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Re: HPE added to my Lancia family
« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2026, 10:01:38 PM »
Steve,
Just seen your car in Ian's (hubnut) video of Rustival.
Shame he didn't mention it, just walked past it!

Hope you had a good drive back.

Nigel

got a mention here 7.20m

https://youtu.be/i3VXoAUo7Vw?si=XjbSfOTn5qHCG2Mh
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Lancia Beta HPE 2000 IE (1983)

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Re: HPE added to my Lancia family
« Reply #41 on: November 11, 2026, 06:50:27 PM »
In the summer when changing the fuel pipes an eagle eyed member spotted some crusty metal on the offside rear turret. I missed this at the time but knew over the winter it would be on my list of jobs to do so this week I have embarked on the strip out to do this job.

I am also going top replace the front calipers with freshly refurbed ones a friend has done for me
retrim the door cards I am going to try a cheap fix first and if not happy will have them redone to match the seats which aren't original
I also need to sort the gear linkage out as its awfully difficult to select some gears
I also want to change the ignition key/barrel as my understanding is this is the route of a power problem and the reason a by pass system has been put in
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Re: HPE added to my Lancia family
« Reply #42 on: Today at 01:39:22 PM »
Its like deja vu   :D :D

So Ive made a start on the turrets I say plural as I thought I'd better scrub the sound deadening off on the nearside that looked fine. Turns out it's worse than the driverside. Thankfully it's nowhere near as bad as the Spyder was and hopefully a fairly simple repair. Wasn't expecting to have to do such work but she is 44 years old and as far as I can work out its been at least 15 years since she last had any work and even then its unknown what was done, The previous owner did make enquiries to find out but the info requested was never sent. 
  As advised better to find it now and deal with it before it spreads and gets a lot worse. 

One bit thats a tad annoying it is what I found on the C pillar, I knew there was a tiny rust hole which I intended to drill out and grommet due to location but I found a chunk of filler behind it hence the oblong hole now and welding hear worries me as its mighty close to rear quarter and I don't want to damage the paintwork.

This work and the planned stuff will keep me busy over the winter though


Lancia Beta Spyder 2000 (1979 model)
Lancia Beta HPE 2000 IE (1983)