Taking my Lancia Zagato back to where I first saw it 50 years ago & driving it on my favourite roads
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2023
- It's fifty years since I first spotted this Lancia Fulvia 1600 Zagato outside my parents house and that moment changed my perception of cars forever, making me the petrolhead I am today.
In this video I take my now fully restored Zagato back to the spot I first saw it in Birkenhead all those years ago and then drive it to my favourite road, to see how it feels when ragged now it's fully run in.
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Simply wonderful. The cracking of Harry’s voice as he sees the Lancia where it was parked 50 years ago. The smile on his face as Harry ragged his favourite roads in his teenage dream car. Life affirming stuff for a Sunday, or in fact any, evening. Perfection!
I loved the total inability to suppress the grin :)
Amen! Great episode… so pleased for the big man. Dreams do come true if you chase them.
Well that’s annoying….I can’t really top that and agree with you completely!
Bravo!
Aye. Songs Of Praise doesn't do for me anymore 🤣But your comment sums it up perfectly,
Very special moment!
This is Harry’s Garage at its very best. So happy you were able to relive your early days getting into cars - kind of a crowning achievement for the channel. Congrats!!!
Agreed. I prefer these over the super car rollouts and reviews.
Yep. Totally agree.
It makes total sense now why Harry was willing to invest so much into the restoration of this car.
Totally agree, full of emotion and happy memories
Yep - reminded me of my love of my first car, a hotted up Mini (twin SUs, extractors, high compression head 😊)
So joyous, Harry’s obvious rapture is totally infectious, utterly life-affirming!
“It’s taken me 50 years to get here..” But you managed it, Harry! Dreams, helped by hard work and dogged determination, got you to those bends, in that car. I followed your rebuild videos of the Fulvia, this video is testament to the hard work that everyone who has been involved in, with the restoration of this car and the fulfilment of your childhood dream. Long may you enjoy your Lancia.
Gave me goosebumps. What an episode. Harry you're a gentleman.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Harry smile as much as in this video. What a joy to see. Not just the video but the car, and memories of that area and roads.
It’s ok to reminisce
What an absolute gem of a video by Harry. I am smiling ear to ear just listening to him recollecting his memories.
The sound of that little 4 cylinder is absolutely intoxicating. Thank you, Harry!
What a fabulous nostalgic episode for Harry and unexpectedly for me too.
I am 53 and can personally relate to so much of this video.
My dad was born in Liverpool, my parents moved to North Wales when I was 5 where I grew up, initially in Gwernymynydd (very close to Moel Fammau) and from 10 yrs old on the edge of the Denbigh moors in a village called Nantglyn.
My dad was (still is) a Classic car nut so I grew up with various rebuilds, MG TA, MG TF, Rover 100, TR5, TR4A, lotus Elite, Allard L Type etc etc.
My dad bought a cottage, a converted mill in Frongoch on the outskirts of Bala when I was about 18 and had many journeys via Cerrig, passed the Brenig to St Asaph
Fast forward to 2023 and now I live in Chester and regularly charge into North Wales on my Kawasaki Z1000SX and enjoy the roads Harry and I enjoyed as much younger men.
Thanks Harry.
Nothing is better than a new Harry’s Garage video dropping in a Sunday afternoon. And what a car to celebrate.
True....I honestly look forward to it, but I wasn't expecting this one today!!!!! Epic!!!!!
I mean there are some better things, especially doing this kind of thing for yourself.
In a constellation of stellar episodes from Harry this one really shines!
The joy in his eyes is so heartwarming! Harry I’m so glad that your lifelong dream is finally accomplished
Ya gotta love Harry getting all nostalgic and sharing his history - everyone has a story to share and you’ll find lots to learn about if you only take the time to inquire and really listen
My favorite car in Harry's Garage and one of the best videos he's made! So cool he got to visit his old neighborhood and park that very same car on the street all these years later.
