Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me too actually. I'd just like to sit in the other one for a few minutes and get it out of my system! 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 19:20:02 +0200 > >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information