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Lancia Fulvia berlina
A black Lancia Fulvia saloon with its black Cuneo plate: engine dropped out with its subframe and overhauled, engine bay cleaned, wheels and hubcaps renewed, light interior put in order.
- Model
- Lancia Fulvia saloon
- Built
- 1963–1972
- Engine
- Narrow-angle V4, front-mounted, front-wheel drive
- Colour
- Black, light interior
- Plate
- Black, from Cuneo
- Work
- Engine, engine bay, underbody, wheels, interior
The story
The Fulvia was launched in 1963 as a saloon: front-wheel drive, Lancia's compact V4 engine and careful engineering in every detail. The saloon later gave rise to the coupé and the Zagato, which made the name famous in racing too.
This black saloon, with its black Cuneo plate, arrived complete but with mechanics to redo and many years of dirt in the engine bay. In the workshop the engine was dropped out, overhauled and refitted; wheels, hubcaps and interior were put back in order.
The restoration step by step
The heart of the Fulvia
- Step 1 of 4
How it arrived
Good-looking outside, but under the bonnet oil, dust and tired wiring; inside the wheel arches the rust had started its work.
on arrival, with the bonnet open 
the engine bay before the work 
rust inside the wheel arch - Step 2 of 4
Engine out
The car is raised onto dollies and the engine unit, with gearbox and front suspension, is lowered out from below and taken to the bench.
the car on dollies, ready to drop the engine 
the engine unit coming out from below 
engine, gearbox and suspension on their subframe 
the empty engine bay - Step 3 of 4
Engine overhauled, bay cleaned
The engine is overhauled and cleaned; the engine bay, freed of years of grime, is put right before everything goes back in place.
the overhauled V4 
the empty engine bay before cleaning 
the engine unit ready to go back in 
the engine bay tidy, job done - Step 4 of 4
The interior
Seats, panels and the dashboard with its Fulvia script are back in order, with the striped mats in place.
the driver's seat with the Fulvia dashboard 
the rear bench in light fabric
As it is today
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