I can’t remember any YT video from any YTber where so much skill (and cash) was put into restoring a car. The fabrication was astonishing. British craftsmanship at its best. The commitment and courage of Harry seeing it through. Now we know why. They don’t make nostalgia like THAT any more. Thank you Harry.
We hear and feel your emotion Harry, thanks for letting us share.
The content on this channel is always fantastic but this particular episode feels so special, the engine sound and emotions you can feel through the screen is something else. I know you enjoyed it Harry, but you can be sure that we did too. What a car, and what a story. Just wonderful.
New cars can't compare in driving enjoyment stakes with these classics. Truly unique time when innovation and passion came together.
I had a similar feeling coming home from school one day, walking around the corner and seeing a mk1 vw scirocco in metallic blue, only to find out my parents had just bought it. Not as exotic I know, but I just thought it was so cool. Living on a farm as an 8 year old I was just into tractors rather then cars, and this scirocco started my interest.
They may be German but those post Beetle VWs in the mid to late seventies were, if I remember correctly, also penned by an Italian design studio and they were iconic shapes.
No wonder seeing the Scirocco was such a memorable experience for you😊👍
@@thefamilyrobbo Yes. I believe scirocco and golf were styled by giugiaro.
@@brayworkshop427 Indeed, pure Giugiaro playing with his straight lines, simple elegance
I love the way you can remember who had what car in your road as a boy! That’s the mark of a true petrolhead and I’m glad to say I can do exactly the same!
Your recollection of first seeing a Fulvia Zagato is great. I recall the first time I saw an Alfa GTV6. I was riding in a car going south on Interstate 25 between Denver and Castle Rock when one passed us. I was mesmerized. 10 years later I bought one and I still have it. You have bought and restored not just a car but your youthful spirit.
I sat in a GTV6 (an Alfetta based version) when I was 11 - and I was instantly hooked on Alfas - I’m on my third Alfa now, and they’re still marvellous!
Bravi entrambi ! 😊
Alfisti
My uncle bought a new 1984 Alfa Romeo GTV6 when I was 13 and I was hooked the instant I saw it. Getting a high speed ride in it on the German autobahn that day was mind blowing.
I have owned 8 Alfa’s so far, and even with the troubles some of them gave me, I still love them.
To be accurate, my obsession with cars began when I was 9 and saw a Lamborghini Miura SV parked in the neighbors driveway. The owner gave me rides often because I was so crazy about the car, and it’s still something I recall vividly. The sound of that 12 cylinder never leaves you.
So nice to hear a real engine for a change
It's very rare a car sounds as good inside as it does outside but this is a triumph of a four pot. Also the video has Hammond vibes when talking about the lake District and it's great to see Harry is showing us the same, because it's amazing to see the joy and passion these locations give.
28 minutes of undiluted pleasure ,what a pure and simple joy your videos are Harry !
I agree, this is Harry's Garage at its best. Heart warming stuff connecting childhood dreams, aspirations and experiences with the automotive passion they kindled. Harry, like Jay Leno has a hugely catholic taste in bikes & cars spanning most eras, and both share an appreciation of the value of money and indeed value for money in a world where so many lease their lifestyle and live on credit.
I must confess, not looked at some of your latest videos, due to not being enthused by too many moderns , particularly electrics and so on, so glad you’re back on a classic for this video. The Lancia , particularly a rorty number with the bigger carbs , looks great too.
Fully agree
Harry needs to do more classic car reviews and road trips
@@Adammacklin100 The best Harry can do is things he's interested in.
The new stuff just helps me appreciate the nice older stuff that much more.
Not to judge :). All reviews are good ones - if the reviewer knows their stuff. Never a waste of time to watch Harry.
I'm with you on the cars, this Fulvia is front drive, a fraction of the power but makes for infinitely more engaging viewing. I watch the new car stuff but thats more for Harry's knowledge and presentation.
