I-Spy Classic Cars/Bikes-What have you spotted?
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
Well qute surprised..49 Lancia Flaminia's licenced and 9 on SORN as of Q3 2015 across the board, and 4 Described as Lancia Flaminia Farina
No further breakdown of model type that I have access to.
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No further breakdown of model type that I have access to.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
Found a site which is described as Lancia Scraps Rather than the nice shiny restored or carefully preserved cars, it shows the fate which has befallen many of these beautys.
Heres a flaminia pininfarina Coupe which has acquired a nice patina
Probably not to many tears shed for the Autobianch1/Lancia A112 bt it is a nice colourful scrapyard landscape
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Heres a flaminia pininfarina Coupe which has acquired a nice patina
Probably not to many tears shed for the Autobianch1/Lancia A112 bt it is a nice colourful scrapyard landscape
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
It's a possibility that the one I saw was a Flavia - but I'm no expert on Lancias.... but I did always fancy a Stratos when I was younger
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
The Lancia Flavia has a "sticky-out" nose/grill, dual round headlights
Focusing in on that area you probably have the right id with a Flavia
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
... here's a slightly rougher example from the aforementioned Lancia Scraps site
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
..If it was a convertible it coulds have been a Flavia Vignale of which there appears to be only 3 licensed in the UK, so a very rare sight
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
If I see it again, I'm going to block the road and get out with my notebook and proper camera and take copious notes and photos. I do know that it was a convertible, and I do know that I liked what I sawNewcastleFalcon wrote:..If it was a convertible it could have been a Flavia Vignale of which there appears to be only 3 licensed in the UK, so a very rare sight
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
I've sold a few of those over the years but a funny tale is about one of my mates, he had one parked on my used car site for months, needed a lot of rust fixed but he never got around to it.
One winter evening he arrived out of the blue and said he'd entered it for sale in the motor auction at Leominster 50+ miles away, he drove it up there and I followed him to give him a lift back.
When he got out at Leominster he was doubled up with pain, said his arse was frozen, the roof had leaked and filled the driver's seat with water which had frozen into a solid ice block after several days of hard frost.
One winter evening he arrived out of the blue and said he'd entered it for sale in the motor auction at Leominster 50+ miles away, he drove it up there and I followed him to give him a lift back.
When he got out at Leominster he was doubled up with pain, said his arse was frozen, the roof had leaked and filled the driver's seat with water which had frozen into a solid ice block after several days of hard frost.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
That made me howlGibbo2286 wrote:When he got out at Leominster he was doubled up with pain, said his arse was frozen, the roof had leaked and filled the driver's seat with water which had frozen into a solid ice block after several days of hard frost.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
how many Piles-Per-Hour did he get ?
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
Here is one i saw heading east on the A27 around Worthing today but what is it?, looks Talbot or Opel Manta ish to me but i was too busy snapping to look at it.
I like it a lot though, very smart looking.
1photo(11) by Deanxm, on Flickr
other spots include a couple of 911's and a nice early Saab 900, another nice car.
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I like it a lot though, very smart looking.
1photo(11) by Deanxm, on Flickr
other spots include a couple of 911's and a nice early Saab 900, another nice car.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
That's a Lancia Beta Berlina.
Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
Ah, thank you.
It was a very pretty car, the rather poor photo doesnt do it justice.
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It was a very pretty car, the rather poor photo doesnt do it justice.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
Don't worry, as it is raining it will rust to nothing by the time it gets home.
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Re: Classic car spring/summer season 2016-What have you spotted?
By the looks of it i think the trailer it was being carried on was some sort of sacraficial anode, not sure what metal would be more reactive than finest Italian steel but the owner of this beast managed to find it.
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