Dreamy Lancia Fulvia

[@blizzy6392]

It's a Fulvia from Milano (MI). Italy has plenty of street lights, not so much on country roads. Gorgeous car! I recall seeing these in Italy in 1970 and '78. It was one of my favourites after the Alfa Romeo GTA.

[@neilharrison7555]

As others have said, registered in Milan. I was lucky enough to own a 1973 Fulvia S3. Note:-the original headlights were made by Carello. The outer pair were H4 twin filaments, for main and dip beam. The inner two units were 100w halogen sealed beams, wired (in the UK version) as foglights. via a dashboard mounted switch. I changed the outer pair for Cibie H4 units and combined with the inner units gave fantastic lighting at night. Main problem was rust, around the wheel arches. Double-skinned wings, making repairs difficult and expensive. (Ask me how I know!) A lovely, sweet high-revving engine, with a lovely rasping exhaust note. 5 speed box was heavy/obstructive until warm, after that a lovely, precise change. (Dog-leg 1st gear.) Superb brakes. A truly lovely little car, which I wish I hadn't sold. I'm sure the owner really enjoys his car, lucky man

[@jurivlk5433]

Your customer is proud of his car and he's right! A very beautiful car and it can be showed with all pride! Looks damned good. A design only Italians could create.

[@gafrers]

The MI on the plate indicates the car was from Milan The star RI is for "Repubblica Italiana" (Italian Republic)

[@overmarsdaria3222]

Well done gafrers!! Plus tell him that the pronunciation it s wrong ! Lantcha not Lansia!😂

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

What a beautiful car. Simple and straightforward. No BS.

[@DaneElshof]

I would much rather have this today than a Corvette. Much more unique and gorgeous!

[@tjnucnuc]

I absolutely love this car. They used them to rally race back in the day. They were great little cars. Would go perfect next to my Abarth.

[@lettuce7378]

hell yeah

[@michaelXXLF]

One of my all-time favorite cars! The sedan on the other hand was quite the dull box, but really rare these days.

[@kennethhenry6096]

Never underestimate the saloons. Same car in a different suit. You’ll tend to get them cheaper but you’ll have the same fun driving them

[@Adelino.Ricardo.0liveira]

What amazes me the most is the lack of rust...😂😂😂, but I agree that it is a beautiful car.

[@RetroRidingEveryday]

The 14" Cromodora rimes were standard on the Fulvia Coupé 1,6 HF model, the 1,3 s model had a different wheel and smaller size. Cromodora are not only beautiful, they are also very light (they are made in magnesium). Fulvia coupé is one of the most popular and iconic Lancia of all time. Its timeless design was inspired by the famous Riva boats.

[@TheSuperfaina91]

Italian proud 🇮🇹💪🏻

[@alftorrisi8795]

What a gorgeous car. Love its tech for 1971. 4 wheel power assisted discs, twin carb overhead cam, 4/2/1 exhaust if it’s indeed factory? And full instrumentation dash. Very cool.

[@Tony__Tone]

What a beautiful car!

[@johnmortison5763]

That narrow angle V4 was (I think) unique to Lancia. The top of the block is milled flat and the head may have had pockets for the valves, but was basically flat also. The cylinder bores were at an angle to the block deck, so that when the head is on, it forms a wedge shaped combustion chambers. As I recall, that was called a "Heron" head. A neat little engine.

[@Foxonian]

It was the first production car in history to have a V4 engine.

[@jurivlk5433]

@@Foxonian Saab? Ford?

[@jimmyj1969]

@@Foxonian No, it wasn't - but it was unique, as it's merely a V!

[@robertlewis2]

Great Italian car!

[@51pogo]

What a sweet little car with that 12 degree high rev V engine, and a 5 speed. Twisty back country road driving bliss. Won in class on the track and in rallys. Designed and produced before the Fiat takeover and sold afterwards as well. May I have the keys and take it out for a little test drive this afternoon? Promise I'll bring it back - maybe...

[@douro20]

Actually it's a 13-degree V angle. I wonder if anyone has tried to put on in a motorcycle?

[@wilco3588]

European lighting it's so much better than the crap we have.

[@boris1932]

Beautiful automobile! Love the design!

