Old and new tech helped Škoda re-create a long-lost race car — autoblog.com

That's where the project should have ended: The initial goal was to reconstruct the frame, clean up the drivetrain, assemble everything, and display the chassis in the Škoda museum. Then, someone decided that the 1100 OHC Coupe deserved better; it deserved to race again. Of course, this unexpected change of direction considerably broadened the scope of the project while peppering it with new difficulties. None of the two 1100 OHC Coupe bodies survived, meaning that Škoda couldn't source a parts car to start with — it couldn't even find a car to copy. Working with 1:1-scale 2D scans of the original technical drawings, engineers created a three-dimensional model that they spent hours fine-tuning by comparing it to photos taken in the 1960s. Models were made to verify the proportions, just like when designing a production-bound car. When everything was dialed in, the body was built using sheets of aluminum that were beat into shape and welded by hand.

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