1978 Lancia Beta 1600 Coupe
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rjg48 said:
Front seats on German Ebay, no mention of the rears.
£600ish once delivered.
Possible options. Try the fabric from this, but it may be thin and fragile.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Serving-Cushion-Right-S...
Or this maybe slightly naff option, but the seller does not answer emails. -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Liners-Seats-Car-Asiam-...
www.ebay.co.uk/i/163596216292?chn=ps&norover=1...
la-909243431449&abcId=1145987&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8ofatcas6gIVF-vtCh3LqAKREAQYASABEgJPUPD_BwE
Here you are. Click on the top line and that should work.
Also listed as Lancia Beta Series 1 Seats Front
la-909243431449&abcId=1145987&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8ofatcas6gIVF-vtCh3LqAKREAQYASABEgJPUPD_BwEHere you are. Click on the top line and that should work.
Also listed as Lancia Beta Series 1 Seats Front
Plans: drive it around and pose a bit. Buy it some Uniroyal Rain Experts or some Pirellis (it has matching Hedge Denter Grand Prix tyres at present). Get the idling issue looked at (some carb blah, no doubt). Change the cambelt and water pump and all the main rubbery and plasticy bits. Maybe get the wheels refurbed. One day sort out the bubbly bits on the boot lid. Drive it around and pose a bit. Go out on drive it around and pose a bit trips with a friend in my Lancia Beta. Maybe give it or the Lancia to my daughter when she is twenty something (she is fifteen).
Breadvan72 said:
Pub and garage forecourt bores insist that Italian cars rust more than other cars. They endlessly repeat the undocumented story about the Mafia and Russian steel. The reality is that all 1970s steel cars rust. Even German and Japanese cars of that era can be Hella rotten. Swedes too: The other week I said no to a great looking 1970 Volvo 145 Estate because although it had shiny (fillered) bodywork and paint, a sturdy two litre engine that had been to Mars and back without effort, and a fab interior, it was mega rusty underneath and would have badly failed an MOT if not exempt (what a daft idea the exemption was).
Individual cars that were waxoyled or ziebarted and then garaged didn't rust. By chance, my Lancia Beta and, it appears, this Fiat 124 have never been very rusty. My Lancia has had some welding, but not loads. The Fiat has bubbles on the boot lid, and not much evidence of patching and filler, although there may be some. I worry about the bulkhead of my Landy, but I can't see to check it. Its chassis seems OK.
That is so true! Individual cars that were waxoyled or ziebarted and then garaged didn't rust. By chance, my Lancia Beta and, it appears, this Fiat 124 have never been very rusty. My Lancia has had some welding, but not loads. The Fiat has bubbles on the boot lid, and not much evidence of patching and filler, although there may be some. I worry about the bulkhead of my Landy, but I can't see to check it. Its chassis seems OK.
Edited by Breadvan72 on Wednesday 1st July 13:49
My 1st car in 1976 was a 1967 MK2 Cortina that rusted for fun. So I learnt about using strips of Duckhams oil cans, a pop-riveter, filler and rattle cans!
In 1977 I replaced it with a 1970 Fiat 125 that was actually less crusty, even when I sold it in 1979.
And bought a 1973 Rover P6B that was rustier than the Fiat in important places like the inner sills! And then one of the upper links for the De Dion rear axle pulled out of the inner wing which made it "interesting" to drive. A bit of investigation revealed the other side had already been patched so that side didn't even last 6 years.
The Italian cars were years ahead in tech terms as you've said with 4 wheel disc brakes, 5 speed gearboxes, alloy heads, twin-cam engines, and even alloy gearbox casings.
Your 124 Coupe looks fantastic.
Dunk130TC said:
If you need a Fiat/Lancia twincam expert, have a word with Autointegrale in Beenham (nr Theale).
They’ve been excellent doing bits on my Spider that I didn’t have time for/couldn’t be arsed to do and have also rebuilt a 130TC lump for me.
That is good info, many thanks.They’ve been excellent doing bits on my Spider that I didn’t have time for/couldn’t be arsed to do and have also rebuilt a 130TC lump for me.
I really liked the two litre twin cam with a pair of Dellorto 40s that was in my old Alfa Spider, and its five speed gearbox was good also. Did Fiat, Lancia, and Alfa all use the same ZFs or Getrags for their 1970s five speeds?
If you are talking about 105/115 Alfas I don't think RWD Alfa Romeo and Fiat gearboxes are at all the same.
On the other hand the Montreal, the Fiat Dino and the Alfa 6/Sei, if I remember correctly, all used more or less the same dog-leg ZF gearbox. I wonder whether it was also fitted to the Fiat 130, with had a big V6.
On the other hand the Montreal, the Fiat Dino and the Alfa 6/Sei, if I remember correctly, all used more or less the same dog-leg ZF gearbox. I wonder whether it was also fitted to the Fiat 130, with had a big V6.
Have a look here:
https://www.kijiji.it/annunci/ricambi-auto/cuneo-a...
The lighter bits seem to match your upholstery but I wonder how much material is actually savable there.
Methinks looking for s/hand fabric in Italy may end up being rather pointless unless the car had been always garaged. Have you tried any Lancia clubs in Germany, for example?
https://www.kijiji.it/annunci/ricambi-auto/cuneo-a...
The lighter bits seem to match your upholstery but I wonder how much material is actually savable there.
Methinks looking for s/hand fabric in Italy may end up being rather pointless unless the car had been always garaged. Have you tried any Lancia clubs in Germany, for example?
I have found some oooooold photos of my Alfa Spider. Also in shot my 1970 Triumph Vitesse Mark II, which I bought in 1989 as my first classic car, and the 1997 Fiat Coupe 20 valve Turbo that I regret selling. It was Barried by some Barry idiot.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 2nd July 11:43
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