1978 Lancia Beta 1600 Coupe
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gforceg said:
Strange ad.I don't much like the colour but that could be an interesting buy. I wonder what it needs to finish?
Breadvan72 said:
gforceg said:
Good stuff, I only ask because the last carbed car I had was a bit of a balancing act to get running in very cold weather.
They certainly can be. I used to have difficulties with My Dolomite Sprint (twin SUs) on very cold days, but this Beta with a single twin choke Weber usually starts OK. A friend sent me this. His father's car, pictured some time circa 1981.
IT seems from DVLA that this Beta VLM 80X made it to 1991 before being scrapped, or going into storage or off register. Most likely scrapped.
There is a very vague connection between it and my car, because the owner of the red one was a man called Flight Lieutenant Tommy Thompson, who served five years as an RAF engine fitter working on Spitfires before he was commissioned as a pilot. He then flew Vampires, Canberras, Provosts, Victors, Hunters, and Hawks, and retired as the oldest Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, because he refused to be promoted, so that he could carry on flying. His son taught me to fly. Tommy bought cars for their engines. He had for example a Riley Kestrel ( a real one, not a badge engineered ADO16), a Fiat 124, and the Beta. My Beta was first owned by a Spitfire pilot called Eric Garland MC, MBE. Eric died in 2016 and Tommy in 2019.
IT seems from DVLA that this Beta VLM 80X made it to 1991 before being scrapped, or going into storage or off register. Most likely scrapped.
There is a very vague connection between it and my car, because the owner of the red one was a man called Flight Lieutenant Tommy Thompson, who served five years as an RAF engine fitter working on Spitfires before he was commissioned as a pilot. He then flew Vampires, Canberras, Provosts, Victors, Hunters, and Hawks, and retired as the oldest Flight Lieutenant in the RAF, because he refused to be promoted, so that he could carry on flying. His son taught me to fly. Tommy bought cars for their engines. He had for example a Riley Kestrel ( a real one, not a badge engineered ADO16), a Fiat 124, and the Beta. My Beta was first owned by a Spitfire pilot called Eric Garland MC, MBE. Eric died in 2016 and Tommy in 2019.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 25th January 06:56
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Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 1st February 05:07
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