Lancia Beta Volumex
Discussion
1990s music is mostly a huge gap for me. I was a teenager in the mid to late 70s and a student in the 80s, but stopped listing to rock and pop after about the mid 80s, and listened pretty much only to classical and jazz and blues from then on. I only started listening to da YOOF stuff again circa 2010 , so it was straight from the 80s to Lady Gaga with nothing in between. I usually have soundtracks in my cars that match their ages, mixed with various classical stuff, mainly opera. The Volumex sound track recently - apart from supercharger WHOOSH and twin cammy hum - has been mixed late 70s punk and new wave, the Eurythmics played extra loud, and Carlo Bergonzi and Joan Sutherland doing La Traviata in an early 60s recording that may never have been equalled.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 2nd June 12:01
Breadvan72 said:
The clutch is on, and the car, after a month on its arse, has been out for a good Italian tune up, with Mrs BV approving. The old clutch next to the new shows just how dead the old one was.
Could look at 'old car perched on drive being worked on' photos all day, they usually give me a much needed boost to get on with my own heaps too. Is there much spare room around the radiator to get it out, or is it akin to the 'old Mini / skinned knuckled' desease?Oh, by the way BV, Marianne Faithful has just been on the blower, says she would like to have her fabulous '60s sunglasses back please ;-)
Breadvan72 said:
A gunmetal grey VX Coupe has just popped up on Car and Classic and sold within a day or so. Looks good in the photos, but low price (from a dealer) may suggest some underlying issues.
My old Spider went for about 3.5 a week or two ago on eBay.
Not a dealer that I would ever expect a bargain from, but it does look like the basis of a really good car in fact rather looks like it was a gift for someone if it really is as original and tidy as it appears. I have to wonder why I persevere with my heap of junk!My old Spider went for about 3.5 a week or two ago on eBay.
Breadvan72 said:
My old Spider went for about 3.5 a week or two ago on eBay.
Appears to be relisted due to time wasters who presumably expected he car to be as described (?) seller claims a mint/concours one to be worth £8k well if really concours maybe but I've never seen a spider sell for that much even though they really ought to beBreadvan72 said:
A gunmetal grey VX Coupe has just popped up on Car and Classic and sold within a day or so. Looks good in the photos, but low price (from a dealer) may suggest some underlying issues.
My old Spider went for about 3.5 a week or two ago on eBay.
That does look nice, amazing to see a 1 owner 30k miles example! It brings back memories of my Vx coupe it was very similar and had those lovely recaros ( a big deal back in those days!)My old Spider went for about 3.5 a week or two ago on eBay.
http://www.rtcc.co.uk/used-morgan-proteus-carver/l...
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C505305
POORCARDEALER said:
Mmmm. Sheddy.If you are in the market for a Volumex project, this year seems to be a good time to be looking.
Breadvan72 said:
I saw that too. A bit scabby, but not too bad. I am told that the 1600s are a pleasant drive but have never tried one.
Lovely engine smooth and high revving but the lack of torque is a slight issue for me, the carb 2000 is better in this respect but a bit more gruff and neither so smooth nor so rev hungryPOORCARDEALER said:
Looks like it has been out in the wet for some time due to plenty of green stains, did the seller really say it has been dry stored? DELTAHPE said:
POORCARDEALER said:
Looks like it has been out in the wet for some time due to plenty of green stains, did the seller really say it has been dry stored? It looks bad on one side and not so bad on the other, so perhaps it was in an open sided structure partly exposed to the weather.
Meanwhile, I gather from the Betaboyz forum that the seller of my old Spider claims to have bought it from someone who sold it for 5K despite knowing of its faults. This sounds like baloney to me.
Meanwhile, I gather from the Betaboyz forum that the seller of my old Spider claims to have bought it from someone who sold it for 5K despite knowing of its faults. This sounds like baloney to me.
Looks very complete and straight from what you can see in those photos, although of course it could be dire close up. In that environment the car looks like it would stay mega dry, although there will be dust in every nook and cranny. I wonder if that is the one I was offered the other week? I have not yet seen it and the dude who told me about it has gone quite. Maybe the owner has twigged that he was selling it too cheap.
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