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Skoda 430 from 1930 - 81 years old and still in original condition

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Created on August 18, 2011

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Daniel Reinhard

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Skoda 430 (1930) - stattliche viertürige Limousine

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Skoda 430 (1930) - in Fahrt

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Skoda 430 (1930) - mit Kühlerverzierung

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Skoda 430 (1930) - Interieur mit Patina

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Skoda 430 (1930) - vorne mit Sitzbank

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Skoda 430 (1930) - minimale Bedienungsorgane

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Skoda 430 (1930) - Vierzylindermotor

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Skoda 430 (1930) - Typenschild im Motorraum

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Skoda 430 (1930) - Typenschild

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Skoda 430 (1930) - der stolze Besitzer

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Summary

The Skoda 430 was the first Czech car to be produced on an assembly line and 3,600 were built. This article shows what is probably the most original, if not the only, Skoda 430 still in existence, which looks exactly as it left the factory in 1930 with a lot of patina.

This article contains the following chapters

Unrestored and in original condition
The first Czech car off the assembly line
Four cylinders and 30 hp
Only 98,000 km in 81 years
True Sleeping Beauty

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Ageing leaves its mark on vehicles, which connoisseurs refer to as "patina". For years, the trade press and Concours d'Elegance have mainly featured classic cars with a high-gloss finish and restored to condition 1, but slowly a change in thinking is taking place, as could be seen this year at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Patina has its own charm and only unrestored vehicles allow conclusions to be drawn about the manufacturing quality and precise design of a car at the time. With this in mind, we show here a Skoda 430 built in 1930 with genuine patina. It looks as if it has just left the factory. This Skoda is an officially recognized Czech cultural asset in its original condition from the 1930s. For more than 81 years on the road, it has never been restored or modified, with the exception of the legally required indicators.

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