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Automobili Amos will resurrect the Lancia Delta HF Integrale

Sadly every year that passes a new nail is put in in Lancia's coffin. In fact, it was withdrawn from the Spanish market just last year. However, frame enthusiasts, especially the wealthiest and most experienced, are willing to keep alive the legend of the Italian brand.

Upon confirmation that The New Stratos will be assembled by Manifattura Automobili Torino, now it is the turn of another rally icon: the Lancia Delta HF Integrals will come back to life updated thanks to the eagerness of the Milanese Automobili Amos. A "r”Formed from the base of an Integrale 16V but with more than 1000 new parts for, as the company itself proclaims, "Make Lancia great again".

lancia delta HF Integrale restmod Automobili Amos
Almost does not change the aesthetics when passing it to three doors. Source: Automobili Amos.

GREEN ENGLISH IN NORTHERN ITALY

A Eugene Amos we can track it both on the engine pages and in those of the heart. And it is that this pilot knows how to take advantage of his good plant inside and outside the cabins that he drives. However, of all its facets the one that interests us today is that of builder; why it has been set as a goal to create at least 15 unique cars.

Known for being the one who paints many of the classics in his collection in English green -including an F40-, Amos is also a great propagandist for the glories of Lancia. Of course, with a touch of bad omen since it is not short in declaring that “People are attracted to things that no longer exist", clearly implying his null confidence in the continuity of the brand ... Visions of the future aside, the truth is that through his company he has proposed resurrect the Delta HF Integrale.

Of course, in his own way and rhythm, as he announces that it will take at least four months to build each unit, not making more than two at the same time and keeping the first for himself. Calm and elegant; we are beginning to like this man. In fact ... He lives up to his word since The presentation of the project was scheduled for the recent Villa D'Este 2018 elegance contest and, as you can see, it was not on time. For now we only have a few digital recreations and a shot of how the body is being built.

RABBIT MECHANICS, OVERVIEW AXLE

By now you will be thinking "OK, but how are you going to do it?. Well, each of your cars will have to receive as "donor" to a Delta Integrale 16V, opting for this model instead of the Evo because the latter is already reaching too high levels in the market. By the way, if this sacrifice seems a sacrilege to you… Think that to make a New Stratos you have to give a Ferrari F430 as an offering.

lancia delta HF Integrale restmod Automobili Amos
Spectacular zenith of this new Delta. Source: Automobili Amos.

On the chassis of this young classic Automobili Amos It intends to incorporate about a thousand new parts, many made of aluminum or carbon fiber, all under a body that goes from 5 to 3 doors at the same time that it is widened and receives some touches of aerodynamic improvement. Regarding the interior we still do not have photographs, but it is promised inspired by the at least 200 S4 that were necessary for the homologation of the model. Although the gossips speak that it even reached 80 ...

We do not yet have definitive data on the mechanics, but we do know that there is a claim to further enhance the 2-liter and 16-valve that in all evolutions from 1989 exceeded 200CV. In addition, strangely, it tries to destabilize it by making the sublime oversteer rear end (or of course much more than before).

lancia delta HF Integrale restmod Automobili Amos
They are already working on the "donor." Source: Automobili Amos.

All a dream out of the mind of one of those few "Gentleman racer" that remain, and that serves to remind us how the Lancia community continues to grow thanks to the fascination that its history produces in the competition. The most purists may claim something about the color, or rather about the alterations in the suspension; but hey, if Amos already dared to paint an F40 English green… He was not going to do less with this fantastic Delta HF Integrale "r”. Anyway, it is the brand of the house 😉

What do you think?

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Written by Miguel Sánchez

Through the news from La Escudería, we will travel the winding roads of Maranello listening to the roar of the Italian V12; We will travel Route66 in search of the power of the great American engines; we will get lost in the narrow English lanes tracking the elegance of their sports cars; We will speed up the braking in the curves of the Monte Carlo Rally and we will even get dusty in a garage while rescuing lost jewels.

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