@@PorthLlwydemissions, have in account the amount of materials needed to make those cars? Surely any modern ev car will produce way more emissions just to produce without mentioning the batteries, that will require another tons of emission gases to replace.
@@rafaeloreirorodriguez5278 it's not realistic for everyone to be driving around in 1930's cars though, but I get your point. We need to move towards decarbonising the manufacturing and mining processes too. I'd like to see a lot more lightweight, interesting, small EV's.
@@JC-he7yk I’m not excited about many new cars, but the new Ypsilon really doesn’t look too bad It’s got a lot of dignity, it’s unique, interesting They say they’re returning to rally with it
Legendary design. The engine is all-alloy, with a single OHC operating the valve-trains on both cylinder banks. The stroke is long, so that's where the torque comes from - max torque is at only 2,000 rpm. The car's official top speed was 78 mph, about the same as an MG Midget of the same era.
I've got trafficators on my Morris, and since fitting flashing LEDs to them, people absolutely notice them. Even Audis understand them and pay attention. I think people get confused when trafficators don't flash, as everyone knows indicators always flash.
When I owned 30's cars in the 70's I was always having to do hand signals to supplement them, at least other drivers knew them then, they should be taught today. Got a few hostile gestures exiting roundabouts though, others not seeing the trafficator or my right arm doing a left turn signal. Learnt to indicate to those entering by using the left turn to a policeman on point duty signal.
In post war Czechoslovakia, before indicators came in, the trafficators actually moved up and down like the indicators would blink, that might have made it a bit easier to udnerstand what it is to some younger drivers. Also often they were illuminated.
@@tonys1636 Have to say my Mum was out in a Mk 3 Astra estate about 20 years ago and the indicators packed up, so she started doing hand signals. People on the pavement started waving back at her!
Annoyingly, the indicators on many new cars don't flash, they do weird wave-effect dances with LEDs, like they're trying to be part of the Blackpool illuminations. Presumably this is done as a silly gimmick, because it doesn't catch the eye as well as a more typical flashing light. Much like the silly touchscreens, it seems like an addition that nobody wanted or asked for but the manufacturers in their wisdom decided to force on us anyway despite it not being an improvement.
That type of starting pin was also used on Italian military vehicles (jeeps, lorries, armoured vehicles etc), it was nicknamed "il chiodo" i e. the nail. Until the late 70s Italian heavy and medium weight trucks were RHD, as this allowed to exploit the width of narrow roads to their maximum extent. Buses were also RHD until underfloor engines became widespread in the late 50s and 60s. Some of the older army trucks in my unit were still RHD when I was in the Italian army in 1997/98. Ciao from Padova, Italy!
There's been a lot of discussion over the years in the comments on this channel on the subject of RHD Italian vehicles. Ian should collate them into a video.
Same in Switzerland, until 1973 if I remember correctly. I know someone who converted a 1971 Saurer lorry into an 18-tonne luxury motorhome and he told me about that.
@@HubNut if you plan to come to North Eastern Italy let me know, I've got various friends with interesting classics and I'm a member of a classic bus club. And there are my two Fiat daily drivers of course, the 1993 Panda Selecta and the 1987 Regata 70s.
Looking at the seats,one can picture the craft skills, vehicle construction involved...I miss....nostalgia..I suspect there will be nothing much, in the way of nostalgia for kids these days..(DVD screens, in the rear of front seats is old-school, the craniums, have a downcast aspect now, as the game of "you hang up first", is portable, and doesn't require commandeering a public phone-box, anymore?).
My first car (in 1962) was a 1938 Aprilia, first owner Forrest Lycett of 8 litre Bentley fame. He had fitted an extra tank in the boot, to reduce the number of fuel stops when he drove to the South of France in a day! Presumably, the 8-litre was a little too thirsty even for a wealthy man like Lycett... His only criticism of the Aprilia was the poor quality leather upholstery. I embarked on a full rebuild when the underbody rust became an issue (a major problem with them), but made the mistake of getting married, and the wife made me sell before it was finished. It is still around I believe, now painted dark blue.
@@adoreslaurel That is very true. In 1971, I passed my HGV 2 driving test in an AEC Mandator 10 ton truck, driving from Minden up to Hamburg, through the city and back to Minden. There was no synchromesh on that and it was a real pain at both ends of the trip - literally!
I am a little jealous of this one. The interior, the sound, the way it picks up revs, the super mechanical precise gearshift. Great video, and what a great little car. I've seen you struggle harder with 60's cars!
