Lancia Montecarlo forum car for Frank...?

[Andyk]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3403361.htm

 

[lozcb]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/3403361.htm

On the surface it looks to be an excellent starter project car Andy , good find , just with all things like this very very difficult to assess every part is there , when your trailering a car with half a dozen boxes of bits , the night mare starts when you get home and discover too many hard to obtain bits are missing , then £3K dont seem as cheap ...............also thought the front bumper for whatever reason appears a bit to far forward


regards loz

 

[Parisien]

Andy, thank s for the heads up....but my 1955 Lancia Aurelia saloon is currently in Hampshire awaiting onwards movement to here next week!

One project is enough to keep me going, but that little MC is lovely!


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[GransportFan1]

you could enter the Mille Miglia in the Aurelia Frank as long as it is a car between 1927 and 1957 which was road legal.

 

[Parisien]

Another Aurelia project.......eeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkk....note this is the much more sought after coupe version!!!!!!


http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C266304


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[GransportFan1]

£30k for a bare shell, what are good ones worth then? 60k?

 

[Parisien]

£70/80/90.....those with race history...£150-250K

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[Parisien]

Put it like this Adam, the front grill is missing from mine, not very different from whats on that coupe...........quote up to £900 for one!


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[GransportFan1]

I suppose parts are so rare for these cars then.

 

[Parisien]

Not so much that Adam, you can get most everything....but at a price, the Lancias of the 50s were effectively hand built, plus not in big numbers, supplier have you over a barrel, charging Ferrari prices!!!

Some one was selling a pair of carbs for them for 5800 euros!!!


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[GransportFan1]

So is the Lancia replacing the Alfa??

 

[Parisien]

Might have to flog her to part finance!


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[Andyk]

On the surface it looks to be an excellent starter project car Andy , good find , just with all things like this very very difficult to assess every part is there , when your trailering a car with half a dozen boxes of bits , the night mare starts when you get home and discover too many hard to obtain bits are missing , then £3K dont seem as cheap ...............also thought the front bumper for whatever reason appears a bit to far forward


regards loz

So it does Loz...Didn't notice that......Quite a bit forward...

 

[Scarlan]

So it does Loz...Didn't notice that......Quite a bit forward...

The front bumper is not original, so this may have something to do with it sitting forward.
With standard width wheels / tyres, the wheels come extermely close to rubbing against the rear edge of the bumper, so if he has fitted wider rims and tyres then this may be sitting forward so that this does not happen.
Have attached a side photo of my Monte; hopefully it shows the fit and correct profile of the front bumper (Had just been detailed so it was so shiny I am in the reflection - I need to practice my Photoshop skills).
If you read the advertisement it does not sound like there is much to do to get it running, in which case this is what the seller should do as it would be worth a fair bit more by the look of it.
If I was in the UK I would buy it, in which case I am surprised none of the other MOnte owners over there that own 2, 3 or 4 Montes already have not snapped it up.
In other words, something seems fishy.

 

[Andyk]

Scarlan, that is just lovely....what a stunning condition Monty....