I had the joy of a 1967 Skoda 1000MB early in my motoring career.
Bought because was cheap and better equipped than an earlier Ford Anglia which had gone to rust bucket heaven.
The worst car I ever owned. The only way to reliably get it started was to hook up 2 batteries so the starter motor and coil were turbocharged with 24 volts. Alternative - find a hill to roll it down for a jump start.
Big end bearing went - I rebuilt engine - went again so I reinforced the bearing with some metal foil. Didn't work!
On reassembly would not select 3rd gear. Careful application of a 2lb hammer on the linkage meant that it would never see 3rd gear again.
Drove it for a further 6 months until MOT time using just gears 1,2 and 4. Then it too joined the rest of the rot boxes in the celestial ever after.
The best car I owned was also a Skoda, albeit 40 years later. 10 years, 160k, 50+ mpg - the only not service replacement were the rear hatch struts.