Yes a special solid car unlike the rust buckets of a generation later. I remember Fiat amd Ancia in the 70s and 80s would often fail MOTs within 6 years from new
Ciao bella (...and I've only ever said that before to a Ferrari that I was lucky enough to drive on a track day, as a special birthday present some years ago). This Lancia is just... a pinnacle of its time, a beautiful piece of engineering and styling. It's like a film star of the black-and-white movies era. I'm so glad it has survived. What amazing features - a narrow V4, yes, we're looking at you Ford of Britain and your Corsair 'lump' that came 29 years later - and what standards of design (apart from the non-synchro gearbox) for a family car of 1937; as you mention, this Aprilia looks and feels YEARS into the future! Thank you so much, Ian, for sharing this road test with us.
Gosh that is a pretty thing and sounds lovely. I'm not much for owning really old cars but that really does look like something you could drive about every day if you looked after it. Just perfect.
@@davidtrigg1485 Yep, definitely Swiss. Swiss vignettes last for one whole year, of one set price, or longer if bought in advance. Austrian toll stickers are of variable duration and variable cost.
I started work as a Conductor and then Driver on Chesterfield Corporation Transport in 1978 , when I did my Driver Training in a PD1 Backloader with a Crash Gearbox the Instructor used to put his left foot on the dashboard and changed gear seamlessly without touching the clutch pedal . He just listened to the engine revs and knew when to change . Rip Colin Sargeant , he was the best Instructor ever and I went on to Drive various crash gearbox Buses in service ranging from Leyland to AEC . Most of these had Gardiner Engines .
I was given a new LWB Hightop Transit as a work vehicle. Ran it in with respect and feeling for 6000km. Since then, hardly ever use the clutch when driving. Up and down the gearbox. So far, so good. I very seldom crunch it. bw Mike in Germany.
That's what I call a car!! Why can't we build stylish cars like this anymore? Now, all I need is a few thousand pounds....!Thanks for a great video; you really enjoyed this car!
I love everything about this car, back opening doors, mudguards (front and back) bug head lights, chrome highlights, the grill, side boards, peek a boo back window, and I bet the smell, that beautiful smell of leather, petrol fumes, warm oil..... so luck you!
This car has cloth seats like pretty much every prewar closed car (except British ones). Old wool broadcloth has a distinct smell all its' own - the only prewar cars I'm familiar with on that level are American, but I'd think Italian wool can't be that different.
When I was a nipper in the early 1950s someone gave me a quite large blue plastic model of one of these lovely cars. There was no label on it and no-one knew what it was. Took me years to find out.
That was a treat mate! My dad had one of those in the 1950s. We lived near Melbourne in Australia when I was a kid. He also had two Lambda's a saloon and another with a hood. He loved Lancias, especially the Aprilia. He and my mum drove one of the Lambda's across Aus from Melbourne to Perth when the road was dirt. A bit of an epic.
I love every single control on and around the dashboard. The heater inlet alone is worthy of praise. And the engine sound echoing through the decades of the Saab V4, some thirty years prior.
If I had Jay Leno money I would make it my goal to collect every car used in Tintin stories (every car that had a role, not every car in a distant background)
Found myself watching this with a silly smile pasted on my face, an outright chuckle at times such as the indicator flags. The video itself is a work of art which I will enjoy many times over. Thank you to HubNut et al who created it, and thank you to my brother Ted for sharing with me.
Do you know the rubber band drivetrain car, that was a star of a 70's town-hall movie "southern safari"..(Alby Mangells, I think the doco maker was). He crossed Africa, in this little car that literally, had a big rubber band, driving the rear wheels!😂. A very successful movie in Australia, that spawned sequels.
@@JohnSmith-rw8uh yes, we travelled into town, on a week-night, (on the strength of the tv ads in b&w, on high rotation at the time)., to see it.. my ma&pa loved the flicks. I recall, at the end of the movie, the cost of each foot of film, was prohibitively expensive, for true independent release...it was a successful thing in its day though?.
Your ability to find, drive and share the experience of these incredible cars from the past is testament to what TH-cam can be at its best! A wonderfully evocative video, of an exceptional little car. Thank you!
If you grew up in Italy and are of a certain age you recognize how Italian that engine sounds, the sound of Italy up through the 1980s, made me nostalgic.
Lancia were some of the most incredible cars made, marvellous innovators, stunning designs, and IMO the Aprilia is one of the most exquisite and most desirable of 30's cars. So envious that you got to drive one, but thank you for sharing it it - great review, you lucky devil!
