1985 Skoda Rapid 120G...Another Saved

A couple of weeks ago i received an email about a 1985 Skoda Rapid 120 that was FREE for collection. I contacted the chap who owned it, he said it needed moving asap as his wife was wanting it scrapped. He didnt know what the condition was as he hadnt seen it since it was parked in the garage when the tax ran out, this was end of Nov 1998.

I was expecting the car to be rough/vandalised, as on the phone it sounded like the garage was nowhere near his house, and the garage door was past it.

I said i would have the car anyway, as even if it was rough it would yield some useful spares.

WELL.....

today i travelled up to Cramlington, nr Newcastle with my mate wayne105 and his family, in his 2.8 VR6 VW Sharan and trailer, not knowing what to expect.

Upon arrival, i was met by the owner of the car, stood outside his garage with the door propped up with 2 lengths of wood. Inside sat a Hipberry Red 1985 Skoda Rapid 120. It looked a bit sad with a bit of accident damage to the osf corner, and no front bumper.

The handbrake had been left on for the 9 yrs it had sat in the garage, so we hooked a tow rope on to it and dragged it out with the Sharan.

I'll let the following pics do the talking.............