I was a teen in Rome at that time. An older classmate had a red Fulvia HF just like this one. (HF=High fidelity I believe, go figure) It was the performance version, the engine was enlarged to 1.6 liters. CI in Italian is like ch for English speakers, so the company name was pronounced Lan-cha. The period correct front license plate indicates that the car was registered in Milan(o). Yes, the plates were some kind of plastic, so it could be the original. The rear plate was much bigger.
Please don't take this the wrong way as I love your videos! But I'm thinking you should invest in a suction phone mount for recording while you're driving. It would just be safer if you had both hands on the wheel while driving in a sudden emergency rather than one holding your phone, even for short jaunts...you NEVER know when something bad could happen...I imagine your wife and the girls would thank you for it, not to mention your pup! :) Such a beautiful car...really pleased you've done these two videos on it as this and the Renault Alpine A110 have always been my favorite rally cars! :D
The Fulvia is such a beautiful car! So great to see some Lancia here in Oregon. The engine sounds so incredible. Lancia made a ton of advancements back in the day, definitely look into them more if you haven't already.
It’s such a narrow angle it’s almost a square 4. As you said but didn’t stress, there’s a single cylinder head across all four cylinders. That car is in really nice condition and is a proper 70’s gem.
I've always loved these, back in the day Lancia engineering was second to none. These cost as much as a mid-sized Mercedes sedan when they were new and Lancia was still in perpetual financial distress.
Cool Video! , The 5th speed is 1:1. final drive is 3.91:1. I have had to replace the syncro's in my gearbox , all gears (except reverse) are synchronized. This vehicle is looking very original and unmolested. I see lots of little things that are just right. :) I'm sure you have noticed the 2 plugs in the intake manifold that is removable to fit a balancing tool to set up carb balance. A large improvement in running and idling if these are balanced correctly.
To really appreciate just how nimble and responsive a Fulvia is,you have drive it on twisty mountain roads. The grip and handling are just superb. Not surprisingly the HF version won the world rally championship, not sure once or twice. The first Fulvia Coupe was introduced in 1965,and the narrow angle V4 motor was 1200cc.
Those engines are wonderful things. Lancia were highly advanced car makers until FIAT wasted them. They still made some great cars after the takeover but there’s something special about the pre FIAT cars. No expense was ever spared and they were superb looking. Especially the coupes. The saloon cars were more sober affairs generally but they drove the same sporty way. Love them. And that Fulvia is in tremendous condition.
A classic! Such a neat, tiny car, the epitome of restrained elegance. Then add a small, light, high revving engine and sweet handling. Leaf springs were a surprise, but this was a compact, robust solution providing good axle trailing. And no axle tramp on an FWD car. (Even Ferrari kept the old fashioned leaf springs a long time. On BWD cars. Not ideal!). The Fulvia is so Italian ... and I think I can spot the seat belts. Check the back seat at 3:41.
Wow fantastic looking Fulvia! I have test driven one of these a long time ago, but in the end I bought an Alfa Giulia, which I honestly find much better to drive. The Lancia felt always a bit fussy, steering, handling, gearbox, not as nice as the Alfa, let alone that fantastic engine which is (I think) in a class of its own. Thanks for the test drive, it brought back quite some memories!
10:41 Wow! 4 Vredestein 's Sprint Classic have arrived at the other side of the world, in Portland-Oregon! It is a retro-tyre which was redrawn in 2006/2007 in Enschede (NL) by me!
This is normal and nothing to worry about. The gauges always read low and with age they just drop down to nothing at tick over. As long as they have pressure when you first start them up from cold , all is good.
Fouled plugs are caused by an over rich fuel mixture not ignition. Whilst electronic ignition is superior to a points set up you could still have adjusted the carbs to get the fuelling right and saved your customer a lot of cash. Did you adjust the carb fuel mix once you had installed the electronic ignition?
One of many cars I'd love to own. Have you considered getting some kind of head mount for when you do the driving parts of your videos? Seems kind of sketchy doing all the driving with one hand while recording with the other 😋
I would think the plate on the front is the original Italian plate, showing it was registered in Milan. The big giveaway is the sticker in the rear window that you showed at the end of the video. FC Internazionale is the big football/soccer team in Milan, now called Inter Milan...