I love your videos but this has to best one of the best because of the personal history. I love the fact your dad had a Dyane 6 which was quite an outré choice of car at the time. We lived in a dead end near Edinburgh with stables at the end of the road. Some nice cars passed. There was a lady with a Fulvio Zagato painted in pink! Still looked fabulous. It is interesting how our youth informs what we like in adulthood. I love the Porsche 356, my first memory being one parked near where we lived in Cambridge Massachusetts. Camping trips to France made me fall in love with French cars, particularly Citroën and Panhard. My first car at age 18 was a DS21.
I love it that the camera man was able to capture the image of the lancia when Harry was a child. How clairvoyant of him!
Great sound, great car and great memories shared. Thank you Harry
Well, I didn’t expect that. I used to walk down Arno road every day to go to Woodchurch school as a 10 year old. Memories.
100% FATE that you would grow up to be a famous motoring journalist and buy that same car that you saw as a child , It is so weird how life works out , glad you saved that car as ive never seen anything like it before too , it looks 30 years ahead of its time.
Harry, I think I speak for most of us when I say more nostalgia, old family photos, memories & stories please! Your videos are always fantastic, but this was a real treat getting to learn a little more about your childhood memories. Thanks and good luck!
A huge thank-you to this brilliant exposure of Harry's rememberings and emotions. It has reminded me how I fell in love with cars at the age of 8 (so 1967): calmly walking the short way from home to school, I was picked up by a friend of my father's in his Giulia 1300 berlina, and for a bit less than 200 m, I was fascinated by the engine sound, the beautifully low seating position, the gauges in the dashboard and the racing stance of the gear lever, low in the middle of the tunnel instead of hanging from the steering column. I suspect nobody would do what Harry has done and paid for the restoration of a Fulvia 1600 Zagato, hadn't it been such an emotional car for him. Thanks again for having shared the process with us the viewers.
Sunday on YT is always a good day for car-enthusiasts and Harry's infectious love for this pretty and revvy little Lancia is a perfect example why :)
My favorite episode and that's no small feat. Being an old bike racer myself, I couldn't stop thinking about what it would be like to cycle on those picturesque roads. What a privilege to watch this realization of a teenager's dream. Good on you, Harry although I have to say, I fear for your hearing 🙂
A true car enthusiast. Driving quickly in slow cars is so much more fun than driving slowly in fast cars. My first cars in the 60s were all VW beetles and then a fastback. Wonderful fun with under 100 HP.
I watch all the video's you post and the Farm ones too, but i've never seen you smile so happy as in this one... And OMG, you look so much like your Dad!!! Cheers from Ceská Republík.
The nostalgier started in the first minutes for me as my first car was a Heinkel bubble car. A claimed top speed of 54mph but that was only achievable downhill with a following wind. Going uphill usually created long tailbacks behind, but great to see your parents had one. Loved the way the smile never left Harry's face on the drive in Wales, what an excellent video which just left a feeling of contentment. More please Harry
You've earned every moment of joy you clearly had there - and along the way given us a lot of enjoyment too! Don't stop - videos like this are exceptional and great for the soul!
Thank you for taking me with you on the whole journey with your Zagato 👍
The smile on Harry’s face is beyond infectious - what a glorious and visceral drive how could an EV ever deliver on this. The thin a pillar and fighter cockpit windscreen if you know you know nuff said. Thx Harry for taking us on this journey it’s been like riding shotgun in that beauty all the way - UA-cam at its best 👍
Talk about one moment in your life that changes everything. Same exact thing happened to me with a 1979 Porsche 928 - saw it on my street coming home from high school and thought about it everyday for 4 years until I was able to buy virtually the same exact car. I think back on that experience quite often and truly believe I materialized that car into my life (and a little bit of hard work didn't hurt) Thank you for sharing Harry.
Thanks so much, Harry! This video has jumped straight to the top of my favourites from your portfolio. My first car was a Fiat 127 with an Abarth exhaust system and the sound from your Fulvia reminds me so much of that. Also, it’s great to know a bit more about your background and your formative experiences. I’m sure there are many more fans like me who truly appreciate what you do here. Thank YOU!
