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Lancia Lambda

Lancia Lambda in Cheaper by the Dozen, Movie, 1950 IMDB

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: IT — Made for: USA

Lancia Lambda

[*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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night cub US

2017-09-25 09:13

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Reg1992 US

2017-09-25 09:41

It's the Monopoly car! :D

night cub US

2017-09-25 09:43

Someone on Jalopy Journal says this is a Duesenberg:
Link to "www.jalopyjournal.com"

CougarTim US

2017-09-26 01:26

Very elongated proportions. Exhausts suggest a 4-cylinder (or 8 if it has two cylinders per pipe). The little triangular vent between the hood and the door might be the most distinctive feature.

nzcarnerd NZ

2017-09-26 03:52

Looks like a much modified Lancia Lambda. Long low build - lights up high - four wheel brakes. Like this one - /vehicle_256871-Lancia-Lambda-1925.html

-- Last edit: 2017-09-26 03:54:55

skywatcher68 US

2017-09-26 18:16

And a triangular vent.

Link to "assets.hemmings.com"

night cub US

2017-09-26 18:33

Here are some shots of the front end. It is a very dark scene, so it doesn't appear very well. I lightened them a bit:
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dsl SX

2017-09-26 19:17

How rare would a Lambda have been in US?? Interesting this is RHD - do I remember correctly that Lancia didn't do LHD in those days?? - so not much chance of selling well in US??

johnfromstaffs EN

2017-09-26 21:12

Lancia did not do LHD for some years after the Lambda. Bentley also did not make LHD cars pre WW2 IIRC, but there are plenty of that make in USA. It's a pity there is no better view of the front suspension.

-- Last edit: 2017-09-26 21:17:50

CougarTim US

2017-09-27 00:08

I never would've guessed Lancia. Wow. V4 would explain the exhaust arrangement.

Maybe same car as /vehicle_259519-Lancia-Lambda.html ? Both movies were produced by Twentieth Century Fox three years apart, and there can't have been many Lambda rumble seat roadsters hanging around Los Angeles in that era.

-- Last edit: 2017-09-27 00:14:18

skywatcher68 US

2017-09-27 12:55

According to a post here, the Ghost and Mrs. Muir car has Casaro bodywork. Casaro did produce rumble seat Lambda roadsters.

Gamer DE

2019-01-07 17:15

Lancia did plan to come to America in late 1927, and for $1 million Lancia Motors of America, Inc was organized for local manufacture. The engine, differential and transmission came from Torino while the rest would be built in the US. They wanted to build a Lambda, but make it look distinctly American, with 128-inch wheelbase and V8, for $3,500. Only prototypes, built in Italy, were made before the company execs overthought it. The factory for the car was never built either.

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