wlaidlaw Posted March 7, 2015 Share #7301 Posted March 7, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Stuart, I suspect like many of these cars, it is an "Abarthed-up" Fiat 500 with some Abarth bits like the wheel centres, arch flares and a propped up engine cover. It does not have a circular Scorpion badge on the front like it should have and also it should have about 10º of negative camber on the back wheels. Every self respecting young Italian wanted to make his cooking 500 into a 595 or 695SS. My father in a moment of pure insanity, bought at the Glasgow Motor Show in 1962, for my mother, who was an epically slow and bad driver, a Simca Abarth 1300 twin cam coupé. The engine made next to no power below around 4500RPM and my mother was completely incapable of driving it. I was just coming up to 17 years old and was really looking forward to giving it some serious exercise. Sadly an ultimatum was issued and it was quickly replaced with a Renault Floride (Yerchhhh!), the fille de nuit's version of the sad Dauphine. I will look for a puzzle for you all. Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted March 7, 2015 Share #7302 Posted March 7, 2015 What's about this one ? For someone can be easy, I suspect... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2776591'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 8, 2015 Share #7303 Posted March 8, 2015 Facel Vega II. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 8, 2015 Share #7304 Posted March 8, 2015 Right (in Italy many even don't know that once famous name...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 9, 2015 Share #7305 Posted March 9, 2015 Here is your next one. A rather small blown up crop taken in heavy rain but I think you should still get it. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2777785'>More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 10, 2015 Share #7306 Posted March 10, 2015 Lancia Fulvia ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 10, 2015 Share #7307 Posted March 10, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Correct a 1.6 HF Coupé rally replica. This one has a Fanalone (ish) front, like the works cars did. It may have the bigger inner headlights but you can't see properly behind the spots. I don't think it is a real Fanalone, because they also have chrome trims round the small oval air intakes on the lower valance (anorak warning ). I had the earlier version of this car, the series 1 1.3 HFS which came with a close ratio 4 speed box, rather than the 5 speed of later cars. The tiny jewel of a DOHC narrow angle V4 1300cc engine produced an amazing for the period, 118BHP. It had two serious problems. Firstly like all steel bodied Lancias of the period, it would dissolve into a brown heap of rust at the first shower of rain. Secondly, it had very, very little torque at low revs and first gear was capable of over 50 MPH. Hill starts were close to impossible but nevertheless, it was a lovely little car to drive. The Fulvias were the last Lancia before FIAT took over manufacture, probably in despair at the amount of money lost on each car. Prior to that, Lancias were made irrespective of cost (a bit like an Italian M4). Inside there was a slide out fitted drawer under the glove compartment with a set of tools, all marked "Automobili Lancia SPA". Your turn Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2777947'>More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 10, 2015 Share #7308 Posted March 10, 2015 Something a little quintessential - Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2778196'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 10, 2015 Share #7309 Posted March 10, 2015 E28? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 10, 2015 Share #7310 Posted March 10, 2015 Sadly No... No clues just yet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7311 Posted March 11, 2015 Clue:- This Marque under its original name used other manufacturers engines.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7312 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) .... Firstly like all steel bodied Lancias of the period, it would dissolve into a brown heap of rust at the first shower of rain...... Wilson My wife had a Fulvia Coupe, a typical "female car" 30 years ago (not HF, of course... ) and was very careful to clean it at std. carwash as LESS as possible... In Italy there was a sort of urban/industrial legend about the problems of rust in Fulvias... Lancia, when indipendent, did bought steel for bodyworks from Fiat facilities (Lancia owned only a foundry in Bolzano, for engines) ... Fulvias were models which threatened the dominance of Fiat in that product range (Fiat 1100s and then Fiat 124)... in conclusion, Fiat provided them low quality alloys... Lancia complained and didn't pay... but went on to use them... in some years, they piled up a big debt with Fiat, which at the end took over them for a symbolic price (at the time, the disclosed sum was 1000 Italian Liras) Edited March 11, 2015 by luigi bertolotti 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7313 Posted March 11, 2015 It was acknowledged in the UK that certain Fiats, Lancias & Alfa's used steel from what was originally retired Russian tanks! Whatever, the 124's and 125's where a joy to drive. The Alfa Suds - woweee miniature Ferraris if you drove a Lancia - man you had arrived Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7314 Posted March 11, 2015 The story I heard was that Fiat had a team going round Italy picking up all the corned beef tins left behind by the allied forces during the war. These were then made into Lancia's bodies. My father was going to buy a Flavia Coupé in around 1963 but as we lived in the north of Scotland, with snowy, wet or salty roads for a lot of the year, was dissuaded from doing so and bought a Ruddspeed Volvo 121 instead. Nothing like as pretty but probably a sensible decision. Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7315 Posted March 11, 2015 I had a Mk11 Morris Oxford/Austin Cambridge circa 1963, a complete rustheap.. One of my favorites was a Volvo 164 auto, a lovely vehicle.. Memories oh those memories!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7316 Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) ....My father was going to buy a Flavia Coupé in around 1963 .... My father too, and EXACTLY in 1963 (I do remember well, was my first year at school... ) ... but then thought that me and my elder sister were growing.... and that his single sister often travelled with us... no more time for coupes (his heart was still with his Aurelia B20 "before marriage and children") and ended up with the honest Fiat 1500... Flavia was a fine Pinin design, anyway : Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited March 11, 2015 by luigi bertolotti Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2779095'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7317 Posted March 11, 2015 In the mid '70s my boss insisted that the proper way to pronounce Lancia was lahn-CEE-uh since that sounded Italian to him. He didn't like the correct pronunciation. When a colleague was about to buy a Cayman I shamed him into pronouncing Porsche with two syllables. He still mispronounces Audi as AW-dee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 11, 2015 Share #7318 Posted March 11, 2015 Daewoo was the pronunciation most including me, got wrong. Not long before they went bust and were bought by GM, I quoted for a "Year's free insurance sales incentive scheme" for Daewoo UK and had meetings with a whole bunch of Koreans. Tay-oo is the correct way to say it they told me. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted March 14, 2015 Share #7319 Posted March 14, 2015 And the car is? Final Clue - a fast car, known for leather, wood and ambience... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 14, 2015 Share #7320 Posted March 14, 2015 From the UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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