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You will learn a lot about maintenance and trouble shooting if you run an old carb and points car than if you start off in a modern injection.
Very irresponsible of me to say so but you will also learn quite a lot more about car control using an underpowered rwd car as a first car when you are young, daft and bulletproof. When its yor mission in life to try and get the car sideways everytime you pull out of a wet junction or roundabout, and look quite the fool when you get it wrong(which you will).
Not that I have ever done anything like that in a car you understand.
Stick with it man you`ll love it and then wonder why you even had to consider it.
If you get stuck and need a bit of welding doing just give us a shout
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 I would use this one for a while as it is to get you mobile and get your no-claims-bonus built up. Once your red Rapid is completed and modified to your taste I would take the white one off the road and restore it as a mint original example. Just my thoughts, but you need to do what feels right for you. If you sell it I'll be in the queue of people wanting to buy it. Yes oil does work, I have nowt to gain by lying to you mate.  I coated the underside of my red Rapid in new cheap engine oil. I also washed out the inner wheel arches and the inner sill/floor seams, dried them and applied grease. I'll be doing the same to my yellow Rapid and any other Skoda's I restore.
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Sorry, I forgot skoda'how-clean-is-your-Skoda'stop before, he would look after it too!  It'll be fine, it chills me when i think of all the cars i left to rot and grot up but,  they were curse word bangers to start with only now i don't like to kill em, silly really. look after it under the capable wing of dave and you'll be fine, enjoy thats what its for |
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keep it remember how good it felt when it was pictured as part of the Hartlepool show thread.... it's a nice car and actually having seen it up close there's not really too much wrong with it bodywise..it just looks daunting if you've never had a go at it before , we all had to start somewhere . you'll regret it if you let it go |
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You will learn a lot about maintenance and trouble shooting if you run an old carb and points car than if you start off in a modern injection. Agreed, apart from things like spark plugs and washer fluid I daren't go anywhere near my fuel injection Mira. Whereas the old Charmant I've a lot more confidence in because everything is simple and logical. You can keep an old car tidy through the winter or next to the sea, it just requires a bit more effort than a modern - get used to washing and waxing! Even when you feel like it'll be filthy again soon after, try to keep a routine going. I wash my arches out weekly with a sponge, bucket of car shampoo/water and a hose. Surprising how much rubbish can get in there over a week of city driving. Plus there's nothing wrong with having a work-in-progress car with mismatched paint and odd bits of trim missing, you can always save up for a full respray later! I say go for it. |
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Yes oil does work, I have nowt to gain by lying to you mate. I I didn't think you were. just wanted to see if other people had used it. yeah i'm coming round to the idea. its outside the house atm and its pretty cool walking out the front door and seeing it. i just don't want to ruin one of my favorite cars in the world. but i think sharing my distances between 2 & 4 wheels should save the car. i don't mind washing a car, but i'm not a fan of regular waxing. I used to be, but I'd rather use it than clean it atm. I guess I'll just have to keep asking lots of questions round here and face this challenge! |
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Relax, you don't need to wax it every week, just every month or so. Even some cheapo quick spray wax or something would be better than nothing, you don't have to be one of those people who keep their car locked away permanently in case dust falls on it. Getting rid of the rust is the key thing though.
For some reason it seems to me that if you lay a car up on the driveway/road it rusts faster than if it is actually getting used - is this just me or is there a reason behind it?
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like me you worry too much. i have visions of killing my sierra  when i get it going that is (watch future space) (or my mk1a mr2) ironic really cos we're only taking abot Sierra's and Skodas, loads have been killed almost on purpose, so just do ya best. |
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keep it, drive it, tinker with it and enjoy it. |
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I would use this one for a while as it is to get you mobile and get your no-claims-bonus built up. Once your red Rapid is completed and modified to your taste I would take the white one off the road and restore it as a mint original example. Just my thoughts, but you need to do what feels right for you. If you sell it I'll be in the queue of people wanting to buy it. 
I coated the underside of my red Rapid in new cheap engine oil. I also washed out the inner wheel arches and the inner sill/floor seams, dried them and applied grease. I'll be doing the same to my yellow Rapid and any other Skoda's I restore. 
when i get it going that is (watch future space) (or my mk1a mr2)
