[{"id": 2876070, "authorName": "austin_alfa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/austin_alfa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A saveable project with some needs. I'm interested. Where did I put that hand lotion?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547831196, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876100, "authorName": "djimbe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/djimbe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For when you REALLY want a Maserati 3500GT but your bank account says you can't have one. My account says I can't have this either, but it sure is an attractive proposition. Needs some help, but very worthy of that help. I'd probalby never take the hard top off.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1547831806, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876141, "authorName": "ArchSail", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/archsail/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd probably never put the hard top on it. \r\nCan someone tell me what the two big dash levers are. I'd guess one is turn signal?\r\nCool car. GLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547832817, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876143, "authorName": "mr_smee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mr_smee/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks a bit Mazda Cosmo with the hard top in place. Really interesting and quirky - that shifter - but as usual for Lancia, it all comes together beautifully. How great are those instruments? I'd much prefer the soft incandescent glow of that dash to the Tokyo by night look of modern cars.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1547832848, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876168, "authorName": "AlfaZagato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfazagato/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Video? I want to hear what a smallish V6 with a rotted glasspack sounds like.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1547833376, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876178, "authorName": "High_Hope", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/high_hope/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Definitely a car to save, even if it is hiding under one of the worst paint jobs since Earl Scheib's. The rust is pretty extensive and the seller makes a good effort to point out all the problems. Surprisingly, the interior looks great; a little love there and it would be beautiful.\n\nA sophisticated car that James Bond might have driven.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1547833631, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876177, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\u201cThis 1964 Lancia Flaminia 3C is one of 180 convertibles bodied by Carrozzeria Touring and is powered by a 2.8-liter V6 equipped with three Weber carburetors.\u201d\n\nThat\u2019s a bit misleading. As the production summary sheet photo indicates, this is one of 180 Touring-bodied GT Convertibles built on the Flaminia 2,8 3C platform. But before that, Touring built 667 Flaminia GT Convertibles: 420 on the 2,5 and 247 on the 2,5 3C. \n\nIn any case, the 2,8 3C was the highest spec, with a very usable 150bhp and Lancia\u2019s impeccable road manners. All the numbers here make sense, and it appears very complete and original \u2013 including a matching hardtop and original Becker Mexico. \n\nBut beneath a paint job that would embarrass Earl Scheib is a body that needs a fair amount of metal work \u2013 including the multi-layer sills that are crucial to the integrity of the convertible platform. It appears to be a very manageable project, but one that will require good alloy fabrication skills and good deal of patience. Good luck with the auction.", "likes": 19, "timestamp": 1547833675, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876220, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ArchSail : left stalk is the turn signal (the button on the end is the dip switch); the right stalk is the headlight flasher.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547834451, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876222, "authorName": "beNGK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bengk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L or someone else smart :\r\n\r\nwhat's going on with the rear axle where the wheel mounts ?\r\n\r\nlooks like some sort of peculiarly sited CV joint. artifact of the inboard brakes and the De Dion/leaf and therefore not having any other suspensions connections close to the wheel, thus the joint is as far out as it can be for reasons ?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547834524, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876234, "authorName": "Rob_O", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rob_o/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gorgeous. Ralph Nader would stroke out if he saw those harpoons sticking out of the dash.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547834842, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876275, "authorName": "professorgearhead", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/professorgearhead/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Such perfect lines. No frippery, no fake vents or airfoils, just understated elegance. Why can\u2019t we get back to that? It must be one of the very few convertibles, in my estimation, that looks as good with the roof down as with the hardtop up. My only complaints with a spectacular design is those bulbous taillights. It certainly looks wonderfully original, but those bodged patches welded/riveted on the underside make me wonder what other horrors lurk beneath that spectacular :) paint job. The interior is perfect!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1547835908, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876313, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@beNGK : as you surmise, the CVs are located as close to the transaxle as they can be, given the inboard brakes.\r\n\r\n@Rob_O : I could live with that...", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547836672, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876525, "authorName": "Leif_in_Calif", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/leif_in_calif/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not for the faint of heart! These cars were made with out much consideration for the long term effects of steel encased in aluminum. Definitely worth saving, but it is going to need some very serious work to stay alive. Wish I had extra space (and funds).", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547838621, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2876828, "authorName": "OldFarht", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldfarht/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@beNGK - To expand on Ed's answer regarding the rear driveshafts and the outboard cardan joints, they predate the DeDion, having been used from the earliest Aurelias with semi-trailing arms and lever dampers. They extend outboard the hubs to reduce angular deflection, and the bind/wear issues inherent. \r\n\r\nEarly inner joints were \"pot joints\", with sliding blocks on a T-shaft riding in a cast iron frame, lubricated (eventually) with 250wt gear oil, best handled by warming it up before fill. Later cars such as this one have an inner cardan joint inside a sliding spline, buffered by rubber segments between radial flanges. A massive improvement.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1547841562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2877300, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi this is Daniel. I\u2019m the seller. Feel free to may any questions you may have. I\u2019m happy to answer those I can.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547846017, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2877992, "authorName": "biffer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/biffer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The older I get, the more I appreciate these beautiful and innovative old Lancias. They were truly ahead of the game, with engineering and attention to detail which still shames some current marques.