Real Mk1 Octavias

[dieseldarren]

Somewhere under the Weber sidedraft?

Yeah, I guess that's what makes a Rapid Sport sporty!!

Daverapid's garage at Royston seems to be the unofficial club house for

SOCGB as everytime I go I bump into another club member there!!

In fact on Saturday morning there were 5 members there,

I'd guess that between us we owned over 20 Skodas!!

[youngsyd]

Laura is great thanks, she is 3 now!

I sold them both back, but i am getting the green one back to finish off!!!

I cant wait!

PS!

Did you get any more pics of that very very very nice white sport at Daves?!!

[Daveyvrs]

Octy looks a lot brighter than when we left you Dazza,hope you didn't tire yourself out.

[dieseldarren]

Laura is great thanks, she is 3 now!

I sold them both back, but i am getting the green one back to finish off!!!

I cant wait!

PS!

Did you get any more pics of that very very very nice white sport at Daves?!!

Laura's 3, blimey, didn't realise it had been that long!!

I'll hazard a guess that Kenton's got them,

no wonder I'm always confused,

as to the who owns which car,

although it's fairly safe to say that Kenton,

will have owned most of them at some point!

I only took those 2 of that Rapid Sport,

I didn't read the badge till I put the pix on the PC.

It belongs to Graham from the South Coast,

so they'll be some more pix on their site I guess.

cheers .. Darren

[dieseldarren]

Octy looks a lot brighter than when we left you Dazza,hope you didn't tire yourself out.

I stilll haven't got much of a clue about this "polishing"

people have mentioned.

Although I did wash & dry the blue one a panel at a time,

only because I was worried about it going rusty instantly.

As you saw on Sunday on the green one,

I never realised you had to dry cars!!

But then again until I got the green one I'd never washed a car either!

In my experience they reach a certain point,

then there's some heavy rain & they look cleaner!

[youngsyd]

I do machine polishes cheap....!

[hana]

The very firstr Octavias dated from early in the 20th. century and were a bit like the John Steed Bentley. I have a picture buried somewhere

[KenONeill]

Like a Cricklewood Bentley? Kewel!!

[dieseldarren]

The very firstr Octavias dated from early in the 20th. century and were a bit like the John Steed Bentley. I have a picture buried somewhere

So that means I'll have to re-title this thread!!!

A picture would be nice

Looking through the museum catalogue

I notice Laurin & Klement produced

a Type A in 1905-1907

a Faeton type S 1911-16

a Faeton type So/200 1920-22

The Skoda badge replacing L&K in 1926

the next model with a name rather than a number ...

was the Popular roadster 1934 - 1946

then the Rapid cabrio prototype1937

the Superb 1938 - 1949

the Tudor 1946 = 1952

the Vos (government only model) 1948 - 53

But no earlier mention of Octavias, although that's not to say,

the museum catalog is a full list of models produced.

Must go back soon

[youngsyd]

We have a poster up at work in the gen. Mangers office, and it has 4 versions of Ocy on it...

The newest is a spit for your actually Darren, and its a diesel!

[matt_theforce]

they all look great, Dont forget to send them off for next years calender. maybe we could have an old skool calender next year

[KenONeill]

Yeah Caz, I'd be more likely to buy a calendar with photos of classics in it than one of moderns (current and last production series).

[dieseldarren]

We have a poster up at work in the gen. Mangers office, and it has 4 versions of Ocy on it...

The newest is a spit for your actually Darren, and its a diesel!

So would you concur that all 1957 - 1971 cars

Whether they be marked 440 (Spartak)/445

or Octavia / Octavia Super were MK1 regardless of grille

or are you saying there's an even earlier model ?

Then post VAG

you have 1998 - 2004 (FWD Mk1)

2004 - current (FWD Mk2)

[dieseldarren]

they all look great, Dont forget to send them off for next years calender. maybe we could have an old skool calender next year

Ooh, there's an idea!

[youngsyd]

Id say there are 2 earlier models....

id say the latest is 5th generation.

[dieseldarren]

Been down the lock-up yesterday to work on the blue one,

many thanks to Dave Watson for his invalualbe assistance again.

Clutch has been adjusted, not perfect but much more driveable now,

oil & filter changed, air filter changed, oil pressure sensor changed.

Car runs quite sweetly now,

fingers crossed should be fine for next saturday's big day!!

cheers ... Darren

[PussCat]

I'd love to see some old skool stuff in there too, but if you don't submit pics, there won't be any!!

you have until Sept 30th (next Sunday!) to send your pics in

[Guest]

Been down the lock-up yesterday to work on the blue one,

many thanks to Dave Watson for his invalualbe assistance again.

Clutch has been adjusted, not perfect but much more driveable now,

oil & filter changed, air filter changed, oil pressure sensor changed.

Car runs quite sweetly now,

fingers crossed should be fine for next saturday's big day!!

cheers ... Darren

nice work darren[ oh wayne here made a member ] things coming on nicely if you need any help just give me shout

[dieseldarren]

I'd love to see some old skool stuff in there too, but if you don't submit pics, there won't be any!!

you have until Sept 30th (next Sunday!) to send your pics in

Should be taking some pix on saturday,

at a rather special event

[dieseldarren]

nice work darren[ oh wayne here made a member ] things coming on nicely if you need any help just give me shout

cheers wayne

having an active local klub

is a real bonus for non techies like me

[anonymouse]

Hey, they are so cute

42 years :eek:

You gonna be putting any feelers out for film studio hirings for older cars ?

Might be worth a stab.............. Extra dosh too, to buy some more lovely old cars.

[dieseldarren]

Hey, they are so cute

42 years :eek:

You gonna be putting any feelers out for film studio hirings for older cars ?

Might be worth a stab.............. Extra dosh too, to buy some more lovely old cars.

The local DVLA office staff think old Octavias are cute,

several of them were looking at some pix of the combi,

and cooing "aww it's cute" & "it's sweet".

Unfortuantely they didn't create a new "Cute" tax band

which is even cheaper than the (free) "Historic" one.

There can be insurance issues with such hire-outs,

although if there's a nice pay packet on offer to cover that.

I think I'd mainly consider them for static scenes,

as the gearchange pattern is "interesting" to say the least.

Some of my other toys (that I co-own) have been used in TV & films,

but it's easier to place strict conditions of hire & use;

on preserved locomotives, than it is on cars as there's less of them about!

cheers ... Darren

[anonymouse]

[dieseldarren]

Took the old blue beasty for a little test run last night.

I felt like a movie star, as people had absolutely no clue as to what it might be!

Called around at Dave Watson's house, his wife & daughters all said "aww isn't it cute"

So it's officially confirmed as cute!

I'm still finding the gearchange "interesting".

Plus, as an added bonus, getting in the TDI afterwards,

it felt like driving a brand new car!

[dieseldarren]

a few more pix

visiting new(er) friends