We’ve been following Petrolicious, a fellow digital magazine pushing out beautiful car features and documentary-style mini interviews. One of the last videos we posted was a video they shot of Brian Bent and his 1927 Oakland Racer. Be sure to check out that post here.

The filmers and writers at Petrolicious have a knack for pegging down the eccentric and capturing their philosophies, interests, and snippets of their lives–it’s refreshing to take in interviews from normal day to day individuals with some truly unique character.

Most recently, they published a video interview on Paul Greenstein and his 1941 Tatra T87. Neither hot rod nor domestic, the Tatra is a Czech creation. While it may be outside the scope of Rod Authority’s normal fare, the Tatra’s teardrop design is reminiscent of many of America’s late 40s to early 50s fastbacks. The car’s innovative design paired with Paul’s spirit for collecting and restoring make this an awesome short–be sure to check it out above.

From the tri-headlight setup to the sweeping dorsal fin the Tatra is a true specter of the road. Paul even mentions that because it’s so different people seem to not notice it while its on the road. Not until its parked do people start to give into their curiosities, but that may be a side effect of our general culture’s expectation to “mind our business,”–right up there with the general attitude drivers have towards rubber necking while passing an accident or an arrest.

Paul himself is a charming character, “I’m a sucker for industrial design of the past. I like the fact that other people have owned it and touched it and lived with it and been a part of it.” He continues, “What do I drive is whatever is running at that particular moment. I have lots of choices, generally they’re broken.”

Paul ends his interview by sharing a bit about his build philosophy, he says, “My philosophy on everything is I don’t want things I restore to look like I restored them because that to me is not a restoration.” He explains, “When I restore a car or motorcycle I’ll leave a couple parts unplated. The best award I ever got was at a motorcycle show–I won best original [best unrestored] motorcycle for a bike that I restored, I thought, ‘that’s fabulous if I could do that with everything, win best unrestored, I’d be very happy.’” That is definitely a great way to look at things and we have Petrolicious to thank for shooting such a great interview!