PROJECT LANCIA

History of the Car


Some info on the car:

  • Tag on body shows manufacture date of 4/76. Serial # is 0100510. If you go to this site and look at the list of serial numbers, it says that 0100510 was red, a California car and was totaled around 1985. Maybe this car sustained major front-end damage prior to 1983 and was converted to a race car after the accident? As converted to a race car, not much of the original front end is left.

  • We believe the original builder of the race car was Leo Weber. Was he the original owner? We assume he raced the car in California SCCA events. The car has the number '5', SCCA stickers and 'SP' near the number 5.

  • The car was raced in the 1983 IMSA Camel GT Sears Point 3 Hours (GTO class) with co-driver Wolfgang Nachsel. There are 'IMSA' and 'Camel GT' stickers on the doors. Search for 'Weber' in the race results here. So far we have not found any other race results on the Internet. Since the old race photo has the IMSA and Camel GT stickers on the car, the photo must have been taken at that race or later. We would like to get IMSA and Camel GT stickers that match the originals, so if anyone knows of a source, please let us know.

  • In the early 1990's, the car was sold to John M. Hoyt who drove the car on the streets of Los Angeles for several years. He painted the car in grey and black primer to cut down on police 'attention'. Rumors abound that the car was street raced on Mulholland Drive (hey, thats illegal....). The car was eventually taken to Arkansas and then on to South Carolina.

  • The engine currently in the car is apparently a production Lancia 2 liter. When John bought the car, he did not buy the race engine. The race engine was supposed to have been a 4-valve, turbo 4 cylinder. Would it have been similar to those used in the factory Lancia road cars?


  • Source of the front air dam? When looking at the old race photo, it does not appear to have an air dam that extends out in front of the car as far as the current one. It also appears to mount on a different place. So the current air dam was probably mounted later. It does show evidence of zus fasteners so it probably was raced. The air dam appears very similar to those used on the Lancia Group 5 road cars, except it does not have the center air scoop.


  • The wheels? 13 inchers. Although not measured yet, we believe they are 10 inches wide in the front and 12 inches wide in the back. The back of the wheels say 'Comp Wheels Ltd' and 'England'. Current tires are 235/50x13 on both ends. The back tires do not look right and by my calculations would need to be about 285/40x13. Any one have any idea where to get street legal tires like this?





    • The car arrives in Texas from South Carolina:



    Jerry's comment, 'If you think the Lancia looks rough, you should have seen the Dodge Dart on the transport.
    I can't believe anyone would have bought that rust bucket.'




    Some photos from our road trip to pick up parts. Dallas/Fort Worth to Fayetteville, Arkansas and back on a Saturday - 13 hour trip counting loading time and lunch/gas breaks. The car was even driven down the dirt road once where the owner lived (see first 2 pics)! The parts were in a small shed on the property. We picked up some Scorpion and Beta parts, as well as some of the original race parts for the car (fiberglas-skinned doors, fiberglas roof panel, rear c-pillars with air ducts, spare rear fender, rear spoiler). The last two pics are of Garrick with a spare Lancia head and the original Scorpion (front) hood.





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