Once owned by well-known Lancia expert, Wim Oude Weernink. Interior refreshed and running nicely. It’s always astonishing to see how advanced Lancia’s models were before the company was finally subsumed into the FIAT organisation. The Appia was a small, rear wheel drive saloon introduced in 1953 which went through three series until it was replaced by the Fulvia ten years later. It featured classic Lancia innovations such as a narrow angle (10.14°) small capacity v-four engine, sliding pillar … [Read more...]

In California white with a black vinyl roof, Webasto-style sunroof and gorgeous pale blue interior (leather in front as was always the case), this is an automatic gearbox version. First registered 20 August 1973 (which, incidentally, was a couple of months after production had ceased), this example has been a UK car all its life. There is in the paperwork microfilm evidence that the first owner was the comedian Jimmy Tarbuck (copy of original green logbook) and this is endorsed by auction … [Read more...]