1981 Beta Coupe on e-Bay

[Timo04]

No relation or association to the seller. It appears to be a good example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110521177937&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123

From the auction photos I have a few questions: Are the rear badges in the correct place? Is the front grille complete? There appears to be a broken plastic cover, just behind the fuse box in the engine bay...what is this?

It's been so long since I have seen one of these coupes in person.

[SubGothius]

This has to be the nicest late US coupe I've seen for sale in quite a while, perhaps ever.

The broken plastic thing in the cowl is the washer bottle; repros are readily available from BetaBoyz, prolly other vendors as well.

Badges appear correctly-placed, with manual touch-ups applied to keep them sharp and legible (note the C in LANCIA). I think they'd originally have been more like the Zagato's style, inset black oblong with silver lettering, but it was prolly easier to fill in the remaining ghost-outlines than vice-versa.

The $3000 opening bid is a steal, but I reckon there'll be plenty more nibbles on that hook! :D

[davidb]

Incredibly clean example. W/that mileage some mechanicals
might need attention, depends upon maintenance history.
To nit-pick it's missing the under hood "carpet", fusebox lense
looks broken, original P.S. lid wingnut missing, washer tank
bad as mentioned. I could live w/the steering wheel/shifter.
Resonator is period correct! Bottom pics look great. Toolbox?
Quite a deal @ $3K. What's w/Seattle & surrounds w/Betas?

[Timo04]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I hear these beta coupes are excellent drivers.

Best regards,

[1,6 HF]

Thanks guys for the feedback. I hear these beta coupes are excellent drivers.

They're remarkably good; utterly viceless handling.

And I'd agree with Tye and David that this one looks great; I doubt you'd find one better. And $3k seems like a steal, but it wouldn't surprise me if it goes for little more than that; they're that underrated.

[FORZALANCIA]

Wow thats mint,

they drive exellent, this is a bargin....

someone snap it up

[thatguy]

Hopefully my brother will pick this one up. ;)

Edit:
Oh, Tim, are you interested in this one for yourself?

[Timo04]

Hopefully my brother will pick this one up. ;)

Edit:
Oh, Tim, are you interested in this one for yourself?

This one is very tempting and I am somewhat interested in the car. I just have to find a place to put it before I buy it...Ah...the age old of problem of storage space. I just hate to keep a nice old car (or any car I care about) outside.

[thatguy]

Anybody know what happened with the auction? Looks like all bids were cancelled. Local sale maybe?

[Georgemia]

Incredibly clean example. W/that mileage some mechanicals
might need attention, depends upon maintenance history.
To nit-pick it's missing the under hood "carpet", fusebox lense
looks broken, original P.S. lid wingnut missing, washer tank
bad as mentioned. I could live w/the steering wheel/shifter.
Resonator is period correct! Bottom pics look great. Toolbox?
Quite a deal @ $3K. What's w/Seattle & surrounds w/Betas?

Doesn't Seattle/Portland seem to have the greatest number of cool, unusual cars?

[1,6 HF]

Doesn't Seattle/Portland seem to have the greatest number of cool, unusual cars?

Per capita, maybe. In real numbers, I think SoCal would be very hard to beat.