Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Lancia Flaminia
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Sun Jan 22 23:46:29 2006
References: <BAY103-F3090E6CBEE71D4ED01AFA8C7100@phx.gbl>

Didn?t the Stratos have a V6 closely related to Ferrari Dino engine?
All the best!
Raimo K
personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/


Quoting Javier Perez <summarex@hotmail.com>:

> Howdy
> I was once a Lancia fanatic!
> I've got an old X/20 Scorpion/Montecarlo sitting in a garage. It
> hasn't 
> moved in almost 20 years.
> It was only after I bought it for restoration that I started to
> appreciate 
> the pre-fiat Lancias.
> At this point I think the touring bodied Flaminia coupe is my
> favourite, 
> followed by the Aurelia.
> I heard the Thema was built ona Fiat Chroma chassis but it was never
> 
> imported into the US. There was a very special ferrari engined Thema
> that 
> always intrigued me..
> And then there was the the most outrageous show car ever made was the
> 1.6 HF 
> Fulvia engined Stratos from 1970. 33 inches high! I would pay just to
> sit 
> inside that one for 5 minutes!
> Javier
> 
> 
> 
> >From: pwerner@bluewin.ch
> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Lancia Flaminia
> >Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:36:02 +0100
> >
> >Beautiful car, Javier. I am a Lancia fan myself, currently driving
> an 11
> >years old Lancia Thema. Be careful, though, of the repair bills.
> Lancias
> >are not the most reliable cars... Usually little things like the
> windshield
> >wipers, window crank or some item in the electric or hydraulic
> circuits.
> >
> >
>

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