I owned one from 2000 to 2012. Engine was running terrible at idle, until the 123 ignition was built in. Still the sparkplug of cilinder 4 went black. In the end the complete engine had to be exchanged. Mine was in quite a good condition after that, but the real problem arised when I bought a MX-5. Didn't drive the Lan si ah Foul Vi ah Coup-a ( how the hell do you make it clear how to pronounce it right...) anymore, so sold it.
As an English speaking Anglo-Irish man domiciled my whole life in Englandshire I may say your pronunciation of “Lancia Fulvia “ is exactly as we have always said it. I gather that is how they say it in Italy as well. Only with a New Jersey accent!
I have a question for You... I have an identic car and a i have to change the distributor ... Can You explain me the burst order? Thanks for your help !
Lawncheea. They are such cool cars. I actually wanted the Lancia Beta Scorpion. That would have been a great High School graduation present. What a fantasy. Anyway, neat cars. Like Alfa Romeo's of similar vintage I like pretty much everything they made.
how did you go adding the vacuum advance to this with the electronic ignition since it doesn't have vac advance as standard? I'm thinking of adding the electronic ignition to my fulvia but trying to decide whether to get the vacuum advance version ignition or not.
"fulvia" was pronounced pretty right(the feminine of my name) , admitting that it's not an easy name eheh...anyway the car is in amazing condition, even here in Italy is difficult to find one in this shape
When you drive a car like that you feel that other car on the road are just" inferior creatures " and always on the alert that some plonker may bash on you.
Please, the pronunce correct of the "c" is like charge or Charleston. It was the surname of Vincenzo Lancia that translate in english is like Vincent Lance. Infact the badge has a lance with a banner. This 4V is so narrow that has only one head.
Italian: c+I = chi; c+e = che; c+o = ko; c+a= ka; c+u = Ku ch+I = ki; CH+e = ke; Same goes for g: g+I = dji; ghi+I = gi like in "gilden" So Lancia = Lanchia spelled in English but chiamare (=call) = kiamare! Masserati Ghibli = Ui
Hey I have a 1976 bmw 530i and I’m having no luck finding a non-return valve for the fuel system. Seeing as how you work on pretty niche cars I was hoping maybe you could help me! Any help would be greatly appreciated and I’d even be willing to pay!
Good luck with the Fulvia. If you need any spare parts try Andrea at www.rossocorsaitalia.it. They have a great selection of original and re-produced parts for Fulvias.
The carburetors were out of tune and running overly rich. The internals get worn of dirty like the jets, blending screw, float and choke valve and it’s setting for idle. as you know they need to be adjusted for weather and sea elevation, humidity or rebuilt (worn gaskets show up as dips in power at some part of the rev range). These cars were built in a world that was purely mechanical, Amazing, so electronic ignition could bring up other issues or maybe not. Adore this car and the 1,6. Lancia built cars meant to last and run indefinitely with proper design, built as nearly all the components are serviceable and rebuildable. Far cry from modern cars that are cool but are built for parts replacement and enough sensors all over to make long term ownership a bit more challenging if not computer savy.
Italian: c+I = chi; c+e = che; c+o = ko; c+a= ka; c+u = Ku ch+I = ki; CH+e = ke; Same goes for g: g+I = dji; ghi+I = gi like in "gilden" So Lancia = Lanchia spelled in English but chiamare (=call) = kiamare! Masserati Ghibli = gh like in "golden"!
Mark, the seat belt is mounted beneath the quarter light in the back; you showed it off in the last video! Probably added on by the owner. FYI Italy did not require seat belts to be installed in cars until 1989!
I think I would be recommending to it’s owner that seatbelts are fitted ASAP. In Oz it would be illegal not to have seat belts fitted in the front. And yes Fulvias are great.
David Mitchell this was rallied with no belts, keep it original... And in the UK if it was built without them then they are not required. Would imagine Aus being the same, no?
