Are we talking about this??
Are we talking about this??
this is all getting worryingly nerdish .......
It's not generally known that various elements of all these cars eventually came together in the Lancia Stratos. Gandini was an avid Michelotti fan, and greatly admired his work with Triumph. In fact, a prototype was created using the motor from a Spitfire 1500 mounted over a transverse Mini/1100 gearbox, but BL were unwilling to supply units for the production car, and so Lancia were forced to use the Dino V6 instead. Just imagine what could have been....
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