A visit to the Spa Italia days ....
... in 'our' 911 No, they didn't lynch us Lancia Monte Carlo i guess: De Tomaso Pantera A modern Startos prototype .. i think from 1999 Seen this one before Alfa Tipo 33 Stradale ... a grail car ... Pure beauty Hope you enjoyed ... Filip...
Great pictures thanks. Some fun facts for me.
I had the pleasure of both the lacia beta monte carlo gold and blue interior around 78 or 79 I think. And the Detomaso Patera GTS, the beast had the Cleveland 351 engine from ford. The distance from the rear ending to the tail pipes made for a very short ...
The Beta and the Pantera ..
.. have always been curious cars to me as a kid .. along with a lot of other Italian exotics. I never had the pleasure of owning one though. Do you have some old pictures to share ? THAT would be cool ! Cheers, Filip
Unfortunately no pictures.
It was a long time ago. I had the fiat 124 coupe at the time and the Lancia had a very similar engine. Bill
A very small number of the Beta montecarlo was produced in 78
I don't think it was that popular less than 50 produced that year.
Same over here
The Montecarlo was seen a an unreliable car and not performing well. My UNknowledge kept me away from Italian cars, but my admiration never stoped. The only Italian car i remember having driven alot was my friends X1/9 ... My wife had a Alfa GTv6 which pr...
Unfortunately ..
.. there were too many modern cars like Alfa 156 onwards .. Fiat 500 and Punto ... Not exactly your cool classic or special Italian :-) Bim
Actually ....
When you love Alfa or Ducati it is not about being biased ... it's about having taste ;-)
