Fifty Shades of Rust - Lancia Integrustle

[jackpe]

I found a tiny amount of rust on my Integrale....


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This two fist sized hole was in the corner of the front cross member, in front of the tire. Now repaired..



Video of the repairs here, done at Alfacraft :

Lancia Integrale - Fifty Shades of Rust

Drove it for the first time since I bought it yesterday and now engine cutting out on full boost.. I'm starting to think I might end up hating this car...

[Jonmx]

I feel your pain having put my MX5 through it's MOT last year. I then remind myself that the alternative could be driving something like a Hyundai or Vauxhall Corsa and suddenly I don't mind my car's foibles.

[Brads67]

You run an Integrale and complain about a couple of poxy little issues ?

Sell it to me for a tenner then ! I`ll cherish it for what it is , a motoring legend.

Jeez I wish I had your problems Dude.

[lucido grigio]

Brads67 said:

You run an Integrale and complain about a couple of poxy little issues ?

Sell it to me for a tenner then ! I`ll cherish it for what it is , a motoring legend.

Jeez I wish I had your problems Dude.

Rust is not a "poxy little issue" for a near 30 yo Italian car.

[Brads67]

Haha it is you know.

I`d deal with it to run an Integrale. You don`t buy them for trouble free easy day to day motoring !

[InitialDave]

"This isn't really the way I envisioned spending my time with a Delta".

• Car has broken bits and rust

That's pretty much exactly how I'd envision spending most of my time if I owned a Delta.

[s m]

Brads67 said:

Haha it is you know.

I`d deal with it to run an Integrale. You don`t buy them for trouble free easy day to day motoring !

I had a friend that really loved Italian sporty cars. He had the Stradas, 105tc, followed by the 130 Abarth. Rorty and raw.
Then he moved on to the Delta HF Turbo - I really liked these.
His ultimate goal was an Integrale ( this was back in the early 90s ) and he finally got one - a red 8valve. Nice looking thing but , oh dear, it was so unreliable. Never seemed to be the same thing twice either that went wrong.

Good luck for sticking with it OP

[jackpe]

Cheers guys... don't get me wrong, I never expected this to be a trouble free purchase but the work has turned out to be far more extensive than expected. I knew the car as it belonged to a mate and expected to have to replace the discs, maybe tidy up a couple of bits of bodywork but not what has come up so far:
Total brake rebuild including master cylinder and bias valve
Roll bar drop links
Extensive rust remedy on front crossmember, rear wheelarches and middle jacking points
Clutch slave needs replacing soon
Idle control valve needs replacing
And a multitude of smaller jobs... am I happy to have it, yes. But it's got the potential to be the most frustrating of all my cars so far. Having spent a fortune rectifying most of the big stuff I was then totally pissed when I got it back and the engine was cutting out on full boost, possibly down to something the mechanic had done without realising..

[bloomen]

I owned many Integrales back in the day and then stopped paying attention for a few years.

When I popped back for a nose around I couldn't believe the amount of examples being eaten alive. I thought they'd licked that problem.

Never found any of mine unreliable but there were always a bunch of minor jobs that needed doing. I suppose my oldest example was around 15 years old by then.

[jaisharma]

Persevere and it will be worth it😀

[jackpe]

bloomen said:

I owned many Integrales back in the day and then stopped paying attention for a few years.

When I popped back for a nose around I couldn't believe the amount of examples being eaten alive. I thought they'd licked that problem.

Never found any of mine unreliable but there were always a bunch of minor jobs that needed doing. I suppose my oldest example was around 15 years old by then.

Yep, I think I've just caught this one at a time when it needed a few things doing..

[jackpe]

The Crack Fox said:

I do enjoy your little films. Love the Integrustle! Stick with it!

I emailed you about your 500, by the way. I wonder if you saw it?

Hey thanks...no, not got any email about the 500! I part swapped it for the Integrustle, if you look on my channel there is a little vid on the swap!

My mate has not had an easy time with that either to be honest. He's put a 650cc engine in it that I supplied with the car and it has had a few issues!

[Wozy68]

I had one and looooooved it. The damn thing would run sweetly for a month then something would go wrong, I'd swear that I'd sell it after I fixed it, but then it ran well for another month so I kept on loving her, then she would go wrong again.

I don't think I have ever spent more on keeping a car going, but it didnt matter, she was lovely lovely lovely and a great shame that in the end I sold her due to an impending heavy rot problem (above the tailgate,) but mainly sold her for something a little more reliable for a long daily commute..

[arguti]

Hi Jack

Stephen here ( i bought your Evo doosr, coilovers a month or two back)

Sorry to hear that there was undiscovered rot...gutted for you....you push on hoping this is it and then they find some more.....same with the Alfas!!!!

Persevere and love the head in hands photo, just about sums it up really.

[jackpe]

arguti said:

Hi Jack

Stephen here ( i bought your Evo doosr, coilovers a month or two back)

Sorry to hear that there was undiscovered rot...gutted for you....you push on hoping this is it and then they find some more.....same with the Alfas!!!!

Persevere and love the head in hands photo, just about sums it up really.

Hey Stephen, good to hear from you! Just dropped it back off at Alfacraft to see whats going on with the engine cutting out, it might be a boost related issue.. hope they sort it out quickly!

[LotusOmega375D]

Mine went wrong on the way to the workshop (John Whalley, Bishops Stortford: now gone).



To be fair he sorted out the electrical gremlins and it ran beautifully, but I got too precious / worried about it and sold it on. I paid 5800 and sold it for 7000, which all but covered the cost of that work.

[jackpe]

LotusOmega375D said:

Mine went wrong on the way to the workshop (John Whalley, Bishops Stortford: now gone).



To be fair he sorted out the electrical gremlins and it ran beautifully, but I got too precious / worried about it and sold it on. I paid 5800 and sold it for 7000, which all but covered the cost of that work.

Hahhhahhah!! Absolutely classic.

[jackpe]

Ah the lovely Integrustle... drove it last week for the first proper blast. Unfortunately it developed an engine cut out problem so my enjoyment was somewhat tempered by the white hot anger I felt with this new fault. Despite this there were definite signs of greatness present. I think I'll just need to be patient ironing out the various gremlins which keep popping up.

Made little video of my drive : Intergrustle Drive!

managed to get it in a field and had fun sliding it about...

[LotusOmega375D]

Nice film. Mine had woeful brakes when I bought it too. There was almost no stopping power whatsoever, but I factored that into my budgeting and it wasn't too expensive to put right. I was probably a fool to sell when I did. It was immaculate and running perfectly by then.

[arguti]

Jack

Probably a bit late for you but i bought some panels off this person last year and they were very good - panels arrived around 3 weeks later. worth getting a good look under the car to see what else may need work imminently.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lancia-delta-front-chass...