Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 As seen at Shitefest 14 , hilarious 1978 Lancia 1300 Coupe. Front end not too bad, with inner wings done, but back end well rotten and needs big weldage and full paintage. Mechanically pretty good, with peppy 1300 Lampredi twin cam and recently redone cooling pipes and rear brakes. Almost new Pirelli tyres, on rare steelie wheels. New steering rack included as present one dodgy, along with two new doors. Uber rare car as pre facelift interior. Seats designed by certified Sex Maniac. Very few 1300 Coupes left, and maybe only two or three pre facelift. All electrics work, five speed gearbox fine. Rorty little thing that is great fun to drive. Comedy exhaust system for noisy hoots. Costs approx 2p to insure unless you are Jim the Crim. Original owner's handbook, official Lancia workshop manual, and HBOL included. No MoT, so trailer or drive to pre booked MoT (it will fail). £500, located in South Oxfordshire next to junction 5 M40. NB NB NB big but do-able project, so only take on if you have SKILLZ or CASH. NB -some paint removed by bodyshop since photos taken. WCPGW? garycox, cms206, dugong and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Sorry to hear this is so crunchy, it didn't look that bad when I saw it!!! What a bummAr. Don't suppose you have a photo of its rust problems do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Go on Bol, you need something to do now you've given up on fixing k-series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 No I don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I will take some photos when the car comes back from the bodyshop. They did some work and then very honestly told me that the rear rot was so bad that the cost would be more than I want to pay on this one, not least because I have now have Lotus World Of Pain TM to deal with. The Lancia is saveable, I think, but it's a big job. Worth saving because very rare, and really a rather sweet thing. If no one buys I may put it into storage as a long term plan. There are signs of bodge in the engine bay, but I hope that my man Roy has sorted the worst of these by now, so the main issue here is rot, rot, and rot. There are enough Betas in breakers' yards to maybe get some spare bits, but some fabrication and plating would probably be needed. A dude on eBay has been breaking a Coupe, so he might have rear sub frame and boot floor and what not. I will ask him. The replacement doors are from a Spider and are in Birmingham at present. They need the window frames to be swapped over as they are slightly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 You have PM. Don't tell Joe! KruJoe, HMC, John F and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 FFS! chaseracer, eddyramrod, HMC and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Leave him alone Joe... Lancia > Lada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 OH GOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_lihp Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 My only regret at Welshfest was arriving too late to try this one out. It was second only to the Samara in most-talked-about-car of the event, probably not least due to the steering. Pretty car, save it Will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I would love to save it. Look what happened to that shoddy Samara under my ownership. I'm a right scratter. Its rare - I don't want to ruin it. Am I allowed to own it? skattrd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I would love to save it too but with a Maser, a rotten Pony and a 929 stacker sat about awaiting TLC I'd be kidding myself if I took this on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 It was second only to the Samara in most-talked-about-car of the event. Pretty car, save it Will! Leave him alone Joe... Lancia > Lada Its a shame Lada doesn't equal Lanica or the job would be ON! PX turned down. The balls are in the air! chrisjvm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thought 1300s were single cam like X1/9. Lancia engine different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Nope, twin cam Lampredi, you can just about see it in the engine pic above. Single Weber carb. scruff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Lancia Lampredis are Lancia from head gasket up, Fiat block. Cannot remember how much of bottom end is Lancia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Although we may have storage by next week, I'd be TOTES MENTAL to buy this. GLWTS, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fiats by that time were 1592cc to avoid the higher tax in Italy. Bit close for comfort that Beta, had a Fiat 124 coupe, rusty as fook so learned my lesson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 This is the car that the Lancia's previous owner currently drives. IMAG1275 by Afalseicon, on Flickr MENTALZ I noticed this a while ago but as Breadvan was not on here any more, there was not much point posting it really. I was just on the way back from the Co-op buying some ale and thought as he was back I would get a photo. Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Whilst I wish you good luck with the sale and want to see the car survive, those strut braces look a little weak.Is there something else attached to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Ace little car this, I tried to look at this thread yesterday on my phone and it wouldn't let me because of the 'adult content' that is the interior. GLWTS and all that. I could possibly help with Shipping those doors down to you, I've had a few M40 runs in the van recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yes pliz! Xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I had one of these recently for around a week, part of me wishes I kept it because they are quite nice looking cars and what I've replaced it with is a total heap of shite. Surely the rust cant be that bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It is fair crusty at the back, just like Mavis from number 37. Twiggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I can haz done a sellage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I CAN HAZ!!!11! HMC, skattrd, barefoot and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Yay! I think. Someone's gonna have fun* breaking this news to Ma_Cabbage HillmanImp, HMC, cms206 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 What she doesn't know wont hurt her. Its staying in Oxfordshire till I get the Samara moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I wonder just how obediently it's gonna behave* on an A-frame, equipped as it is with that infamous steering rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I'll drive it back to an MOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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