Lancia Beta Forum

Hello everyone,

After 3 years me and my dad have finally finished the restoration of our Lancia, first i'll show the pictures of the Lancia in it's finished state, i'll later add some of the restoration pics

I would like to thank BetaBoyz for the support and for some of the parts! Also, let me know what you think of the car!

The interior

some more pics

Very nice! Love the seventies colour  8)

Will you be going to Zandvoort this Monday by any chance (Viva Italia)?

The engine bay, with all original stickers and the underside of the bonnet is still the original paint

Thank you! And sadly no, we already signed up for another oldtimer event that monday.

Great job and Lovely car!

So, some history about the car

We basically made 1 Lancia from 2. The Lancia you see now was just a chassis with no engine, suspension etc. the only thing it had was a dashboard, bonnet, trunk and doors.
We already had worked on a different Coupé for almost a year. All that time was spent welding until we came upon some pretty catastrophic stuff that made us decide to salvage almost all parts of the car and use it for a different Coupé.
The new chassis suprisingly had minimal rust, the bottom was still hard and that's because it was a showroom car for 7 years. It ony drove 5 years before being put aside for 30 years. The dashboard was still in perfect condition aswell due to not being exposed to the sun.
After that we worked to fix the issues the new chassis had, and to restore every part that could be saved from the previous Coupé, replaced almost all of the rubbers, restored the interior, gave the engine a full service, revised the carburetta and many, many rust prevention measures. We also had a contact that had some pretty rare Lancia parts that we put on the car too (for example, the rare radio, rear bumper with an integrated brakelight in the middle, the original antenna, other wheels and more)

And after 3 years of hard work the Lancia finally got finished, and after driving it for 200 kilometers, i can say it drives like an absolute dream.

Some pics of the car and it's state when we first got the chassis

Some of the welding work that went into it.

The engine

The Lancia getting ready to go to the paintshop and returning from it

Many thanks, Clifford!

Hello Gerke, really good looking beta coupe. I especially like the interior with great looking seats and the chrome/wooden gear shift stick/knob. I would like to have this on my 3 (S2 FL) generation beta coupe, because it looks far better than my shift stick/knob, that looks cheap ...

Greetings from Ljubljana, great job, Marko

Thank you, and regarding the wooden gear knob, we got a spare one that is the same as the one in the pictures if you are interrested.

- Gerke

I think that's an especially lovely piece of work. Are you planning a trip to the UK anytime soon? We live an hour away from Felixstowe and can promise a breakfast better than the one of the ferry!

Thanks for the proposal Gerke, but for now i will stick to the original gear lever stick and knob ...

Marko

Thanks for the kind words Stuart! This year we are visiting the beautiful Belgium Ardennes but maybe next year we'll visit England again!

- Gerke

Hey,

We gave the car an upgrade and replaced the dashboard, I think it looks much better now, let me know what you all think of it

- Gerke

Looks fantastic, especially with the colour of the car!

Yes, unlike the 1970s press and public I really like the original dash.....

Love it! Not often that you get to see the most dangerous part of the car. The nut behind the wheel....

Hi

Yes, like the round dials, unsure about the white on the other indicators

Peter

Hello everyone,

Here are some more pictures of the car , these photo's have been taken by a popular car magazine here over in The Netherlands.

-Gerke

And the last two

A fantastic car. Please make sure you rust proof it!

Lovely job - early car with yellow gauges, shame it's got the later bonnet but fantastic to see it saved!

Hi Guy

If you read the build it is a later car, but retro fitted with the early gauges, originally had the black/white ones.

However it looks a lovely car and nice colour.

Peter

Really love the earlier cars!!! Euro bumpers brown dash and those seats are awesome! Never found one I could.hang onto. Looks like you've nailed this one!!!! It looks fantastic!!! Chic but purposeful.!! Great colour too. Love the es style wheels ,