Sixteen Lancias to follow Route 66
Driving across country (even on gravel roads) in a Lancia 2000 in 2003, the Editor at Large suffered no mechanical problems
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The idea of crossing the vast and foreign expanses of the United States in a vintage car has appealed to many over the years. To do so in an Italian vintage car is even more appealing. In 2003, our Editor at Large, along with a brother and a friend, drove from Washington to Monterey in a 1972 Lancia 2000 Berlina for the Historics weekend. Then they drove back, putting on over 8,000 miles in the process without a single breakdown.
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Perhaps inspired by this epic journey, sixteen Lancia enthusiasts, driving Veteran and Vintage Lancias have announced that they will drive from Chicago to Los Angeles, following what is left of the old Route 66.
The group will be headed by the Lancia enthusiast and noted author Marcello Minerbi who says that the Lancias will start from Chicago on October 13th and will arrive in Santa Monica/Los Angeles October 24th afternoon-evening. Among the cars entered are a Fulvia HF Rally 1.3, a Fulvia HF 1600, an Astura cabriolet Pininfarina, an Aurelia B20 GT, an Aurelia B21 Saloon, an Aurelia B12 Saloon (driven by Massini), a Beta
Montecarlo Pininfarina, a Flavia HF 2000 coupé, a Pininfarina Flaminia spyder
3C Touring, a Flaminia berlina, and a Flaminia coupé Touring GT.
The Lancia
B12 has been in the Minerbi family since 1955, and Marcello will drive it
across the U.S. this October.
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Hopefully, Lancia owners may turn out to meet the group as they make their way deep into the American west. The agenda so far:
October 13 Chicago - St Louis. Km 476.
October 14 St.Louis Springfield. Km 371.
October 15 Springfield - Tulsa. km 318.
October 16 Tulsa - Amarillo. Km 580.
October 17 Amarillo - Santa Fe. Km 474.
October 18 Santa Fe.
October 19 Santa Fe - Gallup. Km 320.
October 20 Gallup - Flagstaff. Km 310.
October 21 Flagstaff - Topock or Needles. Km 385.
October 22 Topock - Las Vegas. Km 200.
October 23 Las Vegas.
October 24 Las Vegas - Los Angeles/Santa Monica. Km 438.
October 25 Los Angeles.
October 26 Los Angeles.
October 27 Santa Monica - Long Beach
October 28 Santa Monica - LAX Airport.
