#torestore

We’re not Lancia experts to the point of being able to state definitively whether this is a B50, B51, or B52, so we’ve made an assumption based on the year provided by the seller. The seller—well known to many of you—Joop Stolze, is currently liquidating his entire collection (though we’re quite sure he’ll be keeping a few cars for himself, likely the best ones). It’s a very large collection…

Anyone looking to have some fun with this car is more than welcome—especially since, in this case, the fun could last a long time given the car’s condition. We’re also unsure whether it’s truly worth restoring or if it’s better used as a source of many rare and valuable spare parts, which are increasingly hard to find for these Touring-built cars. In fact, aside from the strictly mechanical…

And here is one of the many puzzles we enjoy, namely a car of uncertain origin and practically unrecognizable from the photos. Clearly, it is a 1972 911, specifically an E series (also known as Oelkappe, with the oil tank filler cap on the outside, precisely on the right rear fender, later removed due to many gas station attendants mistakenly using it as the gasoline filler cap), in the Targa…