RE: LB Specialist Cars STR | PH Readers' Cars

[nismo48]

+1
Great read/Video and a genuinely nice guy..

rix said:

Nicely produced video, and what a car!

[BOR]

It's an absolutely brilliant end result so full credit to the owner and to LB.

Fulvisti said:

They're most definitely not a dog to drive. Everyone that comes for a ride in mine remarks on how good the ride is, and it has quite easily shown a clean set of heals to many more expensive performance cars both on and off the track. And the noise is something else!!

There's a good Autocar (I think) video of an LB from a few years back, which is very favourable to how it drives.

Great PH Video, but, what's missing for me is a more in depth assessment on how this one drives, maybe a gentle track test would have been nice to see, otherwise absolutely 10/10.

[myhandle]

It’s just great. There are replicas and there are replicas. With an Alfa V6 (yes I know the original was a Dino V6 but this is near enough as opposed to say a turbo 4 in there) and that level of accuracy elsewhere, this IS a Stratos, just not technically a Lancia Stratos. Looks great. Have fun!

[simonrockman]

Stellantis isn't doing anything with the Lancia brand. The company should licence the name to Lister Bell.

[Pereldh]

Shame he bought the absolute cheapest nastiest 1:18 of the Alitalia Stratos... (And not the Kyosho)

[66HFM]

Absolutely fabulous and a gorgeous sound!

Just out of curiosity I wonder how much that has cost... is it obtainable to us mere mortals or is it a lottery, if not a Euro lottery, win...?

One can only dream...

[200Plus Club]

66HFM said:

Absolutely fabulous and a gorgeous sound!

Just out of curiosity I wonder how much that has cost... is it obtainable to us mere mortals or is it a lottery, if not a Euro lottery, win...?

One can only dream...

Can't speak for that turnkey build but I think you can self build for £50-80k and have something similar depending on your spec and what you do.

[LPH]

The attention to detail that has put into Jim's car is amazing. Having seen it in the flesh a few times I can tell you it looks even better than in the video.

I've just finished building my own LB STR but I didn't go full rally rep like Jim.

[simonrockman]

LPH said:

The attention to detail that has put into Jim's car is amazing. Having seen it in the flesh a few times I can tell you it looks even better than in the video.

I've just finished building my own LB STR but I didn't go full rally rep like Jim.

I prefer that to the rally replica

[LPH]

Each to their own. Would be boring if we all liked the same thing

[renmure]

66HFM said:

Absolutely fabulous and a gorgeous sound!

Just out of curiosity I wonder how much that has cost... is it obtainable to us mere mortals or is it a lottery, if not a Euro lottery, win...?

One can only dream...

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Unless you are my wife in which case I could tell you and then you might kill me!!

But seriously, no need to win the lottery. The real issue for anybody wanting one is a huge imbalance of supply and demand.

[Snowbins]

simonrockman said:

Stellantis isn't doing anything with the Lancia brand. The company should licence the name to Lister Bell.

I wholeheartedly agree. Well said. It is a disgrace.

[P5BNij]

LPH said:

The attention to detail that has put into Jim's car is amazing. Having seen it in the flesh a few times I can tell you it looks even better than in the video.

I've just finished building my own LB STR but I didn't go full rally rep like Jim.

That is fantastic, a real beauty

[charlieboyo]

Sorry it had to be 1 down as I cannot buy 1, but would give it a *KISS* wherever the meeting. I fortunately remember in the forests of Wales on 1 rally. I would rate that exhaust/sound up with the BOSS! Long live our lucky days(for now)

[GTRene]

LPH said:

The attention to detail that has put into Jim's car is amazing. Having seen it in the flesh a few times I can tell you it looks even better than in the video.

I've just finished building my own LB STR but I didn't go full rally rep like Jim.

Lovely, I like this picture, great looks.

[NotNormal]

Followed the build thread from the start, the video really is the icing on the cake. Great watch, great car

[filski666]

What a gorgeous car - absolutely perfect!

Love the down to earth and true petrolhead enthusiasm of the owner too - "we fitted performance cams just to get the lumpy idle like a rally car" - well played sir!

[Fulvisti]

That really does look fantastic Leigh, I really like the round arch.

[LPH]

Snowbins said:

simonrockman said:

Stellantis isn't doing anything with the Lancia brand. The company should licence the name to Lister Bell.

I wholeheartedly agree. Well said. It is a disgrace.

[anonymous-user]

A really good article/video so well done PH.