Mine was also a 127 a sport 1.3. Remember the induction noise and rorty exhaust but not as noisy as this. Also mine I remember as pulling better but that’s my imagination.
One of the best sounding four cylinders I've heard.
Harry reaching for a paper map...always the cherry on top!
Absolutely adorable that little V4. It acts as if it were a big six 😊
Loved the way Harry says Birkenhead! Spoken like a true Scouser! 😂😂😂
We’re not scousers!
@@chrismarshall6997 I know. And those of us from Merseyside who are also not Scousers like to tease you by saying you are! 😜
This is my favorite car in Harry’s collection, I’ve been waiting for this one! 🎉
Video’s like this take me back to being a boy in the 70’s and being with my Dad in his MK1 RS1600 Escort hammering it Between Shrewsbury and Welshpool to see the steam trains and visit the car showroom there. Happy days.
To see the 'sparkling' lights in the eyes of a proud owner is simply wonderful!
Wonderful automotive passion and interesting personal history, all overflowing with youthful enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing Harry!
Whilst Lancia was never my thing, I can understand your passion as I still still have my first E Type Jaguar - bought back in 1978.
Nothing puts a smile on your face like a small, nimble Italian car with a high-revving engine.
Oh, Harry, the storytelling is absolutely amazing, 50 years later there's still the young lads' enthusiasm, and it's very contagious. As is the Fulvia's noise, love that little car. Thank you for this, again!
Harry, I had a lot of fun in my late teens driving the roads around Ruthin and Cerig, albeit my Italian cars from later in the 70’s with an early Alfasud 1.5 Ti then a ‘78 Lancia Beta 2000 coupe a little after, somehow they felt quite fast back then!
Genuinely the best car video I’ve ever seen on UA-cam - this definitively encapsulates our love of cars and the emotions and memories they evoke. Simply superb - thank you for sharing this with us Harry.
As a teenager, I so, so nearly persuaded my mum to buy a new Zagato off the showroom floor at Tony Brooks Lancia garage, just outside the perimeter of Brooklands race circuit near Weybridge. In the end she bought a new "Export Mini" after the silver tongued Austin sales man told her that the export models were so important to the UK economy that they were built on a separate line from the regular mini at Longbridge to make sure they were 100% perfect!! Both the Fulvia and the Zagato are beautiful cars and definitely the ones that got away for me because I love the brand. Thanks for the memories Harry!
I can understand you
Over fifty years ago, the road into Ruthin was my favourite too Harry. You see, I was 4 or 5 years of age and I travelled along that road in my Dad's wagon - from Lancashire, to collect railway sleepers. The wagon was a much-travelled 1959 AEC, which had been stretched, an axle added, but most importantly - no engine modifications - making it slower than a three-legged tortoise. It just gave me even more time to look out of the windows at all that glorious countryside around me. Thank you for the trip along a shared memory lane.
This is the best of Harry’s Garage: reliving and making memories in cars and on bikes
Very nice video and proof that the story makes the car! I’m a modified Fulvia owner myself and it strikes me that this car is so noisy. It will not take long before you get tired of it. I think it deserves a proper airbox. Not easy with the DCOE conversion but doable and with a remote intake somewhere behind the Rh headlight it will make it a lot quieter and hence more enjoyable. Love it that your car life started with a Lancia. You need more of them!
God bless you!, Mr. Metcalf: you're showing how we, petrolheads, started... the youth memories, to be a child and feel utterly covered by goosebumps when a vibrant engine started. "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."
Not many of us get to relive our adolescence like you have Harry ... and you clearly enjoyed it. Sheer exuberance!
Well done Harry thanks for sharing your personal memories. Now we know why you enjoyed hill climbs as well. ❤ My Lucia was a Alfetta GTV6 because it was my first ever car… as a 21 year old.
It was perfect trip as always your trip in the past!!!
returning to the places of your childhood is always a pleasant memory of those childhood dreams, worries, and memories. Along with that comes an understanding of what you wanted, what you dreamed of in childhood, and what you achieved and received now decades later
That car puts a smile on my face and I'm not even driving it. It sounds so great when it's really pulling.
