This V4 Powered Lancia Fulvia Is The Ultimate Hipster Bait

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 11/05/2013 at 11:05 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

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Lancia Automobile S.p.A. was a small manufacturer from Torino, Italia founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and master of its own destiny until 1969 when it was taken over by Fiat because it was unprofitable and English speakers found it difficult to pronounce Lancia.

The "ci" is pronouned like "sh" in ship with a silent "i", so the name sounds like Lan-sha. No hard C or E and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! has a short audio clip if you need more help. Lancia retained some of its character and own design/production until the 1990s when the lineup changed to use rebadged Fiats. Today most cars wearing the lance and shield logo are ( gasp ) rebadged Chrysler product. Why anyone would buy a new Lancia when you can pick up a genuine old one for cheap? Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Berkeley, CA for $12,500 via craigslist. Tip from Kaibeezy.

In truth a vintage Fulvia isn't a good competitor to a new Chrysler 200 with Lancia emblems - frankly the two are so far apart that it is like comparing a brick of Velveeta to an ounce of parmigiano-reggiano. While both fall under the same general subset (cars and cheese respectively) they each have their purpose. You wouldn't melt Velveeta on a fine parmigiana di melanzane or use parmigiano-reggiano on microwave broccoli. Nor would you attempt to look hip in a new Ypsilon or daily drive a vintage Fulvia. Although the seller of this Fulvia does say he used it for his daily in a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ...but most trips involve surprise maintenance. Passengers need to wear shoes suitable for pushing a car.

The Fulvia is powered by a 1.3 liter narrow 13 degree V4 that uses two overhead camshafts (one for exhaust valves, one for intake) and a single head (similar to Volkswagen's H2O cooled VR6 setup) to produce 80 to 87 horsepower according to various sources on the interwebs. The engine is leaned over at a 45 degree angle towards the driver's side and mated to a 4-speed gearbox fitted to the front wheels. The Lancia V4 is an interesting piece of engineering and makes decent power for a 1.3 liter '60s engine in a small package.

The interior of this Lancia is certainly a highlight - it has an ultra long shifter that protrudes from the floor like a unicorn horn. The George Hamilton skin leather seats match with the medium tone wooden dash and steering wheel. The biggest thing wrong with this car is that the seller admits it has a rusty bottom, but one can only assume that all Fulvias are rusty and this is simply a code phrase to keep non-serious buyers at bay.

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Originally posted as 10k: Half Empty or Half Fulvia? 1967 Lancia Fulvia Coupe on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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Mattbob > DailyTurismo 11/05/2013 at 11:11

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my hipster senses tingle so hard. Think you can mount a bike rack for a fixie?

Bluecold > DailyTurismo 11/05/2013 at 11:16

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The V4, especially in HF trim makes such a sweet sweet noise.

(Dutch movie, sweet engine noise at 2.38)

DailyTurismo > Mattbob 11/05/2013 at 11:18

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I wonder if you could mount a powerglide under a Fulvia, lock out 1st gear so that you'd have a fixie Fulvia. No amount of ironic t-shirts, small fedora's or Henry Kissinger hats would out hip a Fulxie.

HammerheadFistpunch > DailyTurismo 11/05/2013 at 11:19

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I don't care if it makes me a hipster, something I am definitely not (for better or worse) but I've desperately desired a fulvia since I saw it on Top Gear's tribute to Lancia

DailyTurismo > Bluecold 11/05/2013 at 11:20

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Man, that dude talks so fast that no matter how hard I concentrate I can't understand a word he says. But the V4 sounds mean at a boil.

Bluecold > DailyTurismo 11/05/2013 at 11:29

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It's Dutch. He talks about that he bought it because he worked in the aerospace industry, and that if you work in that area, only Lancia is good enough. He subsequently found out that it had all the red flag markers for it to be something to walk away from, so it took a decade to put right. A friend of him happened to have a Fulvia 1.2 HF engine lying around, which he needed to make his car complete. He also tinkered quite a lot. 5 speed 'box from a 1.6HF, engine work (now revs to 8000 rpm) revised seating position and a lot of Fulvia niceties. I am seriously jealous of his ride.

Babz > HammerheadFistpunch 11/05/2013 at 11:35

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I don't know why any old car that's "unknown" in the US are always called hipster-mobiles these days. One thing is sure though, since I was 4, I always wanted a Fulvia after seeing one on a rally stage. I would rock a Fulvia as a DD any day.

Someone Else's Projects > Bluecold 11/05/2013 at 14:11

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he worked in the aerospace industry, and that if you work in that area, only Lancia is good enough

Saab has a sad.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > DailyTurismo 11/05/2013 at 14:35

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I want one of these like little else. I'd definitely use it as a daily driver, whatever the consequences.

It's nothing flashy or intentionally impressive, it's just such a pretty little thing full of beautiful engineering. They're perfect.

Gman84 > HammerheadFistpunch 11/13/2013 at 02:00

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came here to say just that, lol.