Author Topic: Solved - NEH 3556: 1934 Lancia Augusta rebodied by Pedro Serra 1954  (Read 1371 times)

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Re: NEH 3556
« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2014, 02:44:50 PM »
Is it a pre-war chassis with a post-war body ? So for example an Artena ?


Yes it is!  Not an Artena though..
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Re: NEH 3556
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2014, 03:58:37 AM »
Finally found it : 1934 Lancia Augusta with a 1954 body by Pedro Serra, powered by a Lancia Aprilia engine

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Re: NEH 3556
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2014, 04:58:48 AM »
Finally found it : 1934 Lancia Augusta with a 1954 body by Pedro Serra, powered by a Lancia Aprilia engine

Yes that's it, although it said where I found it that it had a Fiat engine..
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Re: Solved - NEH 3556: 1934 Lancia Augusta rebodied by Pedro Serra 1954
« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2014, 06:43:47 AM »
Well, if I read it carefully it says that before Serra mounted the new body it had a Fiat engine, and he put in a Aprilia engine :

'In 1954 the car was sent to the Serra workshop, where a new V-4 Lancia Aprilia engine was installed while the old body was replaced by this new hand-made roadster'