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finlo said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?"why do Skodas have heated rear screens?" "to keep your hands warms when pushing it"
We forget how rubbish Skodas were! I believe the above car is the only car Autocar declared to be dangerous on a test drive.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
finlo said:
Yep a 110R.
Originally designed to have the engine in the front?"why do Skodas have heated rear screens?" "to keep your hands warms when pushing it"
We forget how rubbish Skodas were! I believe the above car is the only car Autocar declared to be dangerous on a test drive.
It’s got the makings for an EV conversion... it’s got the looks & the position for the charge point already.
Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 19th February 16:20
hidetheelephants said:
Yet they consistently did well in their class at rallying. The handling was best addressed by putting a bag of sand or two in the front.
Common practice for the Imps too... so I have been told.I did put a ‘few’ turfs in the back of my 205 diesel once... instant power steering.
Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 19th February 16:28
Mr lestat said:
Quite futuristic looking for the time Wrap around bumpers, aerodynamic shape.
Flush those headlights into the wings and it wouldnt look out of place in the 90s early 00s
Being East european there were pretty shonky at the time, hence all the Skoda jokes, which still put people off to this day.
re the Brabham 'fan car' mentioned earlier... its a popular recollection (repeated by motoring journalists that should know better) that the car was banned - it wasnt it was withdrawn. At the time Bernie E was was gathering the teams together under FOCA. The car was legal but other teams protested it. Bernie voluntarily withdrew the car after one event in order not to antagonise the other team principals and scupper his FOCA plans.
Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.
Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.
ritmo said:
re the Brabham 'fan car' mentioned earlier... its a popular recollection (repeated by motoring journalists that should know better) that the car was banned - it wasnt it was withdrawn. At the time Bernie E was was gathering the teams together under FOCA. The car was legal but other teams protested it. Bernie voluntarily withdrew the car after one event in order not to antagonise the other team principals and scupper his FOCA plans.
Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.
Brabham Fan Car (BT46) reaches 44 years old this year. That's very sobering for all old farts. I was a young man back then Gordon Murray is also adamant that the stories that the car spat debris out of the back of the car at competitors are nonsense because this would be physically impossible - im not sure of the physics of it but he ought to know.
I wish modern Formula one rules allowed such innovative thinking.
LanceRS said:
Apart from being an old Skoda, it suffers as many did from attempts to make an original design look newer that it is. Generally, adding bits and pieces means that they ended up with cars that were neither one thing or another.
Rear window louvres and in-grill spotlights looking like a Halfords reject! 
Edited by finlo on Saturday 19th February 21:27
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