Time warp Skoda

[smileymikey]

I don't know why but I really really want this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-ESTELLE-120L-5-SPE...

[Randy Winkman]

[Eighteeteewhy]

Sideways "hood"

[Willy Nilly]

Buy it. The seller says it's been on a rolling road and has 67hp. The 120L was only something like 49 hp, so this should be quite lively, relatively speaking.

It would be a shame to let the little car go to waste.

[Fire99]

I remember back in 1847, going to the London Motor Show and there was the Skoda Estelle Sport, in white. That was back in the 80's and they wanted £6995 for it..

Something oddly endearing. Not sure if owning one would be as much fun.

[anonymous-user]

Fire99 said:

I remember back in 1847, going to the London Motor Show and there was the Skoda Estelle Sport, in white. That was back in the 80's and they wanted £6995 for it..

Something oddly endearing. Not sure if owning one would be as much fun.

Did you drive there at 88 miles per hour?

[twazzock]

Noice. That footwell looks rather awkward though.

[Willy Nilly]

Fire99 said:

I remember back in 1847, going to the London Motor Show and there was the Skoda Estelle Sport, in white. That was back in the 80's and they wanted £6995 for it..

Something oddly endearing. Not sure if owning one would be as much fun.

They were never £6995, you would have probably got a little change out of £4500. I've owned an Estelle for a couple of years and my parents have Skodas for 30 years. They were never well finished, but they were durable little cars.

[Jujuuk68]

I had a Skoda 120 LSE.

And to be honest, it wasn't a bad old bus. Solidly reliable, all weather transport, that was the only vehilce I ever drove that Bus's got out the way of. Lost less on that car than any I ever owned since. And yes, sometimes I used to hunch down, squint, and pretend it was a Porsche 911.......

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

smileymikey said:

I don't know why

Erm, no - neither do I. These were rubbish on a new (much lower) level.

[TheHeretic]

Is there some sort of mathematical formula that will tell us at precisely at what point cars that we used to consider to be ahit, we suddenly think of as cool?

[Bosshogg76]

We're just finishing off my mates one with a xflow on 40's, it will be a riot for what it is. Mind you the AP brakes he banged on it are worth more than double the price of the car.

[tali1]

Willy Nilly said:

Fire99 said:

I remember back in 1847, going to the London Motor Show and there was the Skoda Estelle Sport, in white. That was back in the 80's and they wanted £6995 for it..

Something oddly endearing. Not sure if owning one would be as much fun.

They were never £6995, you would have probably got a little change out of £4500. I've owned an Estelle for a couple of years and my parents have Skodas for 30 years. They were never well finished, but they were durable little cars.

Yeah, £4840 was price of highest spec Estelle in 1991
Can't find anything on Skoda Estelle Sport - maybe it was overpriced given it's curious rarity ??
One of first cars i went in was a 1970s H reg 105 - fecking hell - never seen a car with a radio before -wow!

[littlebasher]

20 years ago, i turned down a mint one of these for £50

Look at what 'retro' fetches now

[NHK244V]

Willy Nilly said:

They were never £6995, you would have probably got a little change out of £4500. I've owned an Estelle for a couple of years and my parents have Skodas for 30 years. They were never well finished, but they were durable little cars.

Actually the correct price in 1847 was £1 2/6d
sorry

[Fire99]

tali1 said:

Willy Nilly said:

Fire99 said:

I remember back in 1847, going to the London Motor Show and there was the Skoda Estelle Sport, in white. That was back in the 80's and they wanted £6995 for it..

Something oddly endearing. Not sure if owning one would be as much fun.

They were never £6995, you would have probably got a little change out of £4500. I've owned an Estelle for a couple of years and my parents have Skodas for 30 years. They were never well finished, but they were durable little cars.

Yeah, £4840 was price of highest spec Estelle in 1991
Can't find anything on Skoda Estelle Sport - maybe it was overpriced given it's curious rarity ??
One of first cars i went in was a 1970s H reg 105 - fecking hell - never seen a car with a radio before -wow!

Honestly I remember it to the day. It was a special for something (that part I can't remember) but I'll never forget the car. It was all white (no Michael Barrymore) and it was definitely over £6k. You don't forget these things as a car mad teenager.

[rswift]

TheHeretic said:

Is there some sort of mathematical formula that will tell us at precisely at what point cars that we used to consider to be ahit, we suddenly think of as cool?

I was just remembering how much we used to take the Piss out of these as Car Obsessed schoolboys 19 the early 80's, and as you say all of a sudden it looks ultra cool.

Didn't Skoda produce a 'performance' model of the Estelle, twin carbs, minilites, etc etc, and racking my brains but I seem to remember they were pretty good for Rallying.

[carmadgaz]

I wouldn't pay that for one but I've always had an odd liking for these (it's an 'anti-cool' car).

Dad had a B-reg for a while (running it for his friend who was banned). Bright orange and I was quite sad to see it go back

[rswift]

Got me looking on the net now.

Check this out, if the Estelle floats your boat, a 136 Rapide coupe.

I'd also forgotten they did a rather hideous cabriolet version !

http://www.skodarapid.com/

[Fire99]

I think the one I was thinking of was the Group-B 130LR.

Hey presto:

http://www.groupbrally.com/skoda.shtml