Will it run and drive?! Škoda Rapid coupe '84
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2021
- Škoda Rapid Coupe 1984. This Škoda was sitting since 2005. It had one owner. When he sold it, it was stored for years in the showroom a modern Škoda dealership. After all those years it's time to bring it back on the road and get it road legal again. It's a low milage car, all original. Only has done 26.000 km form new.
Was this model always called Garde in Czechoslovakia?
The Rapid/Garde is a 2-door coupé derived from the Škoda 120 LS 4-door saloon, powered by the same 1.2-litre (1174 cc) engine. 
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Looking here, to my eyes more stylish than a Ford Capri. Pure coupe lines. And the alloys set it off perfectly.
Thanks! Really happy with this coupe. :-)
This is certainly a beautiful little car and well worth renovating. The Rapid was once described in the car press as being great fun, very much 'a poor mans Porsche'!
I had a couple of Skoda 120Ls and loved them, but I'd always wanted a Rapid. In the early 1990s, I nearly bought a 1980s fuel injected model in the UK, but a test drive sadly revealed some big mechanical issues - I think it had been badly treated by a 'boy racer' or something.
Thanks! I’m really happy with my poor mans 911! 😃 Until recently I always ended up with saloons like you. Always wanted a Rapid but somehow nice saloons came to me, needed to have them too. I never sell my old Škoda’s, just expand them. As collecting old Škoda’s is addictive to me. ☺️ But now I finally have a Rapid/Garde in my collection too. Remember it being fast as my aunt had one in the 80’s. Same year as mine. She bought it when I was 4 years old. Remember that day very well. Went with her to the dealer when it was ready to pick it up. She was more on the fast lane on the highway then my dad with his 120L. After she sold it, a young boy drove it and it was unfortunately soon over with the Rapid. I’ll treat mine with respect. Want this car to last. Can’t wait to mount my new taillights and bumper 🥰 that must look awesome. All they way to it’s original glory.
I love the Rapid. Jealous of your car collection. Greetings from New Zealand.
Thank you so much and it’s really special to receive comments all the way from New Zealand!
Beautiful car!!!
Thnx! You have a great RUclips Channel. I've subscribed :-)
Mooi man, geweldig dat hij in één keer startte!
Dankjewel! Ja geloof je toch niet. Echt geweldig. Wel 4 dagen aan voorbereid hoor, maar dan nog #trots ☺️
Kortom een echte Skoda! Mijn 1000MB liep ook in één keer na ruim een jaar stil staan.
Zo is het Henk. 1000 MB’s zijn wel de beste starters. Mijn 1100 MB start ook altijd in 1 keer. Maakt niet uit hoe lang hij heeft stilgestaan.
@@MrSkoda105s In mijn studententijd waren er collega's van de taxicentrale die altijd vroegen, of ik even wilde wachten tot hun motorvoertuig gestart was, als we 's nachts naar huis gingen. Iedereen wist dat de 1000 ALTIJD meteen startte. Ook in de sneeuw met -10.
@@henkbraaksma9775 fantastisch, mooie verhalen! Mijn ouders vertelden dat hun 1100 MB ook altijd startte. Toen met een strenge winter (in de jaren 80) de moderne auto’s in die tijd niet startten deed de MB het wel gewoon. Na de MB kwam er een 120 LS die de eerste strenge winter in 84 heel wat meer moeite had om aan te slaan. De buren zeide: jullie zijn er niet op vooruit gegaan 🙈 uiteindelijk startte de LS ook wel maar aanzienlijk minder goed dan de MB.
@@MrSkoda105s Ja, die ouwe 1000-jes waren taaie rakkers. Maar ze reden ook best heel modern en soepel. En mijn '68 1000MB was sneller als mijn '88 105L. Alleen op de snelweg merkte je dat het remwerk jaren '60 was. Kamikaze dus anno heden...
@@henkbraaksma9775 Ja rusting aan met 4 trommelremmen, geen rembekrachtiging en geen gescheiden systeem. Desondanks remt ‘t prima. Kamikaze zou zonde zijn dus anticiperend rijden 😉 Daarentegen heeft deze coupe een mooi remsysteem. Dubbel gescheiden.
