Lancia Beta VX / Volumex

Just LOOK at the condition of this beautiful 38 YO car….65K miles and still like the day it left the showroom - and that’s not because it’s been restored; it’s been kept like that all its life! Lancia Betas are rare at the best of times and the Volumex (supercharged) one even more so. Interestingly, even though Betas had fuel injection by this point, the Volumex is still carburettor as that works better with the supercharger.
I hadn’t even planned to be in Epping that day - was supposed to go on a Meetup walk elsewhere but missed it because of public transport issues, so it was a case of ‘what can I do instead?’ I’d seen this car going by twice earlier in the day and thought I’d seen the last of it when suddenly, nearing Epping station at the end of the walk, I happened to glance towards a driveway and there it was. So I went and said hello to the owner, who is the 1st Quentin I’ve ever met whose surname isn’t Tarantino! You can hear Quentin’s Stag (also lovely) starting up during the video and see him getting out of it at the end.
I had a lovely chat with Quentin about lots of things and here would be a good place to give a shout-out to the www.visiteppingforest.org site he was instrumental in creating as part of his Economic Development / Tourism Manager role at Epping Forest District Council.

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  • @johnchurch4705
    @johnchurch4705 Жыл бұрын

    Had an HPE Volumex in gun metal grey as a daily driver, it went to live in Singapore 🇸🇬.

  • @ilesmarktransport

    @ilesmarktransport

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow, an HPE Volumex - even rarer! This one in my video had spent most of its life in dehumidified storage in the UK. I can well imagine somewhere like Singapore or Australia would be a good place for a car like that to live in the open

  • @m44E74
    @m44E746 ай бұрын

    My baby!

  • @tommysmith5479
    @tommysmith54797 ай бұрын

    I hope the cameraman is ok - there was a bear growling behind him.

  • @ilesmarktransport

    @ilesmarktransport

    7 ай бұрын

    Ha ha - yes it does sound like that, doesn't it? Actually it was the owner's Triumph Stag which he fired up for me while I was looking at the Beta

  • @giusepperampello
    @giusepperampello Жыл бұрын

    Hi, can I ask is this Coupe VX for sale?

  • @ilesmarktransport

    @ilesmarktransport

    Жыл бұрын

    Ha! Alas, Quentin was telling me that he had only just bought it so I think unfortunately the answer is no