Topic: Cars and Coffee Irvine v9.13

[MaxN]

Cars and Coffee from a cool and overcast Irvine, California.

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[@re]

Drool.

Great pictures, great cars. Even some great Italians - including the fabulous Lancia Beta Montecarlo, or Scorpion as it was called in the US. I know a guy that has put a 2-litre Delta Integrale engine in the back of one of those and stripped it of all excess weight. Goes like stink!

[porridgehead]

That's pretty much what you had to do to keep the US versions running: strip everything out, replace entire drivetrain with something decent, replace all electrics, pray.

Lovely cars though. I've always thought the Monte Carlo/Scorpion was a gorgeous little tetanus bucket/money sink.

That aside, nice to see that MaxN has made it here from the Car Lounge. One of my favorite posters over there.

[@re]

That's pretty much what you had to do to keep the US versions running: strip everything out, replace entire drivetrain with something decent, replace all electrics, pray.

Sounds like a recipe for owning an Italian car. Especially that last part...

[Ultra]

Mr. Vader, your chariot is ready:

[Otto Puzzell]

That '57 'Vette is sweet. Second only to the '56 among first-gen Corvettes, IMO.