That's the joy of a small light car these days, you can have a lot of fun at the speed limit, you can be driving along chuckling to yourself and still get out with a smile, great noise.
Fantastic video Harry. Thank you for sharing such personal memories with us. The little car is a moving memory!
The love, knowledge and absolute passion you have for cars, motorbikes and driving is quite something to watch. This episode in particular is a gem.
Drove back from Snowdonia to Oxfordshire yesterday. Had the A470/A458 from Dolgellau to Welshpool all to myself. Only saw one other car! Wales never Fails. Amazing roads!
"trying to drive quickly, but slowly" love that
Thank you, that was touching, and great to see the Lancia back on the twisty roads where it belongs. And Mrs. M. is a gem for just sitting there calmly while you are ragging it!
Full nostalgia-mode, I love it!
Emotional, nostalgic, beautiful scenery, lovely simple car and a really very happy man, such a joy to watch. I guess many will have memories similar Harry and trips with his father, one of mine relate to another Lancia, an Aurelia my dad drove back from Italy in 65, and A40 between High Wycombe and Ruislip, a journey we did many times when I was growing up. I have vivid memories of a traffic light Grand Prix starting at beaconsfield, we were up against a Mk1 Spitfire (all of 60hp…) up the then dual carriageway to to the Ickenham turn off, we were neck and neck before we had to turn off, epically exciting to a car mad 9 year old, like the Zagato we were probably doing 50 but it felt like 150…..This or the XJ, it’s draw for me. Fabulous, touching and personal video. Genuine thanks for sharing.
The smiles per gallon is strong with this one!
Beautiful stuff Harry.Hmm,14 in 1973 same age as me.
Brings back memories of my dad's Fulvia 1.3 cope. He also had a Flavia HF 2000 later,quite a different sound the flat 4.l was also a cyclist and car tinkerer back then,still cycling now.
Glorious!
This has to be one of the best, if not the best, of your recent videos.
What a treat to see and hear this lovely little car in full song.
Such a rorty engine. Also, what a joy to see you genuinely enjoying yourself so much. Magic!
Looking forward to seeing what's in store for her next.
Simply wonderful, Harry. It's been great following along on your restoration journey, enjoying your enthusiasm and your obvious joy in bringing the little Zagato full circle.
This video is so cool. Its the story every car guy has from childhood.
You were so lucky to have well off parents ,sets you up for life .
This is my favorite video for a while. Lots of driving, in a car worth driving (not one of those overweight monstrosities), and I also love how personal this video was for Harry
This is one of your best ever videos, a very, very happy Harry having fun. I love the "driving fast, slowly" motto, would make great HG tee-shirts!
From the time you start the car, I can’t stop smiling, what a fabulous example of the Zagato , I can’t imagine what it’s like to hear and feel it when driving. Thanks for sharing this beautiful car.
Great stuff Harry,well done "living the dream" 50 years on..What a car,agree with your exhaust theories too.I messed with mine and found that with the rear expansion box re-fitted the sound was much more sophisticated and liveable with on a "normal" drive.
Which means the V4 "rumble" and induction noise are more readily heard too.Big smiles indeed!!
Congratulations! 🎉 How great is this. My dad too had this obsession with fuel economy. Makes me feel guilty to this day when I use my cars
I agree that it's great to have something fun that you can wring its neck and still stay at ( relatively ) safe speeds. It sounds great. And great that you showed us the spot where you first laid eyes on one. I think we all had our mental picture of what the scene would look like.
I don’t think I am alone seeing this as an epitome of living vicariously. Mille grazie.
Good Lord!! What a noise! Must be glorious behind the wheel. Much respect.
That was awesome!! What a sound from that beautiful engine, in an equally stunning and very rare car!! You are a very lucky man Harry, but very well deserved too. I've watched the story of this and too see the smile on your face... You clearly know its been worth the journey!!!
