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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato from 1960 - the fastest Lancia GT of its time

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Created on February 2, 2013

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Daniel Reinhard / Bruno von Rotz

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - die Rennversion war spührbar leichter als die Strassenfahrzeuge

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - mit der Flaminia konnten gute Sportresultate eingefahren werden

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - vor über 50 Jahren wies die Flaminia noch spezielle Alu-Räder auf

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - bereit für die Ausfahrt

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - Scheinwerfer-Abdeckungen zur Verbesserung der Aerodynamik

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - wie in der Boxengasse

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - Elio Zagato und Guilio Cabianca nahmen damit an der Targa Florio teil

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - optisch nahe an den Serien-Sportwagen

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - in dieser Bemalung bestritt der Wagen die Targa Florio 1961

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - "means Business" schrieb damals der Tester

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - die Scheiben waren damals alle aus Plexiglas

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - mit rund 20 Litern pro 100 km kein Ausbund an Sparsamkeit

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - ohne unnötiges Gewicht - ohne Stossstangen

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - über 220 km/h schnell lief er mit der längsten Übersetzung

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - rudimentäres Cockpit mit zwei Runduhren

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - für Kühlung ist gesorgt

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - das berühmte Nummernschild aus Turin

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - rollt wie damals auf Michelin-X-Reifen

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - das Zagato-Z auf der Flanke

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - zusätzlicher Scheibenwischer

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - der Zusatz-Scheibenwischer

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - der Kofferraumdeckel wird mit Lederriemen gesichert

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - der V6-Motor mit Weber-Vergaser-Bestückung

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - sechs Zylinder in V-Form

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - knapp über 150 PS entwickelte der Motor im Jahr 1961

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - kein Zweifel an der Markenzugehörigkeit angebracht

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - schmale Räder, üblich für die Zeit

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - Schnelltankverschluss

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - TO 372685 wurde 1961 für ein amerikanisches Magazin getestet

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1960) - trägt das Lancia-Markenzeichen stolz auf der Brust

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato Speciale Corsa (1960) - besonders sportliche Spezialversion

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - Salon Turin 1956 - Chassis ohne Karosserie

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - Salon Turin 1956 - die massive Chassis-Konstruktion

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Lancia Flaminia (1956) - der letzte Prototyp, gezeigt am Turiner Automobilsalon, kam der Serienversion bis auf die hinten angeschlagenen Türen schon sehr nahe

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1959) - die erste Sport-Version von Zagato hatte verschalte Scheinwerfer vorne

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Lancia Flaminia Sport (1962) - Einstieg in die wohnliche Kabine

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Lancia Flaminia Sport (1962) - Interieur - auffallend die grossen zentralen Rundinstrumente und die Gummimatten am Boden

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1962) - Heckansicht der Zagato-Version, besonders gut sichtbar die zwei Buckel iim Dach, die zusätzliche Stabilität verleihten

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1959) - spätere Sportversionen wiesen nach vorne verlegte und offene Scheinwerfer aus

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Lancia Flaminia Sport (1959) - alle Zagato-Versionen hatten die doppelten Buckel (double bubble) im Dach

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1962) - Zagato-Coupé der zweiten Evolutionsstufe

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1962) - 1985

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Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato (1959) - Abmessungen des Zagato-Coupés - aus einem Verkaufsprospekt

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Summary

In addition to the already rare production sports cars of the Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato and Super Sport Zagato types, Elio Zagato also built a small number of "preparata" models optimized for racing and two factory racing cars between 1960 and 1962. These were lighter and, thanks to increased performance, also faster and won many a class victory at events such as the Targa Florio and the Mille Miglia Rally. This report portrays the class winner of the 1961 Mille Miglia and traces its history as far as is known.

This article contains the following chapters

Lancia and motor racing
Rare and even rarer
TO 372685 in the test
Racing car with road approval
Class victory at the 1961 Mille Miglia
Lost and reappeared
The Tubolare Zagato version
Excerpts from the race results of TO 372685
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The last classic Mille Miglia took place in 1957, when Alfons Marquis de Portago's Ferrari tragically flew off the road after a tire blowout, killing nine spectators. Between 1958 and 1961, the Mille Miglia then took place less prominently as a stage rally. In the last year (1961), a Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato won in the class up to 2.5 liters displacement and came second overall - a Mille Miglia success that hardly anyone remembers. After Ascari's tragic accident in 1955, Lancia withdrew from motor racing and left the field largely to private drivers, who were also repeatedly successful. In the early 1960s, however, Lancia managers realized that racing trophies were an efficient way of highlighting important Lancia virtues such as safe handling and sporty performance. And so GT vehicles were created that competed in circuit races, rallies and hill climbs.

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