my new purchase

[KevJTD]

picked this up today, with the help of mr collection shrew himself of course

no, not a bmw as others have said

it's a 1972 Lancia 2000 Sedan, a huge history file with it and in need of a little TLC

shrew loading it all up, safe as houses

there is some connection to the suds as it too has a flat 4 engine, not much more in common though! it's a 2 litre pushrod engine, carb fed by what looks to be a twin choke single rather than the single choke one I first thought, 5 speed gearbox with dog-leg first, 4 pot from calipers (I think...) like richs' fulvia...in fact there are quite a few similarities between the fulvia and this car, basically it's an S3 flavia, they just dropped the name and called it a 2000

this picture shows something that is now missing, on the way down the A1 a gust of wind blew the rear shelf straight out the back which I promptly ran over

it's now safely tucked up at my unit, having to sit outside at the moment, well will be for some time until I get a bigger place to keep things, really can't see me getting much chance to touch it this year.....

[PETROLHEAD]

Thanks for kind and complimentary plugs mate, but all in a days work for you and growing collection.

Shame to add the rear shelf to list of parts needed, but all in all i think you got a great project there mate.

Bravo!

[Veesix75]

Very good.....I saw it for sale and thought of you at the time.

[KevJTD]

i'm sure the parts needed list will grow mate, a bit of hardboard and some vinyl will soon sort the rear shelf cover out


just been sifting through some of the paperwork, found the original bill of sale in December 1972....car cost £2,249 brand new plus a few extras,
metallic paint.............................£99-08
delivery.....................................£20-00
supply & fit number plates...........£6-25
supply and fit inertia seat belts....£19-00
12 months road tax....................£25-00

also of note is the £900 trade in of the hillman hunter GT, which was less than 2 years old....




amongst the other invoices I found an oil & filter change done at the local fiat dealers.....£3-20 total bill!!!!

[KevJTD]

the speedo reads about 52k also, I think? which we rightly assumed must have at least a 1 or 2 in front of it but being an old style milometer it just reads up to 99,999 miles then goes back to zero.

on looking through all the old mot's, I've got just about every single one from 1975 when it had it's first one, it seems the mileage is genuine! been off the road for the last 10 years or thereabouts but for the last 10 or more years prior to that it had only been doing 200 or so miles a year....

and it seems to be a 2 owner car from new.....

[KevJTD]

and it comes with original workshop manuals....just gets better

[PETROLHEAD]

I'm sure it was a real steal, and im confident it is going to be a strong car and relatively simple physical restoration.


Crying out for some weber/dellorto downdraughts though mate, i think they'd pep it up a treat!

[junior]

Looks typically well made Lancia from what you can see in the engine compartment photo.

There is going to be some interesting times with that. Still your the man to do it so keep us posted please.

[Kegsti66]

Bloody 'ell Kev,
You're gonna need a bigger unit

Do you ever sleep ??

Well done, hats off to you.

[KevJTD]

cheers for the encouragement guys, I must admit I wasn't sure it was the best idea to get another project lined up as I've so many waiting already but it won't hurt to wait a while....


new unit Keith? already on the case mate

sleep? don't get much time for it really, but slacking in the house tonight so I can't complain

[PETROLHEAD]

Tut Tut Tut!

[Spacenut]

Very nice machine to add to your growing Lancia collection. I snapped a Lancia 2000 coupe at Goodwood last year, I must get round to uploading some more pictures...

Engine seems a long way forward so I am guessing FWD, like the later Gamma?

Lauren

[alfachris]

Looks nice kev

[KevJTD]

yes, FWD with very similar set-up to Richard's fulvia that I've nearly finished Lauren.
appears very similar spec wise, 5 speed dog leg gearbox, 4 pot front calipers and rear discs. just a completely different engine!

cheers Chris, sure it's not to everyone's taste but sure it'll surprise a few especially if I listen to shrew with his twin carb suggestions

[Johnboy]

Wow Kev looks like a good buy with all the history with it! Yes bigger unit is defo on the cards . Fair play chap

[KevJTD]

just bought another saloon......only enquired about the screens and bumpers from it but have ended up buying a complete parts car...as you do

[junior]

................................................................. How are you going to fit in time to answer all my Alfasud questions now.

Best get parts one for each car hadn't you ?

[York Sud]

Its the Noah theory.. Happens to us all eventually..

[Kegsti66]

[KevJTD]

had a sneak preview of the 2nd 2000 saloon purchase, flying up the A1 as we speak coutesy of rich, cheers for the late night run for me mate

[KevJTD]

just to ad to the growing Lancia collection...bought these before Christmas...

went to have a look at them today

[KevJTD]

grey one I will restore eventually...white one will be a donor car for a part or two for my integrale but also for the grey one, roof is pretty shot though!

[Veesix75]

I've always fancied a Fulvia coupe, should 'we' get one one of those restore......

[KevJTD]

I've always fancied a Fulvia coupe, should 'we' get one one of those restore......

one available right away mate

internal exhaust

although it's making a bid for freedom!!

[Johnboy]

Two HF turbos .Just greedy kev. Good man. Another build I'm looking forward to

[KevJTD]

yes, is a bit really mate

only really wanted the strut tops off the front inner wings for the integrale but guy didn't want to chop bits off and make it immobile so I said i'd buy the whole white car....then he said it's both or none

[Johnboy]

He sounds like a great salesman. The good thing is .Hfs are going up in valve too.so hopefully it's not to much work

[KevJTD]

yes, worth doing now value wise.

grey one will be saveable, hopefully so anyway. some parts from the white car will help along the way.

mind, it'll be a few years before I get started at the rate things are stacking up..

[Johnboy]

Good to be busy .Don't knock it

[KevJTD]

Another addition to my Lancia fleet purchased today, thanks to Colin and his "why not" attitude to buying the 146 junior

Went to see it today, inevitably I bought it!

Shrew will be collecting it for me in the next week or two..


Y10 GTie's are hard to come by nowadays, especially one with a huge history file and a genuine 47k on the clock!

For such a small car it's incredibly well equipped, electric windows, central locking, alcantara interior, factory tilt/slide sunroof, oil pressure/temp gauges, 5 speed gearbox etc.
Remember what dross Ford were churning out in '92?
This car has a real quality feel to it, even the door handles feel solid and have that nice closing sound.