Lancia Motor Club

The LMC's 'Friends Reunited' section....

Last seen in Sussex in 1987.  Is it still alive?

Last seen when it was my wife's company car (honest) in 1983.  Subsequently rumoured to have surfaced briefly in Southampton.  Is it still around now?

Anyone seen any sign of my old 1986 Delta Turbo D478 SAM, in Bordeaux Red metallic, loved this car, should never have sold it.Just surprised I never lost my Licence on my run everyday from near Monmouth to Cardiff & Back.
At one time before becoming mine, "Sam" belonged to Ade Rudler, the original owner was absoloutely fanatical & logged every trip with destination & Mileage.
Sold it about 1996 to a Gent in Great Malvern to finance my first Series 3 Thema 16v Vis Auto, another great car, L585 HAN.

Brian Hilton
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Someone who is/was a member of the LMC used to own a Fulvia 1.6HF (Bronze) FRA 802L which I have recently bought. I would really like to find out more about where it was between 1996 and 2006.

Thanks

Rhys

Y10 GTie

My first car was a Y10 GTie.  It was the UK press car for the launch of the series 2 GTi.  It's reg was G245 WRX and was red with black interior (naturally, for an 80's hot(ish) hatch.

I sold it on the morning of my graduation day in 1998 to a guy that worked at a Lancia/ Fiat breakers yard in Seaford.  I instantly regretted it and it totally spoiled my graduation day!  :(

I heard that the guy had replaced all the rusty panels (which was pretty much all of them!) and the car was sprayed yellow.

Does G245 WRX still survive in/ around the south coast?

Marky

Not sure about the Gamma FRX 439T but will check with at the Consortium Meet this weekend.
fairly sure that Monte HWP 614X was left in Totton Body Repairs and dismantled, at least the reg
rings a bell.

Geoff 'the colonel'
of course I was very very drunk

HPE VX A560LSH

Sold it in 1992 after I had put it through a wall 27/10/91 to a lad from Middlesbrough who was going to break it to restore his own car. I think that he ended up restoring my old one though.
Anyone seen it?

 ??? ???

Hi All

Would love to know what happened to my Thema G955 PNJ, also my Prisma that had a superb metallic silver paint job on an old E plate, 1987. You'd notice it is you saw it!! Also Delta 1300 G675 FJK.

I used to also see and admire a black 1986 mark 1 Delta 1600 carb in th Guildford area. It had Integrale lights and uprated elecrics and it was owned by an electrician apparently!   

Hi

I live near Seaford amd I'm sure I saw this car around a few years back. I believe it was owned by one of the guys who worked at Aberelli and I used to get bits from them for my Delta and see the car. I've not seen it for quite a while now I think the guy stopped working there..

Regards
Mark.. 

Anybody know of any Betas registered PFY4T through to PFY10T? Sold through Bolton & Sons in Pilch Lane, Liverpool?

My very first Lancia was a 1600 HPE registered PFY2T, the best one I ever owned and dearly wish I still had. The plate has stayed with me ever since.
The donor car I bought for my Stratos replica was PFY3T (just one of life's incredible flukes!) and I saw PFY1T on another (Dino engined) Stratos replica (to make things really spooky!)

I'd love to acquire another Beta from the same range to restore, but it must be 15 years since  I saw any of them (5 on a blue sedan, 7 on a blue HPE and 10 on a white Coupe) and I suspect that they went the way of most Betas....

Cheers
Guy

I now own L312UHT Red Dedra Turbo, which was a Fiat Auto Press car back in its early life :) And its currently the same car that is on the Dedra model page on this site 8)

I would love to know what happened between FAUK owning the car til now :)

wow - nice to know it survived a little longer.  thanks Mark  :D
................

"Hi

I live near Seaford amd I'm sure I saw this car around a few years back. I believe it was owned by one of the guys who worked at Aberelli and I used to get bits from them for my Delta and see the car. I've not seen it for quite a while now I think the guy stopped working there..

Regards
Mark..  "

Is LHV 75X alive and well? S2 FHC Monte in red. lowered, 4 pipe ansa when I had it in 2000? It was mint then..albeit I was the 14th owner. Someone previous had spent £2500 on bodywork by a Saab dealer!

Lindsay

Still with Graham Deans as far as I know.  Last heard of in 2005.....

