Lancia Stratos Stradale 1975

1 of 492 produced

Chassis n° 829AR0*001959

Engine n° 829A000*001278

Bertone body number 77

Matching numbers

Originally midnight blue with Havana seats

In the same family for 39 years

Ownership:

1976/05/05                   Patrizio Agostini, number plate Roma R70700, Italy

1976/07/01                   Maria Cristina Giulimondi, Italy

1982/12/30                   Exported out of Italy

1987                             Bought by current owner (from Chardonnet, Lancia France S.A.)

History of car:

As confirmed by the specialist of the model, Thomas Popper, this Stratos was delivered new on the 5th May 1976 in the region of Rome to Patrizio Agostini. It was registered Roma R70700 and was back then in midnight blue colour (ref. 2.464.190). It then went into the hands of a certain Maria Cristina Giulimondi on the 1st July 1976. As evidenced by the registration document from the Automobile Club of Italia on the 30th December 1982, the car was then sold to be exported from Italy.

It was in 1987 that it entered the family of the current owners. As a collector from Paris and passionate about Italian sports cars, the senior figure of the family had discovered a Stratos in Switzerland during a trip and was impressed by its unusual design. He started looking for one and it was Andre Chardonnet (French Lancia importer) who sold this Stratos to him. There is also a Lancia France S.A plate affixed probably when the car was imported, next to the manufacturer’s plate. In 1987, the car was in a similar condition to the one it is today, repainted in red and was already equipped with Group 4 rims as well as wider wings.

As a professional mechanic specialised in sports cars (owner of various Dino models over the years), the owner kept the car in working order and has passed no less than 28 roadworthy inspections since 1993. In 1989, he seemed to have carried out an engine refurbishment and at the same time, took the opportunity to replace the sodium valves with solid valves (a well-known issue with Dino engines).

The car is in incredible used-condition. It is still fitted with its original engine with a mileage of just over 87,000 km on the odometer. Seats seem to be original in their central part. Its bodywork number 77 is located on various elements such as the rear boot hatch and door hinges. The car has kept its old Glaverbel windshield and there are traces of the original midnight blue paint in various places.

Road registered in France.