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Wim Oude Weernink: More Than Just Lancia

July 14, 2025 By pete

Wim Oude Weernink with Jean Pierre Ploue, Stellantis head of Lancia design in 2022.


Story by Wim Oude Weernink with Pete Vack, photos courtesy the Author

Although Dutchman Wim Oude Weernink has accomplished a great deal over the past 55 years, his name will most likely be associated with La Lancia, the first and perhaps best book on the history of the marque. Its genesis, however, was in Great Britain. Wim recalls:
“I drove my Aurelia B20 to England for the 1973 International Lancia meeting, organized by the Lancia Motor Club. During that event I got the idea to write a book on Lancia’s history because that subject had not been covered yet. It marked the beginning of a fascinating but also challenging journey, with support from London photographer John Maltby.” [Read more…] about Wim Oude Weernink: More Than Just Lancia

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Fuoriserie Lancias Reviewed

July 14, 2025 By pete

Book review by Pete Vack

Norfolk, Virginia, 1976. I know it was 1976 because I had recently received my hot-off-the-press copy of Michael Frostick’s photo history of Lancia. Sitting in our living room were Sue Dixon and Keith Goring, down from Connecticut to deliver an old Appia sedan and pick up an Alfa Sprint Veloce. Sue was eager to take a look at the Frostick book; we were all starved for information about Lancia, and this was the first history of the marque in English. Sue perused through the pages and then stopped.

“Frostick’s got this wrong,” she said, pointing to page 126. [Read more…] about Fuoriserie Lancias Reviewed

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