Wow! A Steal!
The seller is really out lots of money for the body job. But it is great. True the undercarriage is supposed to be black -- inside of fenders and the "frame" to which the suspension attaches. But that is not fatal. The red is beautiful even if it might not be the original color (lots of people like red, and this bright red especially). The lack of the "hash mark" louvers behind the front wheel is not fatal either because they did nothing functional. The 2600 actually had the same panel, just eliminated them. But I suspect he still has the metal pieces so if someone is so determined to be exact, some metal work could be amended to put them on. But why? As for the hardtop, I know there were at least three different styles for the two liter. I've had all three (as well as the Parish Plastic ones). This one I call type one, the one without much rear window. There is a second one that I like best, the one on my two liter. They are "fitted" at the factory to the particular cars. There is a Touring hardtop coupe Lancia of about the same era with the exact same rear window. This one does not yet have the glass in it, and will flatten enough when it is in to catch the middle "hook". It is NOT a 2600 hardtop. My personal experience is that the 2600 has a higher center deck and when a 2600 hard top is used on a two liter it "high centers" rather than has a gap. It cannot lock down on both sides (I tried, and finally had to put it back on the 2600, but still have a 2600 top now as well as two two liter tops in addition to the one on my "baby". Tires are probably 165x400, but neither perelli nor michelin, probably semperit in brand. They just look small because the car is not down sitting on the wheels. FRANKLY, $9,000 is a steal. Somebody go get this. I will help any buyer with the engine. Finished one this Spring for a fellow in Costa Mesa. Was shocked at the parts prices, because I had to get fourth oversize pistons from Christian at OKT in Munich. I can't find the photos on my computer right now, but perhaps I should post them when I find them so we know what a decent engine should look like. And, by the way, the original pan was NOT ALWAYS painted bluish green like the FISPA filter cannister. They usually were a creamy grey, and most that finally got to me were repained silver. But since I know not all the pans were of the same color anyway, the other thread makes little sense. I have had so many of these that I disregard the pan colors. Most are grubby with oil and dirt by the time I see them, and when they come out of the solvent tank it is always surprising to see what color they were originally. When I find the engine phots I will post them. Jay
). I bought mine in very rough shape, but partially dismantled, and it has been a challenge to find all of the correct little brackets and widgets that the PO casually lost or mislabled etc. However, if you want a project this looks like a better one than most of the rust buckets we normally see.
