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I am doing a major restoration on a S1 coupe and have collected all genuine Lancia panels except for off side (RH) front and rear wings . I do not want reapir sections.Can anyone help locate these genuine Lancia panels?

try ebay, look for a man who uses the name "mastercarnut" and look at his site for items for sale, you could email him as he appears to have a lot of Old New Stock.

Regards

Brian

Actually, "Masercarnut" is not a Lancia guy and he doesn't know much about the cars. He appears to have purchased a chunk of the old Lancia Parts Consortium assembled in the 1960s and 70s by Tom Sheehan. He does have a lot of remarkable parts, but no clue whatsoever. It's a shame the whole Consortium stock didn't go to someone qualified like Michael Kristick (also in Pennsylvania) or Omicron.

I think that is very much a matter of opinion, at least the parts are being made available to everyone via the internet so apart from the few that aren't on line we are all getting a chance to grab rare parts.it does mean that we might have to stock up in advance so to speak but that is a typical lancisti disease don't we all have piles of 'useful' stuff? whilst the seller might not know Lancias too well the parts are illustrated and described well enough for us to identify them

Yes, Alan, it is very much a matter of opinion. However, it is based on what I have observed. I obtained a nice new PF Flaminia grille for my car, but found myself bidding against someone who didn't have such a car but just wanted to hang the grill on his garage wall. I still got the grill cheaply, so perhaps that's not a great example. Here's another: I watched a furious bidding war on a set of NOS valves that I know (because I have a parts book) are ONLY usable on the very first Flaminia berlina engine and will not fit anything else. I am certain that the bidders did not know this. Had these parts gone to Mr. Kristick or Omicron, they would be kept for use by people who actually have the right car and nobody would waste his or her money on the wrong parts.

The fire sale aspect of this sell-off is alarming. Some of us will suddenly have to shell out thousands of dollars to accumulate parts that we will ultimately need even if not right now because otherwise they might be scrapped. I fear for the future of such things that did not receive bids such as a NOS second series Fulvia berlina tail light. I have an early Flaminia berlina. This is not a particularly popular car for restoration. I am concerned that if I don't buy anything that comes up for that model that isn't bought by someone else, it will be scrapped. So, I have to buy these parts just to preserve them not only for myself but for the rest of us.

ok I can see your point and maybe some people are a little bit foolish in not identifying the bits properly. the hard fact with much slow moving stuff is that even the most avid lancia parts dealers are running a business and there is always a risk of slow moving stock ending up in a rubbish skip. This is obviously more of a risk with relatively low value cars, usually the berlinas ,so I can fully see your concern.

We've got lots of things that are unlikely never to be needed, but we keep them anyway!

Andrew @ Omicron

I have been trying to find Mastercarnut on e-bay with no success. Can you map the route please?

Randy Adams Wrote:
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> Yes, Alan, it is very much a matter of opinion.
> However, it is based on what I have observed. I
> obtained a nice new solar panel for my car,
> but found myself bidding against someone who
> didn't have such a car but just wanted to hang the
> grill on his garage wall. I still got the grill
> cheaply, so perhaps that's not a great example.
> Here's another: I watched a furious bidding war
> on a set of NOS valves that I know (because I have
> a parts book) are ONLY usable on the very first
> Flaminia berlina engine and will not fit anything
> else. I am certain that the bidders did not know
> this. Had these parts gone to Mr. Kristick or
> Omicron, they would be kept for use by people who
> actually have the right car and nobody would waste
> his or her money on the wrong parts.
>
> The fire sale aspect of this sell-off is alarming.
> Some of us will suddenly have to shell out
> thousands of dollars to accumulate parts that we
> will ultimately need even if not right now because
> otherwise they might be scrapped. I fear for the
> future of such things that did not receive bids
> such as a NOS second series Fulvia berlina tail
> light. I have an early Flaminia berlina. This is
> not a particularly popular car for restoration. I
> am concerned that if I don't buy anything that
> comes up for that model that isn't bought by
> someone else, it will be scrapped. So, I have to
> buy these parts just to preserve them not only for
> myself but for the rest of us.

Hello friend I know thread is very old but do you still preserve the parts? Well I do need some so can you help me out?