Rabbi Shekelstein Absolutely not, no car regardless of its age or history is permitted on the public road without seatbelts. They save lives, so irrespective of whether or not it was fitted with seatbelts in the day is irrelevant today. So fit seatbelts, they will save your life in the event of a crash, end of story.
David Mitchell clearly not irrelevant... the car should remain as it left the factory! The owner must agree... you don’t start retro fitting safety equipment to old cars. Surprised the lack of airbags don’t also offend you.
Rabbi Shekelstein Don’t be an idiot mate. It’s quite simple and irrelevant whether or not seatbelts were fitted in the day. They save lives and it’s the law, and given this retro fitting such simple devices makes a load of sense. Airbags on the other hand didn’t exist back in the day and in context to the car are less vital.
Anche mio fratello ha avuto la lancia fulvia 1.3 sport rally coupé color grigio argento bellissima ma più assetata di un cammello alla fonte nelľ oasi del deserto
@@TheDumpbin They look like distance cousins in my opinion. I know they have nothing to do with one another but there are design features that are present in both cars. Its fine if you don't agree, you're entitled to your wrong opinion :p
@@jamessheets9205 corvair--rear engine rear wheel drive, Lancia front engine front wheel drive..V4 vs flat-6...no resemblance whatever but you are entitled to your uninformed objective opinion. More resemblance between Corvair and a Beetle than Corvair and a Lancia. Nobody else, but you, would look at these two cars and see any resemblance at all.
@@TheDumpbin We are talking about two totally different things. I am talking about the visual similarities and you are talking about mechanical similarities. Yes, I am well aware that a rear engine car and a fwd car are not alike.
Don't worry about the pronunciation. The purpose of a language is to be able to communicate an idea. I get it that you are talking about a Fulvia Lancia. Even an Italian with an accent might pronounce it Lancia instead of Lancha. So you are fine, mate. The FBI wont detain you. Cheers!
I was a teen in Rome at that time. An older classmate had a red Fulvia HF just like this one. (HF=High fidelity I believe, go figure) It was the performance version, the engine was enlarged to 1.6 liters.
CI in Italian is like ch for English speakers, so the company name was pronounced Lan-cha. The period correct front license plate indicates that the car was registered in Milan(o). Yes, the plates were some kind of plastic, so it could be the original. The rear plate was much bigger.
It's great you make footage of these special cars being driven. Thanks.
I like the variety of stuff (even the ordinary ones), and the fact you take time out of your day to share it with us!
Please don't take this the wrong way as I love your videos! But I'm thinking you should invest in a suction phone mount for recording while you're driving. It would just be safer if you had both hands on the wheel while driving in a sudden emergency rather than one holding your phone, even for short jaunts...you NEVER know when something bad could happen...I imagine your wife and the girls would thank you for it, not to mention your pup! :)
Such a beautiful car...really pleased you've done these two videos on it as this and the Renault Alpine A110 have always been my favorite rally cars! :D
What a stunning little car. The engine/exhaust sounds would be reason enough to drive it, but those looks....bellissima, bellissima!
Thanks for the virtual drive.That's a gorgeous car and a rather rare brand for that vintage in the US.
Such a beauty, it looks a bit like an Alfa Romeo from the same era.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_105/115_Series_Coup%C3%A9s
Wow! What a lovely car! Very advanced for it's time too!
Drove my Fulvia for 18 yrs, fabulous car.
Great cars and this one is a beauty. I enjoyed that, thanks. Lucky owner.
Wonder what an upgrade to high performance Weber carbs would do to that wonderful motore.
The Fulvia is such a beautiful car! So great to see some Lancia here in Oregon. The engine sounds so incredible. Lancia made a ton of advancements back in the day, definitely look into them more if you haven't already.
It’s such a narrow angle it’s almost a square 4. As you said but didn’t stress, there’s a single cylinder head across all four cylinders. That car is in really nice condition and is a proper 70’s gem.
What does it mean that the cylinders share a cylinder head?
Super smooth sounding in the higher revs
Nice car, good mechanic, lucky owner!
I've always loved these, back in the day Lancia engineering was second to none. These cost as much as a mid-sized Mercedes sedan when they were new and Lancia was still in perpetual financial distress.
