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Diecast for today 9/21/21 - Mercury's Lancia Flavia Coupe

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Harv Goranson
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Lancia's Flavia coupe was designed by Pininfarina and dates from 1962, the same as Mercury No. 32. The metallic dark gray was an unusual choice for a toymaker almost 60 years ago, but I think it looks great. Like the Maserati I posted yesterday, the Lancia came with a little plastic bag of goodies, in this case a roof rack and four skis (beating Corgi's winter Olymics Citroen ID19 with this feature by two years).

Mercury 32 Lancia Flavia pic1
Mercury 32 Lancia Flavia pic2
Mercury 32 Lancia Flavia pic3
Mercury 32 Lancia Flavia pic4

Lancia put Pininfarina to work again the next year, creating the Flaminia 3C 2.8 coupe just in time for the Turin Auto Show, but it remained a one-off. Matrix did a nice replica in resin in 2015. You can see some similar lines with Mercury's Flavia.

Matrix MX41203 071 Lancia 3C pic1
Matrix MX41203 071 Lancia 3C pic2

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Great looking coupes! 😎 



   
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