Looking good Dazza,was surprised how much taller it was than the Octy vRS.

Can't wait to see it on Saturday when as well as the "interesting" gearchange,you'll also have a car full of giggling girls to contend with .........

Dave

Great to see it out on the road and being used!

It's an odd feeling working between cars, certainly ones with 40 years technology gap; although I guess wheels, rotating engine, glass...

Cracking projects, thankyou for sharing them.

I love the blue Octavia too much. It was only with me for a few weeks but I really miss it now, especially after seeing these pics!

I love the blue Octavia too much. It was only with me for a few weeks but I really miss it now, especially after seeing these pics!

Oh, so that's why your taking your time with the restoration of the red one?

The old "I've just ordered some parts from Czech"

is really code for, "I've been drooling over your car & can't bare to see it leave"

Oh, so that's why your taking your time with the restoration of the red one?

The old "I've just ordered some parts from Czech"

is really code for, "I've been drooling over your car & can't bare to see it leave"

LOL...I might start telling people it's mine, especially now it has a shine! :P

Wow, thats brilliant.

I remember being so embarrassed of my grandads estelle and hiding in the back with shame. But now I think they look lovely....

Wow, thats brilliant.

I remember being so embarrassed of my grandads estelle and hiding in the back with shame. But now I think they look lovely....

Well they do say that with age comes wisdom.

But I think I'm just getting older & dafter!

Some more pix taken yesterday ...

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/off-topic-chit-chat/wedding-difference/90505/

Wow, thats brilliant.

I remember being so embarrassed of my grandads estelle and hiding in the back with shame. But now I think they look lovely....

LOL! So do I actually , although I never had the pleasure of 'hiding' in the back of an old Skoda when I was little , my Dad had a yellow VW Polo instead!

I do think that Blue Octavia is gorgeous though , I'd be proud to own that.

Actually, I did used to have an issue with Estelles back in the day, but that was mostly due to the number of them that had a "motorboat rake" when new and empty, when other rear-engine cars like the VW Type 1 and Renault 8 didn't.

A bit of an update on the combi ...

The paint is done, the chrome is away being done,

plus the parts detective is on the trail of new window rubber in CZ

Oh go on then ... here are some pix ...

Btw good to see a couple of Briskodians whilst I was visiting the SOCGB stand at the NEC classic yesterday.

The show was fabulous, however, even more useful for me,

was meeting the owners of the saloon & combi on the club stand.

They've set a high benchmark for me to attain.

That's going to look cracking.

Keep us updated

:thrdjck:

I head from someone recently that "the new Octavia will be a retro design". Does anyone know anything of a plan to make the A6 look like these?

:thrdjck:

I head from someone recently that "the new Octavia will be a retro design". Does anyone know anything of a plan to make the A6 look like these?

Ooh, that would be nice, they might not sell too many though.

Looking good dazzler!

Looking good dazzler!

;)You'll see it for real soon!

GOOD!!!

Cant wait!

I havent seen the other though, only the oil burner!

Very smart Darren,bet you can't wait to get your mitts on it and compare it with the saloon.

Very smart Darren,bet you can't wait to get your mitts on it and compare it with the saloon.

Yeah, it was good to see Dave T & Nigel at the NEC with their combi & saloon respectively.

That was possibly the biggest meet up of old octavia owners for some time.

Nigel seemed to think there's only 2 saloons with tax discs at the moment,

i.e. mine & his. So they're quite a rare breed!!!

Dunno how, but I managed to not take any fotos of skodas at the nec!

Little bit of an update ....

Had a call from Daverapid today,

the now shiny chrome for the combi has returned to the garage.

Hoorah!

Just hoping that our man in CZ can find new window rubbers.

cheers ... darren

Are you looking for rubbers for fixed or moving windows? Just that I'd think a Uk trimmer will be able to supply the correct section(s) for the moving windows, though the shaped mouldings for the fixed ones might be tricky.

Well not too much to report on restoration progress really ....

Although there's now some East German classic spares specialists

trying to find suitable window rubbers too.

The CZ stocks seem to have dried up.

Fingers crossed.