\r\n\r\nA truly beautiful car that should be preserved. GLWTS.", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1547851080, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878074, "authorName": "carbonara", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carbonara/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "what a lot of work!!! but what a fantastic car!!! at the right price I would take it on,,,for the love of it. but honestly we are talking BIG bucks. as for hardtop or not,,hardtop is a must. it delivers an extraordinary profile. car is incomplete without . I am in the never take it off camp.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1547851750, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878191, "authorName": "ar1950", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ar1950/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a great car with so much potential. A lot of needs, but, at least one that I would be able to handle. With a properly shaped cold chisel and a ball peen hammer that rim can be made \"almost\" as good as new.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547852589, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878545, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice side and rear view. The front view looks like the designer forgot about headlights. Mounted them on a flat panel on an otherwise beautifully done design! Gonna watch where this goes. Neat car-you can't see the headlights from the drivers seat!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547863956, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878741, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 1964, "content": "$1,964 bid placed by DaveD", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547872342, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2878812, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@carbonara : \"...as for hardtop or not,,hardtop is a must. it delivers an extraordinary profile. car is incomplete without . I am in the never take it off camp.\"\n\nThen this isn't the car for you. Instead of paying a premium for an open-top GT Convertible -- and a premium on top of that for one with a hardtop that you're never going to take off, what you want is the closed version of the Touring GT -- permanent roof and lower price:\nhttp://www.simoncars.co.uk/lancia/slides/s_Lancia%20Flaminia%20GT%203C%20Touring%20side.jpg", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547876094, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878828, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@High_Hope : \u201cA sophisticated car that James Bond might have driven.\u201d\r\n\r\nFunny you should say that. In On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service, Bond is chasing Ernst Stavro Blofeld when he meets Contessa Teresa \"Tracy\" di Vicenzo, who he chases on the road and later meets in a casino. At the end of the novel, they marry, but they\u2019re machine-gunned by Blofeld\u2019s henchmen (he survives; she\u2019s killed) as she drives them to their honeymoon in her car \u2013 a Flaminia GT Convertible.", "likes": 15, "timestamp": 1547877167, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878921, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Purchased in the 80's..took 20 -something years to get running...then driven 100 miles over that last 7 years. Seems to be more of an object. I've driven one. I guess I'll never bring myself to the level of sophistication it takes to appreciate it. I can live with that. I like my 401-K just where it is. Who ever buys this must be on a mission with strong conviction because that sucking sound you hear is a Hoover on your bank account.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547900106, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878946, "authorName": "taosman54", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/taosman54/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L One of my favorites ,,..the book and the car", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547902329, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878949, "authorName": "BenG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beng/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Daniel R. always unearths the most extraordinary cars. Great presentation and a very worthy project.\n\nThe cemetery would not be my first choice for backdrop but the foliage is colorful!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547902643, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2878980, "authorName": "tifoso13", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tifoso13/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by tifoso13", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547904729, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2878982, "authorName": "v-4_Elaborata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v-4_elaborata/", "bidAmount": 25000, "content": "$25,000 bid placed by v-4_Elaborata", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547904781, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2879021, "authorName": "guster67", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/guster67/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can someone explain how the brake master cylinder can be on the right side of the engine compartment while the brake pedal is on the left side of the car? What am I missing?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547906246, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879051, "authorName": "Jwaltb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jwaltb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To each one\u2019s own- the taillights are one of my favorite features on these cars. And I wish I had never sold my 2.5 GT coupe- I was just too inexperienced to deal with all it needed in my 20s.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547907205, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879085, "authorName": "Klink", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/klink/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@guster67 That is a remote mounted power brake assist unit. It consists essentially of an additional master cylinder being compressed by a large vacuum diaphragm in a manner similar to a more conventional integrated master cylinder/booster assembly.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547908085, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879220, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car and some of the best engineering ever done in Italy, from a company noted for its engineering prowess. Some work to do, but well worth it. Glad to see this is the 2.8 three-carb version of the Flaminia.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547912944, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879223, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Compliments to the seller for a candid presentation, and for relying upon BaT to move this worthy restoration candidate on to a qualified buyer.\r\n\r\nMy restored similar car is featured in the just released March 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car.\r\n\r\nThese are not simple cars to restore. The sophistication of Lancia engineering and Touring coachbuilding included little consideration for longevity. The aluminum/steel bodywork is complex, and the mechanicals are so quirky that frequent consultation with specialists like Omicron is strongly advised. More optimistically, I will say that the Flaminia was significantly easier and cheaper to restore than the very early Citroen DS that I\u2019m into now.\r\n\r\nBest wishes to both seller and buyer.", "likes": 13, "timestamp": 1547912970, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879293, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OK -- apparently this needs saying yet again: 'flagging' should be reserved for comments that are genuine offensive; not merely for an opinion you disagree with. It's absurd that @Rick 's comment was taken down.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1547915208, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879538, "authorName": "gsarahs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsarahs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A very interesting design and engineering, but after tackling an Austin-Healey and the issues caused by its mix of aluminum and steel, I realize that I am but a mere mortal as far as even thinking of taking something like this on. What is lurking underneath could be scary as I found out with my A-H. All the best.