Hawk for sale

[Griff]

Found this on the web: https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/lancia/stratos/2015/731967



Do we know who the car belongs to?

[ProtoTipo]

Found this on the web: https://www.classicdriver.com/en/car/lancia/stratos/2015/731967


Do we know who the car belongs to?

I do.
It's the ex Nigel Wilkinson car.
With a new Alitalia colour scheme, and the Magnesium coffin spokes changed from red to yellow.
You can see the indicators and the position of the cut of pulls on this photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22961613@N06/28286020526/

[Normb666]

Bloody L, well spotted, Chris! Although I do worry about ya sometimes....

So that's not a bad profit, if it sells for the asking price (£91K on the website). So do we deduce that the Belgian guy who Phil met at Dover, when he'd just collected it on a trailer, was somehow disappointed in it? Or did he think he'd make a fat profit by repainting it and then moving it on? Either way it's not good for the car's provenance, as it'll have changed hands twice in less than a year. It'd sure make me extremely wary... actually, maybe that's the reason for the repaint, to disguise it from unsuspecting peeps who don't have a Chris to hand to cut through the smoke and mirrors

[Two-Eight-Six]

Sadly, someone (was it, I might be wrong?) at Northallerton, once suggested to me that the car's first owner and its original constructor, poor Nigel - unfortunately and rather tragically - may once have had quite a bad moment in it. (Involving a line of parked cars?)
Please don't quote me on that, I may well be completely wrong and am willing to be corrected....

[ProtoTipo]

Bloody L, well spotted, Chris! Although I do worry about ya sometimes....

'Just to worry you a bit more Norm, looking at the photo again, I'm pretty sure it's wrapped.
'Notice that the scuttle isn't coloured, and the colour stops short of various bits of body furniture (as in, there's a thin white line on the edge).

[Normb666]

I'm now well past the 'worrying' stage, and more into thoughts of 'confinement for his own good'...

The evidence is all pointing to there being something not right with this car - I too had heard tales of it not driving properly, and thought it might be badly setup suspension. But if two people have moved it on, it sounds like it's something major. All supposition, without firm evidence, though... anyone who'd be interested in it would be well advised to take it for a test drive, and if that's refused - walk away!

[Stratie.fr]

I was in touch last year with the previous owner of Nigels car for a friend of mine and he sold the car to Belgium for £ 50k... a big gap for a new paint on bodywork and wheels!