pic of wild Swiss 928 on Italian autostrada
 

Just got back from Italy, which I drove from south to north, every mile of which I wished to be in the 928!

Anyway, here's a quick in-motion pic of an S model shark with a pretty wild paint job. Sorry for the sole snapshot, but I was struggling to get close enough to it in the tiny 1.2L Lancia diesel I was driving!

Coool pic.
Nicely done paint job. Wonder what the colors signify.
Like how they echoed the B-pillar swoop.

Guess you're flogging that 1.2 liter diesel.
3500 redline?

Drove a 1.1 liter Fiat ages ago in Europe.
Engine displacement the size of a soda pop bottle. What a hoot.

Ernest (NYC)

Ernest,
Yeah, that sucker took a beating, alright! I knocked out about 2400K in two weeks, and was always flat out (just about!). I was surprised that peak torque seemed to be around 3500rpm as you say, but that it would rev up to about 4500rpm pretty easily.

Here's another pic of the pursuit; though blurry, it does show the speedo in the Lancia at 150... okay, kph! I could squeeze her on the flats for 160kph, but that's it!!

Hmmm... I don't like this at all... I neither like the colors chosen, nor the way the stripes flow, as they do not really follow the B pillar very closely. I think this is a clear example of more is not always better.

LHD in Itay?

I'm guessing center console.

Uh...perhaps you're thinking of England? (It's okay, lots of us do! :cheers: )

Stripes don't bother me a whole lot...guess when you're in Rome (as you were)...

However, is that side skirt normal? Can't tell if this is an S or S4, but it looks "added on" to me. Could the stripes be part of a racing color, perhaps?

Is that Starski or Hutchski?

The german Torino! thats the first thing i thought of when i saw it.
Looks in great shape though :thumbup:
A unique find, thats for sure!

Whats the scrolling/lettering on the corner of the red stripe?

Not sure what you mean by that, as all countries on the European continent drive on the right and subsequently have Left Hand Drive cars. The Lancia pictured here has its instruments in the middle of the dash, above the center consols - a weird trend for vans and some smaller cars in Europe that I don't understand. Maybe it's cheaper to make both LHD and RHD versions with a such arragement? (one mold for the dash only)

bbs alloys cant have been cheap and the sideskirt is smoothed very nicely into the bodywork, looks professional. starsky and hutch was my first thought also!

nice!!!!! VERY Euro ... love the Gottis ... well not really but still nice :P

You lookingh ath me?
 

I think Saturn is also doing it now. :rolleyes:

That's an 86.5 or earlier, judging by the second pic...

Definitely an S, not S4. Check out the painted front spoiler.

Rich

This is likely a '78 or '79. Look at the front ride height.

It has S front spoiler.

Curt, the whole body is modded man :D

Where? I only see the edge of what looks like an "S" spoiler and a set of side skirts. Looks like one wing or spoiler on the back?

The window trims are chrome. Wouldn’t that make it an early (78-80) model?

For those interested in determing the model year, perhaps a few more of my observations would help....

I had said it was an S because of the front spoiler, and that the rear bumper cover had the S on it. I also noticed that there were cooling/air flow slits behind the rear wheels, facing rearward. I don't know the older models so well, but I thought it looked like it had some mild fender flares.

It also had the rear, independent fog light. I don't know if that is a clue or not.

Also, the front fog/parking and rear lights seemed small, like they had a white decal overlay on them that matched the body color.

Don't know if that helps...

I looked at a Toyota that had a similar arrangement. I was told by the salesman that studies were done that people learning how to drive found it better to look to the sides for their instruments than to look through the wheel.


I thought that was BS, personally.

Ah the Toyota Echo - My friend had a new one a few years ago. It was a terrible car to ride in and worse to drive. Having the speedo in the middle of the dash is very annoying. My friend said he never go used to it. He hated the car and got rid of it quick.

An upgraded 1980 928 from Carelli had this done to the rear valance/bumper cover.

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/wd1157carellirear.jpg

The Carelli also had the wiremesh BBS style wheels.
Ernest (NYC)
Wonder who made the body kit?

I don't think they came in chrome... but the thin anodized layer wears off and they get shint. :D

Anyway, that's an 86.5 or earlier rear bumper. I have no doubt of that. To me, the difference is obvious even in a small, blurry pic. I doubt that many people put the earlier bumper on a later car.

That would be the one! I was helping my parents look for a car...I talked them out of that real quick! Some Minis also have the speedo in the center (optional satnav screen or whatever puts it back in the "proper" place).