I do own this Tintin book (in German) which I bought from my pocket money back in the day. I will search it for the Lancia Aprilia. Thanks for this road test; Lancia stories are very welcome! Fine cars! See you soon »»» Martin
That, is stellar nostalgia.. not much Italian gear around my old home town...a crippled guy had a 3 wheeled vespa truck, type of thing...I remember being excited, (by anything motorcycle related), and it made perfect sense, the bloke was driving his little town tractor...He went to get the paper, every day, I think..(I know of an old ww2 new Guinea vet, that gets a Sydney paper every Saturday, to see which comrade's, have booted off..he is near 100 y/o, and shows it is a good thing, to have interests?).
Great to see Lancia's technical expertise called out! I remember that Peter Garnier, the editor of Autocar in the 1970s, owned one when I started reading the magazine as a teenager.
Gob smackingly gorgeous! Wonderful sound! My Dad owned Jawa Motorbikes in the eighties, the key was like that with a little raindrop shape at the end, and you did indeed push it in with a click before turning for the lights. Going home from work one evening he found someone waiting for him, another (unbelievably) Jawa owner who said he'd lost his key. Dad went round the the other bike - and the keys were exactly the same! So Dad lent him his spare
😂, classic..I would love to own an old jawa bike now..(there is an mz/ez 250 from the 80's near me..the odd jawa pops up...a 175 twin, was the last i saw, if wishes were jawas?😂).
Thanks for another enthusiastic profile of a wonderful car. I remember this car from Lancia circles in the past and it’s great to see it in such good shape. The Ardea you mention was essentially a 900cc, V4 engined baby Aprilia and just a gem. Lancia made commercial versions too. The later Appia was essentially a baby Aurelia. Grand Prix legend Mike Hawthorne had an Aprilia (and later an Aurelia B20GT) as a daily driver as did many of his Italian counterparts. Thanks again, this made my day!
"Oh, I wish I had the asking price." You and me both! I'm reminded of something my father often said when I was small: "You can't have everything you want." I think the rationale for RHD on Italian cars at the time was that if you're driving an Alpine road with a drop-off on your right and no guard rail, you want to know exactly where your right front wheel is.
Hi there,I seem to remember reading an article which high-lighted[lit?]the [same]reason that so many Italian built commercial vehicles,especially trucks were sold/available as/with right hand drive
I am officially in love with that! The sound. At the end it even did burble on the over run! And the colour. Sadly I’m more skint than skintie McGinty himself 😂
Some great Lancias built over the years,but this must rate as one of the best!Also the great Integrate, especially the HF.This is a beautiful car though,and an enjoyable classic,which runs absolutely brilliantly.The new owner will certainly love it.Lovely❤️
There was one of these in a (famous) northern NJ auto wreckers for years. Was in storage there (untouched) for a owner forever. Tried to buy it several times , no luck! The car you show is only the second one I have ever seen. Lots of cool "foreign" cars, on the East coast USA back in the day. Fantastic automobile! ❤ Dubs
What year was it inside? The one at GI in Pine Brook was outside from 1964 til at least 67. Still saveable, but I was disuaded by the lack of engine spares, it was known to have a bad crankshaft.
This is gorgeous. The color, the styling... I want a model of this car in this exact color so I could just look at it in every angle for an exorbitantly long time.
I see one of these every now and then in the car park in my local co-op - it's a black one and seems to be driven in all weathers. They are delightful cars and I've long fantasised about making one for my self out of carbon fibre with a modern engine and brakes.
Stunning engineering for the time!!, My father owned one in dark blue colour, and he raced woth it in the 40, acheoving great success,managed to beat the MG TC 47 at Parque Sarmiento Córdoba, Argentina😊😊Very nice video !!, Greetings from an old LANCIA enthusiast!!😊😊😊Cheers LANCIA!!!😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful car. And a special mention to the idea of shooting the driving from different angles. That was somehow quite refreshing. Not all car testers do it. Thanks Hub Nut.
What a great little car. Greatful that Derrick from the Carmudgeon show often speaks of how good these are. And glad to see you finally cover one on camera.
Your description of Vincenzo Lancia, reminded me of descriptions of the Riley brothers - probably Percy mostly, where engineering was priority - above cost control! Probably why they went out of business, and Mr Morris bought the remains of the company for pocket money. You’ll have to find a similar aged Riley, Ian. You might even find one with a pre-selector ! Great vid, loved the music at the beginning (and in the earlier Short). Oh, the dog and I enjoyed the bowl of chips ! Excellent Saturday evening content 👍. Grazie 🙏🏼
That elegant tapering rear anticipates the equally beautiful Jowett Javelin by 10 years. Shows how rapidly car design progressed in the 1930s, the decade that also produced the Citroen 2CV, Volkswagen Beetle, and Fiat Topolino.
