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Year: 1967

Make: Lancia

Model: Fulvia Rally 1.3 HF

Orange County surprises us yet again with a truly unique piece of automotive history.

In 1963 Lancia introduced the Fulvia at the Geneva Motor Show. Designed by Antonio Fessia the Fulvia was intended as the replacement for the Lancia Appia.
The Fulvia was a front wheel drive car whereas the Appia was rear wheel driven.

The DOHC narrow angle V4 was designed by Zaccone Mina and positioned forward at a 45 degree angle. The earlier cars engines displaced 1091cc and were capable of about 70hp depending on configuration and compression ratios.
The HF model had a 1216cc engine that produced about 88hp.

The rally version of the Fulvia Coupe HF was introduced in 1966 and featured 1.2 and 1.3 liter engines. Engine sizes would eventually be increased to 1.6 liters; the cars only weighing in at about 900 Kilos.

In 1969 Fiat took over production of Lancia and in 1972, Lancia Fulvias took the world by storm, winning the International Rally Championship and in the process beating the likes of Porsche, Cooper, BMW and Alfa Romeo.

This car:

In 1967, Otto Zipper, of Alfa Romeo fame here in Southern California, imported only 4 of these Lancia factory rally cars. It is believed that only two of the original four still exist, but, that this car may indeed by the only survivor with the correct 1.3 liter engine. The car was sold to Briggs Cunningham and was part of the Cunningham collection for years. The car is now in the possession of only its third owner.

The car has covered only 39,670 miles since new; some 41 years ago. This little car runs great and is an absolute joy to drive. The exhaust snarl sounds rather like pouring milk on rice crispies…..snap, crackle, pop! It is just fantastic. The car received only one repaint to its correct color a few years ago. The interior, leather, dash, carpeting, door panels, etc are all in amazing original condition as is; all of the glass, chrome and bright-work.

Add all of that up and throw in the Briggs Cunningham connection of this fantastic factory built rally car and we have one very, very rare piece of automotive history living here in Orange County.

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