To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Paris event, 4 - 5 February 2025.

• One of 181 examples configured in left-hand drive; approximately the 86th of 240 total examples built
• Retains its matching-numbers engine
• Comprehensively restored between 2022 and 2024
• Documented with Lancia production record, ACI estratto cronologico, restoration photos, and libretto
• A beautifully presented Spider America; eligible for world-class driving events such as the Mille Miglia Storica

Introduced at the 1955 Brussels Motor Show, the Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America employed a sporting chassis more than 200 millimetres shorter than the standard fourth-series B20 GT on which it was based. The B24S received most of the Aurelia’s advanced mechanical components, including front independent suspension, inboard rear brakes, a four-speed transaxle, and the jewel-like aluminium engine generally considered to be the world’s first production V-6. Pinin Farina’s open coachwork abounded in expressive design cues like the one-piece wraparound windscreen, split front bumperettes, cut-down doors, and voluptuous body curves.

According to a Lancia production record on file, chassis number 1086 was completed in June 1955, finished in Grigio paint over an interior trimmed in red leather. An ACI estratto cronologico clarifies that the Aurelia passed through a modest chain of Italian owners until January 1993, when it was purchased by the respected collector, Pier Luigi Chiesa of Biella.

More recently sold to the consignor, an enthusiast residing in Italy, the Lancia was entrusted in February 2022 to Stefano Coratelli, a Swiss restoration specialist. The B24S then underwent a thorough refurbishment that included a complete rebuild of the gearbox, brakes, suspension, electrical systems, and ancillary engine components. The engine itself was deemed to have been recently rebuilt, but this work was supplemented with further sympathetic attention, and the entire engine compartment was fastidiously detailed. The coachwork was refinished in the proper original shade of Grigio while the interior was expertly retrimmed in rossa leather.

Retaining its matching-numbers engine, this beautifully restored Spider America should encounter a warm welcome at regional concours d’elegance, and it is eligible for numerous vintage driving events, including the Mille Miglia Storica. For Lancia collectors or enthusiasts of the great coachbuilt Italian spiders of the 1950s, there could hardly be a more appealing prospect than the availability of this exquisite B24S.
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