This 1951 Aurelia B10 is one of the best specimens we’ve ever seen: the seller says that it was never restored and that’s actually hard to believe it. Of course it often happens to find preserved specimens of these V6 sedans built by lancia in the early fifties: back then these were expensive cars and… Read More Four digits plate: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B10
This is not the first hearse based on a Lancia seen so far, but for sure this is the oldest one, as it is based on a Lancia Aurelia B10. Indeed the B10 has been produced from 1950; in 1951 Lancia made two version of the sedan car: one equipped with a 1,774 cc engine… Read More Last classy ride: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B10 hearse
Well, the presentation of this car is not good but at least the seller has said the truth about the conditions of this car. It’s an Aurelia B20 GT, probably a fifth series, which need a lot of patience and work, along with a good amount of money and time to spend on it. That’s quite… Read More Much rust, no papers: 1956 Lancia Aurelia B20 GT
Aurelia’s B20 are not usual to spot in the U.S. but sometimes when you find them they reserve big surprises like the former MM car published few months ago and stored for many years in a barn in Oregon. This car clearly comes from UK (at least the plate says it) and it is said to… Read More Minor cosmetic only: 1957 Lancia Aurelia B20
Update, September 23: As the reader Shel says, this car (chassis B20-2254) should be one of the six semi – official Lancia’s, painted in blue/ivory, which joined the Mille Miglia in 1953. If so, the original italian plate of this car was TO143916 with the engine #2503. Such engine was the experimental 2500 cc. version,… Read More Unfulfilled dream: 1953 Lancia Aurelia B20
Believe it or not, nowadays you can still see barn finds like this one which, indeed, is a rare B24S which has been stored many years. This car (chassis B24S-1612) needs not only cosmetics but to be disassembled in pieces and then fully restored. The seller says that there is rust under the sills (as usual)… Read More Restoration doesn’t matter: 1959 Lancia Aurelia B24 Convertibile
Indeed, the seller says that this special Aurelia built 63 years ago by Stabilimenti Farina (“Pinin” Farina’s brother) is the only one in the US. Other three coupé and one convertible cars like this are known to exsist. This car has an aluminium body with the exception of the doors and outer rockers: that’s good… Read More One in the hemisphere: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B50 Coupé by Farina
To the collective imagination the name “Aurelia” means sport, coupè, spider or Touring. But, before all these models, there was an Aurelia built for executives or affluent family men. Indeed this is a four door, six seats fastback pushed by the Lancia V6, the first V6 engine ever made, designed by engineer Francesco De Virgilio. Few,… Read More Family man’s V6: 1956 Lancia Aurelia B12
Sure, this car is not what it’s usually classified as “cheap”: actually the asking price of this car is unreachable for most uf us. But, in relative terms, this B24S could be one of the very last opportunities to buy such car at something around a quarter million dollars. These considerations start obviously after watching… Read More Silver Chip: 1958 Lancia Aurelia B24 Convertibile
We are not Lancia experts so we can’t spot any typical sign which makes the difference between a 3rd and a 4th series of the B20 breed. Obviously, the main difference is about the rear suspensions system: much complex on the first three series. Just for this reason, it was abandoned (it was much more… Read More Unsure series: 1954 Lancia Aurelia B20 Coupé
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