Cooling air was supplied to the engine by two axial fans, driven by V-belts from pulleys on the crankshaft.

[4] The streamlined, cigar-shaped body with freewheels had a lattice frame, welded from thin-walled aircraft tubes.

All wheels were thus independently suspended, sprung with longitudinal torsion bars and telescopic hydraulic shock absorbers.

Tatra did not accept this result, claiming that the car could reach faster speeds, if the length of the run was larger.

[6] The almost eight-kilometer straight section in a gentle descent gave the driver more room for accelerating and braking.

Pavelka scored a significant victory on 28 September 1952 in an international race at the Masaryk Circuit (8 laps/142.4 km), where he beat the favorite German Edgar Barth who drove a BMW 2000 at the time.