lol! you got a better finish than the real Skoda factory did back in the day! ... my uncle had one in the 80's and when it rained I swear you could hear it fizzing away on the driveway turning into rust...gotta just crack one Skoda joke here, ........a guy pulls up in a scrap yard and asks the yard owner " got a hubcap for a Skoda mate?" The yard owner thinks about it for a few seconds and answers " sounds like a fair swap mate ,go on then!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha, I know this joke from the end of the Berlin wall when a TRABANT - driver at a gas station asks for wiper blades for his car ! Best joke ever !🤣🤣🤣
The story behind this build really resonates with me, it makes me wish that there was a model of a 1973 Buick Apollo that I knew of, the car I grew up with
My dad very nearly bought a brown Skoda like that when I was a teenager. I managed to talk him out of it and he bought a brown Vauxhall Chevette instead. What is it with the brown! Lovely restoration. You could try silver on the inside of the headlight transparency instead of white as it may look a little more like a reflector. You, Marty, Timerider et al have inspired me to have a go at restoring some of my childhood Matchbox and Dinky cars.
What a great job you did on this one Rob. I like the tail lights and the interior details plus it's brown! Your airbrush technique is so different from what it is now. In addition, whenever you hear the lady playing with her organ in the background you know it's going to be a good video. 👍👍
Can't beat reliving your memories fella. Skoda looks brilliant and reminds me of my days as a mechanic, as we used to get a few Skodas in. As a Rally car I think you'll find it had a great record and held quite a few class records back in the day. Try and find one now true meaning of rare HaHa!!!!! ;-)
It is a quite rare Škoda model in real life. It was developed for racing and got a civil road approval. Only 200 were made. 4 cylinder, 1280 ccm, 130 hp, 5 speed manual gearbox. Limited slip differencial. Reinforced susspension with stiffer shock absorbers and stabilizers. Disc brakes on all wheels with power assistance intentionally removed. Review of very first one 130LR manufactured and the only one survived till today is in link bellow. This one never did a real race but it was a training vehicle for professional race drivers. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qZiCtYPCchM.html
I had one of those Skoda toy cars in the same racing livery, but as here in Serbia those Skoda cars of the time are considered as retired people's cars, grandpa-mobiles of sort, I usually used to play with it as if it were broken on the side of the road with some desperate grandpa behind the wheel and me imagining myself as a tow truck driver picking it up.
Looks great! I love the details that you add when you are restoring/customizing this scale cars. If I had a steady hand, I would add light details to all my 1:64 scale cars. It makes them look SO much better!
Hi, I really know your feelings about driven to school in a skoda. I was driven around in a LADA. My father had to cars a really big Mercedes and a Lada. He always said about his LADA for working it is his best horse in the shed. The Benz was only used for visiting the relationships in the country and his personally hobby by washing and polishing but not driving kids around the city. Therefore I had to laugh at your comment ! But a nice idea of making the SKODA as you remembered. Therefore I give you👍👍👍👍👍. Greetings !
There was a faded light green one of these dumped round the back of where I used to live at 112 Old Road in East Peckham, me and the other kids smashed it up. Then shortly after seeing this car out the back of where I lived I found the Matchbox casting at a bootsale and I read the car's name underneath on my way home in the car and said to my parents "Ah this a model of the dumped car out the back of where we live". That's when I was pleased that I found that Matchbox car.
I also have fond memories of these cars my dad had a 105lux I also have two of that exact same matchbox car one is as new in box the other is willow green painted by myself when younger using my dads touch up pen from the local Skoda dealers
Yes, I agree. I was doing a 69 Riviera to replicate my Dads new one back then but doing a down time in my life I lost it. It was coming along fine too. Your Skoda is well done.
I was thinking the same thing. I've collected MB here in the US for over 40 yrs and I've never seen this model. It must have been a European only limited release. He probably should have left it the way it was even though it was in rough condition. I'm sure I would have remembered that opening trunk.
My dad used to have an Estelle as well. Pretty sure it was the same colour as well. Had really sturdy suspension, he never really slowed down for speed bumps because of it.
Love the detail once again! I like the fact that you don’t seem to be insistent on keeping original. Just shows that things can be better than the original 😎👍
I love Škodas they are my favourite car, I too have memories as a very young girl, being dropped off at school in my uncle Bens Škoda 120LSE, my friends made fun of that car, but I thought it was cute, and supported the underdog!, it was finished in a lovely shade of pastel green, with a black vinyl roof, alloy wheels stereo cassette player, sunroof, and an impressive toolkit, including spare bulbs, all for much less money than a base Ford Fiesta of the time, which had none of those features, that car was the start of my love affair with this brand, I don’t know why people laughed at these cars, they were reliable, robust and unpretentious, plus they offered value for money motoring at a fraction of the cost of any western made car, Škoda is one of the oldest auto manufacturers in the world, with a proud and successful rally heritage, and that is no joke!. I now own a Škoda Fabia Monte Carlo, which still holds dear to the Škoda tradition of value for money and reliability!!.
@@MatchboxGarage I think that "stigma" came late in Skoda's life. They started making industrial machinery for manufacturing, then they wanted to give cars a shot. Most companies in that positions would have a go at building simple cars under licence, such as Austin Seven, that's how BMW, Nissan etc got started. Not for Skoda: they went right to the top and managed to get a licence to build Hispano-Suizas, considered by some historians as a rung or two above Rolls-Royce. It was after WWII that they focussed on affordable cars, as Tatra looked after the high-end market and HGVs.
Great custom and finish. I did something similar. Matchbox Ford Falcon race car in very poor condition. Unumbered, which is a bit odd. I ground off the boot lid and chin spoilers and repainted light blue to turn it back to a standard EF series Falcon GLi. A bread and butter sedan from back in the day.
Wonderful Buddy!!! I have this very same in a poor condition as a spare! Ours was the first car I can remember learning to drive in other than the Metro my tuitor had, back in 1991! Ours was Sunset orange, with a black vinyl roof and the reg was "B 78 MBJ" We got pilloried to hell for owning one, but had a lovely gearbox (like you, it was a standard Estelle, not a 130!) I am going to crack open my battered up spare, then do something similar, just Nas long as I can find the paint! Might add the black rear mini bonnet spoiler too. My Dad found something about these, and to compensate for rear weight, he added two small sandbags near the wheel hubs in the front to help the wheels grip in icey conditions. Plus the boot cover would flap in the wind, which could be a problem! Loved the gearbox on this thing though
No Bud, thanks for showing us what to expect with it! The little thing only cost me about 25p and would look great if repainted, alongside my clean-looking 130! Shame that more Skodas never got cast!
I have 20 of these models 10 of them customised to factory colours! Don’t know you you know about these models buts that’s a rare variant you’ve customised as it’s missing a decal on the rear door. Rather valuable now in that variant as there are super rare.
the car came out great. we don’t have skodas in the states, they don’t look that bad. i can see why you had your mom drop you off down the street. that brown makes it look like a rolling turd. i would have done the same.
Have you seen the prices some of these go for? I have a few, one is near mint without box. Couple of windscreen colour variations and some are pretty rare.
I remember a skoda dealership in our wee village the colours were nice emmm that's all I can say on the skoda lol now though well that's a different kettle of fish I suppose you got all the jokes another fantastic we car restored mate nice job.😊👍
could have used the dremmel to cut down the spoiler and give it a more street version look. Still...looks nice. PS: I own one of those, but is a 120L, the version with round headlights and tall(not square) tail lights. Maybe one day I'll bring it in UK and register it :D
Never heard of these cars before - weird with the engine in the back - How did the engine cool down? Was the radiator still in the front? But I REALLY love the car after you finished - looks 100000000000000 times better than the rally version. Bravo!!!
Martin Odendaal Rear-engine cars might be less common nowadays but they were quite common; Renault and FIAT did a lot of them for many years, but the best known internationally are of course Volkswagen and Porsche, both air-cooled. In fact the VW design was cribbed from Tatra who made ultra streamlined V-8 cars in the thirties.
Skoda is one of the oldest car manufacturers in the history of cars. They have always made world class cars, rival Rolls Royce at one point, Google 1930s skoda, you'll be amazed. Very successful in motorsport too.
Almost good enough for a custom spectra flame.....ive seen some that have primed and painted silver then added spectra flame that way and it came out nice
Loving the videos! It's inspiring me to have a bash at my own customs... Can I ask what you ar using between the forceps to protect the post when spraying though? I can see something but can't tell what it is...
My brother was a continental coach driver in the late 80's early 90's , for a couple of years he was doing Czech Republic trips and started dating a Czech lass , he arranged to go over on holiday to see her only problem was he used to drive an American car so decided the best thing to buy a Skoda and drive it over , he bought a black one with alloy wheels , he said he kept getting stopped by Czech police as they never did black cars for there own market or alloy wheels , she was not impressed with the car and dumped him .
you like those? i also have a trabant that needs a respray but its from maisto or edocar. and i have a trabant from welly brand new in its box....@@MatchboxGarage
Bit if a sleeper, you could imagine this having a Porsche engine in the rear . A brown Skoda wipes out an XR3 Turbo ..... 👍😆..... l would've quite fancied seeing this one done in the colour of the original base colour, that Turquoise blue. But l understand the reason for you painting it brown . I'll have to look out for a 1980 Toyota Celica. l think corgi actually did one. I had a black 2 litre ST, l still remember the Reg UCG 799V l wouldn't mind doing a model version of that ......
Pretty sure back in the day the base model 130 was the cheapest car on the road. Brown was a hideous colour for a car, much preferred the white (or was it cream) version. Wife drives a Skoda with actual real heated seats, less stigma attached to ownership these days though. Good job on the resto
Nice custom. Nice detail. But that color just doesn't work. Sorry man. You poor thing. To being drove to school in something like that😂😂😂. No pun intended. Nice job.