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547924471, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879674, "authorName": "philly50", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/philly50/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L...you must be thinking of another movie because the last scene in On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service is of them driving in his 1969 Aston Martin DBS. I do agree with your flagging comment. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG59rpilakA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547929960, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879870, "authorName": "PaulS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pauls/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I believe Ed_L mentioned the Flaminia being in the Bond book not the film...", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547940373, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879918, "authorName": "OldFarht", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldfarht/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L In the beginning of \"On Her Majesty's Secret Service\", the car \"Tracy\" is driving is a Lancia Flaminia Zagato Spyder, a car that has yet to exist....", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547942953, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2879968, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As @taosman54 and @PaulS correctly surmised, when I said \"At the end of the novel\" I was speaking of the book...\n\nThe George Lazenby movie? Seriously??", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547946620, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880052, "authorName": "BimmerVertDudeFTW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bimmervertdudeftw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WANT WANT WANT", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547952663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880055, "authorName": "OldFarht", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldfarht/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No, no Ed, the beginning of the book. But the salient point was that the car was a \"Zagato Spyder\", a car Fleming made up, not a GT Convertible /Spyder.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547953199, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880081, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@OldFarht : yes, I know that's what Fleming wrote, but we also know it's nonsense. Whether he simply didn't know, or whether he decided to change the name to protect the innocent, we know he could only have meant Marcello Mastroianni's GT Convertible: \nhttps://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J8U-SMX56cM/VAI5OMXST4I/AAAAAAAA0CE/xrLc7tqnAIk/s1600/Flaminia_Touring_convertibile_e_Mastroianni.jpg\n\nAuthors. \n\nMorse drove a Lancia in the first two Colin Dexter books -- before the books were picked up for a TV series and the producers changed it to a Jag Mk2 (after which Dexter changed it in the books). Was Dexter a lancista? Not a bit of it. He described the Morse character to a petrolhead friend to ask what car a guy like his detective would drive, and the friend replied, a Lancia. So, yeah -- \"Zagato Spyder\"...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547955117, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880110, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L: Actually Mastroianni personally owned a Flaminia Zagato coupe. The convertible in your photo was at a concours in Turin that the actor happened to attend. Note the placard on the windshield.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547956630, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880152, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@don000 : yeah -- I know it's a posed photo, and that he actually owned a 2,8 3C SuperSport. Here he is with his own car:\nhttp://img.xooimage.com/files79/b/5/7/mastroianni-35e0245.jpg\nI just needed a good dolce vita shot of the Convertible to make a point...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547961124, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880209, "authorName": "wishfulthinker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wishfulthinker/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice write up on this same model in the March 2019 Hemmings Classic Car. Always loved Lancia's, had a 1959 4dr Appia.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547965191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880262, "authorName": "OZUSA60", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ozusa60/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know of a very nice example in grey metallic still with the original red interior also for sale", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547983522, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880292, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 25250, "content": "$25,250 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547990252, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2880376, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is that the one that HymanLtd has for sale? It sounds like a nice older restored car. Black with red leather. Price is $199,500. \r\nI believe that nice drivers are in that $150-200 range and well restored cars are selling for something north of $200 (depending on the restoration quality). \r\nIf someone was looking for a Touring bodied Flaminia, it\u2019s likely someone could buy this one, restore it and still be under the money.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547994913, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880407, "authorName": "taosman54", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/taosman54/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This would be perfect parked under our original 64 movie poster of Marcello and Sofia Loren in Yesterday Today and Tomorrow that hangs in the garage...both have beautiful lines", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547996303, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880580, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L -- sensitivity reigns. .. The car i drove was Don's car and it is scrumptiously appointed to the nines. He loves it and is the envy of anyone who puts these cars on their bucket list. I think anyone who wins this car will be aware of the mission ahead. My bucket list always included cars I could manage to take apart and put together mechanically without decades of professional experience, mounds of special tools, and piles of money to pour into the project. These cars like Aurelias were under-appreciated for a very long time and i think for the technical reasons they were \"give-away\" valued for so long. So the bottom line is.. it takes money first, access to folks like Omicron, Eddin's , and Spadaro and you can put a bow on it when it's done.. I prefer having a hand in my cars that I can claim is mine rather than writing checks. I'd love to have the HP to do the latter but do have more satisfaction in getting my hands into the project. These cars just aren't forgiving enough to allow that in my opinion. Thus my yellow flag on dreamers.. and probably a resulting red flag. Too bad. It's just what I know about them that makes them passive to me. A few others have touched on the idiosyncratic nature of them .. so I a am not alone... I suspect. It's just someone's perspective and not one to get strung up a a tree for. Keep up the good work.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1548005325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880630, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rick: Well said.\r\n\r\n@DanielRapley: Agree with your numbers and analysis. But the importance of finding the right shop(s) cannot be overemphasized. I know of more than one Flaminia / Aurelia that had to be restored twice . . .", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548007231, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880644, "authorName": "damn_yankee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/damn_yankee/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "sometimes a buy and hold strategy works well.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548007965, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880693, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Don. I agree. Finding the right shop is critical and there are ways we can help. \n\nBefore starting I typically like to go on an exploratory tour. Here\u2019s what I mean. \n\nI\u2019m currently restoring a 1953 Siata 300BC and before we started I visited many other 300BC\u2019s and took hundreds of photos. \nWe then delivered the stripped body shell to an excellent shop in Stratford, CT (The Panel Shop) to have the aluminum work done. Steve, then man doing the work, and myself poured over the photos I\u2019d taken and he was able to see the details he needed to get right. This took a good man and put him in a position to do what he does best - create a perfect finished product. \n\nHe didn\u2019t need to be a Siata specialist he just needed to see what a great Siata body should look like. \n\nThe engine and transaxle are a bit different of course. If they need work then having an expert Lancia shop do the work is the best. You want someone who\u2019s made the mistakes on someone else\u2019s car. \n\nHaving said all of that this car has good compression, a good transaxle and could be used as is for several years without writing out big checks. \n\nIt\u2019s great to be able to enjoy a car without worrying if it gets another stone chip in the paint.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548011041, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880735, "authorName": "WolfBarnato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wolfbarnato/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "BaT readers are getting lazy or blind. No comments on those fabulous three Formula 500 cars in the picture #72? \r\n\r\nThey look like Cooper F3. If they come together with the Flaminia as a package deal, I will take it!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548013430, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880737, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Having said all of that there are plenty of guys who have the money to restore the car but don\u2019t have the time, No matter how much they\u2019d love to, to do the research and be involved in the restoration. For them finding the right shop and writing the check is the best option.\r\nThe best Lancia restoration shop I know is in the U.K. Thornley Kelham Ltd. \r\n\r\nKeen to hear of any good restoration facilities this side of the pond that have experience with Lancia. \r\n\r\nDominic\u2019s European car repair in White Plains NY has a good reputation.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548013495, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2880741, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well spotted!\r\nThe Formula 3 Coopers are gone. Two. went to the U.K. one went to Switzerland. \r\nI Hope we see them vintage racing before too long.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548013580, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2881055, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DanielRapley: Recognized Lancia mechanical specialists in the US can be, shall we say, not entirely user friendly. In the Northeast, Gary Gammans at G&R Autoworks in Keene NH did very fine work on my Flaminia, sorting out some typically complicated Lancia issues. A master technician, but also a very decent and unpretentious guy, happy to seek guidance from Omicron and anywhere else. A few years ago his shop absorbed Sports Car Services, which for many years focused on British cars across the river in VT.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548037074, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2882347, "authorName": "lordcactus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lordcactus/", "bidAmount": 41050, "content": "$41,050 bid placed by lordcactus", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548100169, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2884592, "authorName": "mrcouope", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrcouope/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "TOP ART & TECHNOLGY OF HER TIME. GLWS , GOT LUCKY DIDNT WOKE UP THE DEAD :-)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548136544, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2884704, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 41500, "content": "$41,500 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548154758, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2887427, "authorName": "anatolyarutunoff", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/anatolyarutunoff/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "the first time I saw an early one of these a hoffman's on Wilshire in Beverly Hills the seats blew me away. looked great and felt wonderful. I think they had a Bentley continental on the floor with a power steering adjustment switch, a slide which went from 'full' to 'off.' never seen another switch like that", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548198467, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2887542, "authorName": "xraygun", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/xraygun/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Depending on reserve of course, this looks like a great car to fix what's needed and DRIVE. Enjoy the car. Get it running well, fully sorted and travel in traditional GT style. If it needs a little structural help, make a repair. Let the next Lancisti do the $100k restoration. That's my view. Sounds fun to me!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548200794, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2888144, "authorName": "dekats1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dekats1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does anyone recognize the orangy-red car behind and to the right of the Lancia?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548216227, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2888218, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@dekats1 : Austin Healey Sebring Sprite -- 1964 Sebring works entry.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548218598, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2889597, "authorName": "pinshaw", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pinshaw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "that hardtop is beautiful, would love to see the soft top up. Im have a 59 Alfa touring spider Im redoing and there is so much to like here that reminds me of that one", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548269237, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2889784, "authorName": "mbaum", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbaum/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Of course, I am also a huge fan of all things Flaminia and the Touring-built models are just so superb. A convertible with a hardtop is clearly in the top 10 of dream cars. I also think the hardtop is essential to enjoy the best of both worlds: Open top motoring and a hardtop that looks (Almost) identical to the fantastic GT lines - IMHO one of the best roof lines to ever grace a vehicle.\r\n\r\nI drove the PF coupe, a series 2 Sport (That I owned for a few years), a Berlina and a Touring GT. The PF coupe and Touring models to me offer the overall best driving experience. I feel that the V-6 is more suited to GT cars as opposed to the Sport. In the Zagato, I am left wanting more. In the PF and GT, the engine power and flexibility is simply adequate and fits the refined nature of them. Also, that gearbox with the short throws is so enjoyable. Steering on those is extremely light for not being power assisted and all controls are simply marvelous. \r\n\r\nTo me, it always appears that because of the unique status and engineering of Lancias, the coach builders always threw in a few design idiosyncrasies. And the Touring cars are no different. I think the light clusters front and rear are amazing. Weird but amazing. the length with the low roof gives it such great proportions that even those overhangs cannot ruin. The elegance, understatement and presence of these cars cannot be overstated and they are still flying below the radar compared to Astons, Maseratis and other period comparables. And, based on those, they are a bargain in the market.\r\n\r\nWhich brings me to this car. Red is not a great color on them, as always. But you can change it anyway when you restore this beauty. I do think though that a $100k restoration budget brings you not that far if you have to outsource the work (And most of us likely will have to). As others pointed out, they are not for the faint of heart. That this car was only driven 100 miles or so by the current owner is likely an indication of things to come when it comes to restore the mechanical parts. When I refreshed (Not rebuilt) the engine and drive train on my Sport, I was in $50k in no time. The Flaminia (Like a DS, @don000) is one of those cars that need to be set up perfectly to really enjoy the amazing experience they deliver.\r\n\r\nAdd to that the complex body work, new interior, everything else sparkling, then I would guess I would budget around $200k at least for a decent restoration to bring this to a condition 2. Having said that, it is totally worth doing as this really is the best spec (2.8), comes with a hardtop and you can have serious fun and meet cool people (Aurelia and Flaminia experts needed!) on the way. It's only money and you can make more of it next Monday ... GLWS", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1548271481, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2890304, "authorName": "Dogchaser", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dogchaser/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What chance does someone 6-2, 210 lbs have of driving this car comfortably?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548276240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2890553, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As you know some cars don't work if you're 6-2. The 308 GT/4 I had was a real squeeze to get in and out of, and I'm only 5-10. It was designed \"By Little Italian Dudes - for Little Italian Dudes\". The Flaminia is different. I think it's one of those cars that fits just about any size. I'm interested in hearing what others with Flaminia experience have to say.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548278165, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2890580, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"When I die I would like to drive to heaven in this car\"\r\nBattista Farina (Pinnin Farina) on the Lancia Flaminia", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548278350, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2890959, "authorName": "OldFarht", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldfarht/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@DanielRapley - He was talking about the Florida II, built on an Aurelia chassis, that he kept as his personal car. He had the shop make \"hidden\" rear doors so he could be chauffeured in it after he could no longer drive himself. \r\n\r\nBut I do agree with him either way, Aurelia or Flaminia PF...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548281214, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2891339, "authorName": "wheelwonk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wheelwonk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have owned a Touring convertible since the late 70's and have of necessity and personal interest done most of the work on the car myself. Parts have gotten much easier tho find in that time frame, though the number of people to work on them seem to have diminished.\r\nI'm about six foot and have no trouble fitting in . The driving position is comfortable for long trips and my wife and I put over 900 miles on the car over three days last spring, joining in on the American Lancia Club West Coast Reunion. I agree with much that has been said about the wonderfully light and precise handling and the many quirky elements of styling and design. As with many old things in general, they can be trying but the rewards continue to balance them out.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1548283960, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2891464, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mbaum: That $100k restoration comment, as well as the notion that a car in this condition could be restored piecemeal, certainly do not align with my experience. But I do think that a carefully managed, outsourced restoration to 2+ condition could be accomplished for less than $150k.\r\n\r\nThe hardtop will definitely add value to the car, but I\u2019d be surprised if anyone will ever use it. This is really not the car to drive on snowy days. Moreover, in my opinion the raised soft top has the best lines of any convertible, ever.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s interesting to compare the styling with the Touring-designed DB 5 convertible. In profile they are extremely similar. From the rear, IMO the Flaminia is far better. From the front the Flaminia\u2019s \u2018square shouldered\u2019 form is terrific, the grill and bumper are near perfect, but the double headlights of that particular era are less popular today. Agree that bright red is really not a good color for the forms, lines and details of this car. They look spectacular in blu Lancia, for example, and Lechler paints sells perfect matches in modern formulations for the original Lancia colors.\r\n\r\n@Dogchaser: I believe that @Rick is about the size you describe, and he was comfortable in my Flaminia convertible while finding my late Series 1 E-type impossibly tight. Comfort will also depend to some extent upon your proportions. I find the relationship between seat, pedals and steering wheel in the Lancia different from any other car, and it always takes a few miles for me to settle in. The only available adjustment is the seat fore-and-aft position.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1548285403, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2891651, "authorName": "jbee", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jbee/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"The only available adjustment is the seat fore-and-aft position\".\r\n\r\nThis isn't actually true. If you unscrew the knurled collar on the steering column, you will find that the steering wheel can be moved forward/backward about 2\". I had read that this was the case, but it took me YEARS before I was able to get the wheel to telescope on my old Flaminia GTL. I guess the splines were just frozen.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548289997, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2891861, "authorName": "don000", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/don000/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jbee: You're right, and to be even more correct a slight adjustment to the seatback rake is also possible. I should have said \"the only substantive adjustment\".\r\n\r\nI wonder whether it's even been established that Italian engineers have shorter legs and longer torsos than the general population.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548294628, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2892065, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@don000 : I'd suggest that the \"short legs / long arms\" ergonomic layout isn't a question of different anatomy, but more a function of seatback rake -- the result of a bit more \"lay down\" than \"sit up\" as, say, the Brits prefer (for which, see current BaT XK120 Coupe).", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548300499, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2892383, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As @don000 says the comfort level suited me at 6'2\" and 225 lbs. The pedal position and seating is very accommodating and nothing that makes the car a mismatch for my anatomy. The gear shift is in an odd place next to your right thigh and takes some getting used to but it is very direct in spite of the fact the transmission is remotely located in the rear. He's right, his E-Type was impossible for me to warm up to with my size ten feet, length and girth.. I felt wedged in it. BTW his Flam is featured in the current Hemming's Classic Cars magazine. It's a marvelously objective and informative article and very timely.