Cool Video! , The 5th speed is 1:1. final drive is 3.91:1. I have had to replace the syncro's in my gearbox , all gears (except reverse) are synchronized. This vehicle is looking very original and unmolested. I see lots of little things that are just right. :) I'm sure you have noticed the 2 plugs in the intake manifold that is removable to fit a balancing tool to set up carb balance. A large improvement in running and idling if these are balanced correctly.
My father's car when I was 5years old.. I love this car.
A friend of my grandpa has one of these as a rallycar in Finland
I do love Fulvia. Beautiful condition. Very elegant. Nissan Silvia first generation also looks similar. Thank you so much for sharing.
Mazda Cosmo looks alike!
love your channel , also a old school mecanic greatings : Hans
What a gorgeous car! If only they wouldn't have been made of horribly rusty steel. I think this 1300 engine had like 105 CUNA HP. Goes like hell.
To really appreciate just how nimble and responsive a Fulvia is,you have drive it on twisty mountain roads. The grip and handling are just superb. Not surprisingly the HF version won the world rally championship, not sure once or twice. The first Fulvia Coupe was introduced in 1965,and the narrow angle V4 motor was 1200cc.
Those engines are wonderful things. Lancia were highly advanced car makers until FIAT wasted them. They still made some great cars after the takeover but there’s something special about the pre FIAT cars. No expense was ever spared and they were superb looking. Especially the coupes. The saloon cars were more sober affairs generally but they drove the same sporty way. Love them. And that Fulvia is in tremendous condition.
Sweet.😊❤️
I think you're going to have a very happy customer!
A classic! Such a neat, tiny car, the epitome of restrained elegance. Then add a small, light, high revving engine and sweet handling. Leaf springs were a surprise, but this was a compact, robust solution providing good axle trailing. And no axle tramp on an FWD car. (Even Ferrari kept the old fashioned leaf springs a long time. On BWD cars. Not ideal!). The Fulvia is so Italian ... and I think I can spot the seat belts. Check the back seat at 3:41.
There's a coolant leak in the side of the block around what looks like a block drain
Wow fantastic looking Fulvia! I have test driven one of these a long time ago, but in the end I bought an Alfa Giulia, which I honestly find much better to drive. The Lancia felt always a bit fussy, steering, handling, gearbox, not as nice as the Alfa, let alone that fantastic engine which is (I think) in a class of its own. Thanks for the test drive, it brought back quite some memories!
10:41 Wow! 4 Vredestein 's Sprint Classic have arrived at the other side of the world, in Portland-Oregon!
It is a retro-tyre which was redrawn in 2006/2007 in Enschede (NL) by me!
what a beauty 😍
Dutch tyres special for classic cars
Fantastic car! I would be highly concerned with the zero oil pressure at idle.
This is normal and nothing to worry about. The gauges always read low and with age they just drop down to nothing at tick over. As long as they have pressure when you first start them up from cold , all is good.
Ted Cowart So would I, I had one for 18 yrs, and always had oil pressure on idle.
Fouled plugs are caused by an over rich fuel mixture not ignition. Whilst electronic ignition is superior to a points set up you could still have adjusted the carbs to get the fuelling right and saved your customer a lot of cash. Did you adjust the carb fuel mix once you had installed the electronic ignition?
yes, he says it has NEVER run better now, loves it
One of many cars I'd love to own. Have you considered getting some kind of head mount for when you do the driving parts of your videos? Seems kind of sketchy doing all the driving with one hand while recording with the other 😋
Pete Conneely I had mine for 18 yrs in South Africa. Brilliant little car.
I would think the plate on the front is the original Italian plate, showing it was registered in Milan. The big giveaway is the sticker in the rear window that you showed at the end of the video. FC Internazionale is the big football/soccer team in Milan, now called Inter Milan...
Amazing condition for a '71. Must have been garaged and rarely driven. Are the plugs looking better?
That is beautiful! From a distance, I would have guessed it was an Alpha.
First look, you know its italian. Yep, the GTV 1750, like sisters.
Fine machine!!
