Author Topic: 1300 Coupes (Read 176983 times)

rossocorsa · « **Reply #160 on:** March 08, 2015, 10:52:11 AM »

Does appear to have a lot of cosmetic perforation! Does look very straight though

Longy · « **Reply #161 on:** March 11, 2015, 08:40:52 AM »

Hello I just thought I'd let you know I have a 1300 coupe.owned it for 22years and only 1 owner before that,52,000 miles from new.i took it off the road 12years ago because the clutch was starting to slip and I was going to do some faded paintwork.the car has only ever been worked on by my friend who worked at lancia denham when it was new,infact he even had to do the delivery inspection to make all ready for its need owner,I bought the car at 30,000 miles.the colour is ascot dark green,when I take it out of the carcoon and wash and polish it I will post some photos when I can get my son to show me how.it has to live in the carcoon now because I have a montecarlo in the garage.also I've just sold my dedra turbo,so I like lancias it's safe to say.cheers from longy

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #162 on:** March 11, 2015, 05:28:17 PM »

Quote from: Longy on March 11, 2015, 08:40:52 AM

Hello I just thought I'd let you know I have a 1300 coupe.owned it for 22years and only 1 owner before that,52,000 miles from new.i took it off the road 12years ago because the clutch was starting to slip and I was going to do some faded paintwork.the car has only ever been worked on by my friend who worked at lancia denham when it was new,infact he even had to do the delivery inspection to make all ready for its need owner,I bought the car at 30,000 miles.the colour is ascot dark green,when I take it out of the carcoon and wash and polish it I will post some photos when I can get my son to show me how.it has to live in the carcoon now because I have a montecarlo in the garage.also I've just sold my dedra turbo,so I like lancias it's safe to say.cheers from longy

Brilliant, another 1300 Coupe identified. We must be just short of double figures now! Is yours facelift or pre-facelift (brown dash)?

Longy · « **Reply #163 on:** March 11, 2015, 06:23:02 PM »

It's a 1981 series 2 one of the last.ive been in the lancia motor club for 20 years and taken it to 2 day outs many years ago I remember meeting flavio iorio, I think that was his name and it was in the viva lancia that year photographed at a meet I think it was a go karting get together about 15years ago.there was a few betas there that day.cant remember the name of the place something hall I think.

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #164 on:** March 12, 2015, 07:06:35 AM »

Look forward to the pics.

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #165 on:** April 08, 2015, 10:14:32 PM »

Bit of a hiccup on the MOT test this year. A pin-hole at the bottom front of the OS rear wheel arch turned into quite a mess.

All fixed and on the road now. Phew!

rossocorsa · « **Reply #166 on:** April 09, 2015, 02:07:37 PM »

reminds me a bit of my VX

riverhead · « **Reply #167 on:** May 04, 2015, 08:40:33 PM »

Might be well worth cleaning the whole system. Tank to carb.
The added ethanol in the fuel can strip crud off lines tanks and reservoirs so worth cleaning fully and I'd agree flitter king a great idea.
Best if luck .
Huw

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #168 on:** May 10, 2015, 03:23:01 PM »

Unusually, I was the sole Beta representative at this years LMC Great Northern Weekend in New Lanark (there was also a Spider on the participants list, but it didn't show).

448 miles in three days, including a 188 mile non stop return in three and a half hours this morning.

Only hiccup was the increasingly annoying radiator fan thermostat (see separate post).

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #169 on:** June 10, 2015, 12:02:27 PM »

I finally got round to fitting my NS window winder and mirror. Unfortunately I couldn't quite finish the job, as the previous owner had left off the bolts that connect the glass to the winder carriage. The glass was held up with a long bolt through an aperture in the door to one of the carrier bolt holes. A handy tip if you end up with a winding mechanism broken in a not fully raised position.

I have a pair of bolts from my scrapped door, but they are over at my Mothers, so I'll have to wait until the weekend to finish the job.