Rodders

Graham is the chap that bought it from me if memory serves. Wonder how it looks now....

cheers

Does anyone have contact details for a John Lambert, mentioned by Stan Hughes in the Viva-Lancia! Aug. 2007 No. 469. please?
 
He (John) attended the Tatton park Autojumble, and has an 037 Stradale.

If so, please drop me a Private Mail.

Thanks.

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A couple of years ago my girlfriend sold her grey Mk 2 Y10 Fire to a club member (reg H804 WNH).  We were reminiscing about the car last night and I wonder if anyone can shed any light as to it's whereabouts.  Is it still running?  Has it gone to the 2nd hand dealership in the sky?
Mark

I've been chatting to the owner of the very nice looking Maserati shown on page 9 of the June issue of Viva-Lancia and he was asking if anyone knows what happened to B44TAS his old Volumex HPE?
Any sightings or information would be much appreciated.

Thanks

David

I've just had a look at the DVLA and put in a vehicle enquiry.
See http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/application?pageid=Vehicle+Enquiry&portletid=VehicleEnquiry&portletns=VehicleEnquiry_en&wfevent=link.next

It looks like the last time it was taxed was 1995.

Brian
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Thanks Brain, I never thought of doing that!
Doesn't look good if it has been off the road for that long. Would it say if it had been scrapped?
That said, my fulvia hasn't been taxed since about 1993 and it's still around.
Perhaps it's sitting in someones garage just waiting to be restored.
-David-

Hi David,
Think your right and it hasn't been scrapped, it's last tax was due prior to SORN coming in, so possibly no one has bothered to tell the DVLA and it's waiting restoration if it's lucky, I've looked up some of my old cars and often it says not known, so I reckon that probably means it's been scrapped.

Looked up my last Fiat 500 XFC 185K that I sold to a guy in Swindon about 1989, and was pleased to see it's still shown as live on the system.

Brian
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Interesting as I've never been able to find my integrale on the enquiry form. Typed in the registration, selected LANCIA on the drop down and I get nothing.

However, typing in LANCIA DELTA INTEGRA in the vehicle make box instead of using the drop down brings up the details ! This is the make as listed on my V5C.

Found out that my car has just celebrated 10 years of being in the UK !

Anyone know the wherabouts of any of my previous Lancias:-

1978 Monte Carlo S1 Coupe - Mine Sep '87- Aug '89 Originally X1/9 Green (like the ski advert) but last seen in early '90 (MR2 Red) in Wigan- UKW 108 S.

1988 Delta integrale 8V- Monza Red UK Car (First registered to West One Ferrari as ULG 1)- Mine between Aug '90 & June '93, sold to a guy near Leeds- F 369 NJA.

1990 Y10 GTie - Cherry Red, Full length Webasto Roof, Momo steering wheel- Mine between June '93 & Nov '93- G 635 UND.

1990 Dedra 2.0ie SE- White, early press car as used in What Car June 90 against Audi 90 & BMW 320i- Mine between Nov '93 & Mar '95 when I hit a wall in the snow. Last seen in Hills Breakers, Burscough Lancs- G 812 YAN.

1989 Delta 1.6 GTie- White, De-chromed window surrounds, Dedra alloys, HF Turbo skirts & Steering Wheel, sold to a guy from Yorkshire. Mine between Feb '94- June '95- G 831 OEC.

I still know the whereabouts of my other three Lancias, it would just be nice to know if any of the above exist, especially the integrale as this has many special trans- european memories.

Regards,

Paul Greenway.

Just had a look at DVLA Vehicle check.

1/ UKW 108S Shows last tax due 1/12/1995. so it's either not been reported as written off or is sitting around somewhere.

2/ F369 NJA. Still running around as next tax liability is due 1/9/2009.
3/ G635 UND. Tax last due 1/12/1998. so same comments as for 1.
4/ G812 YAN  Tax last due 1/5/1999 so same comments as 1 & 3.
5/ G831 OEC. Not Known details not found. Gone to the great scrapyard in the sky.

Brian
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Fay 66/Brian,

Thanks for this info on my long lost cars, four seem to have bitten the dust but at least my first grale appears to be alive and kicking.

Cheers,

Paul Greenway.

Any idea if Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Coupe LHG 222N is still alive.The colour was verde cascine (olive green) with yellow cloth seats!I sold the car to a chap in southampton around 1996 and never saw it again!It is still on the DVLA database but not been taxed for a long time.
Thanks
Simon Lake 07768 056254

Anybody have any idea where Fulvia Coupe XYM 38N has gone to.This was a road test car and I would like to track it down.I sold it some time ago to a chap in Wales and then it dissappeared?It was white with the orange cloth trim.
Thanks Simon 07768 056254

I thought that XYM 38N had the Green cloth seats when it was the roadtest car.........

