Supersport in 1975
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Supersport rebuilt 2017
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Flaminia SUper Sport
This is a story of a Super Sport and its restoration. The hero is Hans van de Pol, but a bit of history makes the story a bit richer. Back in 1965 when my mother went to Turin and picked up her new Lancia to go touring for a few weeks. She shipped it back to the US and drove it solo from New York City to Chicago in 12 hours. Then daily life took over, and the Supersport suffered in Chicago, going to work and back for years.
The car went on a massive summer road trip out west, down to New Mexico and Arizona to see the Indian ruins and the Grande Canyon (it did not like the dirt roads), up to Las Vegas to meet a Lancista and his Pegaso, before going up the west coast to Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Chicago, never exceeding 117mph. But the car was in deep trouble, with rust deep in the sills and basic structure compromised. It went to rest at Paul Tullius' in California, defying all who were interest in it.
Enter Hans van de Pol who bought the car and undertook a 10 year restoration on the car. And what a job he did: he took the car truly back down to its bare bones, and rebuilt it as it should be done. It was a true full restoration, and what the car needed. Over dinner at the Sliding Pillar, his graciousness was evident, as we shared stories about the car's early history. His dedication is fantastic, above right is the car now redone, just getting back on the road after some 40 years.
The car went on a massive summer road trip out west, down to New Mexico and Arizona to see the Indian ruins and the Grande Canyon (it did not like the dirt roads), up to Las Vegas to meet a Lancista and his Pegaso, before going up the west coast to Vancouver, Canada, before returning to Chicago, never exceeding 117mph. But the car was in deep trouble, with rust deep in the sills and basic structure compromised. It went to rest at Paul Tullius' in California, defying all who were interest in it.
Enter Hans van de Pol who bought the car and undertook a 10 year restoration on the car. And what a job he did: he took the car truly back down to its bare bones, and rebuilt it as it should be done. It was a true full restoration, and what the car needed. Over dinner at the Sliding Pillar, his graciousness was evident, as we shared stories about the car's early history. His dedication is fantastic, above right is the car now redone, just getting back on the road after some 40 years.
