saw a really interesting rear engined rally looking skoda in the car park at uni today
from far away it looked like a mk2 escort
anyone know what it is?
Its a really interesting rear engined rally looking skoda
Did it have a really interesting side opening bonnet too?
Skoda 130L
Skoda 110R
Skoda 120LSE
Skoda Rapid 120G Cab
Skoda 105L
Any good?
not sure really, looked a bit like 110R but im not certain, the grill and front was different.
are all skodas rear engined then?
Only the comedy ones. Won their class at the RAC Rally about three hundred year running or something
Was that the really interesting 1300 class? How far away do you have to be for them to look like Mk2 Escorts?
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Originally posted by Peteff
Was that the really interesting 1300 class? How far away do you have to be for them to look like Mk2 Escorts?
probly look like escorts from the moon,did you know that the polish word for "pity"is "skoda"
Many years ago I owned a rear-engined 1300 Skoda - slow and followed road ruts, but used to go round roundabouts soooo fast! Used to really pee-off
some sports cars drivers (until the straight bits after the exit... 
).
They do make decent club rally cars - and also used to be popular in club track racing, as the wheebase used to be exactly the same as a formula 2
single-seater! Quite a number of Skoda bodyshells ended up on F2 mechanicals.
DJ
If you want to be really worried, Skoda also made nuclear power stations...
The 130L is definately rear engined. You can't see it in the photo but the rear spoiler doubles as an air intake.
I have heard tell that they use double wishbone suspension at the front and may be agood source for front hubs... haven't checked into this myself though - maybe someone else on here knows?
Before the collapse of the wall they tried to ship as many Skoda's to the free world as possible,no they try to ship as many as possible back to
where they came from.
Almost impossible to find Skoda's as those posted onhere,in our region.
Second hand bits are a real problem for those cars.
My first car was a Skoda Estelle 120 LSE, just like the one pictured in Chris R's post but mine was burgundy. Hillarious on wet roundabouts due
to having swing axle rear suspension (changed to semi-trailing arms a-la Porsche 911 in 1987) and used to overheat far too easily. Had to replace the
liner seals after overheating it once.
Yes, the front suspension is indeed double wishbone, with offset-machined top pivot bolts for camber adjustment and (I think) 4 piston brake calipers!
Wouldn't look that great on a 7 as they are pressed steel.
The rally winners were rather specialised beasts, having thinner than standard metal used in the bodyshell and all panels, lighter glass in the
windscreen (all other glazing was placcy) and tweaked up lumos with titanium rods etc. They could only reliably get about 130bhp from the motor, hence
the lightening everywhere to improve performance.
I never did manage to find out what other cars were in the up to 1300cc class in rallying, as a common joke is that they kept winning it because they
were the sole entrants!
I read with much interest David Jenkins comment that a Skoda had the same wheel base as a F2, It brought back happy memories of possibly the first
time I visited Castle Combe, family in tow ! in the mid 80's.
I watched in amazement as this SKoda Rapid destroyed the opposition.
If I remember the rules were the silhouette of the car had to be unchanged & the engine had to be in the original position, ie:- FWD /RWD.
The driver was Erling Jensen, his son now races a F/F up there, makes me feel old.
I have since spent many a happy day at 'coombe' & cannot wait for the first meeting on March 26th. (no kit building that day !"
If you have never been to coombe please check it out, approx 10 excellent races per meet, excellent viewing areas, plenty of clean loos, wrap up warm
tis atad windy, I even go to the bike meetings there - last year was a british super bike non championship round 30K people attended. brilliant
day.
But like I said check it out !
until the last couple of years (think the guy retired) there was a guy who still raced a silohette(sp?!) skoda with space frame and bd series engine
underneath, very quick it was too.
Ned.
Kind of off topic, but look at the Skoda WRC on www.rallycarsforsale.net.
Locost rallying, anyone?
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Many years ago I owned a rear-engined 1300 Skoda - slow and followed road ruts, but used to go round roundabouts soooo fast! Used to really pee-off some sports cars drivers (until the straight bits after the exit...
They do make decent club rally cars - and also used to be popular in club track racing, as the wheebase used to be exactly the same as a formula 2 single-seater! Quite a number of Skoda bodyshells ended up on F2 mechanicals.
DJ
If you want to be really worried, Skoda also made nuclear power stations...
First car.
The rapid looked better, being a coupe. The front suspension was double wisbone, rear semi trailing.
I used to love the perplexed looks on peoples faces when they saw me load shopping into the FRONT.
They handled well and were exciting on the twisty bits as long as you watched that back end. Other cars with similar power to weight would find it
hard to keep up even if they could be faster in a straight line.
Some people fitted Fiat twin cam engines to them. Lower the car a bit, add 205/55-14s at the rear and 185/60-14s at the front and you had a budget
performance car that would eat up any GTi of the time.
Sad they didn't keep it going. It could have been developed into a junior 911 or Alpine.
Last affordable rear drive coupe. Shame.