Who could have imagined back then that the cars of the future would be cram packed with electronics and over the top computers, with boring bodywork and interiors . What a beautiful car this Lancia is!
What a fantastic car and the green paint enhances its looks.Who needs a boring modern vehicle,when you could own something as special as this?
In case your question wasn't rhetorical, emissions and safety I would imagine.
@@PorthLlwyd Probably worth a bit more than the average KIA Starma as well.
@@PorthLlwydemissions, have in account the amount of materials needed to make those cars? Surely any modern ev car will produce way more emissions just to produce without mentioning the batteries, that will require another tons of emission gases to replace.
@@rafaeloreirorodriguez5278 it's not realistic for everyone to be driving around in 1930's cars though, but I get your point. We need to move towards decarbonising the manufacturing and mining processes too.
I'd like to see a lot more lightweight, interesting, small EV's.
@@MeYou-yz2yz kia starma! I want one.
Lancia were some of the greatest cars ever made
Absolutely! Totally agree. From Lambda to Fulvia & Gamma
What a jewel of a car!
@@JC-he7yk I owned 30 cars and the favorite of my life was a Lancia Monte Carlo
@@EyesWideOpen61 always wanted to own one of those
@@JC-he7yk I’m not excited about many new cars, but the new Ypsilon really doesn’t look too bad
It’s got a lot of dignity, it’s unique, interesting
They say they’re returning to rally with it
Legendary design. The engine is all-alloy, with a single OHC operating the valve-trains on both cylinder banks. The stroke is long, so that's where the torque comes from - max torque is at only 2,000 rpm. The car's official top speed was 78 mph, about the same as an MG Midget of the same era.
My dad had one as our family car when I was about 5 to 7 years old. I'm now 70 !!
My Grandfather may have had one. Unfortunately when he passed my father seems to have sold most of his stuff. It would have been sold by 1950.
That is a thing of absolute beauty
They could literally build that today and would sell every single one👍🤠👍
And they probably won't rust.....unlike modern ones!
I was just gonna say that, this would sell today as new
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@@hantms Also known as Captain Bringdown and the Buzzkillers.
Like the Morgan. !! 😊
I've got trafficators on my Morris, and since fitting flashing LEDs to them, people absolutely notice them. Even Audis understand them and pay attention. I think people get confused when trafficators don't flash, as everyone knows indicators always flash.
When I owned 30's cars in the 70's I was always having to do hand signals to supplement them, at least other drivers knew them then, they should be taught today. Got a few hostile gestures exiting roundabouts though, others not seeing the trafficator or my right arm doing a left turn signal. Learnt to indicate to those entering by using the left turn to a policeman on point duty signal.
I guess that BMWs still don't understand them.
In post war Czechoslovakia, before indicators came in, the trafficators actually moved up and down like the indicators would blink, that might have made it a bit easier to udnerstand what it is to some younger drivers. Also often they were illuminated.
@@tonys1636 Have to say my Mum was out in a Mk 3 Astra estate about 20 years ago and the indicators packed up, so she started doing hand signals. People on the pavement started waving back at her!
Annoyingly, the indicators on many new cars don't flash, they do weird wave-effect dances with LEDs, like they're trying to be part of the Blackpool illuminations. Presumably this is done as a silly gimmick, because it doesn't catch the eye as well as a more typical flashing light. Much like the silly touchscreens, it seems like an addition that nobody wanted or asked for but the manufacturers in their wisdom decided to force on us anyway despite it not being an improvement.
That type of starting pin was also used on Italian military vehicles (jeeps, lorries, armoured vehicles etc), it was nicknamed "il chiodo" i e. the nail.
Until the late 70s Italian heavy and medium weight trucks were RHD, as this allowed to exploit the width of narrow roads to their maximum extent. Buses were also RHD until underfloor engines became widespread in the late 50s and 60s.
Some of the older army trucks in my unit were still RHD when I was in the Italian army in 1997/98.
Ciao from Padova, Italy!
There's been a lot of discussion over the years in the comments on this channel on the subject of RHD Italian vehicles. Ian should collate them into a video.
Same in Switzerland, until 1973 if I remember correctly. I know someone who converted a 1971 Saurer lorry into an 18-tonne luxury motorhome and he told me about that.
Sounds like a good excuse to visit Italy again.
