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Posted 6 Comments on An interesting acquisition: 1950 Simca 8 Sport Coupé Byron's Cars

An interesting acquisition: 1950 Simca 8 Sport Coupé

Excitement mounted when I drove down in the GLK to Glyfada accompanied by my friend-mechanic Makis (who undertook the mechanical restoration project of our 1957 Lancia Aurelia GT B20S), to take delivery and assume the new ownership! Now I saw again the Simca (Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carrosserie Automobile) but this time from a different perspective.

Posted 5 Comments on Progress for the 1957 Lancia Aurelia B20S, Ser.VI restoration project Byron's Cars

Progress for the 1957 Lancia Aurelia B20S, Ser.VI restoration project

Since my last post on the Lancia Aurelia GT back in early March of 2014, a lot has happened relating to the restoration of this magnificent Italian classic Grand Turismo car of the mid fifties. On Tuesday 9/9/14 a certain milestone was achieved; the reconditioned Lancia V-6 engine (the first production V-6 engine adopted by a car manufacturer) was installed in the engine bay!
But let’s rewind to where we had left off back in March….[read on].