Lancia Montecarlo...37 years and counting
Discussion
P5, for mid engined handly fabness, three seats, and 140 BHP in a rustproof package, arguably the best Matra Murena in the UK is up for auction on The Market website. It might go for 8 to 12. I have owned a Murena. They are very good cars indeed.
GRP body, galvanised chassis. Only two bits of the rear suspension and/or drive train (I forget which) are vulnerable to rust.
GRP body, galvanised chassis. Only two bits of the rear suspension and/or drive train (I forget which) are vulnerable to rust.
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 2nd September 19:20
Breadvan72 said:
P5, for mid engined handly fabness, three seats, and 140 BHP in a rustproof package, arguably the best Matra Murena in the UK is up for auction on The Market website. It might go for 8 to 12. I have owned a Murena. They are very good cars indeed.
Only bits of he rear suspension are vulnerable to rust.
Thanks for the nod, I've just had a shuftie - it looks very nice and definitely an interesting prospect, I've only ever seen one in the flesh before, at the NEC a couple of years ago. Unfortunately I've now depleted my car buying fund by some margin as I couldn't say no to some very rare Radford, Wood & Pickett and other Mini goodies that came my way this week, I'm not quite back at square one but it'll be a while before I get another car now. I'm my own worst enemy sometimes! Pity really as I do fancy that '77 Montecarlo on c&c Only bits of he rear suspension are vulnerable to rust.
P5BNij said:
Breadvan72 said:
P5, for mid engined handly fabness, three seats, and 140 BHP in a rustproof package, arguably the best Matra Murena in the UK is up for auction on The Market website. It might go for 8 to 12. I have owned a Murena. They are very good cars indeed.
Only bits of he rear suspension are vulnerable to rust.
Thanks for the nod, I've just had a shuftie - it looks very nice and definitely an interesting prospect, I've only ever seen one in the flesh before, at the NEC a couple of years ago. Unfortunately I've now depleted my car buying fund by some margin as I couldn't say no to some very rare Radford, Wood & Pickett and other Mini goodies that came my way this week, I'm not quite back at square one but it'll be a while before I get another car now. I'm my own worst enemy sometimes! Pity really as I do fancy that '77 Montecarlo on c&c Only bits of he rear suspension are vulnerable to rust.
This looks like a good punt, a reprint of a book on the deign and development of the Monte....
http://www.italianinspiration.net/
http://www.italianinspiration.net/
P5BNij said:
This looks like a good punt, a reprint of a book on the deign and development of the Monte....
http://www.italianinspiration.net/
Yes, thanks for sharing. Will need to investigate.http://www.italianinspiration.net/
Well the old wheels are now back on the car.
The Scots Lancisti are agreed it is now much better looking.
They ain’t as duff as I thought so I’m going to leave them on - at least for this year.
New rubber involved. Old tyres were date stamped 1995 so they lasted well even if they didn’t travel that much. The spare suggested 1981 so that represents good value for money. Nexens are on now so I’m looking for at least 25 years from them.
More photos when the sun is shining....
The Scots Lancisti are agreed it is now much better looking.
They ain’t as duff as I thought so I’m going to leave them on - at least for this year.
New rubber involved. Old tyres were date stamped 1995 so they lasted well even if they didn’t travel that much. The spare suggested 1981 so that represents good value for money. Nexens are on now so I’m looking for at least 25 years from them.
More photos when the sun is shining....
I like the bow tie 13" wheels used on S1's - a bit unfashionable I know. However they won't fit over my bigger brakes, so I've gone for a replica Ronal which looks a bit 037ish.
I went to look at the Anglia Car Auctions car for someone, it was very nice. Needed a few minor things putting right, but it fetched good money.
I went to look at the Anglia Car Auctions car for someone, it was very nice. Needed a few minor things putting right, but it fetched good money.
RC1807 said:
CallThatMusic said:
Tyres were very old!
I’ve booked my tyre guy Roger for March 2046
and told him to quit smoking and cut down on the booze.
I’ve booked my tyre guy Roger for March 2046
and told him to quit smoking and cut down on the booze.
How old are you, CallThatMusic?
Will you make it?
I’m quite old yet optimistic since I have exceptional genes.
andrewcliffe said:
I like the bow tie 13" wheels used on S1's - a bit unfashionable I know. However they won't fit over my bigger brakes, so I've gone for a replica Ronal which looks a bit 037ish.
I went to look at the Anglia Car Auctions car for someone, it was very nice. Needed a few minor things putting right, but it fetched good money.
This is what I had in mind.I tracked Ronals down in Switzerland but haven’t pushed the button...I went to look at the Anglia Car Auctions car for someone, it was very nice. Needed a few minor things putting right, but it fetched good money.
Think I’ve seen your car Andrew and it inspired me.
Some classic cars that were a bit iffy when new have been shown masses of love by enthusiasts and are now much better cars than they were when new. The paradigm case of this is the Triumph Stag. A good Stag with an original (not Rover) engine is now fab. The fans and specialists have in effect developed the car to what it should have been in the 70s.
Nobody has done this for the poor old Lancia Gamma - there are not enough of those to make this happen, so Gammas still have the problem of looking awesome but being Gammas.
What about the Montecarlo - a potentially fab car but with a famous brake problem, which Lancia fixed in a sort of low cost chuck away the servo way. Have fans and specialists done something better?
Nobody has done this for the poor old Lancia Gamma - there are not enough of those to make this happen, so Gammas still have the problem of looking awesome but being Gammas.
What about the Montecarlo - a potentially fab car but with a famous brake problem, which Lancia fixed in a sort of low cost chuck away the servo way. Have fans and specialists done something better?
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