No one could believe me. But indeed the front of my scooter 105 g l was exactly like this one. I had a sunroof by the way
That’s nice. I hope you have good memories to the car. Was yours from (model) year 1983?
Tobacco brown 84' - narrow coupe built while M1 sedans, 1 year only, fairly rare spec.
I have a Garde on my bucket list, but not sure if i'm ever getting one with where the market is heading, and that is for the better. They are getting appretiated international, and not only in CZ. The Gardes are much more elegant than the Rapids I'd say.
True, but i am very happy with my white 1990 Rapid so far.
Hi Thomas, thanks for your comment. Really happy with the car. It’s the one I always wanted. I dreamt of a red one, but in fact I like Tobacco brown more and more. It’s my holy grail 😃
@@KptFile and you should be! All rear wheel drive Škoda’s are cool. Even a standard 105 s is. It’s just that the older models had more special details. I love all my M models, but my ‘77 LS is the purest. Nevertheless all the plastic on model M makes me happy and breath’s the 80’s 🥰 actually I can’t choose. I love them all.
@@KptFile I have a 1990 125L myself, it's not a Coupe, but a jolly car either way.
@@TTAtomix Your 125L is great and really fast 😉
What a stunning car! I like all versions of this car 105, 120, Rapid etc., but the earlier front wings, with less wheel arch flare, match the rear arches better on the Rapid, as the car didn't receive the flared rear arches all the saloons gained for the facelift.
I think you made some sensible decisions for replacing things like the alternator and starter motor. When I first got my 120L on the road, quite a few years ago now, the alternator seized on its first long journey...
I wish you all the best with this car, and I'll look forward to future videos. Gordon :-)
Hello Gordon, thank you for your enthusiastic reaction! Do you still have your 120? I thought better do it good, want it to become a reliable car. I agree the lines of this first type Rapid are very well designed. Lots more to come, so stay tuned. Next time I’ll be working in the front breaks and need to replace the rubber covers from the ball joints. Then it needs to go for MOT. After the MOT it’s just all fun, like new rear taillights, bumper and lots of polishing etc. Greetings from Holland!
@@MrSkoda105s Yes, my 120L is resting in the garage, waiting for a bit of welding. For my sins I also have the 136 Rapid and 120LSE Super Estelle. The Rapid I've had since 1995 but was taken off the road by a Fiat... The Super Estelle came into my care when it's 2CV enthusiast owner couldn't get the cooling system working (despite advise, he was trying to run the car with only water in the system). All are in need of work, but I've been distracted by other things, such as house DIY and kids! Hopefully get the 120L back on the road later this year, and then get onto fixing the Rapid. Greetings again from the UK :-)
@@gord307 Wow! You have an amazing collection as well. Hope you’ll find the time to get the 120 L back on the road by the end of this year. Great joy to drive these classics. A Rapid 136 and a 120 LSE are also holy grails. Is the Rapid badly damaged? 120 LSE had a vinyl roof? Some people are so stubborn, but glad that was your chance to get your hands on this Škoda! If maintained the cooling system is very reliable. I take my Škoda’s with trailers on summer holidays into traffic jam and in the mountains and they don’t have any problems at all with cooling. There’s even no need to turn to heater on for bigger cooling circuit. Of course when it’s very very hot I’ll do this preventive 😉
@@MrSkoda105s Yes, over 26-years and thousands of miles, I can confirm that these cars are a joy to drive.
The one time I did have cooling problems was when the water pump leaked at the base. Embarrassingly, while I was overtaking a car on the motorway, I saw steam erupting from the back and had to pull straight over to the side and stop! Fortunately I had some water, so once things had cooled down, could continue the journey (Much to the relief of my family!) I did have to replace the head gasket shortly after, but it was well overdue anyway.
Driving the Rapid for the first time, I remember thinking that I want to keep this car forever. I did many, many miles, and a fair bit of work to keep the car in good shape. The Rapid was, unfortunately, hit by a Fiat whilst I was driving at 60mph. I had just checked the speedo and remember feeing please at how well it was running. The Fiat had lost control while braking hard and was swerving from side to side before heading onto my side of the road. The main impact was on my driver's door. The damage continued down the side, bending the back wheel and taking the bumper cover off. I've recently stripped the car, cutting the door in half to remove it! I've found a new rear panel and door, and also some inner wheel arch panels. It isn't pretty at the moment, but I think it's very repairable, with a bit of time! I've just googled how far you travel at 60-mph each second. It's 88-feet, meaning if I'd been one-second faster the Fiat would have missed me completely, but if I'd been one-second slower it would have been a very nasty head-on crash!
