• Italian delivery • Matching numbers and colours • Zagato aluminium coachwork • Documented Italian ownership history • An older restoration • Very original and in correct specification One of the rarest and most desirable Appia variants, this Zagato-bodied GT reflects automobile designers' then-current fascination with aircraft inspired styling devices, most notably the nacelle-shaped front wings, jet-fighter-like central air intake, and shallow fins atop the rear wings.

Styled like its Aurelia B10 big brother, Lancia's new small car - the Appia - was premiered at the Turin Motor Show in 1953.

At the end of 1937 Lancia had acquired the services of the celebrated automobile engineer, Vittorio Jano, formerly with Alfa Romeo, and the Appia was one of the great man's first post-war designs.

The Lancia tradition of innovation in automotive technology was exemplified by the Appia's ultra-compact engine: a narrow-angle (10 degrees), 1,089cc V4 whose inclined overhead valves were set in he...