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[Raggie]

Many, many years ago I was on the London to Brighton run on a 175 BSA Bantam and a Skoda went past at well past the ton. At the cafe stop I saw it in the carpark, I was staring at it and the seats looked familiar but wrong. The owner came over and explained it was a 911 chop with a widened Skoda body welded on top.
That makes me grin to this day.
Anyone know a footprint equivalent that wouldn’t require massive widening but could be worked with a relatively inexpensive cat D fast car and a classic wreck? Like an Audi S3 into a Moggie Minor? Totally late night Merlot fuelled silliness thoughts.

[Avtovaz]

you can do a lot with wheel spacing etc. where i work the lad next door has a skoda 130 with audi 4wd stuff in it, 1800cc turbo. i guess its something about red wine

 

[Homersimpson]

These ideas all sound great until you get into the IVA issues if you start cutting up the monocoque shell.

 

Most of the cars you see are not correctly registered which is ok until there is an incident and the insurers try to refuse to payout because it wasnt correctly registered.

 

I've always wanted to fit the running gear from an XJR into a MK2 Jag but I've also been put off for exactly this reason.

[mab01uk]

Reminds me of when the early rear-engined Skoda became a winning car back in the 1970's in Special Saloon Car racing, where a Skoda S110R bodyshell was mated up with the mechanical underpinnings of a F5000 single seater (similar to a F1) to produce a 5 litre Skoda-Chevrolet S110R!

 

https://www.autospor...ed-81/10557839/

 

At the time the quality of Skodas imported to the UK in the 1970's was pretty poor, before VW took over and they were the butt of many jokes (see below), so Skoda GB were delighted with the race winning Skoda publicity....

 

How do you double the value of a Skoda?
Fill it with petrol.

What do you call a Skoda convertible?
A skip.

Edited by mab01uk, 22 December 2024 - 11:33 PM.

[sonikk4]

Reminds me of when the early rear-engined Skoda became a winning car back in the 1970's in Special Saloon Car racing, where a Skoda S110R bodyshell was mated up with the mechanical underpinnings of a F5000 single seater (similar to a F1) to produce a 5 litre Skoda-Chevrolet S110R!

 

https://www.autospor...ed-81/10557839/

 

At the time the quality of Skodas imported to the UK in the 1970's was pretty poor, before VW took over and they were the butt of many jokes (see below), so Skoda GB were delighted with the race winning Skoda publicity....

 

How do you double the value of a Skoda?
Fill it with petrol.

What do you call a Skoda convertible?
A skip.

 

Why did Skoda's have heated rear windows?? To keep your hands warm while pushing them.

[Quinlan minor]

Back in the '70s, a guy I knew in Glasgow had a Mustard coloured Datsun Cherry with a breathed on Rover V8 in it.

Almost no clues from the outside, an ultimate 'Q' car, it used to shock quite a few 'performance car' owners!

Sadly, I don't have any photographs of it, just a stock shot for those who don't know what a Cherry looked like.

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[MrBounce]

Get an old Granada and stuff a 302 from a beat-up Fox Body Mustang in it. Tuning options are endless on a small block Ford and it'll always sound amazing. Plus you wouldn't have to do anything to the bodyshell as Basil Green Garages fitted this engine in South Africa and called it the Perana. 

 

Granada Perana V8 Specifications :: Perana.org

 

Alternatively, get a VW T25/T3 van or camper and a crashed 80s 911. You know what to do! Porsche actually built some of these themselves - I remember reading about them in the 80s. - this is from Wikipedia: "Porsche created a limited edition version of the T3 called the B32. The van was based on the luxurious Carat model, and came equipped with the 231 PS (170 kW) 3.2 litre Carrera engine. It was originally developed to support Porsche's testing activities in Algeria. Ten were built, with some sold by Porsche to special customers, even having a Porsche VIN.^[23] Porsche themselves also used B32 buses to quickly transport staff.^[24] Top speed was around 135 mph (217 km/h), although Porsche only claimed 116 mph (187 km/h) to ensure that the numbers could be replicated with nine people in the car and with the air conditioning on full."

