Lancia

Like most Italian cars the Lancia was on the smaller side compared to what we are used to in the wide open spaces of the U.S.A.    However,  it came with some very stylish body work.   Here are a few examples of the Dilamba courtesy of google.

Yeah you're spot on. That's an awesome car. Gorgeous lines, it could really be a stunner. Those wheels look very domestic don't they? Are they correct you think?

md murrayMar 2, 2020

Yeah you're spot on. That's an awesome car. Gorgeous lines, it could really be a stunner. Those wheels look very domestic don't they? Are they correct you think?

Good catch.  The other cars all have knock offs.   Maybe something for the U.S. market?   It is LHD and many of the other cars are RHD.      If it really was an auto show car they should be able to come up with a picture.   There is supposed to be a lot of documentation,  but the auction companies don't do a good job of publishing any of it as part of the catalog.  You need to go sit in their library at the auction.

alsancleMar 2, 2020

"... Lancia..."    "However,  it came with some very stylish body work."  

Is that ever an understatement!  The auction car is no exception, tailored and elegant.

The number of louvers in the hood sides are one of the traits that make these cars spectacular- I mean its bordering on absurd.

Gooding sold this one back in 2014 for 750k.     Top of the market that year,  but still,  it looks like these can sometimes bring real money.

This very attractive one with Castanga body is for sale for around 95k (that seems cheap to me).

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/lancia/dilambda/1929/693030

Dealer website:  https://www.viamarco.com/for-sale/lancia-dilambda-coupe-1929/

This thing looks like it could be a winner's circle car at Pebble Beach.

md murrayMar 2, 2020

Yeah you're spot on. That's an awesome car. Gorgeous lines, it could really be a stunner. Those wheels look very domestic don't they? Are they correct you think?

Yes, correct wheels = by 31ish they went with a larger diameter hub/knock off with a smaller ears (in this case no ear) - that you used a tool on verses a hammer on =  Keep in mid they wanted a little more bling in the middle of the wheel as they were dead set on several occasions at entering the American marketplace. 

Photos courtesy of Chip Lamb !

The mildew in the rear compartment is not patina.  You’d think they’d clean that off.   

K8096Mar 5, 2020

The mildew in the rear compartment is not patina.  You’d think they’d clean that off.   

Nope, that kind of moisture damage really does not brush/vacuum away matched to what appears to be mice damage too - sort of really stands in the way of showing it as a preservation car for a period. 

That thing must really stink in the rear compartment.  Mold and Mouse.  No desire to preserve that. 

I'd say they are knock-off wheels (Rudge), but a lot larger size than normal. Maybe for the US market?

quality never goes out of style

There was some discussion about the Dilambda sold at Goodings back in 2014. I first saw the car c. 2000 in Detroit, and was struck by its small size and elegant proportions. It was repainted , but was still gorgeous. Never seen such a lovely Dilambda. Just so cute.... and this is normally a very large car... 

being a Lancia guy I was intrigued by this car, having always wanted a Pre War Lancia. It was a lot smaller in person that i expected it to be. 

It certainly did well at the sale. cant wait to see it restored and on the show circuit someday.

Hello!

There is an Isotta Fraschini under my great grandfathers friends but we could do with some eagle eyed person to help us with which model so we can trace it. Taken pre-WWII in Jersey (Island of) in the Channel Islands off the coast of France. 

Tipo 8A or later variant, post-1924.  The radiator badge shape is rectangular, whereas the Tipo 8 has a circular badge with a brass pressing wreath surrounding it.  The top of the Tipo 8 radiator is curved.  Most likely wheel size is Rudge Whitworth 72mm maximum bearing OD,  which is probably minimal.   Most comprehensive listing used to be in Angelo Tito Anselmi's book on Isotta Fraschini.   You always find errors.  Text says that the first 20 cars were never sold; but car number 4 was recovered from near the Yarra River in Melbourne  years after it ran off the road beside the bridge at Studley Park.  I have photo of that car coincidentally taken by Jack Nelson only a couple of days before that happened. I copied the firewall as best I could to make wooden patterns for casting one in a number of sections, which are in a jig I fabricated so I can TIG weld it all back into a firewall for my Tipo 8 project.         It is fascinating to compare  the

1922 A model Duesenberg  with the Tipo 8 Isotta Fraschini of the same age.