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Title: Beta Saloon series chat thread Post by: TreviDash on March 11, 2010, 02:11:19 PM < redir from another thread ;D >
Quote from: rossocorsa Those S3 berlinas are a funny thing hardly any imported and all 1600s I remember our local dealer having several of them but don't remember what year it was ( I suspect 1982) they were going cheap on a special deal, before that I don't ever remember seeing one. I rather suspect the possibility that they weren't originally built for the UK and got diverted at a later stage to get rid of them? Andy Batchelor told me he understood there were approx 50 in total, nationwide. Was this from a rumour or is there some way of getting a conclusive answer? So were did they come from? If there was just around fifty, how did the pair (one cream one silver) of LHD examples appear for sale at an Essex Lancia agent, plated 1983/A-reg? Quote from: berlinaboy The saloons (Berlina's) were categorised as Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 (Trevi being a messed up Series 3, and there was even a minor facelift of the series 2). My S3 saloon is even worse. Jan 83 registered. Confirmed by Fiat as April 80 build! Frightening, that someone bought a "brand new" Beta, that actually should have needed its first MOT !! Andy, I've been meaning to hand you VINs to see where we are on the list... :D My old silver LHD S3 A768 MHJ (sold it the other week, oh well) is 828DB000011073, supplied new 26/9/1983 by Wood & Krailing, Theydon Bois (I have receipt). The blue S3 NUW 153Y is 828DB0013517, 29/9/1982 by Portman Garages, London Title: Re: Beta Saloon series chat thread Post by: TreviDash on March 11, 2010, 02:13:47 PM This UK-plated S3 Berlina was spotted in the background of the 1989 french film 36 Fillette
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5773/537o.jpg) Until now I didn't know the Saloon came with the rear wiper in a base 1600. It's all there though: electric aerial, UK-fitted rear fogs, steel wheels. BLB 86Y: LANCIA BETA 1600 Date of Liability: 01 07 1992 Date of First Registration: 17 09 1982 Year of Manufacture: 1982 Cylinder Capacity: 1585CC Export Marker: Not Applicable Vehicle Status: Unlicensed Any other photos or known reg numbers of S3 saloon in the UK? |