Trusty Rusty TREKKA

[Spgeti]

Mike Price owns a Works Lada Samara and a NZ built copy. They are absolutely awsome and apart from the body everything else was Cosworth prepared. The Skodas I remember years ago looking at one of them on display at St Lukes shopping centre before the start of the Heatway. The note on the dash said " Drive until the End ".
Cool pic of the Skoda getting air.

[Spgeti]

Mike Price owns a Works Lada Samara and a NZ built copy. They are absolutely awesome and apart from the body everything else was Cosworth prepared. The Skodas I remember years ago looking at one of them on display at St Lukes shopping centre before the start of the Heatway. The note on the dash said " Drive until the End ".
Cool pic of the Skoda getting air.

[Milan Fistonic]

This is a page from the "Service Manual prepared by MOTOR LINES LTD for the instruction of personnel within the dealer organisation."

[Shoreboy57]

This is a page from the "Service Manual prepared by MOTOR LINES LTD for the instruction of personnel within the dealer organisation."


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Almost as big a range as MINI

[markson]

After all this time
I just thought I would breath a little life back into this thread.and was wondering if anyone on here has, or had, any knowledge of anyone ever building a special useing this offered Skoda chassis kit ??? .Markson

[Allan]

When I was a Service Adviser at Town and Country Cars in Auckland we sent workshop boy of to Hamilton in something Australian with an A frame to collect a voluntary prepossession of a Trekka. The man at the service station insisted that he tie the steering wheel so it couldn't move so being a good lad he did just that, lashed it to whatever he could and set off. Somewhere around Rangariri the Trekka took over ripped itself away from the tow car and rolled into a farmers paddock. The poor kid was standing there looking at the mess when the farmer came up to him and said "Don't worry about is son, I saw the whole thing, he was following you far too close".

[markson]

Ha Ha Ha I like that, this might be the one Alan Markson

[Ross Hollings]

Owned a Trekka in the late 70,s. My Trekka story......................lived at the time in the Waitakeries /Waiatarua,had a Take Away/Cafe at the Turners Fruit Market in the city [Auckland],use to leave home and drive the Trekka to work,leaving around 5.30am each morning.Went via Henderson........one day a dog ran out in front of me,swerved to miss it,managed to put the Trekka on its side in a small ditch.Few curtains were drawn at the nearby houses,no one came out !!!! Along came a guy and he had a towrope,quick pull over by him and Trickie Trekka [as it was known] Was back on its wheels small dent in front guard,straightened mirror, Started motor,Drove to work !!!
Other story...........helped a friend do some landscaping,went to garden centre and loaded up Trekka with wooded formers to build a retaining wall,quite a lot actually,Trickie sat there no problem..................till i moved off,suspension settled and front wheels lifted off ground !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great little wagon,even had a slippery diff i am told,used to use it to carry my Go Kart in when i started racing Karts.Never cost me a penny except oil and fuel............sold it with the dent in it.

[markson]

LOL [size=100]Ross .Markson
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[markson]

I just wonder ?

If the NZ Govt exchanged milk biscuit's for the copyright's to this machine
and commisioned the building of the trekka ???It looks pretty close .Markson

[Kwaussie]

^^^^
Blue hat to cream trousers " Glad we got a Jeep "

[Jac Mac]

[color="#0000CD"]Passenger side appears to have its own set of pedals as well.[/color]

[markson]

I think this might have been the Kiwi version,

Until the Govt done a deal with Shoda for Butter .Markson

[John McKechnie]

Duzgo duz made it onto this-http://www.uglycars.co.uk/feedback1.asp?offset=174.
The Trekka SUV is on the next page.

[markson]

Hi Jac Mac The reason for that is, it would enable them to do a very quick 180 deg turn
when being chased by the police, via the passenger or the driver not pedalling
The short wheel base would also help???.Markson

[Kevin Hirst]

I think this might have been the Kiwi version,

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Until the Govt done a deal with Shoda for Butter .Markson

Are the fan blades on the wheels for keeping the legs cool, or for cabin air conditioning.

[Oldfart]

Good friend of mine (since went missing at sea) drove his Trekka over the Bridle Path from Lyttelton to the Tunnel entrance at Heathcote. If you don't know the path, it is a very big achievement!

[markson]

Hi Kevin Hirst

I think the idea of the fan blades on the wheels, are for when they cross rivers or lakes
I think they just alter the angle of attack on the blades to give them foward propulsion,
The only trouble is the silly buggers have the blades facing the wrong way
Was your friend trying to do the same in his Trekka Oldfart and cross Cook Stait (missing at sea).Markson

[John McKechnie]

When I was in Ukraine, I came across a Lada Niva that had a similar set up on the wheels, the guy said that the angle of the blades definitely helped when in the Sea of Azov

[markson]

This guy had the right idea, he put a Mercury outboard on the back as well
I saw this in the viaduct basin when the Americas cup was held a few years ago
I am not sure if the outboard provided the main power, or was just an auxiliary motor just in case the main Ford Mercury motor broke down. Markson