Skoda has celebrated its 120th anniversary in motorsports in a very cool way.
To mark its 120th anniversary in motorsports, Czech automaker Skoda reconstructed one of its rarest race cars.
Code-named 968, the Skoda 1100 OHC project started in 1957 with two open-top race cars, both of which survive. One is in the Skoda Museum in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, while the other is part of Skoda U.K.'s heritage fleet.In 1959, Skoda decided to follow up the two roadsters with a pair of closed-roof cars. These had aluminum bodywork over a truss frame made from thin tubing, giving the cars an unladen weight of just 1,223 pounds, according to Skoda.
The two Skoda 1100 OHC Coupes were raced from 1960 to 1962, when rule changes eliminated the 1,100-cc class. Both were sold to private owners, and one car had its engine replaced with the overhead-valve 4-cylinder unit from a Skoda Felicia. After being displayed for years at a vocational school, the original engine was used in the 1100 OHC Coupe recreation.
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