Lancia Beta

[pushrod]

Are these any good?
Have been offered one in need of resto but can't get up much enthuasim.
Nice enough wee motor 1600 with hard top but I imagine parts would be a nightmare.

Any beta owners on here?

[Banishit]

and the rust, named as the rustiest car ever inc the datsun 100y

[mk1gaz]

What sort of Beta is it ? 2 door coupe , 4 door saloon , cabrio/spider . Top motors the 2 doors .

[sutty234]

my advise...stear clear.very tempting but it will be an absolute money pit.

[wetandwindy2]

my advise...stear clear.very tempting but it will be an absolute money pit.

cannt be any worse than an escort surely ,but the coupe looks nice

[pushrod]

What sort of Beta is it ? 2 door coupe , 4 door saloon , cabrio/spider . Top motors the 2 doors .

It's a two door with a removable hard top. At least I assume it's removable. Either that or the roof's not a very good fit.

my advise...stear clear.very tempting but it will be an absolute money pit.

That's what I needed to hear. I have enough headaches at the minute.

cannt be any worse than an escort surely ,but the coupe looks nice

At least with an escort, when finished you still have an escort.

[paul mann]

very fast car right around the sill's & floor

[Dave1800BDA]

lancias are cool

werent they (lancia) voted best overall car by top gear....they must be right think they used a beta in their filming

[MAD4IT]

lancias are cool

werent they (lancia) voted best overall car by top gear....they must be right think they used a beta in their filming

Now I like Top Gear but to vote for Lancia as the best overall car must of been them being ironic (have you been to Italy lately and seen the god awful looking pieces of euro crap that come with Lancia badges on??), they also promote the benefits of owning Alfa's (same parent company), to be honest anyone who has owned either will say how the cars "stir the emotions", what they don't say is that most of the emotions are anger , frustration and sadness , countered only by occassional highs of joy when, for a brief moment, everything on the car works wonderfully for five minutes (lulling you into a false sense of another fleeting emotion - satisfaction) before it starts to fall apart again!
All I'll say is that when they are right they are a lovely motor but be prepared to go through a lot of grief to get that fleeting moment especially if you want to enjoy driving one and not just roll it on and off a trailer to shows. I'm not bitter but I have had my pockets emptied in the past by a couple of Italian lovelys.

[TimGR]

They were built at a time when Italy made a barter deal with Russia for steel ( I can't remember what Italy gave the Russins - spagetti?)

The rest is history - most Italian cars from that era rusted away in a very short time.

My brother had a few, good engines, handled well, but rust and very low residual values. I would advise to avoid.

[68 Bullit]

They were built at a time when Italy made a barter deal with Russia for steel ( I can't remember what Italy gave the Russins - spagetti?)

The rest is history - most Italian cars from that era rusted away in a very short time.

My brother had a few, good engines, handled well, but rust and very low residual values. I would advise to avoid.

It was in exchange for the Fiat dies and tooling for Lada, the Italians didn't want to be paid in Russian Ruples so they did a deal for the steel, shame the Italians didn't get a mettalurgist to check the steel first.

[mk1gaz]

Beta's are great cars and handle great . Watched them racing in the Italian intermarque championship a few years ago and not much could keep up with a sorted Beta . Yes they rust but no worse than Escorts do , look at some of the rust buckets that people on here restore if you don't beielve me , lol .

[myaRSe]

This was the worst car Lancia ever made they lost millions$$$$$$$$ buying them back from unhappy customers avoid it unless you have unlimited funds