Taking my Lancia Zagato back to where I first saw it 50 years ago & driving it on my favourite roads
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- It's fifty years since I first spotted this Lancia Fulvia 1600 Zagato outside my parents house and that moment changed my perception of cars forever, making me the petrolhead I am today.
In this video I take my now fully restored Zagato back to the spot I first saw it in Birkenhead all those years ago and then drive it to my favourite road, to see how it feels when ragged now it's fully run in.
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Simply wonderful. The cracking of Harry’s voice as he sees the Lancia where it was parked 50 years ago. The smile on his face as Harry ragged his favourite roads in his teenage dream car. Life affirming stuff for a Sunday, or in fact any, evening. Perfection!
I loved the total inability to suppress the grin :)
Amen! Great episode… so pleased for the big man. Dreams do come true if you chase them.
Well that’s annoying….I can’t really top that and agree with you completely!
Bravo!
Aye. Songs Of Praise doesn't do for me anymore 🤣But your comment sums it up perfectly,
Very special moment!
Gave me goosebumps. What an episode. Harry you're a gentleman.
This is Harry’s Garage at its very best. So happy you were able to relive your early days getting into cars - kind of a crowning achievement for the channel. Congrats!!!
Agreed. I prefer these over the super car rollouts and reviews.
Yep. Totally agree.
It makes total sense now why Harry was willing to invest so much into the restoration of this car.
Totally agree, full of emotion and happy memories
Yep - reminded me of my love of my first car, a hotted up Mini (twin SUs, extractors, high compression head 😊)
So joyous, Harry’s obvious rapture is totally infectious, utterly life-affirming!
As a teenager, I so, so nearly persuaded my mum to buy a new Zagato off the showroom floor at Tony Brooks Lancia garage, just outside the perimeter of Brooklands race circuit near Weybridge. In the end she bought a new "Export Mini" after the silver tongued Austin sales man told her that the export models were so important to the UK economy that they were built on a separate line from the regular mini at Longbridge to make sure they were 100% perfect!! Both the Fulvia and the Zagato are beautiful cars and definitely the ones that got away for me because I love the brand. Thanks for the memories Harry!
I can understand you
So nice to hear a real engine for a change
I watch all the video's you post and the Farm ones too, but i've never seen you smile so happy as in this one... And OMG, you look so much like your Dad!!! Cheers from Ceská Republík.
I must confess, not looked at some of your latest videos, due to not being enthused by too many moderns , particularly electrics and so on, so glad you’re back on a classic for this video. The Lancia , particularly a rorty number with the bigger carbs , looks great too.
Fully agree
Harry needs to do more classic car reviews and road trips
@@Adammacklin100 The best Harry can do is things he's interested in.
The new stuff just helps me appreciate the nice older stuff that much more.
Not to judge :). All reviews are good ones - if the reviewer knows their stuff. Never a waste of time to watch Harry.
I'm with you on the cars, this Fulvia is front drive, a fraction of the power but makes for infinitely more engaging viewing. I watch the new car stuff but thats more for Harry's knowledge and presentation.
Nothing puts a smile on your face like a small, nimble Italian car with a high-revving engine.
Thanks so much, Harry! This video has jumped straight to the top of my favourites from your portfolio. My first car was a Fiat 127 with an Abarth exhaust system and the sound from your Fulvia reminds me so much of that. Also, it’s great to know a bit more about your background and your formative experiences. I’m sure there are many more fans like me who truly appreciate what you do here. Thank YOU!
Mine was also a 127 a sport 1.3. Remember the induction noise and rorty exhaust but not as noisy as this. Also mine I remember as pulling better but that’s my imagination.
Well, there's the second favourite in your garage for me, Harry. I loved it back when you showcased the wee beast before she went in for the minor rust repair, as there was something about the shape and definitely something both magical and intoxicating in her voice. The big cat had been showcased around the same time and I was in love with that too. Since then, the big green coupe has shown her teeth and both growled and howled for the camera and I was more in love with it than ever.....and now the little orange rocket has reminded me what fun a small Italian coupe can be and how much of it you can have under the speed limit and yet because of the aural satisfaction, the feeling is that we've pushed limits and really had a whale of a time. If you said to me "Lance, pick one", I couldn't. They both do the same thing for me but from different angles and in a slightly different way.....although I don't believe the Zagato can do "laid back and cruising" as well as the Daimler.....but when cruising, the Daimler can't give you the impression that you can breathe on the gas pedal and be off and howling in a split second like the Zagato can. I am very grateful to you for showing us where you first saw the wee beasty and that we could be along for the ride as you fulfilled a lifelong dream of blasting along one of your favourite roads in the little Lancia Fulvia 1600 Sport Zagato that you'd seen all those years ago. Truly an epic little journey on a lovely road on a beautiful day in a vehicle that was well worth what it took from everyone to put her back the way she was meant to be. Many thanks, Harry and all the best, mate.
This is my favorite car in Harry’s collection, I’ve been waiting for this one! 🎉
Harry reaching for a paper map...always the cherry on top!
Talk about one moment in your life that changes everything. Same exact thing happened to me with a 1979 Porsche 928 - saw it on my street coming home from high school and thought about it everyday for 4 years until I was able to buy virtually the same exact car. I think back on that experience quite often and truly believe I materialized that car into my life (and a little bit of hard work didn't hurt) Thank you for sharing Harry.
Good Lord!! What a noise! Must be glorious behind the wheel. Much respect.
Loved the way Harry says Birkenhead! Spoken like a true Scouser! 😂😂😂
We’re not scousers!
@@chrismarshall6997 I know. And those of us from Merseyside who are also not Scousers like to tease you by saying you are! 😜
Very nice video and proof that the story makes the car! I’m a modified Fulvia owner myself and it strikes me that this car is so noisy. It will not take long before you get tired of it. I think it deserves a proper airbox. Not easy with the DCOE conversion but doable and with a remote intake somewhere behind the Rh headlight it will make it a lot quieter and hence more enjoyable. Love it that your car life started with a Lancia. You need more of them!
I could go to sleep Listening to that wonderful engine noise. It’s hypnotic
Thats really quite something to be able to recreate the scene from 50 years ago using the same car that you have managed to track down, restore and return to life after that complete rebuild. Amazing how it has survived to allow this to happen given the issues that were revealed by the guys at Day & Whites. Meant to be Harry. Thanks for sharing.
God bless you!, Mr. Metcalf: you're showing how we, petrolheads, started... the youth memories, to be a child and feel utterly covered by goosebumps when a vibrant engine started. "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."
Automotive emotion at its finest, cheers Harry love this.
A truly wonderful car that engages the driver and is just pure fun. It confirms that you don't require lots of 'cubes', huge power & torque and mad 'supercar looks' to thoroughly enjoy a twisty drive.
Hi Harry, growing up in Kenya, my family relocated to Northamptonshire in 1973, moving to the small village of Loddington. I remember the UK as quite a drab place, with predominantly dull British cars such as Vauxhalls, Marinas, Maxis, Fords, the odd Triumph etc but on our cue-de-sac there was a bit of glamour in the form of an orange Morgan and an orange Fulvia Zagato. My favourite car at the time was an Alfa 2000 GTV; plentiful in Kenya but rare in Northants, so the strange looking Lancia was some sort of an Alfa substitute, but I did not fully appreciate it until much later in life. But like you I have strong memories of it.
The smiles per gallon is strong with this one!
Beautiful stuff Harry.Hmm,14 in 1973 same age as me.
Brings back memories of my dad's Fulvia 1.3 cope. He also had a Flavia HF 2000 later,quite a different sound the flat 4.l was also a cyclist and car tinkerer back then,still cycling now.
Queens arms in Oxton is where I spent my formative years until 18 when i left the Wirral to pursue a life overseas and I’m three years younger than you so we probably crossed paths in that pub 😂. We stayed at a family friends cottage near Conway so this video was dripping in nostalgia for me. Brilliant…. Saved to favorites!!
Marvellous. Reminds us what a traditional sports car is all about, emotion and involvement.
Smile on your face Harry says it all 👍🏽🙏
Thank you so much for sharing, Harry. The timing of this video is blowing my mind because I’ve just done something incredibly similar:
I turned 16 In 1998, and I got my driver’s license and first car that year. It was a ‘95 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX in white, which is a sporty AWD car with a manual transmission and turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. Every afternoon I would leave school and drive 25 miles home through the curvy rural roads of the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia. Up until last month, those after school drives have remained my fondest motoring memories.
In 2017, I moved out of the city and purchased a home in the rural Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Then, on March 9th of this year, I purchased a new 2022 Subaru WRX in white, which is a sporty AWD car with a manual transmission and a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine.
Over the past month, I’ve been reliving those memorable drives from my teenage years in my new WRX, and I can honestly say that the joy it has brought me is right up there with the happiest days of my life. It’s not just the joy of a great car on a great road, it’s the joy of MY great car on MY great road. Congratulations on coming back to YOUR great road with YOUR great car. My wish is that all the other hopeless gear heads get to experience the same. They deserve it.
Very emotional there when going to nostalgic moments. The car sounds amazing.
Harry!
I am Canadian that lived in Hawarden for a year in 2008. I have a "Zundfolge 1342" tattoo on my left thigh.
You can imagine how well this video resonated with me.
Thanks good sir.
What a little gem, I knew it would turn out "lovely" but not to that extent, the noise and willingness of the engine and the looks are a testament to your vision.
What a wonderful video - lived in Liverpool '73-'81 and know those roads well - a real treat for a Sunday afternoon !
I nearly teared up at the end. I dont envy anybody who has the means to realise a dream like this. If it were mine, that lovely car would be worth so much more than it's restoration cost. Buying back a direct moment in time. Gr8 video.
Harry you obviously were having a grand time. God love Mrs. M. for putting up with that induction bark! Not to mention handling the camera. Thank you both!
can't beat a bit of nostalgia ,makes you feel good, lovely car
Just look how huge that MINI is! Thanks for the magnificent video Harry.
Keep smiling Harry, you're making us smile too! 😁
Absolutely fantastic, the heartfelt passion and enthusiasm is infectious. Always enjoyable watching one of somebody’s dreams come true. Quite a success story all round . Lovely
Bravo,that throaty rasp of the exhaust,brought back memories to this viewer,glad to see and hear this jewel sing
Wonderful car, wonderful roads. Thank you for taking us along. What a joy.
Some cars from that era, particularly Italian ones, had exquiste and timeless designs such as this one. If this were an updated modern car from with these looks it would sell easily.
Brilliant video - what a story. I lived and still live very close to Harry’s old home. Knowing all of the places referred to made a wonderful story even more special for a fellow Birkenhead boy, even if I’m a year or two older.
The sound! Honestly sounds like you are pinned at 130mph and you are only doing 70! Wonderful
I really enjoyed the nostalgic journey with this car as you recalled your childhood experience and the first time you saw it.
Harry, being about a year older than you the first thing I thought was bugger that exhaust note would annoy on a long run.
Which would be a great shame as you would really want to take the car everywhere.
I am glad to hear you will be looking into sorting that out.
The car itself is absolutely fantastic. The idea of a lightweight, great handling car feeling quick at reasonable speeds is what we have to go with now.
200mph cars are great, but on public roads this is no longer tolerated by the powers that be!
Envious is the wrong term. I am happy for you that you have and can now use the car as you want. But if you ever need a co-driver to follow you somewhere in the Zagato, I will definitely be available!
You are living the dream for many of us out there!
This is definitely a Harry's garage kid in a sweetshop moment brilliant he even looked like a mature 18 year old epic road he'll be bringing all his favourite cars up here love it
Great Vid Harry.
Driving 50 and feeling like 90 was precicely the reason I loved my old Sprite and MX5.
This is why I subscribe to your channel, Harry. In the hope of seeing you driving and talking about a car you love. The roads aren't bad too. Thanks Harry.
That must have been very satisfying. Love the smile cam in the top left when you were playing in the twisties.
Going fast slowly! Yep that's a mighty fine idea and the Lancia or something similar sounds like the perfect answer 👌. It was good to see the silly grin on your face as you were driving down your favourite roads. Thank you Harry. 😊
Great way to the journeys end for the Lancia story, just brilliant from the start Thanks to Harry ...
Gods, a man of kin. Talking about longer intake runners, and hearing the intake bark....
That's my go-to road with press cars, too! I generally take them around Lyn Brenig for a picnic and photo shoot. Incidentally, the first time I ever drove that route on my way to Abersoch, was in my Citroen Dyane 6 back in 1985!
Another great video from Harry, even more so because I now live and work around Africa and this route was my old stomping ground in my cortina and 205 Gti.
Thanks for bringing back some great memories Harry.
A great video. Thank you Harry. Like you, I will always remember when and where I first saw one of these when they were new. The styling was so radical for the time.
What a wonderful video, thanks. Growing up in and around Liverpool, these were my early go-to roads too.
Completely agree about the exhaust and trumpets
Lovely restoration and great to see you bombing it over those Welsh roads.
Im glad you got to live your childhood dream, Awesome to see, 😁👍
Fantastic, absolutely wonderful. I was smiling for the full 28mins. Thank you Harry for sharing this stunning car and wonderful memories. Diolch yn fawr (thank you in Welsh) Harry.
Great fun! Love that little Lancia!
That was probably the best video of the year, from any channel. What an incredible car. Sound very angry too.
What a charming horn!
Know this road so well.
Often do Mold, Ruthin, Cerrigydrudian and on to the A5 to Betws y Coed
One of the best driving roads . Had some scary moments in both a Mexico and later in a Caterham !
Thank you Harry for this trip down your memory lane. Truly wonderful to get to know you better and see the roads of your youth. What a gem a of a car the Lancia is. I had never seen one before stumbling across your restoration videos. Thank you thank you.
You're a very lucky man Mr Metcalfe, my co pilot would have been digging her nails into my thigh if I drove as "enthusiastically" as that!! Wonderful video, one I've enjoyed the most, got me reminiscing of tearing round North Derbyshire in my mini at about the same time.
