Lancia Montecarlo...37 years and counting
Discussion
MickyveloceClassic said:
Breadvan72 said:
La Nonna in the doorway is enjoying La Bella Signorina's exchange of colourful language with Il Postino. It reminds her of her days working at Salon Go Go back in the late 40s. She insists that Gianni Agnelli and Aurelio Lampredi once hired her and her friend Cata for a double or quits sesh, but her family discount this as just another of Nonna's stories.
The junior Carabinieri is admonishing the English driver for going the wrong way down the Senso Unico (one way street), and probably all the more aggrieved at the comparison between the Lancia and his own means of transport. And maybe a hint of jealousy over the tanned, fragrant passenger.
I suspect this.
And he frankly can’t believe the audacity of such a manoeuvre.
RobRS76 said:
Hi
Had one from new many years ago. Didn't nearly as test drive over a couple of days gave me cramp in legs until I realised dealer had left can of Coke behind drivers seat. That removed it was much better. Couple of things I remember. Mine was before they sorted out the braking which left me with major frontal damage. Also could not park it with engine facing rain as it wouldn't start. Maternity staff got quite cross when I collected new born and wife. Not in that thing if I remember right. Last sight of it was rusting away after 2 years on the dealers truck as I waited for a Porsche 924. Yes i know that wasn't a proper Porsche but it got me on to a 944 then a 911
Rob
I followed a similar path but kept the Montecarlo Had one from new many years ago. Didn't nearly as test drive over a couple of days gave me cramp in legs until I realised dealer had left can of Coke behind drivers seat. That removed it was much better. Couple of things I remember. Mine was before they sorted out the braking which left me with major frontal damage. Also could not park it with engine facing rain as it wouldn't start. Maternity staff got quite cross when I collected new born and wife. Not in that thing if I remember right. Last sight of it was rusting away after 2 years on the dealers truck as I waited for a Porsche 924. Yes i know that wasn't a proper Porsche but it got me on to a 944 then a 911
Rob
jamies30 said:
CallThatMusic said:
Weather Friday - Sunday this weekend looks pretty good
Cheers, I'm up in Aberdeenshire unfortunately.Usget said:
Can you do a thread on it?? I don't think I've ever seen one on the road! (Seen a couple of SZs but no RZs)
I'll have a go. 
Getting vaguely back on topic, I sometimes forget how pretty the Beta is.
Think this is it awaiting some attention in Loanhead but I could be wrong about that.
Jamesbythesea said:
I bought a Monte Carlo Spyder new from HR Owen in London. A856RYT for £9,995
Was a gold colour as was their only one on stock with light cloth seats.
Everyone asked why I didn't get red or black ??
Anyway it was fraught with problems and tried rejecting it.
In the end the accelerator stuck at 70 mph and the car nearly killed me.
Sold it for £7,500 within a year.
I had that problem once coming back from playing 5 aside footie in Bo’ness.Was a gold colour as was their only one on stock with light cloth seats.
Everyone asked why I didn't get red or black ??
Anyway it was fraught with problems and tried rejecting it.
In the end the accelerator stuck at 70 mph and the car nearly killed me.
Sold it for £7,500 within a year.
Travelling over the Flints and on the downwards into Linlithgow the accelerator stuck open.
I had to get down and fiddle with it manually to un-stick it while my passenger steered the car..
It never happened again, it was a bit scary and very odd.
Close shave.
