Six Cylinders Motoring Notes

[Zelandeth]

Wouldn't this be a case where it would be simpler to get the details of the two ends that the cable needs to attach to, the measurements and see if someone like Speedy Cables could make one up?

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Wouldn't this be a case where it would be simpler to get the details of the two ends that the cable needs to attach to, the measurements and see if someone like Speedy Cables could make one up?

Yes, but it is getting the pattern that is the problem.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Possible source in France?

Probably identical item

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Possible source in France?

France would be LHD and I have found out that are different.

[mitsisigma01]

Hi Mr6, would Venhill in Dorking be able to help? 

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Hi Mr6, would Venhill in Dorking be able to help? 

They did my CX for me, but I had to supply a pattern and the end fittings.

[mitsisigma01]

Depending on the nipple shape at the pedal end, could the length of outer sleeve be supplied extra long and cut to size to suit and then if need be have a nipple made to suit or a clamp style fixing similar to a pushbike. Is a picture available of a LHD one for its "nipple pic" so we know what we are looking for. ?

[Noel Tidybeard]

a trevi is based on a beta, if only we knew someone with a beta for comparisons..... ?

[hairnet]

@Sir Chocolate Teapot

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[mitsisigma01]

Find where there was one parked and sift through the rust, I expect the cable would be one of the last things to self destruct ?

[mitsisigma01]

Doesn't appear to be much to them? 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184297737692

[SiC]

Bicycle shifter/brake cable set?

[lanciamatt]

Could you speak to maybe beta boys. They could  have the correct carb and cable in.stock, there is a few lancia specialists in UK. 

[Skizzer]

There’s a Beta Berlina in my shed, but it’s a 1300 so I’ve no idea whether it’s the same.

I agree that BetaBoyz is the way forward. They’ll be your new best friends pretty soon.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Here's all the Trevi parts held by Beta Boyz

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, lanciamatt said:

Could you speak to maybe beta boys. They could  have the correct carb and cable in.stock, there is a few lancia specialists in UK. 

 

1 hour ago, Skizzer said:

There’s a Beta Berlina in my shed, but it’s a 1300 so I’ve no idea whether it’s the same.

I agree that BetaBoyz is the way forward. They’ll be your new best friends pretty soon.

I have registered with betaBoyz and their web site only show LHD throttle cables. They also say due to work commitments they have been very lapse in answering emails.

[dc2100k]

That Trevi is fabulous. Interior pics pls. ?

[Six-cylinder]

19 minutes ago, dc2100k said:

That Trevi is fabulous. Interior pics pls. ?

 

[dc2100k]

100/10.

[mitsisigma01]

That interior looks deceptively spacious ?

[Zelandeth]

Hmm.  Couldn't an LHD cable be used as a pattern at least to have one made?  Length will obviously be wrong, but the fittings at each end should be correct though shouldn't they?

Or am I applying far too much logic to a Lancia design?

The interior is fantastic.  Lancia were always mad in that department, but the Trevi dash is bonkers even by their standards!

[Six-cylinder]

21 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Hmm.  Couldn't an LHD cable be used as a pattern at least to have one made?  Length will obviously be wrong, but the fittings at each end should be correct though shouldn't they?

Or am I applying far too much logic to a Lancia design?

The interior is fantastic.  Lancia were always mad in that department, but the Trevi dash is bonkers even by their standards!

Maybe! But it could be there was a different pedal and mechanism on the carb for LHD.

[mitsisigma01]

What's all the sofa's and yamaha cassette deck about???? 

[dc2100k]

20 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

What's all the sofa's and yamaha cassette deck about???? 

Mario Bellini is a famous architect who designed a load of funky stuff for Olivetti, Cassina and others in the 1970s/80s, including the Lancia Beta Trevi interior.

Most of his work is now very collectible and worth a lot of £££.

 

[Richard_FM]

9 minutes ago, dc2100k said:

Mario Bellini is a famous architect who designed a load of funky stuff for Olivetti, Cassina and others in the 1970s/80s, including the Lancia Beta Trevi interior.

Most of his work is now very collectible and worth a lot of £££.

 

I did wonder who was responsible for the black Swiss cheese look.

[lanciamatt]

Isn't a trevi just a beta underneath, surely beta cable will fit, and I can't imagine carb overly difficult to find,. 

[PhilA]

Never seen a Trevi before. Looks like the offspring of a 1983 Mercedes 300SL (arse) and a GAZ Volga 31029 (front).

It's all serious and business up front and all sporty at the back.

 

It is an automotive mullet.

Phil

[Six-cylinder]

46 minutes ago, lanciamatt said:

Isn't a trevi just a beta underneath, surely beta cable will fit, and I can't imagine carb overly difficult to find,. 

There seem to be an infinite variety of cables when I look at pictures and nothing to be clear what fits what.

 

[J-T]

Was the Trevi just a Beta saloon or was it bigger than a Beta (if it was they could have called it an Alpha and caused all kinds of confusion)?

[Richard_FM]

Lancia deliberately skipped Alpha for the obvious reason that they didn't want to cause any confusion with Alfa Romeo.