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tryphon
May 28th, 2006, 12:44 PM
Check out:
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/5olidsnake/japan%20may%202006/?start=all
Some interesting pictures of Lancias including one before/after the mishap series concerning a Stratos.
chris.richard
May 28th, 2006, 02:14 PM
6 different Stratos - must have been an interesting day. Too interesting for one...
mudhut
May 28th, 2006, 02:19 PM
Some great pics. Don't know where he went to find all these Lancias. I only saw one or two. Good pics of the Imperial Palace Kyoto too.

Tryphon, looking at the yellow stratos close-up of the silencer, photo 103, I notice that the hinge that is attached to the rear cover is not at all like the part supplied by Gerry Hawkridge as I posted in another thread (http://www.stratossupersite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2529&highlight=hinge) . Are all geniune Stratos hinges like the yellow one?
tryphon
May 28th, 2006, 02:27 PM
Are all geniune Stratos hinges like the yellow one?

Yes they are. Some Group 4 ones are a bit different as they use a "quick release" pin instead of the nut and bolt.
guy mayers
May 28th, 2006, 04:06 PM
Am I the only one the link doesn't work for? All I get is a page with "Photobucket" top left, a search box and a home/login?
Guy
rutthenut
May 29th, 2006, 01:31 AM
Am I the only one the link doesn't work for?
Works for me Guy, although it was slow to serve the content below the banner section.

As for hinge comments, does the original Strat have a 'bolt-on outrigger' that leads to the simple hinge, as shown in this photo?
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/5olidsnake/japan%20may%202006/?action=view&current=SA400590.jpg

J.R.
tryphon
May 29th, 2006, 01:34 AM
As for hinge comments, does the original Strat have a 'bolt-on outrigger' that leads to the simple hinge, as shown in this photo?
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/5olidsnake/japan%20may%202006/?action=view&current=SA400590.jpg

J.R.

Re-Yes....
guy mayers
May 29th, 2006, 01:56 AM
Ok, found it by searching Japan May 2006 in Photobucket! Wow.

And nice to see an old friend! A fulvia that was on the Mitsubishi Classic Marathon with three replica Stratos way back!
Guy

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a313/5olidsnake/japan%20may%202006/?action=view&current=SA400484.jpg
mudhut
May 29th, 2006, 02:24 AM
Crikey Guy. How do you spot a replica from that far off?
Chris J
May 29th, 2006, 02:52 AM
Crikey Guy. How do you spot a replica from that far off?

Guy means his was one of three on the Classic Marathon, not the three Stratos' behind the Fulvia in the Japan photo.

Regarding the group 4 hinges, I posted a photo of the quick release ones on Steve Perez's car last year. I don't know how authentic they are? Here it is again.
guy mayers
May 29th, 2006, 03:31 AM
Guy means his was one of three on the Classic Marathon, not the three Stratos' behind the Fulvia in the Japan photo.


Thanks for clarifying that for me Chris but I count three Monte Carlos, an 037 and FOUR Stratos in the picture! And from that distance they all look like originals to me.
GaryFitz
May 29th, 2006, 08:22 PM
Photos are from the Annual Lancia Day held here in Japan. ABout half the STratos are original and half are replicas. Of the originals, only one is a stradale that has been converted. As far as I am aware, there is only one other original Group 4 car here other than mine. There are at least 3 Group B 037's here, and no S4 Group B cars that I am aware of.

I was not able to get any of my cars to this event this year as business took me out of Japan on that weekend.
tryphon
May 30th, 2006, 12:13 AM
Photos are from the Annual Lancia Day held here in Japan.
Gary, to the best of my knowledge there are approximately 50 cars in Japan.

ABout half the STratos are original and half are replicas. Of the originals, only one is a stradale that has been converted. As far as I am aware, there is only one other original Group 4 car here other than mine.
With the exception of 22 factory run cars (but the following applies to some of them too) all Gr.4 cars were Stradales once. The question would rather be who converted which and when.
GaryFitz
May 30th, 2006, 08:18 PM
Agree, it is difficult to know which ones are which without the chassis numbers. the ones I have seen and got th enumbers for seem to be recent conversions, and many with "rally signage" are just copies made to look that way. Obviously the 037's are all real, and I have also seen many Deltona's that have been cloned to look like originals, however, there are several factory cars here.
chris.richard
May 31st, 2006, 02:11 AM
What's a Deltona?
tryphon
May 31st, 2006, 03:31 AM
Delta Integrale Evo...
GaryFitz
May 31st, 2006, 09:26 AM
It is my understanding that the Group A Evo Spec Integrales built for the 92/93 season are refered to as the Deltona's. These were the ultimate wide track cars and the last in the line. Don't know how they got the name.
David May
May 31st, 2006, 09:43 AM
The -ona suffix in Italian implies big, chunky. A Deltona is just a fat Delta!
tryphon
May 31st, 2006, 10:03 AM
And all Evos are called Deltona. Much like the Fanalone -> Big lamp.