[@gosportjamie]

The headlights on the Lancia are more likely to be Carello than Cibie. Cibie are French, Carello is Italian, and in the early-'70s the government would have been driving Italian companies to use locally produced parts due to the state of the economy at the time... The Cromadora alloys would have only been standard on the HF variant of the Fulvia, the steels would have been standard on the rest of the range... The engine is a very narrow angle V4. I remember working on the Zagato version of this car way back in my first job working in a FIAT main dealer. These engines are very complex and can be a real nightmare to set up and get running right, but they are beautifully engineered. Lancia had been using narrow angle V4 engines since just after the Second World War and they went as small as about 1100cc. Lancia really was the top of the heap for Italian mass-produced vehicles and they really were quite expensive at home. Italian tax laws heavily favoured small engine vehicles, so a lot of Italian vehicles came with smaller engines than might be expected in other markets, yet still went as well as the larger opposition. In Italy, when the Ferrari 308 was introduced in the mid-'70s, there was an Italian-market only version that used a 2.0 litre V8 rather than the 3.0 litre version that every other market got. Naturally, that car was called the 208, and it really wasn't appreciably slower than the vehicles the other markets got... The Fulvia really was the must have rally car during the second half of the '60s through to the mid-'70s, pretty much taking over from the Mini Coopers on a lot of events... The interior trim is probably original. Lancia used very high quality cloth on their seats, as befits and expensive car, and it's very unlikely to have worn out in 62,000 miles. Cloth trim is very much preferred to prestige vehicles in Italy as a lot of areas receive a huge amount of sunshine. That would make more usual plush seat trims like leather extremely uncomfortable in hot weather, so high quality cloth is the generally preferred option, even up to government vehicles for presidential use...

[@danieleregoli812]

That 1,3 V4 would effortlessly propel that car to 110MPH. That car is seriously fun to drive.

[@cyborg7116]

Fabulous looking car.

[@GoldCars666]

Beautiful car!

[@theothertonydutch]

Just gorgeous, bold design. It looks like it wants to GO.

[@aldoartigiani8110]

The sticker on the back glass is of football club Inter, from Milan. I live close to Chivasso (Turin), where the factory was. Thanks for the passionate video!

[@2stroketurbo]

Yes happy to do the video, Wow that's very interesting about the sticker

[@petersimpson5859]

The Zagato version is even more beautiful and rare. Fizzy V4 engine, front drive and light weight. An Italian scalpel to the sledgehammer Chevy.

[@paulterhaar4862]

Freakin' awesome!!! Lancia has a long history and they make/made gorgeous high hp cars but they are always troubled. Rust, mechanical and electrical failures. I like the older Lancia Y, tiny cars with full options. The tires are from Vredestein, a Dutch tire manufacturer.

[@viper3997]

The logo in between the MI(Milan province) and the numbers is the logo of the italian republic(RI written in the middle stands or Repubblica Italiana)

[@bobwilson7384]

While I absolutely love your micro cars, this is the coolest!

[@rajivk4705]

You record your videos with your mobile phone? Just asking

[@2stroketurbo]

Yep.

[@robertoorsi5771]

The "stellone" the big star is a badge for "Repubblica Italiana" with an olive bough at left and an oak bough at right. This is because in Italy we have a lot of local badge but after WW2 the monarchy fell down and we had no badge for the entire state. For example Florence has a red blossom on violet. Venice has the golden winged lion on blueof Saint Marc, Turin a Bull, Rome a female wolf with two babies under her. The correct pronuince of Lancia in english sounds like Lancha.

[@anthonybreakspear-jones5443]

MI I believe is for Milan the wheels are off the 1.6 HF lusso which was the same design but all the bolt on panels were aluminium, this little gem is a series 1 fulvia in Rosso red my father had the 1972 1.3S2 the body difference is in the head lights the outer pair ( dipped beam ) were raised up super cool little car 🚗 in a maroon red . I never got to drive it as he swapped it for a 1.6 beta coupe more fiat than Lancia and now way as good as the little Fulvia did get to drive it though even as a learner driver and never did forgive him for selling MY little car 🚘

[@hansmichelberger-g3m]

sorry wrong; this is a series two car

[@danieleregoli812]

The Lancia Fulvia coupe is one of the finest, most refined, sports Italian cars. And actually in Italy we have much better street lighting than the dark streets you have in the US mate!

[@jimmyj1969]

A legendary car in Europe!

[@peace12134]

What was the tyre size of those Vredstein's I have the same car and like the look of those on the Cromadora's

[@wtcnl]

175 HR 14 88H, Vredestein Sprint Classic. You can see that in the 2019 video "More Lancia Fulvia" at this channel. Under the classic thread is a modern tyre.

[@peace12134]

@@wtcnl Thanks

[@glypnir]

It looks like the rear suspension has built in negative camber? I know Alfa did that, but did Lancia do it too?

[@bjnopoli]

Hi guys, im trying to bring my 71 hf to the states this summer. Does anyone know where parts can be purchased in the USA? Or a reputable company that will ship to the states?

[@arthurkamst639]

"Vredestein" is Dutch, and kinda pronounced as "Vray-duh-stine".

[@jonsvenson7056]

Mi= Milan

[@2stroketurbo]

Of course !

[@timwatson3879]

..that design of cylinders reminds me of the Mercedes "W" engines = they fit a V-12 in the same space as a V-8. It really is a beauty.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

Absolutely gorgeous car...can't believe how great a condition that underbody is in! I've heard Italians pronounce this brand as "Lancha"...are there any Italian viewers who can confirm this?

[@TheSuperfaina91]

I confirm

[@jurivlk5433]

Probably from Napoli! Must be Italian dialect! Some dialects feature a lot of "tscha"!!

[@frankiechristians7813]

Dutch, V is fau, [fredestein], Peace Stone. After the farm where it all started in 1908.

[@christopherrasmussen8718]

Wow, 43 years ago I had a choice between a Lancia just like that or a Fiat 124. I don’t know why, but I picked the 124. I rebuilt it when I got it. It was an awesome car. Dove it up to about 2010. That was it, I went for the 1.8 , rear wheel drive and it had Solexes. Quick little car. Loads of fun. I miss it especially after seeing this

[@hankrobb6639]

I believe those outer headlamps maybe manufactured by Marchal...what a jewel of an automobile.

[@massimoe402a6]

The headlights were made by Carello,italian manufacturing

[@wanderinggentile]

The oil pressure looks like pounds. The metric equivalent would go 0-5 which would be (very roughly) 0-70 psi. (I don't know why it would have a gauge calibrated in Imperial units, but it seems to.)

[@douro20]

Yeah, nothing would go up to 70 bar, unless that was a HEUI diesel and it was the pump oil pressure.

[@wanderinggentile]

@@douro20 And 70 KPA is only about 10 pounds.

[@alexmartinez280]

Thank you, signed… a huge Lancia fan and admirer of your channel and work. Hopefully my little friends were able to give you the mojo that makes your job special beyond description. Hopefully you read my comment and find the source of what you were looking for reposting this great Lancia Fulvia video.

[@philnguyen6376]

That was in Milan Italy. And that car was belonged to an Inter-Milan Football club fan previous owner.

[@sebaherrer]

uffff, what a nice car! lancia fulvia´s has the rally heritage and is just beautiful. and the v4 engine sound awesome. best regards from chile! a little car fan too, i have a daihatsu mira L700 :P

[@Velocipedium]

MI is Milano.

[@leo-.-258]

Mi= Milano (maybe)

[@delukxy]

The Fulvia was/is notorious for rust. I suspect that the new paint covers a lot of repairs but it's been done properly. The wheel are probably from a later Beta of some sort, maybe even a Scorpion. Too big IMO. The 1.6HF version was a formidable rally car. Found or fixed the horn? Polish the underside of the bumpers please. That would fetch a high price on BAT.

[@--Lam]

Repeat after me: LAN-CHIA. No "S" in there. I really like the Zagato hatchbacks, but this coupe is still gorgeous! Of course this is not the original paint, probably kilos of filler everywhere around... but I love it, it's breathtaking! Later models, including my fav, had rectangular headlights in the same funky pentagular space that these four lamps occupied, and I can't decide which looks better! Of course the quad-lamps look goofy by our standards, so the refresh makes it look fresh against anything from even the 90s... but they're so so utilitarian! Now I crave a Fulvia Zagato with quad round lamp transplant! (I'd obviously pick this over a Corvette - obviously it looks better to my European eyes and you will disagree, but does a Corvette come with a VR4 engine?!)

[@Oh-Jay52]

Not as annoying as the Porsche-A people :) lol

[@branchonequal]

Even the guys from _Top Gear_ pronounced it Lan-see-a and they should've known better. ;)

[@VanWinger]

Is it Lahn-SEE-ah or Lawn-CHA?

[@wanderinggentile]

LON cha.

[@delukxy]

Lan-c-ah soft h.

