Barn Bragging - House of Heaps
Discussion
Not merely Lancia, but the last proper Lancia, according to some die-hard Lancisti*. The "Lancia 2000" badging is in groovy early 70s sci-fi script. See below an image of the badge culled from the internet. I am nowhere near the car at present so can't take a better photo of its rear end. Earlier versions of the car had the word "Flavia" (pronounced FlaVEEah) in a different script positioned in the middle of the boot lid.
I hope that this car is more of a nip and tuck than a project. The car shows some signs of having been a bit neglected over the last couple of years, but I hope that its long and mostly well documented history of being looked after before then means that it will not be too bad. My mechanic has given the car a good going over and says that it's basically OK. The underlying quality of pre-Fiat Lancianess, and being built by Pininfarina, both help, as does the hard work put in by the bloke who did the big resto thirty years back. He is on PH and has a Delta, I think.
The rear brake discs and pads, plus the steering bits that the car needs to go back on the road have now arrived and await fitting. A good thing about the car is that power steering makes it much easier than my other heaps to position in the barn where they all live.
* There may be some Lancisti who assert that there have been no proper Lancias since Vincenzo Lancia died, but I would not go quite that far.
I hope that this car is more of a nip and tuck than a project. The car shows some signs of having been a bit neglected over the last couple of years, but I hope that its long and mostly well documented history of being looked after before then means that it will not be too bad. My mechanic has given the car a good going over and says that it's basically OK. The underlying quality of pre-Fiat Lancianess, and being built by Pininfarina, both help, as does the hard work put in by the bloke who did the big resto thirty years back. He is on PH and has a Delta, I think.
The rear brake discs and pads, plus the steering bits that the car needs to go back on the road have now arrived and await fitting. A good thing about the car is that power steering makes it much easier than my other heaps to position in the barn where they all live.
* There may be some Lancisti who assert that there have been no proper Lancias since Vincenzo Lancia died, but I would not go quite that far.
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 31st March 10:51
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