Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > >