Since I got back from a week in Prague all ive wanted for a daily/winter car was another felica the last one i had was fantastic it done a full year of hard labour and never missed a beat ,

I was looking on ebay two Sundays back and spotted this , only thing was it was in london:doh:

After speaking to the bloke who sounded just like someone off snatch I Agreed a price and set off Monday morning on a bus!!

so 7 hours on a bus and 2 on the underground ( I don't leave a 10 mile radius from my house lol) I met him at the station

First impressions were not good altho the car was a 1 owner and only covered 16k it looked like it was kept under a tree all its life then cleaned with a bottle of cif prior to its sale :(

That said I looked past all of this paid the gadge and set off home . 4.5 hours later and 280 miles behind me I got back and this thing never missed a beat

over the past week the cars being g3'd machine polished waxed with r222 and many other products i have .Im gobsmacked by the cars condition theres all the mots from new all the tax discs standard stereo , spare wheels never being on the jacks never being out the bag etc etc tbh any way enough talking ile let the pics do that:8

also stipped the engine trays off it and gave them a fresh up with some satin black]

thanks for looking:8

NIce, very nice. :) :)

If I may be so bold as to make a suggestion: fit the silver-coated indicator bulbs (they still flash amber though), and some clear side repeaters, that'll remove the orange from those nice clean white panels.

How much did you part with for it?

Stunning!!! Looks like it's just come out the showroom!

Sweet. White wheel arches

To quote Keith Lemon - 'That's bang tidy that is'! Looks great mate & perhaps a rare find. Enjoy (When I read the tag I thought it was a 16 grand Felly ).

Stunning, what more is there to say

(When I read the tag I thought it was a 16 grand Felly ).

So did I !!

Looks like you've struck gold there, I think your pics show just why some of us are so enamoured with our Fellys rather than more "modern" cars.

Thanks for the kind replys guys and girls , this is my second felicia to date the first one was white also but it was purely a work car by the time i'd finished with it there was no point in restoring it so I let it go.I really missed it tho so the hunt was on for a mint example.

Today ive just fitted some genuine skoda front mudflaps and rubber floor mats there was a boot mat from my old one spare but tbh its bit scratty so im going to get a new one , clear indicators sounds good they look the same as the ones on my leon but on closer inspection there slighty larger so im not sure on there to source skoda ones? tbh I love it honesty so ile probably leave it in standard trim..

more pics of the interior tomorrow

thanks again

I think the most expensive Felicia is this one http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C283500 It's been advertised previously at much higher prices. £12k has definitely been the asking price at one point http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/185258-skoda-felicia-vr6/

Down to around 8 to 9k when I last saw it. Certainly nice if you want something a little different/unusual. No idea if it eventually sold but it's history would suggest it may continue to adorn a showroom

looks very clean my arches are that clean and engine bay you do need to lose the orange repeters i have alloys i would go about sticking fog lights on it as its such a clean looking felicia well done to you mate HAPPY MOTORING is the way you will not need much on that for years to come

Cheers uma, do you have a link to the clear side repeaters please ?

Has jorily gone under? ive being trying to get hold of a boot mat and rear oem mats for it,got some from them a couple of years back for my old felly

cheers

Neil

I believe that repeaters from a Sharan fit, with "minor adjustment" to the hole. Can't remember who it is that did that though, but from what I recall, it was a minor adjustment with a file. (nothing drastic)

hi, sharan ones do fit but you will have to file the hole out a bit,

Ok thanks guys orange it is then haha

That really is lovely! I'd see if you can get some factory option alloys (to keep the standard look) and add them.

Really is a looker though and the white is a great colour with all you elbow grease!

Wow, it's really looking like new. Have fun with it!

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Thanks for the kind replys guys , ive just took my leon off the road today so as from tomorrow the felicia's going to be my daily .Being really struggling to source some oem rear mats and boot mat for it . I was looking at some old invoices from my last felica which I got from jo rily but there gone now so the search continuesI will get some more pics up of the car soonwith its refurbed wheels cheers againNeil

Fantastic motor !! They were certainly made to last and you've found a gem.

Its also great to have a car you can actually work on without a degree in electronics and with enough space to sit in the engine bay whilst you work. A bit different than its successors.

It should give you many years of joy.

^ Agree with that Rob. Still room to breathe in the engine bay and can still take the paint brush to mine without fear of compromising a high tech paint application (not that there's anything wrong with metallic lacquered etc). Having just hit the 4 year interval I've just done the timing belt/water pump, as didn't want to see the top end reconfigured if the belt decided to give up!!

all Felly owners.

Just a little update to keep the thread alive

The sun came out for a while today so I gave her a good clean

temptation's there to ronal turbo it and drop the suspension but its so honest I can't bring myself to pull it apart

that said the brakes were originals so they were replaced genuine skoda jobbies / rebuilt the calipers painted them oem style

4 new tyres (original ones were still on ffs)

One thing ive enjoyed is looking out for new old stock bits from the parts accessories list lol

first was a boot mat £10 (joriley skoda) had these for 2 years

Then came some rubber mats £10 (joriley skoda) had these for 2 years

centre console , pov spec didnt have one £23 (ebay)

Then I refurbed the wheels myself, just sanded them rattle canned them silver flatted them with 2000 grit then clear coated them / new old stock centre caps new skoda badges all round

Also managed to pick up some plastic sill gaurd of the bay for a £5 too bargin

Mel's being using the car for the past few days putting some serious mileage on her :(

note the beast under cover

I had a run out in the car today to do a little photo shoot , once ive uploaded some more pics I will stick them up

cheers for looking:8

has it got central locking nice clean car

has it got central locking nice clean car

hi no central locking mate,pretty basic

Had a mess about with the car over the past couple of days and decided to to put the new suspension on and the ronals:clap:

The stock front shock were shot despite only done 18k so all the shocks were replaced with boge gas struts and fk 40mm drop springs , but once fitted it was still running quite high so out came the grinder and I lopped of a coil on each spring :8

just some pics taken this afternoon before it got dark

Irish winter mode

Also fitted a strut brace from a felicia pick up

Really pleased with the way its turned out ,the fronts alittle high and theres a bit of poke off the front wheels being 28et but apart from that its great .Any lower and I'd have to do arch work which I dont want to touch as one day it will be back in pov spec

cheers for looking

i like that very much... ronal turbos are the daddy of all wheels.. now all it needs is a bit more power