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Subject: [Leica] OT: Lancia Flaminia
From: bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)
Date: Mon Jan 23 07:52:31 2006
References: <BAY103-F9D650795F06A26CBBE432C7100@phx.gbl>

Ola Javier,

This is the body style I remember ................... seeing it once  
in electric blue. Look at the rally version; beauty and the beast:  
http://www.carsfromitaly.com/lancia/index.html

Un saludo,
B.

On 23-jan-2006, at 16:40, Javier Perez wrote:

> 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.
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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