This car was built by a gentleman driver, Luciano De Luca, puttin’ alongside a Fiat 509 chassis with a narrow V4 Lancia Ardea engine.
The seller also says that the front end was designed by De Luca himself, who also decided to bore the V4 by increasing the displacement to 1000 c.c. This bore increase, along with the adoption of a couple of down-draft Weber carburetors, are said to have increased the power output to 50 h.p. A nice touch is the dog on the top of the radiator grille.
This car is said to have had a major restoration in 2000, the original black plate (as it’s clearly visible from the period photo) and the original seat used by De Luca during the 1950 Giro Di Calabria