[stuart bowes]

I remember seeing a blue 240z (or 260z?) at a drag day in weald a while back, I think he had a BMW lump in it, it was more of an engine swap job than a wacky racer type thing really but it looked amazing, always wanted one since then

 

70'-80's skodas / ladas are so ripe for tuning up and embarrassing people in though lol I remember all the jokes as well

[Designer]

Hi,

 

I believe years and years ago there was a guy in the US who had a rather sad looking VW Beetle. Driving along it sounded just as a beetle should do with it's odd bubbly exhaust noise.

Put your foot down to get passed him as the lights turned green you had no chance.

Yep he had a Ferrari engine in it somehow but still managed to get it to sound like a standard Beetle.

 

Paddy

[MrBounce]

The problem is that a lot of the YouTube channels show body swaps (such as a 1960s Ford Falcon body on to a Lexus GS, or a Ford F100 pick up on to the floorpan of a Crown Victoria), most of which make quite a lot of sense - modern stuff under a classic bodyshell. However, the US laws on such things are a lot more lax. Most States don't have the MOTs or IVA inspections that us English have. An awful lot of similarly modified vehicles in the US would be condemned or be subject to major inspection and/or modification in order to make them legal and insurable. 

 

I'd be sticking to a straightforward engine swap. That Skoda above (which looks fantastic, and is probably an engineering marvel) is still showing on the DVLA as 1300cc. I bet there's no mention of it being a completely different set up to its initial "Rear-Engine, Rear Drive" set-up. It may be correctly insured, but if the V5 is wrong, insurers would not be likely to cover it. Plus... road tax fraud...

[Gaz66]

Yep he had a Ferrari engine in it somehow but still managed to get it to sound like a standard Beetle.

Paddy

Same thing 😁😁😁

[mab01uk]

If you want to stay with a Mini project rather than a body swap conversion, there is always the transverse FWD Rover V8 Mini conversions.....

 

Rover V8 3.5L engine on transverse Austin Princess fwd gearbox - Mini Clubman '3500GT' V8:-

https://www.theminif...rover-v8-minis/

 

[mab01uk]

Or the Mini Quatro......

"Engine used is a 2.5 L Audi 20v 07K inline-five upgraded with JD pistons, H-rods, forged crankshaft and a Dry-Sump System. It produces 870Hp and 747 lb-ft (1,014 Nm) of torque thanks to a Precision 64/68 turbocharger and 1600 cc injectors. The custom AWD system is assembled from the Audi parts bin using an Audi 02Q six-speed manual transmission from an Audi A3 2.0 L TDI with a Tilton 2-disc clutch and billet flywheel. Rest of the drivetrain is sourced from an Audi A3 with GKN custom driveshafts and a modified Haldex Center Diff, maintaining 50/50 power distribution at all times."

 

 

[Avtovaz]

 

 

I'd be sticking to a straightforward engine swap. That Skoda above (which looks fantastic, and is probably an engineering marvel) is still showing on the DVLA as 1300cc. I bet there's no mention of it being a completely different set up to its initial "Rear-Engine, Rear Drive" set-up. It may be correctly insured, but if the V5 is wrong, insurers would not be likely to cover it. Plus... road tax fraud...

 

 

Maybe there is someone on the theskodaforum.co.uk waxing lyrical over all the minis that are obviously ringers or not in the right tax bracket... 

Edited by Avtovaz, Yesterday, 12:01 AM.

[Avtovaz]

I have a Bmw E36 compact , list is, volvo b230 engine, is200 6 speed box, porche 994 rear 4 pots on the front, thats part of its mods to road rally legal. 

 

 

 

i had a Lada 2105 also that had a c20xe and ford type 9 box and english diff, volvo 4 pots

 

youtube of it

 

 

do it dont dream it