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548325676, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2892551, "authorName": "lordcactus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lordcactus/", "bidAmount": 47510, "content": "$47,510 bid placed by lordcactus", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548337498, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2896409, "authorName": "goldmanj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/goldmanj/", "bidAmount": 48000, "content": "$48,000 bid placed by goldmanj", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548409795, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2896413, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 48250, "content": "$48,250 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548411140, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2896438, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 50000, "content": "$50,000 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548416912, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2896979, "authorName": "winstone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/winstone/", "bidAmount": 51000, "content": "$51,000 bid placed by winstone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548434013, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897018, "authorName": "FirstV6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/firstv6/", "bidAmount": 55000, "content": "$55,000 bid placed by FirstV6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548434836, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897316, "authorName": "dennis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dennis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm sorry, but 16\" wheels and 400 tires do not go together, wheels are probably 400mm just like my '61 Alfa Touring 2000 Spyder had", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548440581, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897336, "authorName": "Mark_Mitchell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mark_mitchell/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've always loved these cars, and have owned 3 Touring bodied Flaminias, plus a Zagato and a Pininfarina coupe (my very first Lancia of many). I am old enough to remember when these Touring cars were considered quite homely, but I'm happy that they are now being appreciated and considered beautiful. When this swing in taste was made, I'm not sure, but it probably was a gradual progression over the years. I once bought a Touring 3C coupe at the Pomona swap meet lost among all the American iron. I also had a convertible like this one that was eventually sold to the personal chef of the Royal family in the Netherlands. I went to visit him and to see the car which he was restoring in his garage at home. He told me that he worked on the car at least an hour every day. If he skipped a day, he felt that more days would be skipped and the car would never be finished. His perseverance paid off with a wonderful car.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1548441040, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897590, "authorName": "winstone", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/winstone/", "bidAmount": 55500, "content": "$55,500 bid placed by winstone", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548443894, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897599, "authorName": "FirstV6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/firstv6/", "bidAmount": 57500, "content": "$57,500 bid placed by FirstV6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548444020, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897600, "authorName": "DanielRapley (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danielrapley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mark, that\u2019s interesting that you would say that. I\u2019ve found that some of the best private restorers (guys who restore their own cars) have the same rule. 1hr per day working on the car. Three guys come to mind and they all have done nice restorations in rather short order. The fact that they work on their car every day is what moves it along.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1548444023, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897791, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 58000, "content": "$58,000 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548445761, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897864, "authorName": "FirstV6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/firstv6/", "bidAmount": 60000, "content": "$60,000 bid placed by FirstV6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446194, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897877, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 60500, "content": "$60,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446301, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897878, "authorName": "WolfBarnato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wolfbarnato/", "bidAmount": 60666, "content": "$60,666 bid placed by WolfBarnato", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446302, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897880, "authorName": "FirstV6", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/firstv6/", "bidAmount": 62500, "content": "$62,500 bid placed by FirstV6", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446336, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897881, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 65000, "content": "$65,000 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446350, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897882, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 66000, "content": "$66,000 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446364, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897884, "authorName": "shakingthrough", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shakingthrough/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is what Friday afternoons are all about!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548446392, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897890, "authorName": "QQMiata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/qqmiata/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@shakingthrough Absolutely. At least a good double feature, watching the Morgan action after this.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548446438, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897891, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 69000, "content": "$69,000 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446441, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897892, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 70000, "content": "$70,000 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446469, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897893, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 70500, "content": "$70,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446472, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897894, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 71000, "content": "$71,000 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446537, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897896, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 75000, "content": "$75,000 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446555, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897898, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "over/under ??", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446571, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897899, "authorName": "Italia_227", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/italia_227/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those are some Big Boy bids.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446583, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897901, "authorName": "watchcarefully", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/watchcarefully/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Over.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446590, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897904, "authorName": "Cadillacmatt", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cadillacmatt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It should sell.