@@HubNut if you plan to come to North Eastern Italy let me know, I've got various friends with interesting classics and I'm a member of a classic bus club. And there are my two Fiat daily drivers of course, the 1993 Panda Selecta and the 1987 Regata 70s.
@@Ragnar8504Also narrower width limits up until the '80s l believe.Volvo F7 cabs and other narrow cabs were used on heavy duty higher weight chassis.
Very few cars are truly beautiful, but this car is one of them. Gorgeous from front to back.
It's mad to think that this was on sale at the same time as the Austin 7. It's like a spaceship compared to one of those!
Just beautiful. Definition of Italian style and character
Lancia always have had the knack of making VERY pretty cars
Looking at the seats,one can picture the craft skills, vehicle construction involved...I miss....nostalgia..I suspect there will be nothing much, in the way of nostalgia for kids these days..(DVD screens, in the rear of front seats is old-school, the craniums, have a downcast aspect now, as the game of "you hang up first", is portable, and doesn't require commandeering a public phone-box, anymore?).
I think this has to be the nicest car you have ever had in the channel, stunning car
Jewel-like engineering masterpiece
As a guy who owned a couple Lancias, thank you kindly. Lovely car.
My first car (in 1962) was a 1938 Aprilia, first owner Forrest Lycett of 8 litre Bentley fame. He had fitted an extra tank in the boot, to reduce the number of fuel stops when he drove to the South of France in a day! Presumably, the 8-litre was a little too thirsty even for a wealthy man like Lycett... His only criticism of the Aprilia was the poor quality leather upholstery. I embarked on a full rebuild when the underbody rust became an issue (a major problem with them), but made the mistake of getting married, and the wife made me sell before it was finished. It is still around I believe, now painted dark blue.
Amazing.
You did not know marrying was a mistake beforehand: you had a chance to have children here and there, so do not blame yourself.
This car is so much ahead of it's time it's nearly 100 years old
Me 2
13 years away from 100, could very hardly call that 'nearly'
So satisfying to get non-synchro gear changes correct - both up and down!
Not mad on that bit, Double de clutching in traffic would not be pleasant
@@adoreslaurel That is very true. In 1971, I passed my HGV 2 driving test in an AEC Mandator 10 ton truck, driving from Minden up to Hamburg, through the city and back to Minden. There was no synchromesh on that and it was a real pain at both ends of the trip - literally!
@@rayjennings3637 Well you obviously succeeded without decorating the Bitumen.
I've always had a soft spot for Lancias. Back in 1976, a girlfriend of mine had a Fulvia and I always liked being in that car.
Fulvia's were really well built and had the same engine as this Aprilia.
I am a little jealous of this one. The interior, the sound, the way it picks up revs, the super mechanical precise gearshift. Great video, and what a great little car.
I've seen you struggle harder with 60's cars!
Absolutely love this car!!!! I remember an article in Autocar from the 1970s about the restoration of one of these. A beautiful car.
I remembered that article too, I wondered if this could be the same car 50 years later
Yes a special solid car unlike the rust buckets of a generation later. I remember Fiat amd Ancia in the 70s and 80s would often fail MOTs within 6 years from new
One of the best looking cars I have ever seen. Beautiful colour too! What a dream.
Ciao bella (...and I've only ever said that before to a Ferrari that I was lucky enough to drive on a track day, as a special birthday present some years ago). This Lancia is just... a pinnacle of its time, a beautiful piece of engineering and styling. It's like a film star of the black-and-white movies era. I'm so glad it has survived. What amazing features - a narrow V4, yes, we're looking at you Ford of Britain and your Corsair 'lump' that came 29 years later - and what standards of design (apart from the non-synchro gearbox) for a family car of 1937; as you mention, this Aprilia looks and feels YEARS into the future! Thank you so much, Ian, for sharing this road test with us.
so beautiful and easy on the eye. packed with character and style. If there is a car company that didn't deserve their fate, thats lancia.
FIAT ownership sealed the marques fate.
Gosh that is a pretty thing and sounds lovely. I'm not much for owning really old cars but that really does look like something you could drive about every day if you looked after it. Just perfect.
👍 our family has a photograph from 1938 of my father and his parents who were Hungarian, standing next to my grandfather's Aprilia
That french "Autoroute Sticker" is in fact a swiss "Vignette"
Or Austrian
@@mikeirwin8142 no it is Swiss
Came here to say that... 3 days too late. Yup, Swiss.
@@davidtrigg1485
Yep, definitely Swiss.
Swiss vignettes last for one whole year,
of one set price,
or longer if bought in advance.
Austrian toll stickers are of variable duration and variable cost.
