General Lancia Y10 FIRE LX

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General Lancia Y10 FIRE LX

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As some of you may know I made a joke bid to get the ball rolling on an eBay listing for a Lancia Y10 and won the car for a bargain price of £180!!!

Today I have washed my Lancia. It's the best way to do a full body, paint and M.O.T assessment and see what I have bought.

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Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa...

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Okay the paint will need a few more washes to be presentable but a full respray will be required if I decide to sell. Fiat 296/A White so a nice easy colour to get hold of.

Body, the floor and underside are perfect. Zebarted from new. The top of the drivers door is as bad as the bottom so I think I'll find another one. Just as well the car needs a respray at least the door will be the same colour now. :)
The only concerning bodywork I need to do is the upper part of the front valance where the radiator is. That has all but rusted away and that will involve a trip to Italy to get the replacement part.

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Mechanical, the exhaust had a misdiagnosed crack in the manifold. It's the £3.99 gasket between the manifold and down pipe. The handbrake is rubbish and the rear brakes almost nonexistent. New shoes £6.99, wheel cylinders £8.99 and handbrake cable £12.99. Also one of the tyres is bald due to running flat and where the car has been stood around the sidewalls are starting to perish. £100-£150 for all five.

Now the fun part...

Electrical, it'll be easier to list what works. Engine, electric windows, central locking, windscreen wiper and washer jets. That's it. :bang:

I'm thinking fuses and hedgehogs. :slayer:

The brand new headlights are left hand drive so I'll have to get the old ones out of the boot, clean them up and swap the clear indicators over.

That's about it. £180 car, £200-ish for the M.O.T and £100 paint and supplies.

My first impression of the car compared to my Fizz is a little like getting out of a Golf and into an Audi A3. Sure there is more attention to styling, creature comforts and a few luxuries but for what the car gains in status it looses in practicality. Less headroom for the driver, nearly no leg room in the back and a boot that will barely take my lunch for work let alone a weeks shopping or set of golf bats.

There are little details and upgrades I'll get into more when the car is on the road and I can do a proper back to back test.

Due to the limited numbers, low mileage and the fact the PPC £999 Challenge no longer exists this will be a repair/restoration instead of trackday/race/rally project. :)


(At least that's the plan right now)
 
Doing my Europe wide eBay search for a door that isn't crap or cost more than I paid for the car and found this tucked away in Germany...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Lancia-Y-840-95-00-Tur-Beifahrertur-Rechts-Vorne/351508811854?_trksid=p5411.c100167.m2940&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140131123730%26meid%3D0200ac4dce714f989cb6d56c014f93d9%26pid%3D100167%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D121289616866

...how sexy is that? Door handles tucked away on the pillar like an Alfa Romeo. ;)
 
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Yep it was dirty hedgehogs and two 10amp fuses. All is now well apart from the left hand drive headlights. The drivers side right hand drive one was smashed in the boot so I'll have to either find another or tape the ones I have for M.O.T. :rolleyes:

The upper front valance bolts in. :(
So I looked harder for some welding to do and the end bit of the sill is a little worse for wear and will be replaced prior to paint. Found a drivers door. Waiting for a few photo's to see if it's any good. :)
 
Using HM new tool to fight against old rusty Lancia cars your looks nice and simple.


  • Test date 17 October 2011
  • Test Result Fail
  • Odometer reading 47,760 miles
  • MOT test number 5598 6099 1224
  • Reason(s) for failure
    Offside Front Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced (1.7.5a)
    Nearside Rear Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.2.1f)
    Nearside Rear Rear position lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.1.A.3f)
    Nearside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.4.A.2h)
    Offside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d)
    Offside Front front brake binding (3.7.B.1)
  • Advisory notice item(s)
    advise surface corrosion to nsr sill
    advise front exhaust section corroded with slight blow from rear joint
    advise limited reserve travel on parking brake lever
 
What the bloody Hell!!!

My Fantasia policy fully comp' with £250 excess is £83 per year.

The same for the Y10?

£299.18

:eek:

What the crap? My Mitsubishi FTO (200bhp 2.0 V6 import) is only £16 more. :bang:

Bloody Lancia pretentious "sports car" labeling.
 
What the bloody Hell!!!

My Fantasia policy fully comp' with £250 excess is £83 per year.

The same for the Y10?

£299.18

:eek:

What the crap? My Mitsubishi FTO (200bhp 2.0 V6 import) is only £16 more. :bang:

Bloody Lancia pretentious "sports car" labeling.

Crikey! You must have an insurance-friendly postcode. I don't think I could insure a pedal car for £88 a year up North!
 
A job over ran by an hour so instead of doing what I had planned I thought I'd have a look at swapping the blowing manifold-downpipe gasket.

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Turns out it is a pre-sheared bolt causing the issue and I haven't enough time to take the manifold off, extract or drill out the stud and refit it, so I've got nothing done today at all.

Apart from fitting P45T bulbs to the headlights so now all the electrical system works. (y)

I think the exhaust and rear brakes will be all that's needed for the M.O.T :worship:
 
Copperslip on an exhaust manifold bolt? Doesn't the Copper melt and act as a flux welding the bolt if it gets too hot? I'm sure there's a VHT equivalent that doesn't have copper for that reason.
 
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