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446603, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897905, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 75500, "content": "$75,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446612, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897906, "authorName": "Dutch-mill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dutch-mill/", "bidAmount": 76000, "content": "$76,000 bid placed by Dutch-mill", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446613, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897909, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 76500, "content": "$76,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446655, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897917, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "agree.....but?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446710, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897919, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 79999, "content": "$79,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446722, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897923, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 80500, "content": "$80,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446762, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897925, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "razor edge now", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446766, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897927, "authorName": "MercuryItalia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryitalia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just got back from Subway with my lunch...\r\n\r\nWhat have I missed???", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446796, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897930, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 84999, "content": "$84,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446834, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897936, "authorName": "QQMiata", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/qqmiata/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mercuryitalia You missed a good lunch :)", "likes": 14, "timestamp": 1548446858, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897940, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 85500, "content": "$85,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446910, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897942, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/6225-1963-lancia-flaminia-2-8-3c-touring-convertible/\r\n\r\ncan this get to there for the spread.......???", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446941, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897945, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 89999, "content": "$89,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548446955, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897949, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 90500, "content": "$90,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447002, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897954, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 91000, "content": "$91,000 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447051, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897957, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 91500, "content": "$91,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447077, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897958, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 92999, "content": "$92,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447094, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897963, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 94000, "content": "$94,000 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447122, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897967, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 94500, "content": "$94,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447156, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897971, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 98000, "content": "$98,000 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447174, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897975, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 98500, "content": "$98,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447211, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897978, "authorName": "Hankbmarvin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hankbmarvin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think it looks better with the hard top on - not many in that category - IMO", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548447226, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897980, "authorName": "MMMS911", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mmms911/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I love Maciste style of bidding", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897982, "authorName": "Special-K", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/special-k/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@300GWRO - Can't restore this car for the cost that Hyman is asking.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447257, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897985, "authorName": "ModenaOnMyMind", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/modenaonmymind/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@MMMS911 quite Macistechistic", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447277, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897986, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Special K.....my point", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447282, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897988, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 99500, "content": "$99,500 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447283, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897989, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 101000, "content": "$101,000 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447286, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897991, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 102000, "content": "$102,000 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447321, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2897995, "authorName": "Turn2tc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turn2tc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have sold 3 in the past 4 years. These are great cars!\r\n2.8 3C is the one to have.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548447343, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2897997, "authorName": "Special-K", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/special-k/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@300GWRO We're on the same page. Don't seek how those Eastern European shops can bring the restoration cost down much from where it's bid to. Plus red is the least pretty colour on these cars IMO.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447367, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898002, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 103000, "content": "$103,000 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447405, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898005, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 109999, "content": "$109,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447409, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898012, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 111500, "content": "$111,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447464, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898016, "authorName": "Duffbennett", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duffbennett/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Maciste isn't playing..... He really wants this one....Good Luck to all, especially the SELLER.