Just as a matter of interest I measured the wheel base of the Markson today ,at 94.5 inches and as a pure coincident A Skoda Octivia Combi is the same??? Markson
Just as a matter of interest I measured the wheel base of the Markson today ,at 94.5 inches and as a pure coincident A Skoda Octivia Combi is the same??? Markson
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Time for some serious information-In Dec 1969 a Skoda Sabre 1100 MB with radio and radial ply tyres as standard was available for $2293.
Price was OK in comparison with BMC models.
The Isuzu Bellet 1500 was $2751 from Moller Motors.
Toyota Corona was $50 more, Nissan was a little less.
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No signs of an Anziel Nova nearby?Originally Posted by markson
Hi Gang was having A bad hair day have just read the thred FLLING much BETTER nowJAMIE A
No, Anziel Nova is still mobile with the original owner north of Kaukapakapa. Reg on hold
Said owner has a very eclectic "art" collection, so this makes sense
Jamie, Dale said we are nuts on this thread.
Read it, ideal to unstress with.
Add some trekka, skoda, soviet car, you will feel even better for it.
The Czechs left the Trekka to the Kiwis and they went on to build cars like this.
What, have we run out of steam already. This thread has been about as enduring as the vehicles being discussed.
Have just booked my flight to Siberia..........
Gerald- is the HMC thread too boring, and you have come here for some excitement?
Now which part of Siberia are you going to?
Magadan, as I discussed earlier, , while the weather is extreme, does have plenty of gold to be dug up.
Very handy to have as fillings in your teeth as security.
By the way, Russians do actually get false teeth made of gold, quite impressive.
Basically Lake Baikal is a great place in Siberia to visit, I have been there, a bit like Taupo but enormous.
And the Czech Republic where the NON RUSSIAN Skoda comes from is very beautiful with staggering historic legacies
Gerald -Also in Siberia is Novosibirsk, home of aircraft factories making Polycarpovs and Yakovlevs.
Dont take the TranzSiberian railways, waste of time Mind you, you could do a lot of knitting there..........
Ther used to be a Skoda Rally car in Dunedin, up in Highgate, I think it was a x Heatway Rally car, wonder what happened to that
Roger
Probably one of two cars purchased by Colin Waite and which enabled the immaculate restored car he now has in his Auckland garage.
Just refreshing this thread - it is winterafter all - proof that even Skoda's could fly
This one with Colin and Alan Woolf having a play. Ron Kendall having a look for misfire. Ron prepared and serviced these cars way back in Heatway days. He also drove it in Waiuku Rally way back then and was leading until some silly thing broke. and this was with the likes of the top Escorts and Mazdas there.
As it sits at the moment. But not for long as I dropped into see Ron and Arthur a couple of weeks back, and he showed me a box with some very nice rods and others with pistons, springs etc. With Arthurs engineering skills, and Rons mechanical skills, Colin is going to have a little ripper.
Check out the mileage and condition of interior, a tidy car.
People may make jokes about them, but never heard of a Escort. Toyota or Mazda climbing, driving back up about a 200 foot hillside by itself and continuing on the rally. Maybe Mr Coker (Skoda Man) can elaborate on this.
Gee Rod, I never expected you to back these! I bought one of the ex Heatway cars way back in the day. I used it as my road car and did 52 events in a bit over 2 years. It never let me down, we never did more than basic maintenance, took the head off once as suspected weaping gasket, gave it a new gasket and put it all back together. After all the running expenses of tyres (very few) fuel, oil etc I made an $8 profit from the events. Who else can beat that one? At the end of all that, Heatways, road, events, the worst thing was an annoying buzz rattle from the glovebox lid!
Shh! I actually had one years back, drove around and used as workshop hack, ran on smell of petrol and made money on it because I saw it in back of a guys workshop and he said if you can start it it's yours. put in battery and petrol down carb, 3 winds and bang, cloud of spiders and crap out the back and away it went. Got back to my workshop and discovered that the tickly feeling on my legs was ants, it was a big mobile ants nest. Parked it outside on grass and got pest bomb and let it sit for a day and there was spiders, a million ants and just about every thing that crawled dead all over the floor. Used it for about 6 months and sold it to some backpackers who van had dusted it's self down the road.
Also remember when Ron was playing with them way back then.
I wouldn't mind one of the new rally ones right now.
About 20 years ago there was a Skoda coupe for sale for a few hundred dollars in Hastings. It was a similar green to the "works" 4 door cars, had the same alloy wheels and a full roll cage. Don't know where it came from or here it went to.
Jim Gregory also turned up to a HBCC standing 1/4 mile sprint in a rally Lada Samara and recorded a time in the 14 second bracket! There was much scoffing and disbelief but he repeated the feat several times during the day. Eastern European cars were the butt of many jokes but some of them went very well.
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