Gamma/CX Shite Chase

[Guest]

Wouldn't usually devote an entire thread to a car chase off Youtube, but this one is a bit special.

 

 

VERSUS

 

 

And Alain Delon is driving the Gamma! Two executive "fastbacks" hurtling around a busy town, lovely stuff. Here is is the chase itself, it is from "Tre uomini da Abbattere" which is foreign:

 

Bonus Alain Delon chase:

[ashmicro]

Shite Overload! That's qual. Pit manoeuvre being executed on the Simca, non-rat mark 1 Golf, Early Shitvic, mk2 Escort. Much OOFF!

[Vin]

Quality car chase there Mr.Hirst.

 

Sure there is a maroon Maxi at 1.18. Has yellow rear numberplate, so possibly 'LeRosbifs' on holiday

 

Poor little 850T though

[chaseracer]

Sure there is a maroon Maxi at 1.18. Has yellow rear numberplate, so possibly 'LeRosbifs' on holiday

I looked and thought 'Autobianchi A112'... but no, I think you're right - it's a Maxi!

[Guest Leonard Hatred]

Ambitious '70s executive fastback WAR!!

[outlaw118]

Thats better than watching Simon Cowell getting eaten by wolves.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Thats better than watching Simon Cowell getting eaten by wolves.

 

 

Steady on old fruit, nothing could be better than that!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Crumbs, the shite density in that clip is over 1,000,000,0,00,000,0 units. Great find!!!!

 

Those Gammas are such an awesome looking car, particularly the front end styling. If I had one i'd just sit and look at it for hours.

[Shep Shepherd]

Strange how the Gamma took all the hits, yet the CX remained undamaged

[scooters]

Quality......can't believe they totalled the ds ambulance....French bastards!

[Gompo]

Nice one Hirst, GR9.9

[ProgRocker]

Fab!

 

I now crave a Lancia Gamma!

[dieselnutjob]

604 at 1:41 !

[warren t claim]

Those Gammas are such an awesome looking car. If I had one i'd just sit and look at it for hours.

 

Which would be a more sensible thing to do than starting it up and driving it.

 

Fit a flat 4 from a Scooby and then use daily.

[eddyramrod]

Marvellous! Real men doing real velour-upholstered garlic-scented stunt work. Top find! And yes, it is a Maxi, in Damask I think.

[chaseracer]

Those Gammas are such an awesome looking car. If I had one i'd just sit and look at it for hours.

 

Which would be a more sensible thing to do than starting it up and driving it.

Or doing a J-turn in it, given the Gamma's propensity for shedding vital drive belts!

[stormee]

Gamma Berlina is awesome! A mate of mine had a 2.5i.e. in 2003 and we really enjoyed just sitting in it (was not licensed but ran well). Fear of killing belts and fear of rust stopped the project. Top-shite detail is the hidden window in the tailgate, covered by liftable chrome grill!

 

[Pete-M]

It's like Autoshite does movies.

[eddyramrod]

It's like Autoshite does movies.

 

I've just watched a heap of these clips, thanks guys! I have to agree with Pete, there's just so much shite action going on! Corsair/124 chase (which the Corsair really should have won, it was heavier and more powerful), loads of Giulietta/Berlinas, mostly dressed as copcars, Taunus, Rekord, DS, CX, 131, you couldn't wish for better. Oh yeah, and some real Jason King upper-lip work too.

 

More, More!

[dieselnutjob]

just a little something I have floating around on my harddisk

[barrett]

All this Gamma love is definitely appreciated.

 

I don't think we've had

yet in the youtube thread, slightly excessive shite destruction but made up for with a brief glimpse of NSU Sport Prinz (!!), and they take the inevitable 'driving through a pile of boxes' sequence to the next level - WITH FIRE!

[eddyramrod]

Those Remy Julienne boys really earned their free Alfas, didn't they? There must be an Italian phrase that equates to "Hold it chummy, you're nicked!" Seems like the 70s was a golden age for cop shows in Europe as well as UK and US. Since then shite action has been a bit thin on the ground, although obviously Ronin and Bourne hold up their end rather well. I mean, Bourne: Suzuki Samurai vs Hyundai!

[pogweasel]

Now here's a thing - this vid has just popped up on the classic & sportscar faecebook feed, with the 'find' attributed to Buckley.

Buckley was also admonished by some of the readership recently for branding undesirable old cars as "SHITE"...

Hmm!

[Guest]

Not the first time I've been ripped off by a motoring journalist. I reckon I could chin him anyway.