Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually the linked page says V6 - but you are right, there was a one-off Stratos show car with V4 Fulvia engine - it was totally different compared to the production ones. I would prefer one of the 502 production cars. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Perez" <summarex@hotmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:40 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Lancia Flaminia > 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. >> > > >> > > >> > >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information