Vídeo: Cheira a Competição – Lancia Delta HF Turbo

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This, the Delta, for me is the most beautiful car of Lancia and who owns one knows what I’m talking about. My name is Luis, most knowed as Luis Marques and I have a passion for the Lancia Delta since the rally times.

They accompanied me in the good times of Lancia and always has been my dream to have a Lancia and I mannaged to have a Lancia At the time I went to a stand, saw the car

And that one marked me, I said “I’ll have to buy this car” and I ended up buying it. They started the production in 1979 and ended up I think in 2009 With the third version of the Delta already With regret because they shouldn’t let this car go, this car is a legend.

This model that I have is the HF Turbo with 140hp This engine was released in 1986 that followed the 4WD which was the one that started on the rally with a sequence onf wins, 6 consecutive with the model followed by this one, 4WD, Itegralle and is this is what you are looking at.

Well, this started to be my daily driven, make trips to Algarve, everywhere, it was the daily car. I love it but it made me alot of pranks That was nothing that I didn’t changed Since transmition, gearbox bearing, a very big issue this car had in the crankshaft for 2 times

And after this last issue I said, “lets stop it, the car will be fixed and lets see what is going on” and the found that the crankshaft has a crack and that was causing for 2 times the same problem

It was fixed and since the engine was out I decided to start it’s restoration And it becomes vicious, you start fixing it and you start to want more and more You want to make it perfect then you bring, take bring take…

And becomes a point that it’s starting to look what i wanted that’s how it starts Only the engine things were made by my friends at the workshop Every material that was to clean and make it look new, was made by me here it my garage.

This car, I like this car because back in the days people with my age, everyone wanted to have a car like this a Lancia or a GT Turbo, it was the time of these cars and I always liked this car, I was in love with it

There is no explanation, I love it, I have this one, the third version of it I have a Y bought a litle time ago, I have an Alfa, I don’t know, I’m crazy for Italian Cars.

There was a funny story with this car, once I went to Algarve with this car, I fill it up and this car tends to smell gasoline for being an old car, it has an unique smell

Always have that smell inside, You go inside the car and always smell something, people say it smell competition and I go with the car, Me, my wife and my mother and at certain time my wife says that is smelling gasoline I said “Its normal, it always do”

After a while she said “Luis, it smell alot gasoline” then I look to the gas indicator because when you drive this car the indicator goes down fast but at this day it was very fast, it was filled up then I stop the car I look underneath and looked like a gasoline source

“Ok it’s true, it really smell gasoline”. One of the funny stories, the smell of gasoline… Who have a car like this, an old car, it always have work to do Anything you want you can work on it For example, the last thing I did was back there in the suspension bars

It has alot of adjustments, it was all teardown There is a system that holds all the arms also was repaired It’s new, You look at it and says “Yeah it’s new” That is really greatful at the end you look, from the old you make new

So, who have a car like this knows what I’m talking about this is a car that has always work to do Latelly I started to go to classic meetings Since I have a car which deserve going to classics

It was such a surprise because I didn’t know this world and the familiarity that is involved on it and it’s very good, it’s nice because you tell your stories and hear other stories meet new people, it’s very cool

Who owns a machine like this or any old car, needs to treat with love just like you treat old people and the cars are the same thing they have their own will, if you don’t take care of them they prank you I have this car for 23 years

Alot of time in my hands, was second had but it came in very good conditions and until today it’s here with me and it’s to saty When i bought the other Lancia people started asking if I had sold the car

I said “are you crazy? I will never sell the Delta!” no it’s not to sell, no…