@@davidtrigg1485 No i could swear on the life of my loved ones it was SWEDISH.. .....!
Yet another example of Lancia being well ahead of the times. Imagine where they’d be now if they’d had some money behind them.
Have never really taken much notice of Lancias but in this era they were clearly ahead of the game and real quality. Beautiful.
I started work as a Conductor and then Driver on Chesterfield Corporation Transport in 1978 , when I did my Driver Training in a PD1 Backloader with a Crash Gearbox the Instructor used to put his left foot on the dashboard and changed gear seamlessly without touching the clutch pedal . He just listened to the engine revs and knew when to change . Rip Colin Sargeant , he was the best Instructor ever and I went on to Drive various crash gearbox Buses in service ranging from Leyland to AEC . Most of these had Gardiner Engines .
I was given a new LWB Hightop Transit as a work vehicle. Ran it in with respect and feeling for 6000km. Since then, hardly ever use the clutch when driving. Up and down the gearbox. So far, so good. I very seldom crunch it. bw Mike in Germany.
That's what I call a car!! Why can't we build stylish cars like this anymore? Now, all I need is a few thousand pounds....!Thanks for a great video; you really enjoyed this car!
I love everything about this car, back opening doors, mudguards (front and back) bug head lights, chrome highlights, the grill, side boards, peek a boo back window, and I bet the smell, that beautiful smell of leather, petrol fumes, warm oil..... so luck you!
This car has cloth seats like pretty much every prewar closed car (except British ones). Old wool broadcloth has a distinct smell all its' own - the only prewar cars I'm familiar with on that level are American, but I'd think Italian wool can't be that different.
I cannot decide if it looks old or modern retro. What a beautiful thing.
retro is all back. Beautiful lines.
When I was a nipper in the early 1950s someone gave me a quite large blue plastic model of one of these lovely cars. There was no label on it and no-one knew what it was. Took me years to find out.
C00L
You're a skilled driver. Those gear changes were very good.
Thank you. A proper test for sure!
That was a treat mate! My dad had one of those in the 1950s. We lived near Melbourne in Australia when I was a kid. He also had two Lambda's a saloon and another with a hood. He loved Lancias, especially the Aprilia. He and my mum drove one of the Lambda's across Aus from Melbourne to Perth when the road was dirt. A bit of an epic.
I love every single control on and around the dashboard. The heater inlet alone is worthy of praise. And the engine sound echoing through the decades of the Saab V4, some thirty years prior.
Saab V4, you mean the Ford V4 of course.
Oh, and the Tintin connection is so cool! I have every Tintin album there is, but it's only thanks to you that I now know what kind of car this is.
If I had Jay Leno money I would make it my goal to collect every car used in Tintin stories (every car that had a role, not every car in a distant background)
@@Blackadder75 Now, that is an awesome goal!
... and Willys MB as in my Profile Pic ... and it is now Corvette Red
Found myself watching this with a silly smile pasted on my face, an outright chuckle at times such as the indicator flags. The video itself is a work of art which I will enjoy many times over. Thank you to HubNut et al who created it, and thank you to my brother Ted for sharing with me.
"Found myself watching this with a silly smile pasted on my face" .. SAME HERE! Great video for a beautiful great car.
I fondly remember my dad’s Aprilia as a child in Eritrea in the early 60’s.
I always loved Lancia engineering before the Fiat take over.
Do you know the rubber band drivetrain car, that was a star of a 70's town-hall movie "southern safari"..(Alby Mangells, I think the doco maker was). He crossed Africa, in this little car that literally, had a big rubber band, driving the rear wheels!😂. A very successful movie in Australia, that spawned sequels.
@@Orangesjesus That was a Dutch DAF. world safari with good old alby
@@JohnSmith-rw8uh yes, we travelled into town, on a week-night, (on the strength of the tv ads in b&w, on high rotation at the time)., to see it.. my ma&pa loved the flicks.
I recall, at the end of the movie, the cost of each foot of film, was prohibitively expensive, for true independent release...it was a successful thing in its day though?.
@clickbaitcharlie2329 yes seems they were. When they went to Palmyra Atoll and found the American ww2 base as they left it
@@JohnSmith-rw8uh I might have to watch it again..I was in single figures, first and only time..75-6?. Palmyra, old Roman town?.
Your ability to find, drive and share the experience of these incredible cars from the past is testament to what TH-cam can be at its best! A wonderfully evocative video, of an exceptional little car. Thank you!
Great car, great review and very well driven.
This is what makes your channel so good , you show us things we have nearer seen before.
That is one beautiful car!
