On 4/17/05, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was 9 yo my father followed my mother's advice (probably > first and last time...) and bought a 2nd hand Lancia Beta saloon > (almost brand new, I guess it was less than 2 years old). A > great car, very comfortable, and with that nice 1970s touch... > Too bad he let it got rusty without using it for too long before > I and my brother got the driving license... Even then, it was > enjoyable. I drove it just few times before the sad end. > Recently I found another one, a 3rd series - hopefully more > resistent - and I'm in the mood to buy it in a rush... > It's a pity that among the vintage cars the ordinary, saloon > bodies are the more neglected ones. There are several models > that I'm not able to see anymore, and I'm talking about cars > sold in hundreds of thousands of units. There are still few > Fulvia Coup� running around here, though... > Hope for the future: > http://www.carsfromitaly.com/lancia/concepts/fulvietta.html > :-) > > Ciao, > > Gianfranco >
That's one pretty car!! If it ever does come to fruition, we're guaranteed never to see it on these shores (especially because no one in North America imports Lancias, AFAIK - not since the '70's or '80's, anyway) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
