Do any of you have an opinion about the Lancia Aurelia B20? Have any of you owned one before? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I checked into one in the late eighties at Pennsylvania Motorcar Company. Knowlegeable staff told me be very mindful of frame strength amidships because several people who thought they were buying one car ended up with two halves. Ciao, Rob
I never heard this story before.... Knowledgeable staff? Probably you was in a motorboat shop! Mike, if you have questions write me here: [email protected] , i'm the admin.
I love them. I hear series 2 cars are the ones to get - best power to weight ratio. I read in an old issue I have of Classic Car magazine that the series 3 cars were slightly slower, but they do look the most modern.
A Roman friend is well known in Lancia circles and has worked on many of them. He also has one. If you want his contact details, send me a PM.
Have atleast one in the area. The owner loves the car and brought it to this Lancia book signing last year. The motor reminds me alot of the Busso 2.5 12 valve Alfa V6 from 20 years later!! Very advanced and expensive to restore according to several owners I have talked to. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/chicago/434258-chicago-region-events-2014-a-2.html
Tom, i suggest you to have a chat with your fellow citizen, Geoff Goldberg, who is the author of this book: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/automobiles/working-in-postwar-italy-he-was-the-da-vinci-of-the-v6.html?_r=0
Already met him and talked to him as that was his book signing. Geoff loves the B20 and thinks it was very well designed by a family of car enthusiasts(I agree). Yes they did design the basic concept for the great V6 designs to follow. Geoff's father by the way was a great designer himself and designed the Marina Towers built in 1964.
Any Aurelia is a gorgeous car and is well engineered. There is, however, a very large gap between a cutting-edge 1950s car and what we expect in 2015. 70-or-so horsepower is very low. A 1950s monocoque welcomes more problems than it solves. In addition, there's a big disparity in condition from car to car. If you find a good one, drive it, and if you love it, buy it. Not unlike any other car you want. Matt
I had the pleasure of meeting Walt Spak on a few occasions, and got to sit in and familiarize myself with his Aurelia. The thing that struck me the most about that car was the quality and precision feel of every moving part - no slop in any of the handles or controls, and how smoothly everything operated. Beautiful from a mechanical standpoint.
Matt, it depends: the sedans were factory products, the coupè B20 were Pinin Farina products. The Aurelias 2 liter had 70/80 Hp, the 2.5s 110/118 HP. I think the biggest problem you have in the USA is the shortage of Lancia specialists. Hoffmann imported very few Aurelias and he hadn't a good assistance network.
