I really like this version of the Dallara, wing and all. This is what I'd do if I had one!
Will try to tell one long story shortly - why am here, as it’s raining at the moment and anyway don’t have better things to do.
One night in pub few years ago was absolutely “tired” and was waiting for my friend bartender. In that time I was restoring my first project, another Mini, what is another long story
A friend, sculptor, from Academy of art wanted to talk how to restore cars and showed what he is going to buy -X19 - and what is going to make of it- Dallara (same photo). I was too “tired” to talk and even to try to distinguish what rusty details he is showing me, I asked to send me pics and will help how I can.
He sent me some pictures in a next day, but was no more interested to talk much. I tought he was afraid that I will buy that car before him. And if somebody os afraid- there must be a good point for that.
Only facts I knew was: city where is the car, pics with car and backyard of house in background, and figured out that on south of house is forest with pines.
Found every street on google maps where is forest on south of houses. After that on street view was searching for house in beige color with dark brown gutters (most of houses here look like that). After few hours of searching without success asked to one of my friends to take a ride criss-cross through that city while am looking around . There wasn’t that house. Asked to another friend, who lived in neighbor of that city, had she seen that house. She didn’t recognize the house, but X19 in the photos
, the house of a man who build an engines of dirt bike for her.
House was on border of those two cities.
Anyway owner said that one guy is going to buy it so I have to wait in a row. Bought that 1977 “special edition” after few months, on a way home met some guy who used another x19 in autocross, he gave me phone numbers of another two owners of X19 in Latvia and DOHC engine from Regatta which was in his X19 for autocross (IIRC with Lada’s gearbox).
Sold that 1977 after few months, it was too rusty for my competence and abilities.
Another owner of X19 was willing to give me for free this 1981 after ~2 years, as he was loosing property where it x19 was located.
And so I’m here with this 1981 and the photo of Dallara..
This sounds like addicted’s story on meeting