{"id":497989,"date":"2019-01-02T15:03:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T23:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=69978"},"modified":"2024-08-19T19:14:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:14:22","slug":"what-on-earth-1965-lancia-flavia-sport-zagato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/what-on-earth-1965-lancia-flavia-sport-zagato\/","title":{"rendered":"1965 Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato &#8211; &#8220;What on Earth?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>Joe Ballengee was driving his \u201965 Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato through the Santa Fe Arts District, during the Santa Fe Concorso\u2019s Mountain Tour, when a woman at the curb, shouted, \u201cWHAT ON EARTH?\u201d A more knowledgeable car person, upon seeing a photo of the Lancia, commented that it was \u201crare as rocking horse poo.\u201d Many cars that were touched by the Italian coachbuilder Zagato produce exclamations and pronouncements such as these, but the Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato was just that bit more unusual than most other Zagato-bodied automobiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content > :last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"cs-paywall\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__card\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__top\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__label\">Members only<\/span><span class=\"cs-paywall__price\">$29 <em>\/ year<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"cs-paywall__title\">Keep going. <span>This is where it gets good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__lead\">Supercars.net Membership is for people who&#x27;d rather know the spec sheet by heart than skim ten headlines. 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