Buy my shite: 1981 Lancia Beta HPE NOW £220

[VC10dan]

Sadly the time has come for me to part with this old girl. Ive had it for 2 years and the plan was to restore her back to original condition and drive her round Italy. I have now come to realise that im never going to have the time to sort the car out, coupled to that the BMW, Starions and other cars competing for funds and well, weve ended up in this situation.

I saved it 2 years ago from being cubed. The car has spent the last 16 years in storage off the road (still has its 1995 tax disc in the window)

 

Good Points

 

FIAT 2000cc twin cam engine, series 2 car so is carbed

24,000 miles from new

Rare automatic model

Immaculate interior complete with deep and comfy italian seats.

keys are in my posession

Exterior Chrome work is mint

No interior or exterior trim missing, everything is there

 

Bad points (honesyty is the name of the game )

 

Car has corrosion (surprsing for a Beta )

Sills will need attention

Door bottoms have had it

Cosmetic rust around the roof gutters, bottom corners of front and rear screens

Needs a new or refurbed fuel tank

Exhaust has seen better days.

Engine has not been started for 18 months due to the fuel tank issue

Has old style V5, new one will need applying for.

 

The old boy who had it before i got it would remove the rust and treat it with silver hammerite paint, i think that has saved it from being a complete and unrescuable basket case

 

These are the things i know of, there will be more problems, its a 29 year old tempremental Italian.

 

All the panels that are either too far gone to help or need refurbing are available of the Beta Boyz website, door skins, sils etc.....

 

Ive put her on here as i think it stands a better chance of being rescued/restored rather than robbed of its lusty twin cam motor and the rest turned into soup cans

 

I am open to offers for the car, Would ideally like around £300

Car is located near Darlington,

PICS

 

[VC10dan]

Need this gone pretty soon tbh, getting moaned at from the Mother

 

Anybody fancy giving her a home??

[nigel bickle]

Sadly -a bit too far for me. I've already got 3 HPE's in store too -plus a saloon awaiting collection.

 

There must be a local bite -though. Good luck

[trigger]

Surprised Bo11ox hasn't had a sniff at it yet.

[dollywobbler]

I can picture Mr Bol straining at the leash. Those sills are just begging for his welding skillz0rz.

[scooters]

drooooooolll

[Station]

That's so nice! The last time it was on the road was 1995?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Jeezus, my welding gland is about to pop!

[VC10dan]

correct, the last time it was on the road was when the tax run out in 1995

[skattrd]

Much want, but lack of time/space/welding skilz mean no

 

I really do need to find some storage so I could stash things like these away.

[VC10dan]

Yeh i know what you mean. The only reasons its going is because of the the lack of storage and it would be taking funds away from the other cars.

Bit gutted about it all tbh. If it got sorted im pretty sure it would be one of the lowest mileage examples around,

 

Like already stated if somebody wants it for a project etc... I'm more than happy to be negotiable about the price, i just want it to go to a good home and be looked after

[VC10dan]

Now reduced to a tantilising £250ono, somebody must want to tickle this with a welder for that much, think of the enjoyment to be had.

[Spottedlaurel]

Aha, the car you spoke about at The Angel earlier in the week. Didn't realise you were on here as well as RR.

[VC10dan]

Yeh im on both forums

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

correct, the last time it was on the road was when the tax run out in 1995

 

Wrong. It's Darlington so the car was last on the road in 2004 and the tax disc's from an Ital.

 

If nothing else, that a lovely source of spares. If there are no takers, is it not worth your while stripping it, weighing the shell and doing an Ebay 99p wheelbolt advert?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

 

How about renting a car transporter? They were about 80 quid a day last year. £350 to relieve a painful semi seems like value to me.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

 

Well, I would never resort to such an underhand way of doing things, but I have heard that AA/RAC recovery membership can get you home with a car. Somebody who would be less scrupulous than I am would perhaps book an MOT near their place, call them out and say "I've just bought this and was slowly driving it home to get it MOTed when the gearbox died..."

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

 

How about renting a car transporter? They were about 80 quid a day last year. £350 to relieve a painful semi seems like value to me.

