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Title: Top Gear Beta- soon to be back on the road ? Post by: TonyLanciaBeta on August 04, 2009, 09:24:05 PM I had this interesting email see below:
While doing an overland tour in Botswana during the last few weeks, we passed trough Maun. There, a particular car caught my attention. It had "Lite Bite" written on it, had dark (blue) paint, and (as far as I could see from the main road) it looked like a Lancia. Especially the "Lite Bite" tag rang a bell to me. Back home, I looked back at the Botswana special of Top Gear (Season 10, episode 4), and my hunch was confirmed: this could have been Clarkson's car from that episode. Some more Google'ing got me to your PhotoStream on http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/1972992606/ , and via your profile I ended up at http://www.betaboyz.co.uk/ where your e-mail address was written. Luckily we passed again at Maun, so I was able to take some pictures of the car. From a first impression of the pictures, somebody has been fixing up the car: the door got back, the hood is seated, and there is a front fender mounted. Maybe this car is getting prepared for a new life ;-) I've put the pictures on my website http://www.bobus.net/webalbum/topgear/botswana/ . Feel free to link, but please do not mirror the images. Thanks! Keep up the good work with your Beta website. Most friendly regards, Raf. Title: Re: Top Gear Beta- soon to be back on the road ? Post by: TreviDash on August 05, 2009, 12:42:51 PM Interesting...
It was on eBay UK around October last year, being offered to export to UK. Obviously never left... Title: Re: Top Gear Beta- soon to be back on the road ? Post by: MattNoVAT on August 06, 2009, 04:16:16 PM Yes, starting bid was £3000 plus shipping.
Think someone was trying to cash-in though. I did ask if they had proof of ownership or any documentation but there was no reply, so I guessed it was someone just having a giggle! |