P5BNij said:
Have to disagree on some of that - privatisation has brought massive investment in some areas, some of which we've been involved in on our 'patch', all of it was desperately needed, most of which had been put off since the early '60 due to successive Parliament types kicking the can down the road. It takes decades to get it all done, but eventually it will all be done (long after I retire to the mess room in the sky). The WCML should have been electrified for the full 400 miles by 1966 but it kept being put back, and similarly the ECML was supposed to have been done by 1974 / 75 but wasn't. Lots of mistakes were made in the pre-Beeching Modernisation Plan with several u-turns, political interference and different plans overlapping where they shouldn't have done. Something many folk probably aren't aware of is that the Midland line south of Leicester was due to be closed in '66 (including the demolition of St.Pancras) with traffic to be diverted across to Rugby and down into Euston, if that had actually taken place the WCML would have reached full capacity by c1970 and would have needed the extra investment it eventually received over the last decade or so. In Labour's 1964 election campaign they promised to keep the Great Central route open but went back on it within two years of reaching office by severing it completely south of Rugby, then closing the final stretch to Leicester and Nottingham in '69. If they'd kept their promise we wouldn't need HS2 now (forget the high speed PR bit that was pushed from the start of the project, it's all about releasing capacity to enable similar speed services to run much more fluidly on the crowded WCML, which I see everyday). From an operational point of view, the railway we have now is far more flexible than it has ever been, it probably doesn't look that way to the paying punters on the 08.23 to Walmington-on-Sea, but it's not as bad as some would like to make out. A lot of the current investment is going into putting right past mistakes, more precisely putting the capacity back in where it was too hastily removed in the 1970 - 1990 period. BR was good in parts, but a lot of it was bad and very wasteful (I started in '82, right in the middle of the flexible rostering strike!).
If the railway is ever renationalised, the only real change will be the company name along the top of my payslip....!
Quick, somebody post an old Lancia pic....!
Here you go... If the railway is ever renationalised, the only real change will be the company name along the top of my payslip....!
Quick, somebody post an old Lancia pic....!
Edited by P5BNij on Friday 31st July 20:04
Wheels now at Pentland Powdercoating for refurbishment.£192 for all 4 seems like a good deal.
They repaired and refurbed my old BMW wheels and did a great job so am expecting a good result.
Hers a car photo meantime
This is a Eric Nisbet’s car and he was looking to sell it. Offers somewhere around £7k I think.
They repaired and refurbed my old BMW wheels and did a great job so am expecting a good result.
Hers a car photo meantime
This is a Eric Nisbet’s car and he was looking to sell it. Offers somewhere around £7k I think.
Ok so here are two lovely Montecarlo’s being refurbed, recommissioned and got ready for the road.
And they are Red.
One day we should get the Blue car the Silver car and these two Red cars together.
Since they are all in Scotland this should be possible.
We could call it a Rally.
Hold a World Championship.
Car with most stickers wins.
Breadvan72 said:
P5BNij said:
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Keep the 124, get the Beta back on the road and enjoy it for at least a while, have a clear out of the rest and make a decision....
Wisdom!Keep the 124, get the Beta back on the road and enjoy it for at least a while, have a clear out of the rest and make a decision....
Meanwhile, OP, I assume that you will keep your Montecarlo forever. As to which, yay!
As for motorsporting victory by stickers, I always assumed that all 70s rallys were won by sticker counting. Or perhaps by the number of extra lamps that you could stick on the front of the car.
Edited by Breadvan72 on Thursday 6th August 20:07
So it is easy to find your wheels after they’ve been stuck in a garage for 38 years but hard to find the wheel nuts to secure said wheels to the car....
Roger the tyre guy thinks Pentland Components might be the best bet locally so they will get a call today.
I have the size I think from the WWW.
How hard can it be?
Meanwhile, a photograph......it’s from a Scottish Lancia dealers annual Golf Day. Complete with dealer owned helicopter.
Roger the tyre guy thinks Pentland Components might be the best bet locally so they will get a call today.
I have the size I think from the WWW.
How hard can it be?
Meanwhile, a photograph......it’s from a Scottish Lancia dealers annual Golf Day. Complete with dealer owned helicopter.
Breadvan72 said:
I have just obtained a first edition and a third edition of "La Lancia" by Wim Weenink. Lots of Lancia facts ahead.
I hope you find the wheel nuts, OP.
I will I am sure but not today since Pentland don’t stock and can’t advise where to go...I hope you find the wheel nuts, OP.
Your books sound interesting ; enjoy !
js68 said:
CallThatMusic said:
The sun was out so silly not to....
Sometimes you find a yearning for the quiet life
The country air and all of its joys
But badgers couldn’t compensate at twice the price
For just another day with the toys, oh yeah
And boys and their toys will be boys oh yeah
And while sun shines you’d better make haySometimes you find a yearning for the quiet life
The country air and all of its joys
But badgers couldn’t compensate at twice the price
For just another day with the toys, oh yeah
And boys and their toys will be boys oh yeah
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