 

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if you could fit the Beta into a bog-standard LWB van.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

 

Well, I would never resort to such an underhand way of doing things, but I have heard that AA/RAC recovery membership can get you home with a car. Somebody who would be less scrupulous than I am would perhaps book an MOT near their place, call them out and say "I've just bought this and was slowly driving it home to get it MOTed when the gearbox died..."

 

Nice idea, but the car needs a current disc in the screen and brake discs that aren't remotely rusty on the friction artea. I tried this stunt about 15 years ago on a Mark 1 Golf (Formel E - with headrests) and they told me to fuck off and stop taking the piss.

[Station]

Try here Mr Bollox, 40 quid for a day:

 

http://www.chester-towbars.co.uk/e_Trai ... intro.html

 

I'd certainly do it if it were about three months ago, there was also a Monte Carlo for sale last year on RR I would've liked.

[VC10dan]

Wrong. It's Darlington so the car was last on the road in 2004 and the tax disc's from an Ital.

 

 

How very dare you lol, I got the car from Warrington with that tax disc in it, so no Darlington style underhandness has been carried out

 

As for stripping it for parts and weighing it in, there is no chance of me doing this. I haven't got the heart to do it. The car would make more in parts but i saved it from being cubed so i certainly aint going to do that. If i could weld and had the storage space it wouldnt be going anywhere.

 

As for collection, could you not hire a trailer and tow it back (which is how i got it from Warrington to Darlington)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Wrong. It's Darlington so the car was last on the road in 2004 and the tax disc's from an Ital.

 

 

How very dare you lol, I got the car from Warrington with that tax disc in it

 

My apologies - I misread the situation. The HPE was used in a cigarette smugling job in 2007 and the disc was one of a batch stolen in 1994.

[Cavcraft]

It is a lovely thing and £250 seems very reasonable. However i'm 150 miles from you, and I think as an auto it's not a-frameable so i'm out I think, unless anyone has any super low cost transport ideas.

 

Well, I would never resort to such an underhand way of doing things, but I have heard that AA/RAC recovery membership can get you home with a car. Somebody who would be less scrupulous than I am would perhaps book an MOT near their place, call them out and say "I've just bought this and was slowly driving it home to get it MOTed when the gearbox died..."

 

Nice idea, but the car needs a current disc in the screen and brake discs that aren't remotely rusty on the friction artea. I tried this stunt about 15 years ago on a Mark 1 Golf (Formel E - with headrests) and they told me to fuck off and stop taking the piss.

 

Erm, one of the aforementioned companies check on line first, the other one doesn't. I'm not for a single minute suggesting you push a current tax disc from another car down the windscreen a bit then call the company who doesn't check too hard.

Oh, and at least one of those companies use third parties for recovery work and the contractors love long journeys because they get a bonus for every mile they do

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

...and I'm sure that there are some companies who ONLY use contractors, especially the ones that are post-pay...just trawl moneysupermarket.com for some of the really crap ones, who would nonetheless reimburse you.

[scaryoldcortina]

Well, if someone finds me a car to collect from the south (Ford/reliant/anything) I could always bring the lancia down on the truck...

[VC10dan]

Right here is an update. Took the tarp off it, washed her to take some new up to date pictures just for your enjoyment

 

 

Seats and interior, no damage or wear

 

 

2.0 Twin Cam carbed motor

 

 

 

Still got the wrap round factory rear louvres in

[nigel bickle]

Thank fuck you're a million miles away.

[Lankytim]

This has Mr Bollox written all over it! can't you try to teleport it or something?

[freebird]

£250 is bloody cheap!! The problem is, its probably too cheap and is arousing suspicion that is "too cheap" and all that.

Why not pop it onto flea bay with a reserve of £573.62p, give absolutely no information on it, tell nobody fook all ( be as vague as you like) and, i assure you, there will be a feeding frenzy for it. Its always the way, describe something properly, zillions of pics, be honest and no fucker wants to know. Be vague, evasive, lie, tell everyone that it only needs a bit of fettling la de dah and you will make some serious dosh because the world is full of knob heads.

In saying all of that, If my welding didnt look like a Parrott shitting seed, id have it, couldnt go wrong at that price, could i?