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In honor of the 120th anniversary of the Skoda Sport, Czech carmaker Skoda has restored and rebuilt a 1957 Skoda 1100 OHC race car. Built in 1956, the Skoda 1100 OHC is a magnificent sports coupe that made its racing debut four years later.
The Coupe was first developed in 1956 and debuted on the racetrack four years later. It had a lightweight truss frame made of thin-walled tubes, trapezoidal front suspension, and a rear coupling axle with trailing arms.
The engine was pushed behind the front axe to provide the best possible handling, providing the car a close to ideal 50:50 weight distribution. A trick rear axle that linked the rear differential with a five-speed transmission also helped with the balance.
The Skoda 1100 OHC is powered by a high-performance engine with the following specifications:
- Engine derived from the Skoda 440 ‘Spartak’
- Four-cylinder
- Capacity 1.1 liters
- 92 horsepower
- Top speed 200 km/ h
Despite the cold war, that time two coupes were built, and both raced between 1960 and 1962. After two years of competition, the rules for the 1,100 cc category were changed, and Skoda sold the cars to private owners, who eventually crashed both of them. The majority of the pieces, on the other hand, found their way back to Skoda over time, and by 2015, the automaker had a reconstructed chassis on exhibit at its museum.
Skoda was able to reconstruct one of the automobiles thanks to the original technical paperwork, which included an explanation of each production segment as well as an explanatory graphic for the installation of individual assemblies, practically all of which had been kept in Skoda's archives.
Because the car had only participated in a few races, the original mechanical components from the first car suffered relatively little wear. The restoration team created a three-dimensional digital model of the aluminum body using scans of 1:1 3D drawings.
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Individual elements, such as those at the front of the car and surrounding the rear lights, were analyzed and fixed. The sketches and the 3D model were compared to historical pictures. In the virtual studio, the specialists were able to observe the car from all angles and make improvements.
Miniature models were produced first, followed by 1:1 scale versions of the front and rear body corners. Skoda's engineers began work on the partition walls, wheel arches, and other body elements after expert evaluation, necessary revisions, and final approval.
Finally, the bodywork was manually hammered out and welded from 0.8mm and 1.0mm thick aluminum sheets and painted red, to match the 1962 racers. The newly rebuilt coupe will be demonstrated alongside the convertible version in the Skoda Museum collection.
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