I owned one from 2000 to 2012. Engine was running terrible at idle, until the 123 ignition was built in. Still the sparkplug of cilinder 4 went black. In the end the complete engine had to be exchanged. Mine was in quite a good condition after that, but the real problem arised when I bought a MX-5. Didn't drive the Lan si ah Foul Vi ah Coup-a ( how the hell do you make it clear how to pronounce it right...) anymore, so sold it.
As an English speaking Anglo-Irish man domiciled my whole life in Englandshire I may say your pronunciation of “Lancia Fulvia “ is exactly as we have always said it. I gather that is how they say it in Italy as well. Only with a New Jersey accent!
0:08 not really, in Italian it seems to pronounce Lanzia, instead of the right Lancia with C
Should the oil pressure be that low at idle? It seems to come up OK but that low cold would have me concerned.
Just old Italian gauges..
@@_chipchip I suppose. The gauge or sending unit could be off but I'd want to hook up a known good gauge to verify
Italian cars of the time were known for indicating zero oil pressure at low rpm.
I have a question for You... I have an identic car and a i have to change the distributor ... Can You explain me the burst order? Thanks for your help !
Lawncheea. They are such cool cars. I actually wanted the Lancia Beta Scorpion. That would have been a great High School graduation present. What a fantasy. Anyway, neat cars. Like Alfa Romeo's of similar vintage I like pretty much everything they made.
Is awesome, i love lancia!, Im waiting for the time you check out a Ford Escort, mk1, mk2 or mk3.
how did you go adding the vacuum advance to this with the electronic ignition since it doesn't have vac advance as standard? I'm thinking of adding the electronic ignition to my fulvia but trying to decide whether to get the vacuum advance version ignition or not.
"fulvia" was pronounced pretty right(the feminine of my name) , admitting that it's not an easy name eheh...anyway the car is in amazing condition, even here in Italy is difficult to find one in this shape
Did the plugs clean up?
That's some cool shit man
LAN-Cha Full-We-Ah
How you pronounce the car's name is good.
The front plate is probably the same plate used in Italy. The " MI" means that it was from Milan
Could it be the coils???
It's an incline V4 1298cc. The rallying models are 1600HF completely different beast.
You pronounce "Lantcha " not "Lansia " by the way gorgeous car
Looks like a corvair!
I was thinking the same thing
When you drive a car like that you feel that other car on the road are just" inferior creatures " and always on the alert that some plonker may bash on you.
The gear ratio of 5th gear is 1:1!
First, it looks like a mini Maserati from the rear...
My friend you can fix them so don't worry about pronunciation of foreign names
Please, the pronunce correct of the "c" is like charge or Charleston. It was the surname of Vincenzo Lancia that translate in english is like Vincent Lance. Infact the badge has a lance with a banner. This 4V is so narrow that has only one head.
The 1967 Fiat 124 Sport had powered disc brakes all around - so not quite so amazing.
Style reminds me of a mid 60s Corvair, or a BMW .
Syn. the carbs, check the jets and floats.
Italian: c+I = chi; c+e = che; c+o = ko; c+a= ka; c+u = Ku
ch+I = ki; CH+e = ke;
Same goes for g: g+I = dji; ghi+I = gi like in "gilden"
So Lancia = Lanchia spelled in English but chiamare (=call) = kiamare! Masserati Ghibli = Ui
Hey I have a 1976 bmw 530i and I’m having no luck finding a non-return valve for the fuel system. Seeing as how you work on pretty niche cars I was hoping maybe you could help me! Any help would be greatly appreciated and I’d even be willing to pay!
I have a part number I can give you if that helps you
enzo Bologna Have you tried leebmann.de?
Good luck with the Fulvia. If you need any spare parts try Andrea at www.rossocorsaitalia.it. They have a great selection of original and re-produced parts for Fulvias.
Italian cars 🚗 are known for having high revving engines.
The carburetors were out of tune and running overly rich. The internals get worn of dirty like the jets, blending screw, float and choke valve and it’s setting for idle. as you know they need to be adjusted for weather and sea elevation, humidity or rebuilt (worn gaskets show up as dips in power at some part of the rev range). These cars were built in a world that was purely mechanical, Amazing, so electronic ignition could bring up other issues or maybe not. Adore this car and the 1,6. Lancia built cars meant to last and run indefinitely with proper design, built as nearly all the components are serviceable and rebuildable. Far cry from modern cars that are cool but are built for parts replacement and enough sensors all over to make long term ownership a bit more challenging if not computer savy.
