Lancia racing mechanics with a Flavia on the 1970 Tulip Rally. Lucas is in the middle.
By Pete Vack and Lucas van Dobben
From the VeloceToday Archives, April 2017
Of all the weird and wonderful marque enthusiasts, Lancisti are among our favorites. They are technically astute, very intelligent, well-spoken and articulate and yet have a burning passion usually reserved for Irish soccer fans. Recently when a reader wanted to know if one of our archived Lancia stories was still available (yes, they are), he attached a photo of his daily transportation in the sixties with his young son in the car. It was an ultra-rare Appia Zagato Sport. Are we on this? You bet. A correspondence began and became the story of one Lucas van Dobben and his life of Lancias.
A Lancia Sport Zagato for daily transportation, and van Dobben’s son seems to enjoy it too.