lancia stratos

Gravel testing:

[ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZVe9GMNh8&sns=fb[/ame]

 

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Saw this car again today, and it is still owned locally by a big collector. Great little car, although I love the rally version even better.
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Has anyone heard of these Jolly Club continuation Stratos:

Bonhams : c1975 Lancia Stratos HF 'Jolly Club' ContinuationChassis no. 829AR0 0000008 Engine no. AR0829000 0000008

 

Boy, unless my math is off, if sold for 400,000 BP, the buyer's premium on that Stratos would be 82,500 BP or $107K !!

 

Very disappointing video, shot from a distance, straight line driving, none of the famous gravel drifting.

 

Yes, out of curiosity I spoke to my go to guy in Italy about this car (I didn't even know that Jolly Club assembled cars existed). He said that they were assembled in the early 80s by the Jolly Club from parts they bought from Lancia after Lancia discontinued the Stratos. To him they aren't real Stratos because they weren't completed in the Lancia factory. It's not just a matter of history, the quality of assembly was apparently rather poor. He said that anybody who knows anything about Stratos would demand a discount though there is always a chance somebody pays up in an auction.

By the way, I think that the estimates on all the homologation specials in the bonhams auction (Stratos, rs200, rs200 evo, s4, 037, 205 t16) are pretty optimistic. Some of these cars are of questionable identity, some are pretty rough, some are pretty non-original despite what the catalogue says and ALL of them have been sitting around for 10+ years (the evo hasn't been even started in 10+years!). Speaking of the rs200 evo, the estimate is 500-600k but it had been for sale at the Auto Collections in Vegas for a while. Last I checked the asking price was either 500 or 550k. My guess is that if anybody had made an offer anywhere close a deal would have been arranged. I doubt anyone cared as evos in pristine condition sold in action in the low to mid500s (one is '15 and one in '16).

 

Thanks for the info, Nils. Totally agree on their estimates. Especially for a continuation Stratos - I don't see it trading for authentic Stratos dollars.

 

Some photos of my Stratos from a recent shoot:
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Beautiful! Nice to see you are still car crazy. Great shots of your 930 too. Bravo!

 

Thanks, Mike. I'm certain that crazy never goes away.

 

Love this shot:
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Me, too - Cool car!!

 

When I saw the hammer price I was surprised, then I read more-I've followed these cars, but never heard the story of the Jolly Club 'continuation' cars. I'm sure this is a lot better documented than the various Diomante/Bizzarrini replica/continuation bitsas, but this is new to me. For the true cognoscenti, how are these regarded next to the factory built cars? Bonhams : c1975 Lancia Stratos HF 'Jolly Club' ContinuationChassis no. 829AR0 0000008 Engine no. AR0829000 0000008

 

https://petrolicious.com/articles/what-its-like-to-drive-a-lancia-stratos-in-the-rain

 

Makes sense that the engineer responsible for the 288 GTO and F40 was also involved with the Stratos:

http://youtu.be/4uOUeBRW978

 

My favorite......

 

Enjoy!

http://instagram.com/p/BcJ8lEJBSVm/

 

Thank you!

Matt

 

Awesome'

 

Shame it didn't make it to production. Stoschek did his best but...

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login Another great Petrolicious piece on the Stratos from someone that knows his way around a race car.

http://petrolicious.com/articles/ex-f1-driver-erik-comas-on-his-racing-carreer-and-love-for-the-lancia-stratos

 

NurScud, I'm impressed! Not many people know who Michael Stroschek is, not even Stratos fans.

 

I really loved the project, i already have the book with the whole procedure of making the car from a 430 Scuderia and for a moment back then i was expecting to make some more cars. I've seen Mr Stoschek racing his good, old Stratos and yes, it is a shame that this car didn't make it. It's a person that i admire a lot. They made a great effort tohether with Chris Hrabaleck for making the project real.

One of the few projects/homage which i really loved it.