Hi guys, got the chance to buy a skoda 105 Lux on an E plate, the woman who owned it has gone into a care home and said I could have it for £100 if I want it, it's been sat in her yard (covered) for 6 years, strangely enough the body work (although dusty) is in great condition. Interior looks like new too, 36,000 on the clock.

Can anyone give me any insight into the car, what I'll be expecting to replace/change to get her on the road?

How much are they worth restored?

Thanks in advance,

Gareth

You will almost certainly need to replace the brake system to some extent. Rear cylinders seize up as do front callipers. The engine shouldnt need much done to it to get it going if it was healthy when parked up. Tyres will be shot no doubt - due to age.

Restored and looking good....in my experience you should get between £500 and £1000 depending on who wants one and how lucky you get. The 105 is the lowest of the low as far as the range goes.

You will almost certainly need to replace the brake system to some extent. Rear cylinders seize up as do front callipers. The engine shouldnt need much done to it to get it going if it was healthy when parked up. Tyres will be shot no doubt - due to age.

Restored and looking good....in my experience you should get between £500 and £1000 depending on who wants one and how lucky you get. The 105 is the lowest of the low as far as the range goes.

Thanks for the advice, I understand that it's the lowest of the low but as far as rarity goes I'm under the understanding that it is in fact on of the rarer models, especially being the lux edition.

I'm not nessessarily going to sell it anyway, just curiosity more than anything.

easily the greatest car of all time. amazing in orange

easily the greatest car of all time. amazing in orange

Not sure about that lol, funnily enough it is orange though

I have owned 2 105 lux's in the last 18months and picked both up for under £200 with blown engines. The current one is body perfect and low miles....I am about to sell it and if I get £750 I will be very chuffed. I have fitted a 1300cc engine now though.

The 105 lux may be rarer but the market for the sportier models such as the 130LSE and Rapid will always be healthier.

I think its fair to say the 105 will be pretty slow and although the 4 speed box is quite good up to 60mph its very noisy at motorway speeds.

For £100 you wont go far wrong though....go and get it and start figuring out whats wrong. You can get most things new and cheaply from Jorily (www.jorily.com)

I'd go with new tyres, brake fluid, oil and petrol (yes you did read that right; 5 year old petrol won't catch on an electrical spark, but will still burn if you put a match to it) before even trying to start it. Then see if it needs any other brake work, then change the coolant.

Not sure about that lol, funnily enough it is orange though

you'll get it sold alll right then! You'll take the total of on-the-road orange estelles with vinyl roofs to a total of approx... TWO

The 136 Rapid I bought earlier this year had been sat in a damp council garage for about 5 years.

With a set of jump leads on it, it fired straight up, 2nd turn of the key.

After that it was a basic service and freeing off the front calipers and cleaning up the rear brakes.

Simple really.

Kieran

The 136 Rapid I bought earlier this year had been sat in a damp council garage for about 5 years.

Yer lucky so-and-so! Why can't we all find one of those?

The 105 maybe poverty spec but isnt it the "strongest" engine out of the bunch?

A mate had one of these as his first car. Would just about see 80 mph but the handling was good. It never gave any grief either.

105 is the basic honest Czech spec and is therefore best of the bunch in my book, though i've always hankered after a 130 GL 5 :-) Rapids are lovely, but there is something special about the saloons especially if you can avoid the vinyl roof which so many are blighted with.

Jon

105 is the basic honest Czech spec and is therefore best of the bunch in my book, though i've always hankered after a 130 GL 5 :-) Rapids are lovely, but there is something special about the saloons especially if you can avoid the vinyl roof which so many are blighted with.

Jon

I owned both of these models - I bought a 105 Lux new in 1986, did 45K miles in two years then traded it for a 6 month old 130 GL - the height of luxary! It was nice having the 5 speed gearbox for the motorway runs although the fit and finish of the interior was inferior to the 105 Lux - I believe the GLs were not built at the normal Skoda factory but at a firm of coachbuilders.