RE: Shed of the Week: Lancia Dedra
Discussion
Benjaminbopper said:
What a RUBBISH shed! It's just a cheap car of which there are many. You even said the car it was based on, the Tipo was car of the year - why not feature one of those then as there are plenty for less than £1k?
Try finding a SedicoValve, to which this is comparable being a 2 litre 16v.
mrpenks said:
Bollah said:
The bodywork was galvanised, but the chassis wasn't.
Agreed, chassis is mostly the subframes though: monocoque is galvanisedpixelpimp said:
I couldn't Afford the better looking Alfa 155 so I modified a 2.0 Turbo.
Cost me a fortune and lost me every penny I spent on it.
The interior was great though and most of it worked, too.
Did that feature in AutoItalia? Cost me a fortune and lost me every penny I spent on it.
The interior was great though and most of it worked, too.
I had a 1.8SE one of these that I swapped my Thema for,it wasn't a bad car but I wished I'd kept the Thema.
This week's shed brings back memories of a weekend trip to Barcelona to meet up with a Spanish (Basque) lady friend in October 1996. She picked me up from the airport in one of these, which she'd rented for the weekend. It seemed that she drove it like it was stolen all weekend. The Dedra's twin cam lump seemed to revel in it. The car was almost new (maybe just run in), and I was really rather impressed by both the Dedra and Susana's driving. I wondered if all the girls from San Sebastián drove like her. On return to UK I only recall ever seeing one Dedra there (in a multi storey car park in Leatherhead). There was a note stuck inside the windscreen, and I walked over to take a look wondering if this smart looking car was for sale. When the owner suddenly showed up and asked me (in a very aggressive tone) what I was doing to his car, he seemed disbelieving that anybody would be interested in buying it. Lancia's reputation was so poor by then and he'd apparently suffered all manner of breakdowns as well as costly break-in damage.
I also remember "Car" magazine at the time waxing lyrical at the time about the Dedra's elegant lines, but at the same time correctly predicting that with a name like "Dedra" this rather nice Lancia would not sell well in English speaking markets.
I also remember "Car" magazine at the time waxing lyrical at the time about the Dedra's elegant lines, but at the same time correctly predicting that with a name like "Dedra" this rather nice Lancia would not sell well in English speaking markets.
Top writing this week, Shed. Well done. Been a while since I laughed out loud at my PC screen.
Ah, Lancia, Lancia.......the most saddening name a petrol-head can hear these days. Every time I see any nice Lancia I start lusting after one again. Then I come over all sensible when I think of the costs & practicalities of keeping one running.
Excellent find. Keep 'em coming..
Ah, Lancia, Lancia.......the most saddening name a petrol-head can hear these days. Every time I see any nice Lancia I start lusting after one again. Then I come over all sensible when I think of the costs & practicalities of keeping one running.
Excellent find. Keep 'em coming..
Mrs Timbo had one of these as a company car back in the nineties. Thus we didn't have to worry about the immense oil consumption that it was supplied with. Great car though, lovely alcantera interior and it sounded nice and twin cammy when pushed, Wheels on this one look ok and were probably changed because the originals coroded and looked awful in pretty short shrift. One of the few company cars we were sorry to see the back of.
Shame that Lancia stopped importing but they must have lost so much credibility with earlier models rusting away. The new ones (Chryslers that is) look awful compared to the Dedra.
Shame that Lancia stopped importing but they must have lost so much credibility with earlier models rusting away. The new ones (Chryslers that is) look awful compared to the Dedra.
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