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Tatra 13 – a small vehicle from Kopřivnice in Moravia, with only 762 units built: an air-cooled two-cylinder flat-twin engine of 1,057 cm³, front-engine rear-wheel drive, 800 to 1,200 kg weight, built 1924 to 1933
Tatra is a vehicle maker from Kopřivnice in Moravia that built the Typ 13 between 1924 and 1933 in a quantity of 762 vehicles. Unlike most other ranges described here, the Typ 13 is itself classed in the register as a small truck rather than a bus.
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The Typ 13 is powered by an air-cooled two-cylinder flat-twin engine of 1,057 cm³, with power sent to the rear wheels through a manual four-speed gearbox – a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR configuration) typical of light vehicles of the period. Depending on the body, the Typ 13 weighed between 800 and 1,200 kg, on a wheelbase of around 2.65 m.
With an air-cooled two-cylinder engine and a weight under 1.2 tonnes, the Typ 13 was among the smallest and lightest vehicles of its era built in Czechoslovakia, serving, depending on the body, as a light delivery van or as the base for smaller passenger-carrying bodies. Air cooling freed the engine from needing coolant and antifreeze, which made it practical even at low temperatures.
For a pre-war vehicle this rare, acquisition is limited to the classic-vehicle market. Worth checking are the condition of the air-cooled two-cylinder engine at the cylinders and cooling fins, the operation of the four-speed gearbox, the frame for corrosion, and the availability of spare parts, which, with only 762 units built, can be expected solely through Czech classic-vehicle specialists and the successor maker, Tatra Trucks.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Tatra 13, Tatra Trucks (Nachfolgeunternehmen)
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