The Super Estelle does have the vinyl roof. Other interesting features are the deep black bumpers, alloy wheels and sunroof. I think it was built at the very end of the type as it has the later rear lights and rapid style rear panel. The paint has gone thin, so there is a dusting of rust all over; but, for a 38-year old car, it looks pretty solid. The great news is, 'today' I have just collected a pair of new front wings for it, so I'm really very pleased!
Apologies for waffling on...
All the best to you and your Skodas :-)
Geweldig. Hier ook veel gereden met Skoda.s 120 en 130 Rappid. Helaas was de laatste wat storings gevoelig. Maar waren mooie tijden, auto.s met emotie. Hier rij je nog echt auto mee.
Great great condtion 👍
It survived quite well all those years. Not perfect, but still all original.
A have a garde too color yellow km 48 000km Made in Slovakia (baz bratislavské automobilové závody 1982) beautiful car
There were two kinds of yellow. The brighter one and one softer tone more to beige. What color is yours? A Baz is really rare. Have seen one. Some details are different. Does is has the new rear axle?
Hartstikke gaaf jongens! Maar nou wil ik heb natuurlijk wel regelmatig door Noordwijkerhout zien rijden :)
Bedankt Martin, we komen wel even langs, maar de Rapid gaat wel mee naar ‘huis’ en kilometers gaat hij zeker maken.
This is skoda garde 👍😁
Was it always called Garde in CZ? So I mean all old models (like this 1984 model) were named Garde and the facelift (model M) was named Rapid?
@@MrSkoda105s garde is old type. Rapid is new typ. Garde-1981-1984, rapid-1983-1990
@@MrSkoda105s Yes, the pre facelift (pre 1984) coupés were called garde in Czechoslovakia and only after the facelift did they receive the name Rapid.
@@eozcompany9856 mine is registered July 1984 in Holandsko . It’s a Garde in CZ?
@@MrSkoda105s Yes, that would still be a Garde in CZ, the Czechoslovak service manual states that the production of the Garde ended July 1984 and what would be called Rapid in CZ (with the new front and other modification) only started production in August of 1984. Yours is probably called Rapid just for the export market.
is it Skoda Grade? "Užovka" coupe was grade, M coupe was rapid
Hello. In CZ this was called Garde. In Holland it was called Rapid from the start. In Belgium and the UK this was also called Rapid. But you’ve seen it right its an Užovka coupe! One of the latest produced in 1984.
Museum nooooo , daily driver its a beauty
Thnx!
Geen lagers geluid achteraan ?
Nee! Muisstil. Gelukkig is dat met al die jaren stilstaan goed gebleven. Hopen dat het zo blijft. Reed als een nieuwe. Carburateur moet nog wel afgesteld worden.
Great video.
Terrible music though.
Thnx Lewis. Too bad you don’t like the music, need to mute it then and turn your own music on 😉
@@MrSkoda105s
I did, however it would have been nice to have heard the car more and maybe some narration on it !
@@lewis72 thanks for your feedback. I’ll keep it in mind 😃
@@MrSkoda105s
I didn't want to sound negative... I'm impressed that you saved this Skoda.
@@lewis72 No worries, you didn’t! I understand what you’re saying. I like to hear the engine on my TV sound system too. I also like the RUclipsrs who tell about what they’re doing but I don’t have the time to make that kind of videos. So it’s more about a short mood impression for now. But there’s more to come and I’ll be sure you get to hear the engine properly in one of my upcoming videos.
Vlgs wat zoeken; De auto heeft (nog) geen APK.
Klopt. Op dit moment nog werk aan de remmen en dan kan hij naar de apk.
IT IS not skoda Rapid but škoda garde
Thanks for your comment. In Holland this car was called Rapid from the start. In Czechoslovakia it was Garde. Look at the rear spoiler it says Rapid too. We didn’t use the name garde in Holland.