From the SEQC: Skoda Octavia (It's NOT what you think!)

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According to Wikipedia, the Octavia got its name as the eighth model that Czech automaker Skoda ever produced.  However, it appears to have been a popular nameplate and one that's been resurrected fairly recently, as this early Octavia - built at some time during a production run spanning 1959 to 1971 - clearly demonstrates, as it bears no aesthetic, mechanical or other tangible link to the contemporary VW-based version.


I initially thought that the car may have been Simca-based but no amount of Googling or Wiki-research was able to confirm this, so it would appear to be an unadulterated product of Czechoslovakia.  Its charming but somewhat anachronistic appearance may be explained by that country's membership of the Eastern Bloc from 1948 to 1989, neatly book-ending the original Octavia's production run, and mirroring the styling and development of many Soviet era vehicles like the East Germany's Trabant and Wartburg - neither of which could reasonably be described as cutting edge designs!


Today's car - photographed by SEQC Peter at a cars and coffee event in Brisbane - was just lovely.  Peter says that it may have been owned by one family for many, many years - if not from new - but what info he could get was a bit sketchy.  This matters not; it's a great car that speaks for itself!  











A triple self-photobomb!


 






U M P H


(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)


Photos by Peter.

Comments

  1. Anonymous1 June 2022 at 14:06

    Upon first glance, I thought it was a Borgward .

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  2. Anonymous2 June 2022 at 13:31

    Thanks for the education! Until reading your comment and googling Borgward, I’d never heard of the company. And, having now seen a few online, I see what you mean. Cheers.

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