The mirror has been a bit of a bugbear with this car, as on my Police driving courses the instructors hammered checking the NS mirror for cyclists and motorbikes, especially when exiting a roundabout at speed. They'd check that you were doing this every time, so for the last 18 months I've found my self constantly glimpsing at nothing!

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #170 on:** June 10, 2015, 12:03:43 PM »

Old NS mechanism truly shot!

smithymc · « **Reply #171 on:** June 10, 2015, 04:36:48 PM »

Neil

I too suffer from imaginary mirror syndrome - I have been too slack on tracing a matching early mirror and must get onto it again.

Hope the regulator goes well- may be brave enough to try mine then!

Mark

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #172 on:** June 14, 2015, 12:23:46 PM »

After a somewhat fraught search of my Mother's garage the bolts were found and the job finished.

Slight further crisis when that fiddly screw that secures the lock button went flying across the drive and remains un-located. Fortunately there was a spare in the box of fittings from the scrap door, which located on the thread straight away. No doubt the other screw will re-appear, now that I don't need it!

Just a clean up now before Betameeta.

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #173 on:** July 15, 2015, 07:12:16 AM »

271 mile round trip this weekend going to the LMC National Weekend and my friends wedding.

This included collecting the very interesting Daniele Audetto from Birmingham Airport. Due to the wedding I missed his apparently excellent presentation on Saturday evening. Seems he knows everyone in F1 and world rallying from Lauda onward.

Another highlight was screeching into the church car park with five minutes to spare after the dash from Stratford to Derbyshire. The groom was impressed with our entrance!

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #174 on:** September 06, 2015, 02:36:08 PM »

Though not entirely obvious from this photo my Coupe had it's new bonnet and boot lid painted and fitted this week. Have spent all morning cleaning, fettling and replacing trim. Hopefully now ready for the LMC stand at Manchester Classic car Show.

peteracs · « **Reply #175 on:** September 06, 2015, 05:47:32 PM »

Hi Neil

Very nice, hope you have good show in Manchester. I must admit I did not realise your boot and bonnet were that bad?

Peter

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #176 on:** September 07, 2015, 07:11:03 AM »

Quote from: peteracs on September 06, 2015, 05:47:32 PM

Hi Neil

Very nice, hope you have good show in Manchester. I must admit I did not realise your boot and bonnet were that bad?

Peter

The bonnet was a funny one. The leading edge was fine, but the double skin at the rear behind the grille had gone. A previous owner had filled it and the rust underneath was starting to break out. Amazing what you can get away with on a dark coloured car. If the car had been white, silver or even light blue it would have already looked horrendous.

The boot lid had the regulation rust scab on the bottom left hand corner, again in the double skin, exactly where it was on my last Coupe. I was lucky to pick up an immaculate, though silver, lid from ebay.

peteracs · « **Reply #177 on:** September 07, 2015, 07:42:43 AM »

From the photo it appears the paint colour match is very good which can be difficult, unless recently painted of course.

Peter

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #178 on:** September 08, 2015, 07:00:40 AM »

Quote from: peteracs on September 07, 2015, 07:42:43 AM

From the photo it appears the paint colour match is very good which can be difficult, unless recently painted of course.

Peter

It took two goes to get the shade right. Just some bits of faded/worn paint on the front wings letting it down a bit now.

The big bullet to bite in the future will be pulling out the rear screen and fixing the bits of rust around that. The original owner had the front screen done about ten years ago.

Neil-yaj396 · « **Reply #179 on:** September 29, 2015, 06:44:02 AM »

Couldn't resist copying this link from the LMC Forum

http://www.autoscout24.com/offers/lancia-beta-13-25000-km-originali-gasoline-blue-277589115

Hope it works. Definitely the best 1300 I've seen, possibly the best Coupe. The price may seem high, but it would only buy a mediocre Fulvia.

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