Allora corse hawk LB

[john]

There were a couple of myths about Corse bodywork.
The flat roof spoiler which Andrew mentions was only as a result of laziness on assembling the two half's. Upper and lower. I made an acceptably curved spoiler from the same moulds while they were in my charge.
The other myth was about the concave roof shape which again was only on some cars when the centre section mould had been stored with something on top of it prior to use. The mould was flexible! If you turned it upside down and put a bag of sand inside it popped back to the correct shape.
There were two sets of Corse moulds. The original ones, some of which appeared to be of Allora vintage, and a further set produced by an outfit in Oxfordshire. That second set had supposedly been refined, but the moulds were as floppy as a very floppy thing, and coupled with some very resin rich thick laying up the panel quality (Napiersport) was very hit and miss.
The original moulds still exist and are in private ownership. The second set were sold to France and are probably best forgotten about.
The LB panels are light years ahead of Corse/Allora stuff.

[ProtoTipo]

The flat roof spoiler which Andrew mentions was only as a result of laziness on assembling the two half's. Upper and lower. I made an acceptably curved spoiler from the same moulds while they were in my charge.

Flat roof spoilers are not an uncommon sight on the original Lancia Stratos.

Here's some:

[john]

Cripes! Who knew!?
One look at that white car and I would say "replica".

[ProtoTipo]

One look at that white car and I would say "replica".

I wondered too John, but there's some more photos of it, and it's definitely a real one.

[renmure]

I wondered too John, but there's some more photos of it, and it's definitely a real one.

I’m still on the fence. I can only see one fuel cap thing

[ProtoTipo]

I’m still on the fence. I can only see one fuel cap thing

ATE 2 pot calipers:

[Guy Mayers]

Looking at the back of a car you can tell it's a LB because the louvre panel has three supports between each slat. Transformer/Hawk/Lancia only have two. Not sure about the Corse/Allora/Napiersport versions though a quick trawl of photographs would help..

Guy

[ProtoTipo]

Looking at the back of a car you can tell it's a LB because the louvre panel has three supports between each slat. Guy

'Never noticed that Guy.
Anti sagg?

[Darkspeed]

Ducted bonnet option on The LB

[Guy Mayers]

'Never noticed that Guy.
Anti sagg?

Possibly? But the sag is caused by the louvre panel being pushed tight into the aperture on the rear clam. If it's installed with a little tension, rather than compression, it shouldn't warp.