1985 SKODA RAPID 120

[daverapid]

Skoda Norman reminded me last night that I've been coming here a while now,yet never posted anything about my resto projects. Well, here is one of them, a very rare car now,as it's a Mk1 Rapid, not a Mk2 as most of them are, so it's being restored to original spec..no mods, hope that doesn't upset anyone!! ;D

[skoda_norman]

nice car this one.
was owned by a women from new who did about 30k, something went wrong, she took it to the garage and never came to collect it. sat in this garage for 10 years, was spotted by a skoda enthusiast last year and dave went to collect it in june 05.

in July 05



in Feb 06

[rmad]

I had one just like that - I'm sorry to say that it ended up in the scrapper after I ran it into the ground and nicked the interior for my grey one.

[jizzy gillespie]

i had one too, but mine was black. loved that car. i really want another one, but only that shape.

[BenzBoy]

I had a 130 Rapid in black. Wish I still had it

Nice colour on that 120! Looks like a cool project.

[richardjn]

WTF is that monster sign through the door in the building in that last photo dave? whats that off? one of those massive massive dumper trucks they use in mining?

nice one dave!

rich

[skoda_norman]

1 skoda dealer skoda sign x hanging in your garage = true skoda nut!

[daverapid]

;D Well, it wouldn't quite fit on the car, so I had to hang it up in the garage!!

[daverapid]

After a few months break due to other commitments...[mostly other Skodas!] I've got back to getting this rare car restored. It's over at Marks workshop now[he's the one welding Robs car] where he'll be spraying it. At the moment we are dismantling the car as needed for the respray and rubbing down and preparing the panels. I took some pics, but they didn't come out too well, so I'll take some more tomorrow and post them up.

[marinanut]

Go on, ya know you want to.......
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[reanimation]

Skoda sanctury, yeah do it.

Great looking rapid, not seen one since the 80's, great sign too! Great work Dave. I love the enthusiasm you have. Gets things done.

[richardjn]

that black uns mine!

Rich

[skoda_norman]

i cant wait till this is done!!!

[daverapid]

Pics as promised...looks rough at the moment, but we're getting there! Excuse the raindrops on the camera lens!

[richardjn]

Dave thats gonna look ace when its done! keep up the good work

Rich

[daverapid]

Had a great day today in the company of a good mate, and some great cars. We haven't done any work on the cars, but as the banana is going to be sprayed in a fairly rough,dusty workshop we decided to make a spray booth to keep the dust away while spraying. It's not a pukka proffesional thing, but it'll do the job and it cost nowt...we used materials we already had! Here's some pics of the day.

[daverapid]

I've now had this car for a couple of years and things keep happening in my life to stop progress! ARRRGGGHHHHH! I kept getting stopped by other commitments, then last October I lost my job of over 11 years. Then I took the car to my friend Mark who had been renting a workshop/barn. He's a panel beater/sprayer and the plan was for him to respray the Rapid. Not long after we'd spent ages building a spray booth Mark was informed that the site the workshop is on is being sold!! AARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH! So..a few days ago I got the car transported to the guy that resprayed my red Rapid.

[skamanfrank]

w00p w00p!! Look forward to seeing it sprayed!

[daverapid]

:)I got the banana back from the paintshop today.

[jizzy gillespie]

hawt!!



i know your keeping it standard dave, but a teeny bit of rake wouldnt hurt at all ;D ;D