1930 Lancia, Third in class at Pebble last year. Now on BaT

[Leif in Calif]

A very pretty and interesting car. Too nice to drive. Interesting to see a car from Hyman at no reserve! 

Much more in the link...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1930-lancia-dilambda/

This 1930 Lancia Dilambda is a first-series Model 227 that is said to have been ordered new by English second baronet Sir Douglas Montgomery Bernard Hall upon his return from a trip to Italy in the 1920s. The chassis was clothed in one-off two-door cabriolet coachwork supplied by Carlton Carriage Co. of London at the request of the baronet, who named the car the “Blue Shadow” and kept it for five years. It is said to have undergone subsequent paint and upholstery changes before changing hands in 1939 and then being removed from the road at the onset of World War II. During the war, the car was stored in a garage, which sustained damage amid a bombing raid. Its whereabouts remained unknown until it was discovered in 1970 and subsequently refurbished. The car spent 30 years with an Italian owner before being purchased in 2018 by its current owner, who commissioned a refurbishment to return it to what is said to be its original color combination of light gray and blue over blue leather with woven inserts. Power is provided by a 3,958cc narrow-angle OHV V8 that breathes through a Zenith carburetor and is mated to a four-speed manual transmission. Additional features include sliding-pillar independent front suspension, mechanically actuated four-wheel drum brakes, blue-painted Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels, a blue convertible top, and burl wood interior accents. 

Edited March 15, 2023 by Leif in Calif (see edit history)

[alsancle]

It would be so much better without the whitewalls.  I think we have an entire thread on the Dilambda somewhere.    Yes that is a V8.

[alsancle]

 

[Leif in Calif]

Sold: $307,000.