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- Ex works.
- Important palmares.
- Documented history.
- Sixth specimen set up.
- Group 4.
- Matching numbers.
Specialist Notes
Ex works, which won the cover and a report on Ruoteclassiche in November 2016 and on Auto d’Epoca in January 2019. With a past that has seen it run in the most important races with names like Sandro Munari. It turns out to be the sixth built and the third set up as Group 4 by the Lancia racing department. In a palmarès rich in placings, it won the Rally of Spain in 1969 with Källström-Häggborn, Portugal in 1970 with Lampinen-Davenport and the “4 Regioni” in 1971 with Lampinen-Davenport. After the first years in Lancia, it has been property of Amilcare Ballestrieri for a long time.
The Fulvia “Fanalone” is a unique, special, winning machine. At the end of 1968 a car was born that was first used in racing and only then presented for series production. It was nicknamed “Fanalone” for its aggressive 170 mm internal headlights and had important production details that had nothing to do with any previous Fulvia. Many of the parts produced for that machine bore the number 818.540. 1278 cars were produced between 1969 and 1970 for the Reparto Corse Lancia, for the teams such as Jolly Club, 3 Gazzelle, Grifone and for individuals.For the teams and private individuals who requested it, engines with characteristics similar to the originals were available but capable of delivering more power. Instead the engines of the cars destined for the Reparto Corse Lancia were quite another thing and highlighted many racing details: the specialists of the "mechanical experience" of the Lancia engine sector modified cylinder heads, valve seats, manifolds, exhaust, then the crankcases through castings and reinforcements very different from those intended for production. The "ESPER MECC" racing material is recognizable as well as by the initials for many details as in the car with body number 1006 (the sixth produced), year of production 1968, with a Palmarès that distinguishes it as the most successful of the Reparto Corse Lancia.Starting from the bodywork: bonnets and doors were in peraluman with reduced thickness. At the rear of group 4 the entire right fender was molded without the fuel flap, replaced with a hole near the right roof pillar, for the outlet of the oversized L-shaped tank sleeve to accommodate the spare wheel. The windshield crystals, in the first 200 examples, were thin and light but they cracked in sporting use, so they were replaced with much more resistant glass. Sitting in the driver's seat, in group 4 everything changes radically, starting with the car interior protection with roll cage. The wooden steering wheel was replaced with the Fusina steering wheel in the first examples. With group 4 homologation, the dashboard and the lid were completely revised with a new fiberglass aluminum mold, on which all the instruments were placed, the levers in a safer position, the fuses. The speedometer is missing on the dashboard of the Reparto Corse Lancia cars. The seats in the racing version were mainly of Ferrero wraparounds but, in transfers, the two reclining Recaro seats were used. The pedal board was completely revised. In group 4, an Avional sheet metal was placed between the seat and the boot to prevent possible passage of fuel vapors into the passenger compartment. In the engine the differences between road and group 4 are many and all hidden! The engine cover in the classic yellow and blue hues, colors of the city of Turin with slightly smaller external Lancia writings, catches the eye. Many details of numbering and special stamped marks. As carburettors, in this example, there are 45 Webers. The crankcase underwent important transformations over the years and the preparation was remarkable with reinforcements almost everywhere. The gearbox was designed from the outset precisely for the 1.6 HF and its racing use. Precisely for this reason a final postponement was added to add a fifth gear; the operation produced a very heavy gearbox with the appearance of a little man with a head (hence the term “testone” aka "big head") but reliable. The gearbox for the competitions benefited from many possibilities of choosing the final ratio and obviously the gear ratios could also be different.The Fulvia group 4 chassis 1006 belongs to the lot of the first four cars prepared by the Reparto Corse Lanciawith all the specifications of group 4 in attachment J. Only citing the international races faced by the car, the drivers were: Sandro Munari (RAC 1969, not classified ), Harry Källström (Spain 1969, first overall), Simo Lampinen (Sweden 1970, not classified - Portugal 1970, first overall - RAC 1970, not classified - 4 Regions 1971, first overall), Tony Fall (Monte Carlo 1970, not classified) ; Amilcare Ballestrieri (Sanremo, RAC), Sergio Barbasio (Wiesbaden 1970, not classified - Rally Tulipani 1970, third overall - Sanremo 1971, third overall - Semperit - 999 minutes 1971, third overall); Alcide Paganelli-Ballestrieri-Ireland (84 Hours of Nürburgring 1969) and James Ireland (Marathon de la Route 1969). Even the co-drivers who sat next to the drivers were the strongest of the time. Among them we include the master Mario Mannucci, Pierino Sodano, John Davenport and Gunnar Haggbom. At the end of its career, car with chassis 1006 was sold to Amilcare Ballestrieri. The Fulvia was then handed over to a critical Italian historian of the Lancia brand, author of some books on the Turin brand.Contact
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