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Title: Bentleybob 52 solved Albany Lancia Lambda
Post by: bentleybob on May 20, 2012, 08:41:32 AM

It is all about the coachbuilder, the name of his creation, the chassis make and type underneath and the year this was presented at which occasion...

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52
Post by: Manuel on May 20, 2012, 05:58:29 PM

This body style [or similar] was fitted to a couple of different chassis. I don't know who the body builder was but this one looks like a Lancia.

Manuel in Oz

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52
Post by: bentleybob on May 21, 2012, 01:22:30 PM

Looks like a Lancia because it is, yes.

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52
Post by: bentleybob on June 11, 2012, 02:27:19 AM

Up

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52
Post by: Craig Gillingham on June 11, 2012, 02:41:30 AM

This is the Lancia Lambda 'Airway', designed by Joseph Emberton, built by the Albany Carriage Co. I think it was based on a 7th Series Lambda. Also, this was shown at Olympia in 1927. Most of this car still exists, and was rebuilt. The car above, had a single rear seat. The Airway Lambda that was rebuilt has a wider 2 seat rear compartment. This actual car was sold to an Australian buyer, a year or two after it was built, and spent many years here.

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52
Post by: bentleybob on June 11, 2012, 04:18:33 AM

You are right of course. A point. I think personally that the restoration is more of a reconstruction that has only a slight resemblance to the original. If you study pics of then and now, you will find many more changes.... Still, it surrvives. The pic by Dmentd.

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52 solved Albany Lancia Lambda
Post by: Craig Gillingham on June 11, 2012, 04:36:05 AM

More detail regarding this Lambda's history.

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52 solved Albany Lancia Lambda
Post by: grobmotorix on March 26, 2015, 03:20:40 PM

A 1927 photo and an interiour sketch:

Title: Re: Bentleybob 52 solved Albany Lancia Lambda
Post by: grobmotorix on October 04, 2015, 04:50:49 PM

Another rare photo: