword by Prof. Pavek, which will set the reader in the right mood, the author slowly begins to unwind a continuous strip of memories. About his apprenticeship in a car repair shop and his first contacts with motorcycle handlebars, about exploring off-road motorcycle races. It is absolutely natural that Míla Souček likes to remember motorcycle sports in the colors of the army team - of course, after all, he was young, healthy and overcame random life obstacles with a smile. A separate chapter in his life, to which the author likes to return, is the period of motorcycle competitions with participation in the Six-Day Motorcycle Competition in Zlín in 1955. Between the lines, the perceptive reader can sense the devotion to motorcycles from Divišov. With ESO motocross specials of all three cubic capacities, he achieved success for our colors on tracks included in the European Championship. The last pages of the memories belong to motocross in Stříbr in 1963.
Reminisce with the author, recall the names and motocross tracks in the country and abroad.
The history of Škoda cars from 1905 to the present, Jiří Dufek, Jan Králík
A selection of the most famous cars produced in Mladá Boleslav. The technical development of cars is evident in the individual types from the first Laurinka to the present. Each model is presented in a detailed technical transparency by Jiří Dufek, supplemented by other technical drawings or examples of drawing documentation. The profile of each of the cars on display is illustrated in detail by color and black-and-white photographs from the archives of the authors and the car manufacturer. A large amount of visual material is connected by interesting texts by Jan Králík about the development of individual models, their production and sporting successes, and it also introduces several personalities from the many who have contributed to the success or fame of Mladá Boleslav cars. The narrative color book will delight anyone who is at least a little interested in cars and will certainly appeal to die-hard fans of Škoda cars.