037 and friends.

[lanciahf]

Saturday I had a chance to visit the Turin Auto Museum. They had a special exhibit on Rally cars. It was a treat when I rounded the corner and was met with this.

 

[lanciahf]

 

[carl]

A lot of inspiration for your next build!

 

[icr]

What an incredible display!

 

[lanciahf]

What I found amazing was how tiny the cars were, I always knew they were but until you are right next to them. I didn't bother looking at the square thing, Gandini's words not mine. Its a shame all the cars had their engine compartments closed.

 

[lanciahf]

A lot of inspiration for your next build!

There was a sign on the wall with Carl's picture with the caption, "Have you seen this man" Something about removing FI systems....

 

[NigelProdrive]

Yours truly did ~150 rallies and a bunch of hillclimbs mostly codriving. A highlight was hillclimbing in this Integrale. Also some fun wrenching on it. Not as fast as modern rallycars but what a honor.

 

[carl]

Lance...iahf, I actually only put carbs on all my Fiats to generate discussions that gives Steve C migraines.

Nige, that dashboard looks like it was designed by Lego.

 

[RallyLanciaWannabe]

Saturday I had a chance to visit the Turin Auto Museum. They had a special exhibit on Rally cars. It was a treat when I rounded the corner and was met with this.

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I stole the 2nd picture and made it my phone screen

 

[Dan Sarandrea (Phila)]

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The Strato's is just sooooo right.

 

[lanciahf]

The Strato's is just sooooo right.

Yes it is, its a shame that thing could have kept wining until the Quattro appeared. Never understood the reason for a 037 when they had the Stratos

 

[NigelProdrive]

Yes it is, its a shame that thing could have kept wining until the Quattro appeared. Never understood the reason for a 037 when they had the Stratos

Fiat pulled the rally support from the Stratos to promote Fiat 131 rallycars.

 

[lanciahf]

Still there are blueprints floating around somewhere and that 131 was just a stupid ugly rally car.

 

[carl]

Hey, it was a very cool looking rally car and a fake Volvo street car. Fiat looked at Ford and realized their rally car should help promote their street cars. Of course the X based rally car would have been the bestest.

 

[Dan Sarandrea (Phila)]

Hey, it was a very cool looking rally car and a fake Volvo street car. Fiat looked at Ford and realized their rally car should help promote their street cars. Of course the X based rally car would have been the bestest.

Supposedly the Abarth Prototipo X1/9 was faster than the Strato's and ran rings around the 131 but for the reasons you stated FIAT went with the 131 as a way to boost sales. Gandini more or less snorts at the 131 as a rally car in an interview, IIRC it was one with either Davide Cironi or a French automotive journalist, saw it on the Yoo-Toobze. this interview: