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frankxhv773t

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Re: Can you identify this ??
« Reply #15 on: 08 February, 2023, 12:59:15 PM »
I believe that's the rolling chassis of one of the two Lancia-Ansaldo 1Z armoured cars gifted to the Czech Legion at the end of WW1. They ended up, stripped of their armour, as teaching aids in a technical school in Czechoslovakia. It's particularly interesting as it would be one of the first batch of 20 produced in 1915, having internal deflectors on the ventilation slots in the front radiator armour. It could be used to recreate an 1Z autocarro all be it with the incorrect later centre change gearbox.

davidwheeler

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Re: Can you identify this ??
« Reply #16 on: 13 February, 2023, 04:21:53 PM »
Thanks Geoff , looks to be a rear one - all the dimensions correspond. The only other mark/stamp on the centre is shown below

Now - what to do with it - Buy the rest of the car ?
Surely this is enough for the basis of a full restoration?
David Wheeler.  Lambdas, Aprilia, Fulvia Sport.(formerly Appia and Thema as well).