[@nikonordman7624]

My grandpas friend has a rallycar version of this

[@MyTisan]

licence plate is from Milano Italie

[@PGHMEDIA]

I was surprised you said the car may be for sale. I thought never for sale.

[@GoliathAngelus]

Vredestein tires,, Dutch brand now owned by Michelin

[@mccrackenphillip]

I thought they had forward tilting hoods

[@madskristoffersen8845]

The original reg plates say the car is from MIlano

[@marksandstrom4248]

This car came from the era before Lancia merged into FIAT, and if I recall correctly, Lancia made no effort to certify or sell cars in the USA after emissions control and safety regulations ramped up in the mid-1960s. So the idea of buying this particular car for the price of a Corvette in 1971, is only fantasy. We did get US model Lancias in the mid to late 1970s, but those were FIAT-derived cars, nothing like this Fulvia.

[@dillerdaller]

It packs 92 horses, the little 1.3s

[@michaelXXLF]

RI = Repubblica Italiana, Italian Republic

[@michaelcook7090]

If it was just a bit lower, it (the Lancia), would look like a 2nd gen Corvair with a Pagoda top.

[@titanus49]

Except the first Fulvia coupe was released in 1965,and was a 1.1 engine.

[@mikebailey1226]

The term "hemispherical engine" refers to the shape of the top of the combustion chamber. It has nothing to do with your description.

[@averagecarguy420]

So it’s like a VR6 Volkswagen engine but 4 cyl

[@branchonequal]

Lancia actually was the first manufacturer to ever build V-inline engines.

[@peace12134]

To be correct VW''s engine was like the Fulvia but Lancia developed the idea 25 years earlier.

[@neuralnetworkvision]

I first read vulvia

[@wilco3588]

The poor things are pretty much put together with bubble gum and spit have a terrible reputation for reliability but when everything's right there just a wonderful machine!

[@peace12134]

Wrong...these Fulvia's are built like swiss watches. Mercedes quality mechanicals and very reliable little cars. They do rust though like all 70's cars

[@jimmyj1969]

@@peace12134 The models from 1970s rust a lot - the ones from 1960s not so much. Even a 1969 Fulvia and a 1973 Fulvia have a huuuuge difference in rust-proof quality!

[@davidbronicki5024]

That is a slant 4 engine like Chrysler used to make a slant 6

[@marksandstrom4248]

yes it's slanting, but a much more unusual factor is that the cylinders are not in line - it's a V engine, quite similar to VW VR6.

[@brianmaynard7320]

BEAUTIFUL looking car!! Sharp Lines and an aggressive stance.. Just a beautiful car!! Would love to see it run down the road at full steam!!

[@wtcnl]

Search for some early seventies world rallying

[@louvendran7273]

Inter Milan is the football club. You yanks LOL. This car is amazing. Those engines are legendary.

[@Le_Rennais]

MI is for "MILANO"

[@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859]

The Fiat 124 spider 2 door looks basically the same, Used to be Ferrari Red the orangy red

[@theothertonydutch]

Not even close. Way different lines. The Spider looks much less outspoken, almost like an MG as it has much softer curvy lines, pretty inoffensive. The Fulvia does not, by any measure, look like anything english. Much bolder, angular lines on this, with a continuous line all around (hence 2strokes mention of boxy). The stance on the Fulvia is also more aggressive and much more reserved on the Spider.

[@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859]

The other Tony Dutch , yea I confused it with the 124 sport I had Have a look, slight differences duckduckgo.com/?q=1974+fiat+124+sport+coupe&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images

[@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859]

It’s a beautiful V4 OHC 1216 cc making a whopping 60 kw at 6000 RPM With those 2 Solex 32 PHH carbs

[@theothertonydutch]

@@fabbricaitalianaautomobili5859 Ah, yeah, that's a bit closer. Seems a bit bigger and it somehow reminds me a bit of a 2nd gen ford escort and capri.

[@jagboy69]

Should be worth a few bucks....

[@GuidoBatt]

Ahem... You shouldn't drive a Lancia in shorts and flipflops. Only a racesuit, or a tuxedo.

[@mescko]

I believe it's pronounced 'Lan-shia"

[@bobellingson4025]

VRAY-duh-stine...

[@davemcguigan218]

My guess is Milan

[@gdwlaw5549]

MILAN

[@davedarling4316]

Too bad it would be an immense pain in the butt to register this car in California...