<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Following its debut at the Turin Motor Show in 1963, the striking Flaminia returned in 1964 with a fresh coat of 'metallic sand' paint and a revised engine cover design. Further modifications were subsequently carried out to make the show car road legal. The biggest of these changes was the adoption of Lancia Flavia sourced taillights. It was also repainted again, this time silver was the colour of choice.
The force behind the second series of changes was Battista Pininfarina, who wanted to use the show car as his daily driver, replacing the Florida II he had driven during the previous seven years. In addition to driving the Coupe Speciale in all sorts of weather, he also regularly showed the car at concours d'elegance, winning at Alassio and Cortina d'Ampezzo. At the time of his death in 1966, Pininfarina had covered 9,100 km in the car.
The Pininfarina family held onto the car until 1972 when it was sold to Dr. Richard Buckingham, who was the President of the American Lancia Club for 15 years. He owned the unique machine for nearly two decades and right before selling it on, he showed it at Pebble Beach in 1989. The subsequent owner was Japanese collector Yoshiho Matsuda, who repainted the car pearl-white.
Between 2003 and 2008, the Flaminia was part of the stable of Canadian David Cohen. The current and fourth owner is an Italian collector specialising in one-off Italian coach-built machines. He carefully restored the very original machine to its 1963 configuration, removing the additional taillights. In this guise, it is seen here during the 2012 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Following its debut at the Turin Motor Show in 1963, the striking Flaminia returned in 1964 with a fresh coat of 'metallic sand' paint and a revised engine cover design. Further modifications were subsequently carried out to make the show car road legal. The biggest of these changes was the adoption of Lancia Flavia sourced taillights. It was also repainted again, this time silver was the colour of choice.