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548447478, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898017, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I guess that holed muffler isn't holding it back", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1548447481, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898022, "authorName": "MercuryItalia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryitalia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@QQMiata\r\n I'm out of potato chips...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447497, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898024, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I admire these guys with their bids..perhaps they can do resto themselves, thus No Fear Bids....the \"unknown factor\", imo, is the included Hardtop...THAT is rare....BUT, I cannot see the HT driving the bids past reason...?....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447503, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898027, "authorName": "ModenaOnMyMind", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/modenaonmymind/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I predict a $119,999K bid...3...2..1..", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447538, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898028, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 112500, "content": "$112,500 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447540, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898035, "authorName": "WolfBarnato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wolfbarnato/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "... some not-automobile culture now ...\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maciste", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548447619, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898036, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 113500, "content": "$113,500 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447624, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898044, "authorName": "Aj69", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aj69/", "bidAmount": 114500, "content": "$114,500 bid placed by Aj69", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447708, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898051, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 115500, "content": "$115,500 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447750, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898057, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "lookup AJ69... it's a picture of a pitbull. and regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447785, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898058, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 116999, "content": "$116,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447790, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898059, "authorName": "Duffbennett", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duffbennett/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Come on Maciste........this is a good car and can be a great, break out your \" Gullwing tool kit\" and get to the restoration", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548447809, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898061, "authorName": "WolfBarnato", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wolfbarnato/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pretty sure reserve is now met !", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447833, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898068, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 118000, "content": "$118,000 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447872, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898071, "authorName": "Super7Driver", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/super7driver/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And BAT gets their full $5k", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548447909, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898072, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 119999, "content": "$119,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548447918, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898073, "authorName": "ModenaOnMyMind", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/modenaonmymind/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "YES!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548447927, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898075, "authorName": "Rathertakearide", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rathertakearide/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Mark_Mitchell said: \" I\u2019m happy that they are now being appreciated and considered beautiful\" 2 hours ago when the price was at $55K. I imagine even Mark didn't expect this run-up.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548447937, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898083, "authorName": "Regest", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/regest/", "bidAmount": 121000, "content": "$121,000 bid placed by Regest", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548448003, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898088, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 129999, "content": "$129,999 bid placed by Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548448055, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2898089, "authorName": "MercuryItalia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mercuryitalia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looking like its \"Delmonico\" steaks for dinner tonight for the seller!!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548448059, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898096, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Make that filet mignon", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548448110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898097, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think that's what might be called bully bidding and I love it. Nice work @Maciste", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1548448115, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898095, "authorName": "Rick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The only thing that is being appreciated and considered beautiful are the three bidders....by the seller", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1548448129, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898101, "authorName": "Pinny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pinny/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Most fun I ever had without laughing.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548448164, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898103, "authorName": "Maciste", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/maciste/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 1/25/19 for $129,999 to Maciste", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1548448176, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 2898106, "authorName": "300GWRO", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/300gwro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats....", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548448187, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898113, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Holy cow what an auction! Congrats to buyer and seller both.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1548448218, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898121, "authorName": "Pinny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pinny/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I need to hang out with maciste.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1548448247, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898125, "authorName": "Pinny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pinny/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1548448266, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2898129, "authorName": "edmundse", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/edmundse/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I bet @Maciste is enjoying a mean bourbon on the rocks right about