An absolutely beautiful little car. Obviously a pleasure to drive. Thanks for taking me along!
These were the precursors to my all-time favorite Lancia, the Aurelia B20gt. I love these as well, and I'd love to own one.
@4.52 That's a Swiss toll vignette. Even better. Nice car. Nice video.
Love the music to introduce this car!
loved the music that car made!
Iive laugh love
This is not how I expected a car nearly 100 years old to drive, absolutely fabulous. Well done Ian 👌🏻
What a beautiful thing that is! I love good old Lancia engineering.
You got on very well with this car, Ian! That gearbox was no trouble.
"We don't really know what this one is. Or this one." Classic HubNuttery! 😁😆😅
Brilliant engineering! Not to mention the great attention to each detail and high quality of the used materials! Lancia was super ahead of its time !
If you grew up in Italy and are of a certain age you recognize how Italian that engine sounds, the sound of Italy up through the 1980s, made me nostalgic.
👍🏻
I thought the same when I drove a rental Panda with its Fire engine: what a personality! 😂
A v4?.
@@studiocalder818 got to ride in one, summer 1987, Gießen West Germany
Edit: the FIAT Panda
Lancia were some of the most incredible cars made, marvellous innovators, stunning designs, and IMO the Aprilia is one of the most exquisite and most desirable of 30's cars. So envious that you got to drive one, but thank you for sharing it it - great review, you lucky devil!
A car so ahead of its time, both in its design and in the quality of how it drives. Thoroughly enjoyed this one Ian , wonderful stuff.
I do own this Tintin book (in German) which I bought from my pocket money back in the day. I will search it for the Lancia Aprilia. Thanks for this road test; Lancia stories are very welcome! Fine cars! See you soon »»» Martin
and a Willys MB -- as in my Profile Pic -- and yes it is Corvette Red now
I so loved the drawing of the cars in tin tin books. I’d just spend forever as a kid looking at them
That, is stellar nostalgia.. not much Italian gear around my old home town...a crippled guy had a 3 wheeled vespa truck, type of thing...I remember being excited, (by anything motorcycle related), and it made perfect sense, the bloke was driving his little town tractor...He went to get the paper, every day, I think..(I know of an old ww2 new Guinea vet, that gets a Sydney paper every Saturday, to see which comrade's, have booted off..he is near 100 y/o, and shows it is a good thing, to have interests?).
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Great to see Lancia's technical expertise called out! I remember that Peter Garnier, the editor of Autocar in the 1970s, owned one when I started reading the magazine as a teenager.
Very good looking car. Great paint job, lovely interior colour scheme. It looks way more modern that the 1930s.
Only just began watching. I'm going to say yes already. It is beautiful. How those rear wheels fills the arches.
Deep joy.
Gob smackingly gorgeous!
Wonderful sound!
My Dad owned Jawa Motorbikes in the eighties, the key was like that with a little raindrop shape at the end, and you did indeed push it in with a click before turning for the lights. Going home from work one evening he found someone waiting for him, another (unbelievably) Jawa owner who said he'd lost his key. Dad went round the the other bike - and the keys were exactly the same! So Dad lent him his spare
😂, classic..I would love to own an old jawa bike now..(there is an mz/ez 250 from the 80's near me..the odd jawa pops up...a 175 twin, was the last i saw, if wishes were jawas?😂).
@@Orangesjesus An MZ would be C00L
@@markrossow6303 there is one for sale up my end of the woods...I would like another 2 stroke, while i can.
The BEST car you have ever had on the channel. Beautiful looking and sounding machine.
Thanks for another enthusiastic profile of a wonderful car. I remember this car from Lancia circles in the past and it’s great to see it in such good shape. The Ardea you mention was essentially a 900cc, V4 engined baby Aprilia and just a gem. Lancia made commercial versions too. The later Appia was essentially a baby Aurelia. Grand Prix legend Mike Hawthorne had an Aprilia (and later an Aurelia B20GT) as a daily driver as did many of his Italian counterparts. Thanks again, this made my day!
The Ardea was also the first car to have a 5 speed gearbox as standard...
Thanks for the lovely ride, and for not neglecting the wiper and squirter operation. Always a highlight for me.
Such a beautifull automobile! Ahead of it's time in the thirties .I would love to drive it.
"Oh, I wish I had the asking price." You and me both! I'm reminded of something my father often said when I was small: "You can't have everything you want." I think the rationale for RHD on Italian cars at the time was that if you're driving an Alpine road with a drop-off on your right and no guard rail, you want to know exactly where your right front wheel is.
