Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howdy Yes the Stratos Rally car from the mid 70s has a modified 206 dino engine. the 1970 HF 1.6 Stratos show car had a 1.6 Fulvia engine I think. It's a compleatly different car, sharing only the name. It was the most outrageous of the Bertone wedge shaped cars ever made. Here's a link http://www.supercars.net/garages/groupb/17v2.html I'm not sure if the specs are right but the pics are. See Ya Javier >From: Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> >Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Lancia Flaminia >Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:46:18 +0200 > >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. > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information