Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Just A Car Geek

[Red5hilser (Red5hilser]

Speaking of Lancia, I had two Scorpions back in the day. A '76, and a '77,  
both red. And unfortunately both totaled. The first by my son Willie who was  
supposed to be washing it while I was a work. He was joyriding with friends  
instead and got t-boned at the driver's side door hard enough to break the 
motor 
 mounts of the jeep that hit him. Hospital time, but no lasting injuries.
 
The second one, a '77, was hit from behind, stopped  at a signal in  Tucson @ 
2 am by a drunk illegal alien, doing 55 mph. who had stolen  the big Buick an 
hour earlier. Other than my neck feeling like Linda Lovelace's  after filming 
'Deep Throat,' I was somehow uninjured. The other driver suffered  a compound 
ankle fracture and a concussion where I kicked him in the head  as he was on 
the the ground screaming for help. I guess my pointy cowboy  boot did it's 
job. BTW, he skipped back to Mexico 30 minutes after he was  released from 
jail. 
A no-show in court, out on an OR bail.
 
One of the advantages of owning a red Italian sports car in Tucson back in  
the late 1980's was when you slapped a couple cavallino decals on the fenders.  
Park out front, and on any ladies' night at the local shitkicker bar,  
believe me, you're guaranteed more ass than every toilet seat in the largest  
womens' prison in Arizona.
 
Hey, a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do for a ride home in a  
Ferrari, right? <g>
 
 
In a message dated 2/5/2009 5:55:08 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
contact [at] justacargeek.com writes:

     
_Just A Car Geek_ (http://justacargeek.blogspot.com/)  
_1958  Lancia Flaminia Berlina in the US - For Sale on eBay_ 
(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/rPOH/~3/532426278/1958-lancia-flaminia-berlina-in-us-f
or.html)   
Posted:  04 Feb 2009 08:23 AM CST 
 
 
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 The last car offered for sale in the US with the Lancia  
name was the Beta. Available as a sedan, coupe, HPE (a 2 door, sporty  station 
wagon) and sports car (The Lancia Beta Zagato - known as the  Spider in most of 
the world), the Beta was an interesting, if somewhat  uninspired, line of 
cars that shared the same mechanical and rust  problems that plagued its parent 
company, Fiat. Fiat, along with Lancia  disappeared from US showrooms in the 
early eighties.

Fiat took  over Lancia in 1969, but prior to that it was an independent 
company  that made some really spectacular cars.

The car listed on eBay is  a 1958 Flaminia sedan. The Flaminia coupe and 
convertible are starting  to become genuine collector's items and the sedan is 
not 
far  behind.

Designed by Pininfarina, the styling can best be  described as an Italian 
take on 1950s-style American sedans. The small  tail fins are cleverly 
integrated 
into the roofline and the rear bumper  comes up to meet the tail lights. From 
the front, if you squint hard,  you can see shades of the 1955 Chevy Impala. 
(Sort of. You need to  squint really hard) Like the rest of the Flaminia line, 
the  hood has a small scoop.

What's under that hood and scoop is  what's really interesting... a 2.5 liter 
V6. Lancia is credited with  developing the world's first production V6 in 
1950, and this is an  evolution of that engine.
This engine moved the car at a nice  pace.

Another interesting feature of this car is its rear window  wipers. There are 
4 of them. 2 on the outside and 2 on the inside! This  feature was 
discontinued on later cars.

The car being offered on  eBay needs total restoration, but appears to be 
complete.

There  were less than 4000 of the Flaminina sedans built, making this a rare  
car indeed. It deserves a complete restoration.

The car being  offered on eBay is located in Simi Valley, CA. The seller 
doesn't seem  to know a lot about the car but has provided some decent 
pictures. 
The  body appears to only have some minor dents and rust, but I'd e-mail the  
seller with plenty of questions before bidding. _Click  here_ 
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___1962-Lancia-Flaminia_W0QQitemZ270339237048QQddnZCa
rsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item27033923
7048&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72:317|65:12|39:1|240:1318)  to see the 
eBay listing.

Some websites worth visiting:  _The American Lancia Club_ 
(http://www.americanlanciaclub.org/) ,  _Viva Lancia_ 
(http://www.viva-lancia.com/)  and 
_Ritzsite_ (http://www.ritzsite.net/Lancia/14_LanciaCC.htm) .  

_Don't  Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out..._ 
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Posted:  04 Feb 2009 08:06 AM CST 
 
 
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