One of your best Harry. Brilliant film
👏👏👏 great story H. So good to be on these trips with you.
One of the best offering yet! Cheers!
We all have memories of growing up and experiencing freedom for the first time.
For me it was my BMX bike, road bike and then car.
Timeless video and shows how Harry is the benchmark of content creators.
This video is the automotive equivalent of dark side of the moon.
Love how humble this man is.
Never seen Harry Smile so much great video and a trip
What a lovely video Harry . Keep them coming .
As a highly experienced rolling road owner and operator of some 45 years experience, to me the engine sounds a bit off tune, there is always a combination of jets with Weber carbs that will give you acceptable progression but in this case I feel that there is an issue with the valve timing, my advice would be to try it on the rollers as is then with slightly reduced valve lift at TDC on overlap on both intake and exhaust valves and see what the effect is. I would guess at 33mm chokes, 55F8 slow runs, F16 emulsion tubes, 140 mains, 180 airs and 45 pumps, fuel pressure 2psi, power wise I would hope to see 150 bhp flywheel, bear in mind that we at HT Racing Ltd used to get over 200 bhp from a 1.6l Pinto with perfect road manners, great low end torque and total reliability, good luck and thanks
What a wonderful video. Emotional and nostalgic, but without the usual melodrama of other channels. I could be envying Harry, but I can't: what I feel is enormous happiness for his achievement - and for sharing it with us.
There’s a Happy Harry driving here for sure . Great video.
That V4 sounds like an angry hornet; fantastic!
I had similar low speed thrills with my tuned 3 cylinder inline Smart Roadster.
Lovely looking car and beautifully restored. I agree with your comment about the exhaust, I too prefer the sound of the induction coming from the Webers - it reminds me of the Escort Twin Cam I used to own. 👍🏻👍🏻
☘️Thanks so much for having shared this wonderfully personal automotive pasttime with us lay people (!)
What a true enthusiast! Thank you Harry you are an inspiration
What a fabulous trip down memory lane Harry, thanks so much for taking us along with you. I drove Richard Hammond’s favourite road to Buttermere last Thursday on a gloriously sunny day and it was truly magical. I think I can feel a trip to north Wales coming on…..
Totally agree with you on the exhaust, I think it will be a lot more relaxing if you toned it down a bit, I don’t suppose you used your decibel meter did you?
TonyS
Great video and priceless memories,to think that young Harry later would be standing outside his old house later in life with his dream car living his dream,crazy how life turns out at times😊.
Hello Harry, I was at a local cars and coffee this morning in Chicagoland (Winnetka) and someone has a Zagato Fulvia like yours. I'm not on the major social media sites or I'd send you pics, couldn't find an email.
Very cool seeing it in person!
Looks like a blast to drive
Love this video , more like this !
Awesome Harry, just awesome
Awesome video Harry, thanks for sharing this part of your journey. I can still remember the sound of my primary school teacher’s Daimler V8, my friends and I would all wait around after school to listen to her start that engine. It was the 70’s and my dad had a mini and a Humber 80:(
Well I never! I never in my wildest dreams thought that other than farming and the love of cars, I would have something else in common with Harry! I grew up in the area of Wales that Harry was also visiting as a child. Being of a relatively similar age, we were also there at the same time too! My village wasn't Melin Y Wig (Wig is pronounced with an elonganted 'i' sound as in league), but on the other side of Moel Famau to the one that Harry was on in the Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd).
Loved watching your video of you taking it through the corners with the sound of the engine. I was pretending to be driving my car through those curves. Good on you Harry for remembering those times.
This was so much fun to watch, and to hear! I owned a Triumph TR3 over fifty years ago, and watching you pilot your car along those great roads really brought back some fine memories. I’ve had many much more advanced cars and much faster motorcycles over the years, but the elemental pleasure of learning to drive that little Triumph, happily sliding around corners, still stands among the best moments of my motoring experience.
Agreed. There's more fun in a light car with 100 bhp on roads like that than in the 500hp beasts he usually drives imho.
Fantastic work, Harry - delighted that you can experience this nostalgia
What an absolute glorious sound this great car makes! I love it!
Harry, please show us more about this jewel! What about a tour of Italy??
Dear God. Chills ❤
The feeling from the POV camera is very similar with the Alfasud.
raunchy and pretty, the way I like it.
Loved it, excellent little car
All you needed was Matt Monroe playing on the radio climbing out of Ruthin and that would be driving perfection!
Absolutely love this car, the star in the Harry’s garage. Cracking video too!
what a sound - esp @18:54!
Thanks for sharing that with us Harry, that was really quite special.
Really love the video! For me, part of the allure of owning/ driving a Fulvia is the engineering and refinement. I think the noisy carb setup and exhaust ruins it a bit. Give it a go with the standard carbs, air box and exhaust, you'll love it even more 😊