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September 2005

As a mark of appreciation of h= is hard work and dedication over the last twenty odd years it has been decided= to pay tribute to Peter Immelman by making him Honorary President of the Club.=

The committee has been further strengthened with Chris Pretorious joining us as Club Librarian and Johann = du Toit has agreed to take on the post of Club Registrar. We thank them for volunteering their time so generously. More on these po= sts later.

NEXT EVENT

ITALIAN CLUB LUNCH – 12.30pm Sunday 18 September 2005

They do a very good set menu for R65 and have a selection of reasonably priced w= ines or you can bring your own. Corkage is R15. Draught beer is also available.<= /span>

Directions

Take Koeberg Road through Brooklyn= & Ysterplaat into Rugby. Turn left into Epping between Caltex Garage and Kulu Motors. Go through to the end of Epping and turn left into Donegal. The Italian Club is the first entrance on your right.

A separate parking area will be kept aside for Lancia’s so please make every effort to arrive in yours. The Baldwin’s are plan= ning to bring three and challenge any other family to match or beat that. Laurence = will be there with his latest acquisition.

GARAGE MEETING

Peters Place – 3.0= 0pm Sat= urday 1 October 2005

Presentation on Shock Absorbers – What they do and how they do it by Jim Baldwin

EXHAUST NOTES

For those of you who didn’t follow last month’s tailpiece about the Lancia D50 here are a few more details ab= out it.

This was Lancia’s only Formula 1 car and was probably the main reason for the company’s financial collapse in 1955= . As with all Lancia’s it was extremely well engineered and way ahead of it’s time. Designed by Vittorio Jano for the 1954 2.5 Litre Formula 1= it had a V8 engine used as a structural part of the space frame chassis and the gearbox as part of the rear transaxle. The most striking part of the car was the twin pannier type fuel tanks between the wheels.

This was to improve airflow and w= eight distribution. The car looked very promising as it produced marginally more power and was markedly lighter the benchmark Mercedes W196. The team had Alberto Ascari, the champion driver for the previous two years as leader. Unfortunately, the car initially did not live up to its promise as it was o= nly ready for the last race of the 1954 season and its main claim to fame in the 1955 season was Ascari driving it into the harbor whilst leading the Monaco= GP. By the end of season Lancia ran out of money and at the request of the Ital= ian government the whole team was sold to Ferrari for 1 Lira. They then went on to win the 1957 championship using this car and carried on using developments of it for qui= te a few years.

FOR SALE SEC= TION

Please email all you for sale or wanted adverts t= o laurence.baldwin@gmail.com

My pick of the month is another Montecarlo in Johannesburg; it was so good I bought it myself. A 1982 Montecarlo coupe f= rom a dealer in Bryanston, I was privileged to have Simon Taylor from th= e Lancia Club of South Africa test-drive it for me. Simon gave me brilliant feedback, over a page long in-depth write-up of all the things wrong w= ith the car.

After a few sleepless nights of worry about my new car on a truck it arrived safely. Another real worry was whether I would actually fit in it. Being 6= 221;2 and I had never even sat in a Montecarlo it turns out I had every reason to worry. I do just fit; I cannot rest my sunglasses on the top= of my head as I usually do though.

So I am now trying to sell my Lancia Prisma Symbol. Seems a pity as I have fixed so many things on it and its far more economical th= an the Monte.

For Sale= : Frans Du Toit from Gordans Bay, is sell= ing 2 Lancia Beta Coupes. Both with good engines and he also has some more spares= on his farm.

1979 red, old grille, but has PS = and electric window winders, some rust: R11 000

1978 silver, neat, repainted and = rust removed: R16 000

Frans number is 021 856 3476.

For Sale= : Lancia Prisma Symbol, 1.6 Twincam with fuel injection. Stainle= ss steel exhaust, central locking, sunroof, cd frontloader. R14 000 onco

Call Laurence on 083 649 9445

SUPPLIER REGISTER

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Every month we give positive feedback of a suppli= er of Lancia spares that a member of the club has used. If you have found a brilliant source of spares or a supplier of hard to find parts please drop = me an email so I can include it in future newsletters.

The Supplier for this month is Eurocarb Ltd. I fo= und there website (http://www.ra= cecar.co.uk/dellorto/) when looking for the correct jets for my 1600 Lancia Beta coupe. They repli= ed very promptly to emails and where able to supply me with all the jets and emulsion tubes for 30 pounds including shipping. When the package did not arrive after 4 weeks they offered to claim on their insurance and ship me another set, which really impressed me. The SA postage service did not impr= ess me taking 7 weeks to deliver the package and charging me customs duty.

Eurocarb ltd
256 Kentwood Hill

Tilehurst

Reading

RG31 6DR

United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 118 943 1180

Facsimile: +44 (0) 118 943 1190

E-mail: sales@dellorto.co.uk

FORTHCOMING LANCIA CLUB SA EVENTS

Noggin – Friday 30^th of September 2005 from 19h00 @ The Old Pretoria<= /st1:City> Boys Club – Qu= eens Crescent, Lynnwood, Pretoria. Tel. Alb= ert 082 941 6457.

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Noggin = 211; Friday 7^{th
of October 2005 from 19h00 @
The Old Johannian’s Club –
St. John’s School}

34 St. Andrew Road<= /st1:address>, Houghton, Jo’burg. Tel. Mandy or Sue on 011 487-1971 = or 082 453 9090.

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TAILPIECE

Unfortunately I’ve run out= of space time and space so you will have to wait for the next issue for detail= s of the club register and library. If you can’t wait please contact Johan= n or Chris.

Jim

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Johann du Toit&nb= sp; = 685 6824 &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; dutoit@intekom.co.za <= /p>

Laur= ence Baldwin 557 1266 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 083 649 9445 laurence@mindspring.co.za

Jim Baldwin = 557 = 1266 &= nbsp; 710 6823 083 717 2646 jimb@ananzi.co.za

Peter Immelman      = ;      686 3305          Fax689 1498      083 300 766= 6     peter_i@iafrica.com

Julian Schut = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp; 082 339 1988     jschut@iafrica.com=

Chris Pretorious&= nbsp;            712 7463      &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp; chris.pretorius2@za.bp.com

Club Website: http://home.intekom.com/lancia/Inde= x.html courtesy of Johan du Toit – lots of pictures on this site!=