Lets see your Lancia's!

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anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 20th April 2014
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Pics please! This one is a 1983/84 Volumex. I have a rusty IE as its donor car, although it is still almost good enough for someone (not me) to save.

tel595

684 posts

171 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
Pics please! This one is a 1983/84 Volumex. I have a rusty IE as its donor car, although it is still almost good enough for someone (not me) to save.













Can't have too many Lancias... ;-))

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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V fine!

sunnym3

146 posts

231 months

Thursday 24th April 2014
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My 'slightly' modified integrale:

Giallo Ginestra Evo2
Alcon Brakes
Tarox Rear Brakes
RSR Coilover suspension (refurbished)
Seam welded shell
Rear Diff Cradle
Rear Upper strut brace
GDS 75mm exhaust system and external waste gate manifold
Group2 Camshafts
Forged Pistons
Flowed Head
Steel rods
Alloy Flywheel
Paddle clutch
GT30 Roller bearing turbo
Apexi Boost controller
Solaris ECU
500cc Injectors
Uprated fuel pump
Powerflex suspension bushes
Balance shaft removed from block
12mm head bolts
GroupA head gasket
Induction kit
Adjustable brake bias
Speedline 17” wheels












Edited by sunnym3 on Thursday 24th April 20:10


Edited by sunnym3 on Thursday 24th April 20:15

Harris_I

3,225 posts

258 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Fantastic 'grale. Great spec and the best colour wink

I bet that flies. I find my (mildly tweaked) Evo 2 is plenty quick enough for public roads so haven't yet felt the need to go further. But looking at yours, I find myself salivating...

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 15th May 2014
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Latest Lancia Lunacy.

1978 Beta 1300 Coupe, pre facelift interior. Ratty as a ratty thing. Drives mucho fabbo.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...




TonyF55

522 posts

205 months

Thursday 15th May 2014
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lovely, the 1300cc lump is a lovely sweet engine and not many around.

BTW Is that your old spyder on ebay ?

Tony

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 15th May 2014
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Yes. I think that the chap selling it (I don't know him) is maybe a tad optimistic on price. The description is, I think, a little, er, over enthusiastic. It's a good car, but not faultless. There was some minor rust on the car, and there were a few minor things wrong with it when I last saw it.

Loving the 1300. Revvy little zoomwagon. Snappy gear change, with lower ratios in the box than on other Betas.

4everblue

272 posts

174 months

Saturday 17th May 2014
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I'm loving the pics sunny. Did you know I've finally got my hands on a Giallo too?
Mike

sunnym3

146 posts

231 months

Sunday 18th May 2014
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Mike,
Did you buy the Giallo from Ireland that I was reading about on Evo corner ?

Sunny

4everblue

272 posts

174 months

Sunday 18th May 2014
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I did mate, happy little boy again ;0))

sunnym3

146 posts

231 months

Sunday 18th May 2014
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Congratulations Mike,
Hopefully see you at one of the meets.

Cheers
Sunny

Baldy881

1,333 posts

176 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Mine (Red 16V) and EVO 1 at Cars in the Park @ Newby Hall yesterday smile





Cheers,
Rob


Edited by Baldy881 on Tuesday 20th May 14:06

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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This Lancia linked to below is not mine but I parked my knackered 1300 Coupe next to it at the weekend. It is one of the last two remaining Beta Belina 1300s. It is super mintola, in a red brown with exquisite tan cloth interior and the lovely grey and silver dials and curved dash panels. One family ownership from new and utterly cherished. No welding, no painting Correct in every detail except for later model hubcaps (the originals are in the owner's garage).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/113220255@N05/140275...


In the photo below my ratty heap is blocking the view of the Berlina while I discuss with its owner the merits of small displacement Lampredis. I'm the fat bloke, obviously.




gforceg

3,523 posts

178 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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That looks like an interesting car get together. A few you don't see often in the wild anymore.

The brown Lancia must be the one I linked to in another thread a few days ago. There can't be two like that.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Nope, that one in the for sale ad is a 1600 with vinyl seats. There are at least two 1300 Berlinas left, and also that 1600 one you linked to. No doubt some others too.

The 2000 Coupes are the most popular and maybe the most numerous remaining Betas, but there are a scattering of Spyders around in 1600 and 2000 form. Volumexes are the ne plus ultra of Beta World, but are very rare. Many of them were looted for their Roots blowers by pre War MG fans and kit car builders. The blowers alone change hands for 1500 online these days. HPEs were once quite numerous but have mostly died, it seems. Given that 70s to 80s Alfas and Fiats are now expensive, and Betas are (a) rareish, and (b) suddenly being remembered as the fine cars that they always were, I reckon wait two or three years and we may be seeing the first £10,000 Beta on the sale websites. It won't be my stbox 1300 Coupe, though!

The car meet was a "generic rubbish vehicle" event for my fellownutcases on the Autoste forum. I got to drive a Triumph Acclaim 1.2 HLS (fabby!), a Lada Samara 1500 (amazing!), a Citroen 2Cv Dolly with push-pull column shift, a Peugeot 504 Estate (luvverley!), a Rover P6 2000 TC (slow but fine), and a Rover SD1 3500 V8 manual (simply glorious in every way). My 1300 was greatly enjoyed by all who tried it despite the knackered steering, oil leaks, porno seats and general crusty terribleness of the thing.

gforceg

3,523 posts

178 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Ah, seen. I may need to retract my "there can't be two like that" comment. Ahem...

That car meet is such an antidote to the norm. A mate of mine had a brilliantly ragged manual 3500 SD1 back in the late 80s. Many hoons were had, I even used to race him in my Gordini, young and foolish as we were.


anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Later that weekend I went to a big and more conventional classic car show (Weedon Park - Chiltern Rally), where most of the cars looked loke they must have arrived in carcoons, so pristine were they inside and out. I hoped to find some mega shiny Lancias to park next to in order to piss them right off, but apart from a couple of Alfa Bertone Coupes there was nary an Italian car to be seen. Faaaaaahsands of British yarmouths and a few German and French contraptions. Anywany, I lobbed the heap in next to a racey stanced old Ford and a shiny Spitfire driven by an amiable pair of giffers. The Lancia turned out to be very popular with the passers by!

The funny thing is that people always say "those rusted on the forecourt mate", but this one, scabby as it is, has lived mostly outdoors for much of its 36 years and is ratty but still alive and MoT passable. Myths die hard!






PS: abit of rattlecan action today, new Pirellis, and even a polish. ZOMG detailin' YO






Evoluzione

10,345 posts

242 months

Monday 19th May 2014
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Baldy881 said:
Mine (Red 16V) and EVO 2 at Cars in the Park @ Newby Hall yesterday smile





Cheers,
Rob
That's an Evo 1. nerdgetmecoat

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 20th May 2014
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More pics of that lovely 1300 Berlina.

Groovy interior here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/141...






Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 20th May 14:38