Hi there,I seem to remember reading an article which high-lighted[lit?]the [same]reason that so many Italian built commercial vehicles,especially trucks were sold/available as/with right hand drive
Such a lovely car, that Lancia intake sound stuck throughout the years. Great double de clutching Ian
Wow! Amazing machine! And you did a great job showing it off Ian. As you say "Marvellous"
I am officially in love with that! The sound. At the end it even did burble on the over run! And the colour. Sadly I’m more skint than skintie McGinty himself 😂
Some great Lancias built over the years,but this must rate as one of the best!Also the great Integrate, especially the HF.This is a beautiful car though,and an enjoyable classic,which runs absolutely brilliantly.The new owner will certainly love it.Lovely❤️
There was one of these in a (famous) northern NJ auto wreckers for years. Was in storage there (untouched) for a owner forever. Tried to buy it several times , no luck! The car you show is only the second one I have ever seen. Lots of cool "foreign" cars, on the East coast USA back in the day. Fantastic automobile! ❤ Dubs
What year was it inside? The one at GI in Pine Brook was outside from 1964 til at least 67. Still saveable, but I was disuaded by the lack of engine spares, it was known to have a bad crankshaft.
This is gorgeous. The color, the styling... I want a model of this car in this exact color so I could just look at it in every angle for an exorbitantly long time.
I see one of these every now and then in the car park in my local co-op - it's a black one and seems to be driven in all weathers. They are delightful cars and I've long fantasised about making one for my self out of carbon fibre with a modern engine and brakes.
Mr Hubnut ,The Best Car you have ever ever reviewed, Wonderful
Absolutely adore these superb quality cars, and the Appia which is still exceptional value for money.
I have never seen that car before. What a lovely piece. It must have been very modern for its time.
A complete jewel of a car. Brilliant.
What a wonderful motor car
This is by far the best car you have driven on test for such a long time. It's SO lovely! Hope it goes to a good new home soon!
Stunning engineering for the time!!, My father owned one in dark blue colour, and he raced woth it in the 40, acheoving great success,managed to beat the MG TC 47 at Parque Sarmiento Córdoba, Argentina😊😊Very nice video !!, Greetings from an old LANCIA enthusiast!!😊😊😊Cheers LANCIA!!!😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
That's a fantastic testimony
My goodness, it's so achingly, delicately pretty. What a treat, thanks Ian
Amazing! A friend of mine is restoring one of these!
Beautiful car. And a special mention to the idea of shooting the driving from different angles. That was somehow quite refreshing. Not all car testers do it. Thanks Hub Nut.
Beautiful car. The V4 sounds wonderful under load. You are a lucky man Ian
What a great little car. Greatful that Derrick from the Carmudgeon show often speaks of how good these are. And glad to see you finally cover one on camera.
Your description of Vincenzo Lancia, reminded me of descriptions of the Riley brothers - probably Percy mostly, where engineering was priority - above cost control! Probably why they went out of business, and Mr Morris bought the remains of the company for pocket money. You’ll have to find a similar aged Riley, Ian. You might even find one with a pre-selector !
Great vid, loved the music at the beginning (and in the earlier Short). Oh, the dog and I enjoyed the bowl of chips ! Excellent Saturday evening content 👍. Grazie 🙏🏼
Believe Aprilia were very much in the Riley price range as similarly premium sporting small saloons.
That elegant tapering rear anticipates the equally beautiful Jowett Javelin by 10 years. Shows how rapidly car design progressed in the 1930s, the decade that also produced the Citroen 2CV, Volkswagen Beetle, and Fiat Topolino.
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What a lovely old car Ian
Who could have imagined back then that the cars of the future would be cram packed with electronics and over the top computers, with boring bodywork and interiors . What a beautiful car this Lancia is!
This is great 👍Thanks for showing us these gems. All the best, Per (Denmark)
That's a beautiful little car. The body styling is top notch.
What a lovely machine. And that hunchback; so cute!! 😍
What a great video. This is a gorgeous little car. The joy you felt in driving it was evident. A real pleasure to watch you enjoy it.
The Ardea was the little sister with a 903cc V4 engine and up to 5 gears
If I were rich, I would buy it and put it in a museum.. It's an Absolutely beautiful car and a great video.
Congratulations on your impeccable gear changes. I hope the new owner will be just as skillful.
Thanks
Thank you!
Absolutely beautiful
I think I am in love! What a beautiful car... right down to the colour!
Amazing car thoroughly enjoyed this one!!
I am not a car fan, generally speaking, but this is beautiful. And is a bargain.