The moment I saw the thumbnail, I knew this would be more than a little different, and you didn't disappoint. Great to see your childhood digs and fave roads. Your Lancia, and your attitude toward it, pretty much epitomizes Jay Leno's notion of "not going fast, but moving swiftly." (Certainly looked like you were having a swift old time!) I agree about reworking the exhaust...better performance and a calmer exhaust note should serve you well. Bravo for this!
You can see the joy in Harry's face in this video, and it was fun to watch. Gorgeous car.
Delightful! I’ve just started rebuilding my Lancia Delta HF and I really can’t wait until it’s up and running so I can take in roads like this. This is absolutely where Lancias come alive!
Pure class. What a story and one that resonates with myself so much. Harry captures the hearts of petrol heads yet again! Thanks so much for sharing Harry. Ringo
Automotive emotion at its finest, cheers Harry love this.
Well, there's the second favourite in your garage for me, Harry. I loved it back when you showcased the wee beast before she went in for the minor rust repair, as there was something about the shape and definitely something both magical and intoxicating in her voice. The big cat had been showcased around the same time and I was in love with that too. Since then, the big green coupe has shown her teeth and both growled and howled for the camera and I was more in love with it than ever.....and now the little orange rocket has reminded me what fun a small Italian coupe can be and how much of it you can have under the speed limit and yet because of the aural satisfaction, the feeling is that we've pushed limits and really had a whale of a time. If you said to me "Lance, pick one", I couldn't. They both do the same thing for me but from different angles and in a slightly different way.....although I don't believe the Zagato can do "laid back and cruising" as well as the Daimler.....but when cruising, the Daimler can't give you the impression that you can breathe on the gas pedal and be off and howling in a split second like the Zagato can. I am very grateful to you for showing us where you first saw the wee beasty and that we could be along for the ride as you fulfilled a lifelong dream of blasting along one of your favourite roads in the little Lancia Fulvia 1600 Sport Zagato that you'd seen all those years ago. Truly an epic little journey on a lovely road on a beautiful day in a vehicle that was well worth what it took from everyone to put her back the way she was meant to be. Many thanks, Harry and all the best, mate.
I was also 14 years old in 1973, living in Ruthin, often up Moel Famau and around local roads. Pure nostalgia! 😊
Thats really quite something to be able to recreate the scene from 50 years ago using the same car that you have managed to track down, restore and return to life after that complete rebuild. Amazing how it has survived to allow this to happen given the issues that were revealed by the guys at Day & Whites. Meant to be Harry. Thanks for sharing.
It's such a pleasure for you to bring us along on your wonderful nostalgic trip with the place and car that started your whole career, Harry. Congratulations on getting your Fulvia back and looking so mint! Cheers!
A truly wonderful car that engages the driver and is just pure fun. It confirms that you don't require lots of 'cubes', huge power & torque and mad 'supercar looks' to thoroughly enjoy a twisty drive.
Harry you are a legend my friend. Your emotions so wonderful to see as you re-trace the story of you and the Fulvia. And, what a superb little motor, a truely beautiful thing. This video makes the case so well for the fact that driving pleasure has little to do with ultimate speed; it is about feel, sound, smell and art, and in your Dad's case MPG over MPH. Long may you and your Lancia entertain us. Respect.
Absolutely brilliant video Harry. I love this Lancia, the way it looks, the way it sounds, perfection
Fantastic film Harry. Lovely car and great roads. It just shows you don’t need a hyper car to have fun! I have driven some of the roads around there and will revisit soon when my classic comes out of storage. Thanks 🙏
As a kid used to go on holidays to Wales…haven’t been back since and you forget how beautiful it is
Queens arms in Oxton is where I spent my formative years until 18 when i left the Wirral to pursue a life overseas and I’m three years younger than you so we probably crossed paths in that pub 😂. We stayed at a family friends cottage near Conway so this video was dripping in nostalgia for me. Brilliant…. Saved to favorites!!