Wonderful to see the Steady Special finally running correctly after so many years and so many previous attempts by so called experts to get it right. What a superb job Alex has made, Ivan you are to be congratulated for the amazing work you and your team turn out.
She is a stunning beauty. I can never ever afford such machinery as this, mainly because I have been on low paid employment. I wish I could turn the clock back, I would have made sure that I would have only worked for decent pay and then I could have had one or two vehicles like this beautiful Lancia. I digress, you have done a first class job, well done one and all, Mike the bike.
Interesting that the registration is BGW. The Schofield bodied Lagonda M45 I had over thirty years ago was also BGW (maybe 571 but my memory is not that good). I think it is now in the Brooklands Museum. The Astura is a lovely looking car and a credit to Steady's original concept.
My seriesV 4/4 had a push pull shift set up for the same reason as you needed your remote set up. You might have employed the arrangement my Morgan used. Front suspension somewhat similar as well.
What an absolutely fascinating car. Did Alex find it neglected and then transform it into the special we see here? Or, given their value, was it a period custom? EDIT 4:05 - there's the answer.
The Lancia looks and sounds really good. Legendary sliding pillar suspension, shallow V motor with the curious oil pump..A top example of the breed, revived by top blokes. Congratulations. all round. Ivan, I have also just bought a Lancia. 21 as opposed to 90. love it.Oh and for the scornful out there 80kmiles no rust what so ever. :-)) Carry on rewardless! Bw Mike.
That engine sounds dreadful, Ivan. That car needs a Chevy Small Block and Cherry Bombs... Or an LS swap...(Well done, gentlemen. A fine bit of engine rebuilding)... 👍
Absolutely another phenomenal video and a really cool car. I do have one critique, please refrain from overdubbing music over driving videos, there is a lot lost when you can't hear the car.
the front suspension on these is independent. It uses vertical slides so that wheel geometry does not change as they travel vertically - somewhat like an early McPherson strut. The rod across the front is the steering centre link. You can see on the right front wheel an S shaped control horn connected to the drag link from the steering box which converts the for-and-aft motion of the drag link to a pivot action on the front right wheel. The centre link transmits that pivot action transversely to the left wheel. The relative angles of the control horns that cause the wheels to pivot make the inner wheel of a turn go to a greater angle for the smaller tracking radius (Ackermann angle)
Wonderful channel, great car and fantastic workmanship...but pleeease...this is a channel for car and engineering enthusiasts, so the music just detracts. We want to hear the gears whining, the exhaust notes ....
