1978 Lancia Beta 1300 Coupe
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I will have to put that right!
Doncha love fora? Through this one (thanks DELTAHPE) I have sourced fabric for my Volumex, and found a supplier in Germany to sell me a clutch release bearing. Through the Betaboyz forum I have sourced a new steering rack for my Coupe, as well as new doors. All for buttons. Betaboyz itself (the parts supplier) has gone quiet - possibly on holiday or busy at the day job.
Also, I am selling on my HPE IE donor car, as, guess what, I have been offered a complete Volumex HPE for spares, with supercharger present, for 450. I am biting the guy's hand off.
Doncha love fora? Through this one (thanks DELTAHPE) I have sourced fabric for my Volumex, and found a supplier in Germany to sell me a clutch release bearing. Through the Betaboyz forum I have sourced a new steering rack for my Coupe, as well as new doors. All for buttons. Betaboyz itself (the parts supplier) has gone quiet - possibly on holiday or busy at the day job.
Also, I am selling on my HPE IE donor car, as, guess what, I have been offered a complete Volumex HPE for spares, with supercharger present, for 450. I am biting the guy's hand off.
BV, that's comfortably the sheddiest car I've seen on these pages. Well done!
Makes my long-gone 1977 Fiat 127 look like utter perfection, and that was so rusty you could have strained vegetables with the wings. Despite this, it was a great buzz-box, and I've always loved little Italian cars, so much so that I'm picking up a reasonably new Panda tomorrow for my daughter to learn to drive in.
Makes my long-gone 1977 Fiat 127 look like utter perfection, and that was so rusty you could have strained vegetables with the wings. Despite this, it was a great buzz-box, and I've always loved little Italian cars, so much so that I'm picking up a reasonably new Panda tomorrow for my daughter to learn to drive in.
Edited by longblackcoat on Thursday 29th May 09:21
DELTAHPE said:
I think the 1300 looks to have an hpe back box ? Ansa pipes were all the rage back in the 80s black crackle ans shiny twin pipe
Not a standard HPE back box as that is the droopy sticky out narrow one. The Coupe has a more chunky stainless fitting at the back. The cars sounds quite good, although of the three Betas that I have had it was the Spider that drove worst but sounded best. I am told that the Volumex sounds good when it drives past you at speed, but from the inside it sounds a bit harsh and boomy, and the wind noise and tyre noise are quite high on that car. It has a mega stereo to compensate. The probably OE stereo in the Coupe is dire, but I picked up a new Pioneer unit for 15 quid on the Bay the other day. On inside vs outside sounds, a mate of mine who flies Spitfires tells me that they sound like bags of spanners from the inside. I haven't flown a Spitfire but I have flown a Yak 52, and that sounds ace from the outside (nine cylinder radial engine) but sounds really rubbish when you are sitting in it.
Breadvan72 said:
On inside vs outside sounds, a mate of mine who flies Spitfires tells me that they sound like bags of spanners from the inside.
Seconded. I've had the privilege of a couple of rides in a Spitfire (and have even taken the stick). Luckily the mind boggling excitement over rode missing out on the noise you hear from the outside as they fly past. Experiences I will never forget.Well done on scooping up a VX donor car btw.
TooMany2cvs said:
longblackcoat said:
BV, that's comfortably the sheddiest car I've seen on these pages. Well done!
Seconded. Thoroughly, thoroughly gorgeous. Just _right_.Breadvan72 said:
Cheers! It is even worse in real life. The photos fail to show just how terrible the paintwork, wob and scabby bits are. It presses all the buttons because of its pre facelift dash, small engine, steel wheels, crazy seats, and vanishing rarity.
Heroic stuff, I admire your ethos. So much so, in fact, it's inspired me to to dig up my dead dog and drag it around on a lead twice a day.
Loving your latest purchase BV, what a find. Looking at the photos I can't help picturing it being chased down some Italian backstreets in a very badly dubbed, long forgotten Euro cops and robbers flick from the late '70s / early '80s. You have a knack of picking up some fine metal - keep it up!
Breadvan72 said:
Also, I am selling on my HPE IE donor car, as, guess what, I have been offered a complete Volumex HPE for spares, with supercharger present, for 450. I am biting the guy's hand off.
As one of my old managers used to say 'you've got more jam than Hartley's!' In what seems like a million years driving lancias I've never had a give away bargain like thatAs regards to suppliers here is another handy one http://www.axel-augustin.de/ and a couple more http://www.bielstein.com/http://mara.it/
Quite a few more that I can't recall at the moment. Strangely I find that Italian suppliers can be more expensive than those in the rest of Europe and so long as you know what to look for the best bargains for stuff like wheel bearings brake parts and so on can be in new old stock bits off eBay.co.uk
Quite a few more that I can't recall at the moment. Strangely I find that Italian suppliers can be more expensive than those in the rest of Europe and so long as you know what to look for the best bargains for stuff like wheel bearings brake parts and so on can be in new old stock bits off eBay.co.uk
Edited by DELTAHPE on Friday 30th May 23:13
Breadvan72 said:
Cheers as always, DELTAHPE.
I have found a new steering rack in Eire. The car is currently parked under a tree and some polish I put on it has reacted with rain and tree debris to make the car dodgy blue with luminous green highlights.
Can we have a picture of said "brightness"I have found a new steering rack in Eire. The car is currently parked under a tree and some polish I put on it has reacted with rain and tree debris to make the car dodgy blue with luminous green highlights.
Breadvan72 said:
I passed the flagship Fiat dealership in Mayfair yesterday. Big Fiat, Alfa and Abarth badges on the wall. On sale? Fiat 500s. That was all.
The current Fiat bosses seem intent on killing both Fiat and Alfa. As for their Lancia brand, in Italy it sells boring limos for Italian politicians to ride around in and a boring family hatch that calls itself a Delta.
Not everywhere they don't. Look at autopolis.lu - and click on their 'Classic Cars' tab. They've some LOVELY cars for sale at the moment. The GTV's caught my eye.......The current Fiat bosses seem intent on killing both Fiat and Alfa. As for their Lancia brand, in Italy it sells boring limos for Italian politicians to ride around in and a boring family hatch that calls itself a Delta.
Edited by 5potTurbo on Monday 30th June 08:24
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