Andy

you are quite right Andy.My memory had gone cloudy!

f77 jhj where are you my old white prisma???
cap959t, beta hpe are you out there???

I bought XYM38N for my father from Ivor Hill, the Lancia dealer in Wimbledon when it was 2 or 3 years old and he ran it for a good number of years. It had green trim and a black back panel and was a good reliable car. When I sold it for him, we gave the new owner all the test reports we had accumulated on the car. Dad then bought a new white 1500 Delta from Ivor Hill for a great price which was not very well made although mechanically it was excellent. After dad died in 1996, it went to Peter Harding to have it and he put new doors on, sorted out the corrosion around the widnscreen and painted it yellow which looked great. It then lasted a good number of years with Peter.
Chris

Hi everyone!

I'm looking for my ex Fanalone chassis number 2124. It was red with the original yellow-blue stip. It's a road car and I owned it until 2001 then it was sold to Mr. Turner in England who sold it again to someone.
Does anybody know where the car is now? Any photos?

Thank you very much!

Edo

Ref my earlier post, does Fulvia Coupe 3 XYM38N still exist? Is there any easy way to find out?

Chris,
This is the DVLA vehicle enquiry report,
The road tax or whatever you like to call it should have been renewed 1.8.1998, so someone has got it tucked away or the DVLA have never been notified that it's been sold abroad or scrapped,  as it's never been on the road since Sorn came into operation the owner doesn't have to tell them it's off the road or get fined for not doing so.
I think it's more likely that it's been scrapped after all this time, BUT ???

Brian
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The enquiry is complete 

 The vehicle details for XYM 38N are: 

Date of Liability  01 08 1988 
Date of First Registration  13 09 1974 
Year of Manufacture  Not Available 
Cylinder Capacity (cc)  1298CC 
CO2 Emissions  Not Available 
Fuel Type  Petrol 
Export Marker  Not Applicable 
Vehicle Status  Unlicensed 
Vehicle Colour  WHITE 
Vehicle Type Approval   

Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle   
6 Months Rate  £71.50 
12 Months Rate  £130.00 

Thanks Brian,
My Dad and I filled up the cavities of the car with what seemd like gallons of Dinitrol and Waxoyl but sadly the steel used in the body was very poor by the time the Fulvia 3's were made. I fear you are correct .
Chris

30 years ago I had an Astura chassis series III? - 1935 I think, that I rescued from Eddie Gee.  It had had an all aluminium saloon body that he had chopped off leaving the front wings (sweeping, with bilateral spare wheel mountings), scuttle and bonnet/radiator shell and boot.  These were red and black.  I have an idea that the instruments were not quite round and were brown but my memory may be failing here.  I sold it to a chap in Ulster who was trying to set up an Astura consortium and never heard any more of it.  I think the registration was BYL... (?or DUL>>>?).  Alas, I do not have a photo.

White Delta HF4WD reg D700SGO.   This was one of the first five HF4WD press cars and was the only one on the road.  I sold it to a guy who worked for British rail somewhere near Redcar. 

I found this car in a barn in Luton in a bit of a sorry state and rebuilt this car back in about 2000/2001 - It was featured in Paul Bakers Delta book as I put it back to original minus the half cage.  While at the NEC classic car show I heard that it was recently sold....possibly on Ebay.

Hey everyone...I'm trying to find if my old Y10 GTie still exists or what happened to it. I owned it from 1993 to early 2001. Its registration was G851 YAN. A Rosso Corsa model. VIN/Chassis no. ZAA1560005051660. Engine no. 2958365. First registered 29th September 1989.

I stupidly sold the car to Trevor Nicosia when the clutch gave up....a bit silly considering how much care I had given the car during my ownership.

All I can remember is that he sold the car onto a guy who I think lived somewhere along the south coast of England. The new owner got in touch with me after I sold it wanting to know its history!!! At the time I lived near Heathrow but have since moved back home to Northern Ireland.