Italian: c+I = chi; c+e = che; c+o = ko; c+a= ka; c+u = Ku
ch+I = ki; CH+e = ke;
Same goes for g: g+I = dji; ghi+I = gi like in "gilden"
So Lancia = Lanchia spelled in English but chiamare (=call) = kiamare! Masserati Ghibli = gh like in "golden"!
Mark, the seat belt is mounted beneath the quarter light in the back; you showed it off in the last video! Probably added on by the owner.
FYI Italy did not require seat belts to be installed in cars until 1989!
I had a 71. Was a sharp sharp car. Trader it for a 124 Spider . Dumb dumb dumb
I think I would be recommending to it’s owner that seatbelts are fitted ASAP. In Oz it would be illegal not to have seat belts fitted in the front. And yes Fulvias are great.
David Mitchell this was rallied with no belts, keep it original... And in the UK if it was built without them then they are not required. Would imagine Aus being the same, no?
Rabbi Shekelstein Absolutely not, no car regardless of its age or history is permitted on the public road without seatbelts. They save lives, so irrespective of whether or not it was fitted with seatbelts in the day is irrelevant today. So fit seatbelts, they will save your life in the event of a crash, end of story.
David Mitchell clearly not irrelevant... the car should remain as it left the factory! The owner must agree... you don’t start retro fitting safety equipment to old cars. Surprised the lack of airbags don’t also offend you.
Seatbelt retractors are visible in the video.
Rabbi Shekelstein Don’t be an idiot mate. It’s quite simple and irrelevant whether or not seatbelts were fitted in the day. They save lives and it’s the law, and given this retro fitting such simple devices makes a load of sense. Airbags on the other hand didn’t exist back in the day and in context to the car are less vital.
lancia pronunsation ( lanceea)
Oilpressure minimum at low revs pffff
They all do that, my Fiat 124 coupe was the same.
@@johnchurch4705 okay
Anche mio fratello ha avuto la lancia fulvia 1.3 sport rally coupé color grigio argento bellissima ma più assetata di un cammello alla fonte nelľ oasi del deserto
i have seen dkw 3=6 video but did not see or found anny of ro80 NSU
I bet that thing is a MAJOR Chick Magnet Nice.......
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You do pronounce "Fulvia" correctly, for "Lancia" I would refer you to forvo.com.
Beautiful car. Too bad they went and made it front wheel drive. Move that engine back a foot and mount the transmission in the rear 😁
Nomad5d Lancias were very meticulously engineered, trust me it was designed right from the get go.
I've never seen one of these cars before. It has a very striking resemblance to a 1965-1969 Chevy Corvair.
James Sheets 😐
Not really, look at it again, no resemblance
@@TheDumpbin They look like distance cousins in my opinion. I know they have nothing to do with one another but there are design features that are present in both cars. Its fine if you don't agree, you're entitled to your wrong opinion :p
@@jamessheets9205 corvair--rear engine rear wheel drive, Lancia front engine front wheel drive..V4 vs flat-6...no resemblance whatever but you are entitled to your uninformed objective opinion. More resemblance between Corvair and a Beetle than Corvair and a Lancia. Nobody else, but you, would look at these two cars and see any resemblance at all.
@@TheDumpbin We are talking about two totally different things. I am talking about the visual similarities and you are talking about mechanical similarities. Yes, I am well aware that a rear engine car and a fwd car are not alike.
For me, "Fulvia" is just too close to "Vulva". I couldn't own one.
VULVA, the new feminist car maker.
I own one and can tell you it's a great ride.
Launcha
Don't worry about the pronunciation. The purpose of a language is to be able to communicate an idea. I get it that you are talking about a Fulvia Lancia. Even an Italian with an accent might pronounce it Lancia instead of Lancha. So you are fine, mate. The FBI wont detain you. Cheers!
Lanzia non si può sentire