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Lancia Flaminia Coupe

Carozzeria Pininfarina had 'previewed' the new Flaminia with some Aurelia-based show cars from 1955-7 and was given the job of turning his 'Florida' concepts into firstly a 4-door 6-light saloon in 1957, and then in 1959 the lovely Flaminia Coupe based on the Florida II concept. There are many aspects of this Coupe that were reworked for the Farina Austins and Peugeot 404. In 1962 the Flaminia 3B was introduced with engine uprated to 128hp with a a triple-barrel carburettor. In 1963 the 3B engine was further uprated to 2,775cc (the '3B 2.8'). Production ceased in 1967 after 5300 coupes had been built

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Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1963. - badge on bootlid

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Lancia Flaminia 3B 28 Coupe - Carozzeria Pininfarina badge on wing

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Lancia Flaminia Coupe - grille

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Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1963. Francesco De Virgilio developed the world's first V6 engine which evolved to 2,451cc for the 1953 Lancia Aurelia. In 1957 the new Flaminia was given a revised version of this V6 sized at 2,458cc and in turn this was uprated to 2,775cc for the 1963 Flaminia. The 3B model had a 3-barrel carburrettor and the later 3C had triple carbs.

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Lancia Flaminia 1963 Coupe, powered by 2,458cc V6 engine. Coupe designed by Pininfarina

Lancia Flaminia 3B 2-8 Coupe front

Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1967. Production of the Flaminia Coupe continued until 1967

Lancia Flaminia 3B 2-8 Coupe rear

Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe. Built by Carozzeria Pininfarina
and built on a 108-inch wheelbase

Lancia Flaminia 3B 25 Coupe front

Lancia Flaminia 3B Coupe. Pininfarina designed coupe was engineered by Professor Antonio Fessia. The saloon, also by Pininfarina, was launched in 1957 with a 2458cc V6 engine that was more highly tuned for the Coupe. In 1962 the engine gain 3 barrels to the carburettor and the badge '3B'.

Lancia Flaminia 3B 28 Coupe 1963 front

Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1963. In 1962 Lancia upgraded the Flaminia to 3B and in 1963 enlarged the engine to 2,775cc for the Flaminia 3B 2.8

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Lancia Flaminia 1963 Coupe, powered by 2,458cc V6 engine. Coupe designed by Pininfarina

Lancia Flaminia Coupe 2B rear

Lancia Flaminia Coupe. Carozzeria Pininfarina designed coupe was engineered by Professor Antonio Fessia. The saloon, also by Pininfarina, was launched in 1957 with a 2458cc V6 engine that was more highly tuned for the Coupe.

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Lancia Flaminia Coupe - front lights

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Lancia Flaminia Coupe - rear lamp. Lamps like these also appeared on the 'Farina Austins'.

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Lancia Flaminia Coupe - wing mounted indicator repeater lamp

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Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1963. Carozzeria Pininfarina designed both the Flaminia Berline and the coupe

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Lancia Flaminia 3B 2.8 Coupe 1963. In this view the similarity to the BMC ADO9 Cambridge/Oxford cars is apparent; also designed by Carozzeria Pininfarina

Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint 1964 front

Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint 1964, with body design by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Bertone

Austin A55 MkII Cambridge rears

Austin A55 MkII Cambridge. The most familiar of the 'Farina Austins'

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