RE: PH Heroes: Lancia Fulvia
Discussion
Mermaid said:
Great rally car, some success at the Safari Rally.
If I recall correctly, the short chassis often broke up in two.
Unfortunately the Safari was about the one rally Lancia never had any success in until the integrale came along. Neither the Fulvia nor the Stratos' had any great results there despite both each winning pretty much every other rally.If I recall correctly, the short chassis often broke up in two.
But I've never heard of the chassis splitting in two. In fact it was the Fulvias durability which kept it competitive through to 1974 when it was replaced by the Stratos', by which time any speed advantage it had held had been eroded by the BDA Escorts and other more modern cars.
nc107 said:
My Fanalone blinking in the sunlight after 20 years in a garage in Venice. It was mine about 5 mins later
(ahhh....a fool and his money etc etc)
Nice colour too Neil. Can't blame you for a weak moment there!(ahhh....a fool and his money etc etc)
Always wanted a Fanalone ("big lamps" in Italian) ... it's just le lolly for one thing and finding a good one the next issue.
Must confess to quite a few days where I'm thinking sell both cars and get a race one...
J-P
RDRR said:
I own one!
Jealous...I have fond memeries of driving to Classic Le Mans a few years back in my mate Rob Baxters' Fulvia, it was a beautiful machine and out of an Alfa Junior, Ferrari 355 in our convoy, it got by far the most attention from people aged anywhere between 12 and 72. A truly epic car...
The front subframe back arms came out in behind the front wheels. This was a mud trap (folklore said the drawing had solid lines not dots so they put the drain hole on top of the box.. so it fills with mud) and hence the subframe arms plus the box at the front of the sills into which the subframe fits rot. This transfers load into the next subframe mount at the top of the wings so then the front wings split. Common thing in '80s if you played with Fulvias.
The early Zagota bodies were aluminium skin over cut down steel monocot and folklore say that after a drive on salty roads you could hear the fizz of corrosion (nice little battery.. bit like a Landrover).
Had 5 at one time.. down to one now and sold the 1.6HF parts :-(
The early Zagota bodies were aluminium skin over cut down steel monocot and folklore say that after a drive on salty roads you could hear the fizz of corrosion (nice little battery.. bit like a Landrover).
Had 5 at one time.. down to one now and sold the 1.6HF parts :-(
Love these cars - had at least one Fulvia from 19 years old until a couple of years ago. From about 50 Italian cars I have owned still the most fun. Raced one for some years (pleasingly it is still being raced by the new owner) and it was awesome in the wet - lost nothing to some very fast cars on the bends and under braking (series 2 car with better brakes), with very controllable handling - never spun on a right hand bend in 7 or 8 years of racing (did spin on left handers though, never sure why!).
dinkel said:
Lancia Fulvia Zagato 1.3S: "I always thought this Zagato was nothing more special than a stylish bodied rallycar. I proved to be thoroughly wrong."
I really want one of these preferably a MK1 with ally bodycorporalsparrow said:
Always wanted one but ended up with an Alfa 1750 GTV...tough to know which is the better car.
I'm lucky enough to have had both, well sort of. A 1967, series 1 Fulvia 1.3 Rallye (so ally bonnet, boot and doors, but only 4-speeds, glass windows and without the negative camber front of the 1.6 HF), then I had a 1966 Giulia Sprint GT Veloce. Loved both to be perfectly honest and the brakes were fairly crap on either. I spent good money, bought excellent examples and used as them both as, admittedly pampered, daily drivers (this was in the 90s/early 2000s), neither went rusty and they were both reliable and huge, huge fun.
If I had to decide again now? Not sure I could, best bet is to build a double garage and have one of each!
That said, I was 4 seconds a lap quicker round Goodwood in the 1300 Fulvia than in the 1600 Alfa...
These days I mostly drive Elises, much more comptetant and fantastic cars, but not quite as fun as the 60s Italians somehow.
Ooooo...er having small crisis:/
As a kid my neighbour had a bright red Series 1 1,3S Rallye and I have never lusted after a car as much since then. At the time I could not conceive of a more pretty car, I would offer to dust it off at least once a week
It just seemed such a special car right down to the tyres which had sypes cut into them for more grip on loose surfaces, every weekend passenger trip(even if I was jammed into the rear seats with non existant legroom) was an occasion. 10 out of 10
As a kid my neighbour had a bright red Series 1 1,3S Rallye and I have never lusted after a car as much since then. At the time I could not conceive of a more pretty car, I would offer to dust it off at least once a week
It just seemed such a special car right down to the tyres which had sypes cut into them for more grip on loose surfaces, every weekend passenger trip(even if I was jammed into the rear seats with non existant legroom) was an occasion. 10 out of 10
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