Look what's in my garage!
Yep, I've taken the plunge and bought Richard's Fulvia Berlina. Went over with Margaret to look on Wednesday, fell in love (with the car) and collected it today.
As David Laver says in the first post on this thread it is an absolute gem, and driving home in it this afternoon it is a wonderful testimony to Richard's skill and dedication to the task of preserving it. Everything essential works and it drives like a new car, even the radio works!. No kidding. Cosmetically it needs a fair bit of TLC , principley the door skins but so good is the rest of it that it truly will be worth the effort and expense. I haven't told Jonathan yet and neither has he seen it, so things could get a bit tense tomorrow morning when he comes to work on the Fanalone.
So, why did I even go and look, let alone buy it? Well, our South African friends Tony and Shelley Seiler are coming over for a holiday and particularly want to take in Fulvia 50. Tony runs a Lancia care garage in SA and would naturally like to have a Fulvia whilst over here. Seemed like a good idea to buy Richards car, titivate it, let the Seilers use it and then sell it on for a small profit. At least that's how I sold it to Margaret but having driven it I'm having a huge nostalgia moment and hope that maybe Margaret will join in and we'll keep it. Oh, there goes a pig flying by!
So, old Lancia proverb, 'when you've got a mammoth restoration project on your hands, take on another'. Insanity here I come.
Robin
