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Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: chugga boom on 30 January, 2007, 09:39:35 PM Well thought i'd start the ball rowling, 2 good reasons to join the LMC or celibrate this year if you are a member
1:Did you know that this year is the 100th anniversary of the 1st lancia ever being sold in the uk????? 2:Did you know that this year is also the 60th anniversary of the of this club! so not only did we get celibrations last year we got them this year to :D :D Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: sparehead3 on 31 January, 2007, 12:40:54 PM Excellent idea !
A Brompton folding bike will fit in the boot of an integrale ! I would be amazed if anyone else knew that :) Steve Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: chugga boom on 31 January, 2007, 01:02:25 PM I'd never have believed that 1!!! is yours like the tardis?? i cant even get the standard road wheel in the boot of mine :lol:
Title: Fact Post by: rogerelias on 31 January, 2007, 01:22:32 PM Did you know that a Fulvia coupe bonnet will go in the back of a Y10?? It does honest. I sold 1 a few years ago and the guy turned up in a Y10 to collect it, he had a dummy trial at home with his old bonnet so knew it would fit.
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: chugga boom on 31 January, 2007, 02:00:10 PM If were talkin about things fitting that shouldnt, how about this, my dad went to his friends wedding in aldershot probably 30yrs ago in an s1 fulvia coupe and managed to fit a full aprilia interior and 2 people and luggage in it whilst down there
Title: Toyota Celica Boot Capacity Post by: Kevin MacBride on 31 January, 2007, 05:16:59 PM I managed to fit 2 rear wings, 2 doors and a bonnet of a B20 in a Celica. Probably were worth more than the Celica as well :?
Title: Re: Fact Post by: nyssa7 on 31 January, 2007, 07:07:35 PM Quote from: "rogerelias" Did you know that a Fulvia coupe bonnet will go in the back of a Y10?? It does honest. I sold 1 a few years ago and the guy turned up in a Y10 to collect it, he had a dummy trial at home with his old bonnet so knew it would fit. Or more to the point, ANY Y10 panel (except the roof) will fit in a Y10. And Y10 doors do not fit in the back of a Dedra Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: inthedark on 31 January, 2007, 07:30:03 PM Did you know..... a nine foot Christmas tree will go in a Beta HPE
but an 8 X 4 Sheet of plywood will not. 'the colonel' Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: Lindsay on 31 January, 2007, 08:59:28 PM Nothing will go in my Kappa Coupe cos I am too anal to get it dirty....
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: nyssa7 on 31 January, 2007, 09:10:22 PM Wimp, I've carried gearboxes in mine, and used to turn up at race meets towing the Y10, with 4 wheels/tyres and tool kit all in the boot. That used to really amaze people
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: Lindsay on 31 January, 2007, 09:22:10 PM Remember to put that in your for sale ad when you want rid of it!!
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: sparehead3 on 01 February, 2007, 12:27:23 PM Yep I didn't believe either (and believe me the bike was clean before I put it in ;)) and I did test it first at home (used to bike to cycle from the station to pick up the car from auto integrale)
If I can get round to taking a pic I'll post it here on the <img> facility that Rodders has got working ! Steve Title: fitting Post by: rogerelias on 01 February, 2007, 08:43:03 PM I have managed to get a Fulvia HF full interior in my 1600HF, in fact it is still in the car whenever I use it!! YEAH. YEAH. I know it don't count!! :D :D :D
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: fay66 on 01 February, 2007, 10:35:33 PM Got A whacking great big illuminated display light box of a Y10 in the back of my Fulvia 2c Berlina (anybody interested in the Sign, I've no where to hang it!
Brian Hilton :roll: PS Went to Trevs years ago & couldn't get a Y10 Bonnet in the back of a Volvo estate but got it in the Dedra! Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: Dilambdaman on 03 February, 2007, 10:53:51 PM Margaret and I once returned from a trip to France in a Fulvia 2c Saloon with in addition to luggage, four french dining chairs. :roll:
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: sparehead3 on 05 February, 2007, 01:00:06 PM Apparently , according to Clarkson, you sit sideways in a Stratos to drive it ... can anyone verify this? ;)
Mind you, I was so delighted to hear mention of Lancia I didn't really care !!! Shame it hasn't featured on the "news" on TG yet ... but I guess it will. Steve Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: nyssa7 on 05 February, 2007, 01:34:01 PM You sit very offset towards the centre because the wheel arch intrudes so much. The weird thing was his body action demonstrated sitting in RHD car when ALL Stratos were lefties - unless he's counting Stratos replicas which would have a similar seating position
Probably a bit early to feature 2008 on the "news" section Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: sparehead3 on 05 February, 2007, 08:25:52 PM What ! ... You mean we gotta wait a whole YEAR to know what we already know ! .... Thank goodness the weather is getting better so I can go out for a drive ....d oooooooooooooooooooo hhhhhhh !
Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: Warby on 05 February, 2007, 10:00:06 PM Lancia has won more world rally championship titles than any other car maufacturer. It had the first standard production v6, the first load bearing body shell and the first to have an electrical system in a car.
oh and to my knowledge has the only car club to have me as a member (how lucky).he he he. Title: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: SanRemo78 on 05 February, 2007, 10:25:33 PM Quote from: "nyssa7" You sit very offset towards the centre because the wheel arch intrudes so much. The weird thing was his body action demonstrated sitting in RHD car when ALL Stratos were lefties - unless he's counting Stratos replicas which would have a similar seating position Erm - in all the replicas I've seen, mine included, and all the real ones you're offset to the outside with your feet angled towards the centre of the car due to the wheelarch intrusion. The steering wheel is right infront where is should be. The cars aren't symmetrical around the centre line either. Next time you see one check the gaps between the seats and the sills. There is a gap on the drivers side that doesn't exist on the passenger side which makes the seating position appear more offset for the passenger. But it's something that's forgotten after 30 seconds blast down the road! Guy Title: Interesting facts Post by: DavidLaver on 06 February, 2007, 10:50:17 AM Not sure about "interesting" but as intesting as the rest (!!!) my anal pub quiz "not a lot of people know that" (or want to...) fact of the day:-
A Fulvia Berlina will go up a 34pct slope while a 1600HF will manage 54pct. LaLancia 2nd Ed has that in the data section at the back. B20 S3 is 50pct, an S6 is 38pct. David Title: Re: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: frankxhv773t on 28 July, 2007, 09:13:49 PM "Lancia has won more world rally championship titles than any other car maufacturer. It had the first standard production v6, the first load bearing body shell and the first to have an electrical system in a car."
You can add:- first production five speed gear box and first use of the engine as a structural member in a grand prix car. Title: Re: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: FanaloneMan on 26 September, 2007, 03:11:13 AM "Lancia has won more world rally championship titles than any other car maufacturer. It had the first standard production v6, the first load bearing body shell and the first to have an electrical system in a car."
You can add:- first production five speed gear box and first use of the engine as a structural member in a grand prix car. add: "... the first full-production V6 engine, in the 1950 Aurelia, and earlier experiments with V8 and V12 engine configurations. It was also the first company to produce a V4 engine." Title: Re: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: FanaloneMan on 26 September, 2007, 03:13:20 AM "Lancia has won more world rally championship titles than any other car maufacturer. It had the first standard production v6, the first load bearing body shell and the first to have an electrical system in a car."
You can add:- first production five speed gear box and first use of the engine as a structural member in a grand prix car. add: "... the first full-production V6 engine, in the 1950 Aurelia, and earlier experiments with V8 and V12 engine configurations. It was also the first company to produce a V4 engine." :-) Title: Re: Interesting facts Post by: rogerelias on 26 September, 2007, 11:59:37 AM Not sure about "interesting" but as intesting as the rest (!!!) my anal pub quiz "not a lot of people know that" (or want to...) fact of the day:- Trouble is the handbrake only holds on 1%. ;D ;DA Fulvia Berlina will go up a 34pct slope while a 1600HF will manage 54pct. LaLancia 2nd Ed has that in the data section at the back. B20 S3 is 50pct, an S6 is 38pct. David Title: Re: INTERESTING LANCIA FACTS DO YOU KNOW ANY?? Post by: ncundy on 03 October, 2007, 11:49:36 AM Found these on the web:
Mono JK-Lancia Two strange and wonderous rear-engined interludes in the pre-World Championship era of F1 and F2 are formed by the Czech Mono JK and the West-German Monopol. The Mono JK was a pukka F1 car built to the F1-née-voiturette 1.5-litre s/c rules. Entered for the 1949 Czechoslovakian GP at Brno it did not make the race due to a practice accident - it was ruled out of the race after colliding with a truck! The car was constructed by Brno resident Julius Kubinsky, with Karel Vlasin the driver at the local Masaryk track. Beaten by the Cisitalia-Porsche 360 to the title of world's first rear-engined F1 car, the JK monoposto was powered by a Roots-supercharged 1.5-litre Lancia Aprilia engine, making it a very rare and typical Italo-Czech 'Eigenbau'. The car was a non-starter at its only GP entry, its cooling system damaged terminally by the accident. However, the car did race in some minor national hillclimbs and Libre races during the early fifties. Nardi-Lancia Little is known of this F2 car created by pre-war special builder Enrico Nardi, the man who helped Enzo Ferrari shape his first post-Alfa creation, the Auto Avio 815. He would later become famous as a supplier of tuning accessories and, especially, steering wheels, with the occasional Fiat-based sportscar in between. Another in-between job seems to have been the Lancia-engined F2 car that he showed in 1952. Like the Mono JK, with which it had nothing else in common, it was powered by a rear-mounted Lancia Aurelia 2-litre engine. There was more Aurelia on the car: the gearbox and final drive unit were taken straight from the Lancia, and the front and rear suspension were the Aurelia’s too. A distinctive feature were the outboard disc brakes at the front, which in this case needs to read as on the outside of the wheels! A prototype was completed, as the photographs witness, but the project was cancelled after a September test showed the Lancia V6's lack of grunt. Or was it that it gasped at carrying over a hundred pounds of tubular space-frame? |