1978 Lancia Beta 1600 Coupe

[anonymous-user]

Super rare and super spenner, alas!

[anonymous-user]

Betaboyz appear to have closed down - several emails unanswered. I cannot get an MoT and tax the Beta until I can get its wipers and horn fixed.

[Parisien]

http://www.betaboyz.co.uk/
http://www.betaboyz.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php

Links seem to work.

P

[anonymous-user]

Yes, but if you send an email there is no reply. It's a one man band and I think that the bloke is busy with his day job. I have been emailing him every few weeks since spring, but no response. There is a Lancia parts place in South Africa so I will try there.

[e30m3Mark]

Lovely.

I had a black 1600 HPE a few years ago. Despite being an auto I loved it. It had zero rust and bucket loads of style.

Anyway, look forward to updates.

[anonymous-user]

So do I! But that depends on parts suppliers ... or successful bodging by my mech when he returns from his hols.

[Parisien]

B72, am a member of the LMC, will stick a post up there to enquire and get back to you if I get a response!


P

[peteracs]

Hi

Put up a post on the Betaboyz forum and I am sure that you will get a response from the members. Mark does have a habit of taking a while to respond sometimes, have you tried texting him?

Peter

[anonymous-user]

I will try that.

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

Talking of Jeremy Clarkson, the one he drove in Africa on Top Gear also had a broken window winder as I recall. Common problem?

Mine went on what turned out to be a not so romantic weekend in the Cotswolds due to the several hours spent trying to force the drivers window closed in torrential rain when I should have been having dinner...

Top buy Breadvan - so underrated, very fine motor carriage

[arguti]

Breadvan72 said:

Betaboyz appear to have closed down - several emails unanswered. I cannot get an MoT and tax the Beta until I can get its wipers and horn fixed.

What parts do you need exactly; have you tried http://www.martinwillems-webshop.nl/shop/lancia

Happy to remove wiper arms from my stored volumex if needs be but getting to the engine bay might be more tricky!

PS the PM feature of PH has not been working in last few weeks - not sure current status

Edited by arguti on Tuesday 29th August 09:06

[anonymous-user]

Thanks v much for the Dutch link. The wiper arms are OK but I need the switchgear.

[arguti]

Breadvan72 said:

Thanks v much for the Dutch link. The wiper arms are OK but I need the switchgear.

Column stalks? the repro ones are readily available and even a new original one here!

http://www.ebay.it/itm/LANCIA-BETA-COUPE-SPYDER-DE...

[anonymous-user]

Stalk and some sort of relay I am told, My mech has not yet checked the car.

[anonymous-user]

arguti said:

Column stalks? the repro ones are readily available and even a new original one here!

http://www.ebay.it/itm/LANCIA-BETA-COUPE-SPYDER-DE...

Thanks but that is LHD.

[arguti]

Noted - I see the lancia.co.za has separate part numbers for LHD and RHD, I just assumed they would be the same.

[carinaman]

I love the HPE shape, but that looks very classy in that shade. And no sunroof.

[anonymous-user]

I have been busy and so have not had time to contact the South African Lancia place but now will do so. Betaboyz appear to be a lost cause, which is a shame because of the good stock holdings there. Maybe someone should persuade the bloke who runs it to sell the stock to someone who has enough time to run an old car spares business, but as I suppose the bloke has almost got a UK monopoly on Beta spares he can just carry on ignoring customers until he can be arsed to respond to them, if that day ever comes.

[Veeayt]

BV, any pics of the welding?

[anonymous-user]

Er, no. Apparently it involved some bloke in a mask waving a scary melty fire stick thing at the car while it was in a shed.. I am afraid that is all I know.

PS: if you meant pictures of what happened after the fire brigade had doused the flames, you can't see, really. There are a couple of small bits where the car is grey rather than bronze but they are hardly noticeable.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 11th September 22:14