Any fans of 'proper' skodas?

[youngsyd]

Im buying a Rapid...

Already had one too....and a favorit or three, and a couple of felicias....etc!

[skudman]

well currently have

72 S110R

77 120L

82 120LSE (on 95 M plate)

84 105L (now with super estelle panels fitted)

88 130GL

88 130 rapid (black)

88 130 Estelle Sport

93 Favorit GLXi Estate

over the last (cough) number of years ive been driving ive had in excess of around 25 to 30 other Rear engined skodas.

[youngsyd]

Id love your Estelle sport!

Decided on the LSE yet? Stay or go?

[RapidRapid]

My current S110R

plus i have.....

1977 Estelle Rally Car.

1985 Rapid 120G.

1986 Estelle 130LSE.

1989 Estelle 120L5

1990 Rapid 'SPORT'x2.

1994 Rapid 136.

1999 Felicia

[dieseldarren]

Hmm ... Interesting thread

Is there such a thing as an "improper" Skoda?

I've got Skodas with Front engine FWD,

Front Engine RWD & Rear Engine RWD,

Petrol & Diesel, Saloon, Hatch & Estate.

But other than that not much variety!

cheers ... Darren

[Psyzygy]

The fact that VAG enters Skodas in the WRC is proof of the heritage.

[youngsyd]

It doesnt Officially now though....

[owdtone]

Yes m8.

My first Skoda was an Estelle 120 bought at auction for

[stevejwest]

Yep Im anuvver Fan - Got 2 f Plate rapids that are getting some tuning treatment

Wish I could get a 110r but Hey they rapid will do until one comes up!

[daverapid]

Yep Im anuvver Fan - Got 2 f Plate rapids that are getting some tuning treatment

Wish I could get a 110r but Hey they rapid will do until one comes up!

:)Whereabouts in Cambridgeshire do you live?

[daverapid]

BRISKODA is for all, the volume of new out weoghs the older stuff.

Lets not forget the "Older" stuff was at a time, ahead of most others in the game. So it's got an important part to play in our present day.

I'd like to make a few features of the older models and what people are doing with them / keeping them original or other things

As said it's a shame so few are left, then again, this is the UK I am looking at. I'm sure if we popped over the channel we could fine a few more. I'd quite like one from the 70's or 80's

:)One of these days I'll get round to taking a few pics from my special fleet of RWD heaps...bless 'em, and post them up on here! I currently own 12 at the last count! I've actually got a couple of Briskoda members old Skodas ATM for restoration at the garage I run. With those, and my collection it's quite an interesting sight in the yard!

[teedeeye]

About 10 years ago whilst going through a rather lean patch, I splashed out 50 pence on this beauty!

A 1988 120L five which I ran for about a year. Not only did it prove to be virtually indestructable, but also, somehow managed to be huge fun to drive.

Soon after aquiring the Estelle, I removed both bumpers, made an engine lid stand off (a la Prinz TT) and discovered that a big old Webber DCD would bolt straight onto the manifold - with interesting results. I was almost young back then and the car spent most of its time sideways - especially round large roundabouts in the wet .

When my fortunes changed for the slightly better, I sold the old girl for

[daverapid]

:cool:There can't be a huge amount of 1200cc cars that you can be driving sideways in and have that much fun in these days.....go on, have another...you know it makes sense! :thumbup:

[teedeeye]

:cool:There can't be a huge amount of 1200cc cars that you can be driving sideways in and have that much fun in these days.....go on, have another...you know it makes sense! :thumbup:

If I could pick up another decent one for 50 pence again - or even

[oilburninnut]

the wife got me a book for christmas with all the history of skoda and how they came to build cars,the purchase of l and k and it makes for very interesting reading,most of the new models are actually named after the really old models,sorry if you all knew that allready but i didn't!!!

So has anyone on here got an original octy or similar?

[Dmac1969]

Has anyone seen Pratical classics Jan 2008? Apparently the S110R is the classic with the fastest rising value of the last 5 years (by percentage), up something like 236% on its value 5 years ago , 2nd was the VW Type 2.

[Reece_1]

Has anyone seen Pratical classics Jan 2008? Apparently the S110R is the classic with the fastest rising value of the last 5 years (by percentage), up something like 236% on its value 5 years ago , 2nd was the VW Type 2.

Not bad for something that you could pick up cheaply - the days were you pick up a car for

[Richard Black]

One problem with getting classics cheaply is we too easily overlook what might become a classic. The Estelle is suffering the same fate as the Mark 1 Excort - it was cheap and cheerful and common, and everyone laughed their nuts off about it, so it was never regarding as a keeping car and they all went off to the great car park in the sky at the first hint of problems. All of a sudden.... they're rare as hens' teeth! Then people start remembering what was good about them (I'm assured there was something good about the Mk1 Escort - not my idea of fun) and all of a sudden they're collector's items. I bought 4 Estelles for between

[KenONeill]

The Mk1 Escort was light enough to be tolerably quick even in 1100 form, and had a touch of oversteer in all forms.

[chaz]

I joined yesterday and I truly enjoyed reading this thread, I live in Malta and

I can assure you that there are still many Estelle's called 120 overhere

and many mk1 escorts all used everyday. There are also a couple of convertible

rapids.

A few years ago when my son turned 18 I bought him a 120 as his first car

to cut his teeth on sort of speak, he did not want it at first but soon realised

it was a fun car to drive,when he eventually bought his own car about a year

later I kept it for myself for another two years as I could not part with it. but

when the head gasket went I let it go, but until then all we did in three

years was just service it and the car was 20 years old when we bought it, to

be honest I had the car parked for a month thinking of fixing it but then I

found the car I had been looking for a mk3 convertible escort,But the Skoda

went to a good home and still lives on.

I also have a 1999 Felicia 1.3 which I bought brand new and am very

happy with.

[Gogata]

Hi there, from a fan of "proper" Skodas . Nice 110 R you have! Classic Skodas are some kind of obsession for me, I enjoy reading about them, and hope some day I`ll be able to have my own collection of classics:cool:. Unfortunately, I don`t have the chance to have such a car(110R Coupe), so I just have to enjoy this :

SkodaClub BG -

[pinkskud]

now i want a rear engined skud!!!

i'v only just got me self a felicia rally car, and now you lot have got me hooked in rapids and s110r's

life's not fare! i need another lock-up.

[daverapid]

i need another lock-up.

People see my fleet and think I need locking up! They're probably right!