Bratislava – Bratislava Transport Museum (Praga Lady)

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This is a Praga Lady car made in Czechoslovakia between 1935 and 1947, although this one was constructed in around 1938. The museum notes that it was created by developing the design from the previous Picollo 307 type, but that’s a bit niche even for this blog, although there are no end of photos of this car from the 1930s. Anyway, back to the Praga Lady, of which around 5,000 were made, with this museum having an unrestored one.

One thing that I hadn’t realised is that many cars of this time were made from wooden frames, and that is visible in this one. There’s sheet metal shoved over the top, but the car is effectively made from wood. As an aside, there weren’t many pre-war models made against after the end of the Second World War, but they ploughed ahead making more of these. I did read that although most wooden framed cars stopped being made at this time, they decided to make the Morris Minor Travellers car in the UK out of wood from October 1953. It’s probably so retro that it’s back in fashion again now, but I think I’d rather not have a car that’s quite like a moveable wardrobe.