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« on: August 23, 2010, 07:59:45 PM »

Hello, David Mirolo, Dublin. I have my father's Beta sedan 2000, Its been in the family since 1979, fortunatly or unfortunatly it met with the back of a Cortina in 1980, around the same time as the dreaded rust scandal ! At that point it was consigned to the garage and there it remained for the past thirty years. I did the body repairs back in 1995 and had the car painted (not very well, 75 quid) to preserve the car. I now have to move the Beta as the garage is to be demoished. My Lancia passion rund Deep! since I was a boy I used to admire our neighbours 2000 sedan to the point that when my dad wanted to trade in his Merc I pushed him to Buy a Beta, mistake! as he is Italian and you know what they drive like Grin The merc was a tad slow in compared to the Beta, it was bound to happen. Anyway I posted pics on the Lancia Motor Club Website, I'l post them here later. Thanks. David Cool
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« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010, 06:42:30 PM »

Welcome to the world of all things Beta Dave,  nice to hear a bit of history and some pics (later).

So whats the plan - put the car back on the road??
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 09:40:19 PM »

Yeah ! I hope to get the beta back on the road fairly soon, I had  a body repairer take a look at it and he reckons its the best Beta he has ever seen. His other Lancia exprience was a 1980 Beta coupe with the doors hanging off and a Delta Integrale with rust on the rust Huh?. There is very little rust on the body of the Beta, the bottom of the doors are sound and the sills are perfect. It was rust proofed when it was new so much so that the wax was so thick in the doors the drain holes were blocked I can remer pushing a kitchen knife up through the drain holes to clear them about thirty years ago, I'll keep you posted with any further developments. Doesanyone have a headlamp glass for the drivers side  ?  Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2010, 11:26:08 PM »

Here's a few photos   Undecided







Will post up some more soon  Grin
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