THE GREEN MONSTER, is now for sale

Lovely car Oliver, what's the reason for sale do you have a new project?

A truely stunning car - one that would cost you three times the asking price if you were to have it done from scratch.

Ollie, see the post above, "Have your car on the stand at Birmingham NEC Show". This would be the perfect show to sell the car at

I dont really want to sell this car really as it is just so kool! Just so different to a standard X and I am a big lover of the Fiat/Lancia twin cam engine myself. The body is just so clean and tidy and with no rust, when needing to undo any bolts its so easy, with no straining on the spanners like on most old cars, as they are not rusty at all!
- Not that I'm saying X1/9s rust at all!

You could say a new project, or you could say old project, as it was started in 2001 and took 3 years before being in full road use then, taken off the road abaout 6 years ago and apart 2 years ago for some finishing work on bodywork, with not much happening since.

Storage space, I had four cars on the road this summer in full use. My Strada Abarth, which was a twelve year restoration for myself never covered one road mile due to never joining those 4 other cars with a MOT, just to many cars, cant drive them all at once, shows and sunny days out.
I have 5 other X1/9s which is quite a few really, these take up all my spare storage space as well.

I also find it hard to just pop out in this car, putting more miles on the clock, not a problem on any other car I have and had before? 21500 miles now.

It would be nice to keep it within the club tho... hence this extra info.

Its a strong high geared drive. Taking a while to adjust to the superchargers quick pick up without spinning the wheels while pulling away with its lower torquey revs, solid handling making a standard car seam rather loose and jelly like afterwards.

I can vouch for this car. For those that don't know it was originally built by Shikan de Silva in the mid to late 90's. Shikan was a Fiat OC member who has a passion for 1300's.
Shikan is also the chap who restored my car FAG. Very talented chap.
IIRC FAG was originally purchased as a spares car to assist with the initial development of this car but on closer examination he realised it was too good a car to break.
He went on to work on FAG before commencing with the 'Green Monster' of Ollies here.
Superb conversion and worth every penny IMO. It would cost you double that to build from scratch. Best of luck with the sale Ollie.............

Thats been my favorite X19 for a few years now

Dont think i'd worry about putting miles on the clock!

this car was actually originally built by terry pettet a lancia specialist,he wanted to build an x1/9 that would be competitive with his original lancia stratos race car,the car was sold on and used as a road car before being left outside for about 2 years before shikan bought it,shikan then had it restored and the engine rebuilt...stunning x1/9 and the best car i have ever owned

Scheldt and Pettet - thats a blast from the past! I used them a couple of times to work on my cars they did a pretty good job. They sold up the business a few years ago though...

thats correct,this engine conversion was done in 1980/81 those guys knew what they were doing

peter thorpe wrote: those guys knew what they were doing

That depends on who you ask...

i am talking about what i have seen and experienced myself not second hand stories from people who enjoy criticising others excellent work,at autoitalia 2 years ago i had a member of the lancia beta club who modifies/builds lancia engines for a living have a thorough look over the car and his opinion of the work done...'pure genius'

peter thorpe wrote: i am talking about what i have seen and experienced myself not second hand stories from people who enjoy criticising others excellent work,at autoitalia 2 years ago i had a member of the lancia beta club who modifies/builds lancia engines for a living have a thorough look over the car and his opinion of the work done...'pure genius'

How about an ex-customer who lost thousands of pounds to poorly performed work - I've seen for myself how good they could be and equally how bad.

well that must have been a long time ago,they sold the garage ten+ years ago but like a lot of garages the name still continues

i wasnt too sure of the year but he sold his stratos after he retired from the garage,so could be 2001 or slightly before

www.artfact.com/auction-lot/the-scheldt-...etiti-1-c-kdxxzwldb9

here is a pic of their car on track,its stunning

www.flickr.com/photos/12078476@N07/7051799971/