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1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero

  • 07-04-2011 1:22pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭_Conrad_


    it looks mental, but i'd probably get some kind of fit if claustrophobia driving it, doesn't look like you could see out very well


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭bijapos


    A lot more info on it here....

    The cabin was so far up front that access was by way of a flip-up windscreen, and a sourced hydraulic linkage was devised so that, as the steering column was pushed forward to enable access to the driver’s seat, the windscreen would lift. The black rectangle at the bottom of the windscreen was in fact a small rubber mat intended to make climbing in easier by first stepping onto the bodywork. The Lancia badge at the centre of the mat cleverly concealed a pivoting handle that popped the windscreen open

    Everything about the Stratos looked futuristic. Its full-width row of ultrathin headlights made for a dramatic front view, echoed at the rear by the minimalist but highly effective combination of mesh grille, ribbon taillights, fat tyres and dual exhaust offset to the side of the protruding gearbox case. The front headlight strip was backlit by ten 55W bulbs at the front, the rear strip by no less than 84 tiny bulbs spread all around the perimeter of the truncated tail. As for turn signals, the same lights simply lit up in succession from the centre to the edges!


    Once seated, the driver had nothing but the road in front of him and the sky above him, with a futuristic instrument panel offset to the side behind the front wheel-arch. Its graphics, hand-etched in the green Perspex, were certainly futuristic looking but probably difficult to concentrate on at any speed!
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭lastsaturday


    its the kind of thing buck rogers would drive in the 25th century..

    beebeedeebeep


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭KingIsabella


    Mad as bag of spiders.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,863 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    I'm thinking the NCap results for that wouldn't be great ! :D
    I think I would rather be in a Mars bar wrapper if I was going to hit something !


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    I think the Pink Panther drove one!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Number Nine


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Ali Babba


    Is this the same car?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭bijapos


    Ali Babba wrote: »
    Is this the same car?

    I don't think so. It has different rear mechanics, different exhaust, suspension, gearbox and badging on the rear. Has a UK reg which is strange and has a website on the side which seems to be this one.

    EDIT: The car was built in 2006, its a replica and its on his site. Great job tbh.


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