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Lancia Gamma Consortium
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The Gamma Consortium organises annual meetings which are well attended and enjoyed by our members.
Gamma Consortium AGM and Rally 2009
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEMBER to SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
Our weekend
started with a visit to Prodrive on the Friday evening, Bletchley
Park on the Saturday and a tour of the countryside and lunch at a local
hostelry in the Banbury area on the Sunday. We’ve chosen Banbury because it’s the home of Prodrive (http://www.prodrive.com)
who most will know as the team
We’ve
had a private tour of the Prodrive facilities on Friday evening. The tour included the museum, body shop, engines, preparation
areas and even a glimpse of as yet still partly secret projects which we
were not allowed to photograph and we are not allowed to mention!
Sunday 27th September, the last day of the Gamma Consortium 2009 Rally, saw us take a leisurely drive in the Cotswolds to Bourton on the Water where we spent some time exploring and enjoying its many attractions (and of course coffee!). A further picturesque drive through the Cotswolds took us to our lunch stop at the Kings Head in Blenington.
Click here for a slideshow of photographs taken at the Gamma Consortium 2009 AGM and Rally.
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AGM and Rally - 19-20 April 2008
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The 2007 Gamma Consortium Spring meeting took place in North Wales over the
weekend of 21-22 April although On Saturday we set off at 10.00am on what must be some of the best and
On Sunday we visited Chirk castle where the National Trust agreed to allow us to photograph the cars outside the main Castle entrance. No visit to Wales would have been complete without visiting at least one castle! Finally a drive up the horseshoe pass and then a superb lunch at the 15th century Bodidris Hall. |
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The weekend of 21-23 April saw lovers of "The Last True Lancia" converge on the west country for a programme of visits to local attractions interspersed with some spirited cross-country drives. The weekend started with a tour of Concorde number 216 (G-BOAF – “Foxy”) currently at the Airbus UK Filton Site in Bristol, proceeding to the ancient Cathedral City of Wells via the spectacular scenery of Cheddar Gorge, where the twisty roads allowed the cars’ precise handling to shine through. Following lunch in Wells and a photo session on the Cathedral Green, the tour moved on to the renowned Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford and then to Saturday night’s base in Westbury. Sunday the tour re-started with a convoy drive to Bath for lunch at a hotel in Queen’s Square. The Gammas seemed quite at home in Bath, their sharp Pininfarina lines in perfect harmony with the restrained grandeur of the elegant Georgian architecture of the city, a UNESCO world heritage site.
However, this was not the sole purpose of the weekend. Saturday night in Westbury saw a business meeting leading to the re-founding of the Lancia Gamma Consortium, with the adoption of a new constitution and the appointment of officers to the positions of Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and Press Officer. Long-term Gamma stalwart Jack Romano was confirmed in post as general manager of the Consortium, and awarded lifetime membership in recognition of his past achievements in ensuring the survival of the Gamma in the UK and sometimes abroad!
The re-founded consortium will now be looking to further safeguard the future of the Lancia Gamma in the UK. In particular, this will mean taking steps to ensure the continued supply of now rare parts to members - including the possible re-manufacture of some parts no longer commercially available - as well as developing closer links with other Gamma clubs in the world to share knowledge and resources.
13 cars and 22 Gammisti attended the event. Tony Robinson from Harrogate travelled the greatest distance. Of the cars, 10 were Coupés, and 3 were the now rarer Berlinas (saloons). Despite the Gamma’s somewhat troublesome reputation, only one small breakdown was suffered. This was due to a fuel pipe having become full of dirt over the winter and was soon repaired.
First established in the late 80s and re-founded in April 2006, the Lancia Gamma Consortium is the UK grouping for owners, drivers and admirers of the Lancia Gamma, in both Berlina (saloon) and Gran Tourismo (Coupé) forms. The Consortium operates under the umbrella of the Lancia Motor Club, alongside consortia for other Lancia models. Membership of the Consortium is available on application and the payment of a joining fee (currently £50.00) and, in the second and subsequent years of membership, payment of an annual subscription (currently set at £40.00 p.a.).
The objective of the Consortium is to secure the survival, use and enjoyment of the Lancia Gamma in the UK through sharing experience and knowledge of the cars, acting to ensure the continued availability of parts and raising the public profile of the Gamma generally. A well-sorted Gamma is a sophisticated, precise, ultra comfortable head turning tourer that is capable of eating continents and the Consortium exists to ensure that this continues to be the case as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the model’s launch in 1976.
Below are links to web photo galleries of some of our previous meetings. Click on the small images to enter the web-galleries.
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