The car had a few distinguishing features, namely, Lancia emblems at the bottom of the front wings and B pillars. Red inserts in the bumpers. Also I purchased 'Y10' badging from the last facelift of the Y10's and these were beside the front side indicator repeaters and on the passenger side dash. I may have still had a GTie badge from a Delta on the front grill as well at the time. In addition, the interior had an econometer gauge in place of the coin tray (not connected) and 'Alcantara' side panels by the rear seats (which I had got from a 'Touring') instead of black plastic. Lastly, there were walnut inserts from a Rover on the door cards and possibly above the glovebox.

All I have managed to find from the DVLA was that it was last taxed in either 04 or 06 (I can't remember which). The DVLA guy couldn't release more info other than to say that he didn't believe it to be scrapped but neither was it SORN!!!! Confusing to me!!!!!!??

If anyone knows anything about my old car please let me know....even if it has come to an unfortunate end!!!!!

I should never have gotten rid of it in the first place!!! It was in pretty good condition having been on the Lancia Motor Club stands at 3 Dublin and Vintage classic car shows in the 90's.

Many thanks
Stephen Irwin

I hate to say it but with it being 6 or 8 years in the worst case of it being off the road, I think it's more than likely it's gone to the great Lancia Graveyard.
Having owned a couple of Y10's a Fire & A Gtie, the worst thing you can do is let one sit around without being used, as is the case with most cars, and I know that both of mine had to be constantly used, and I had to keep on top of anything that needed doing to the body.
Because someone hasn't notified the DVLA is no guarantee it's still around as if it went off the road before the introduction of Sorn which might be the case, I can't remember when that came in, many people just didn't bother to let the DVLA know.

Brian
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Gentlemen,
Does anyone know the whereabouts of any of my previous Lancias......... I’ve looked on the DVLA website, but can only find limited information.

(i) Lancia Fulvia 1.3 S3 Coupe.
Reg. No.      KPK 284P
Colour.      Was Blue, but post 1987 repainted Red!
My Ownership.   From: 1985-1987      
Sold.              1987 to a Guy near Southampton.             
DVLA Database indicates.......
1st Registered.   26.09.1975
Current Status:   Unlicenced
Licence.      Expired 26.10.1993      

(ii) Lancia Delta HF ie Turbo.    
Reg. No.      E420 SKN
Colour.      Was Red but post 1991 repainted Maroon
My Ownership.   From: 1988-1991   
Sold.              1991, after a bad accident I sold the car for parts to a Guy in Scotland, who I
                        understand re-shelled & rebuilt the car.   
DVLA Database indicates.......
1st Registered.   08.08.1987
Current Status:   Unlicenced
Licence.      Expired 01.12.1993      

(iii) Lancia Beta 2000 HPE.    
Reg. No.      EBJ 730Y
Colour.      White
My Ownership.   From: 1992-1993
Sold.              1991 to a Guy from Havant, Hampshire.
DVLA Database indicates........
1st Registered.   20.06.1983
Current Status:   Unlicenced
Licence.      Expired 26.04.1996

I’d love to know if any of these cars survive, especially the Fulvia Coupe which I totally rebuilt as a student, including a bare metal respray. ......... I still regret selling this one.      

Thanks, Trev.                                                     

Why Clyno? - do you own one? - if so are you going to the Wolverhampton do on September 1st??

Yes...........i've owned them all in the past, with fond memories of each. I'm keen to know if any survive.
Whats happening in Wolverhampton on 1st September?

There's a gathering of Wolverhampton made cars etc - Sunbeams and Stars are leaving their old factory locations at 10.30 and travelling to Halfpenny Green aerodrome - it's in aid of the potential transport museum there. Try alecbrew@hotmail.co.uk for more info!

After the AGM we were aproached at Wrest Park by an Alfa enthusiast whe asked if anyone knew of a car he test drove in central London a decade or more ago. It was owned by a barrister and was a series 1 fulvia 1600 HF, heavily tweeked and sporting a Stratos steering wheel. He understood it to have been campaigned in ice racing in Sweeden. Sadly it was distinctly showing its' age and hard life so the gentleman resisted the temptation.

Frank

My first Lancia was a 1976 Beta Coupe 1600 in Lancia Blu with mustard interior.
It was a trade in at JD Ross Ltd, Etchinghill, Kent, where I worked as a mechanic
between roughly 1979-1981.
Reg was PFG 76R. That reg is now on something else, so it's likely scrapped, but it was
in very fine fettle when I sold it before moving to South Africa in 82.

Greetings to all on my first post here, although I'm a regular on the BetaBoyz forum.