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2,451cc OHC All-Alloy V6 Engine Single Dual-Throat Weber Carburetor 118bhp at 5,300rpm 4-Speed Manual Transaxle 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Drum Brakes — Inboard at the Rear *Exquisitely restored by marque experts *Painted in original color *Interior fully restored to original *Equipped with the desirable Nardi kit THE LANCIA B24S Lancia's first post-war production car, the Aurelia B10 berlina, debuted at the 1950 Turin Motor Show, and though the four-door sedan may have worn undistinguished bodywork (by Ghia), the technology that lay hidden under its prosaic steel would establish the Aurelia, in ever increasing steps of sophistication through six series over the following eight years, as the first of the modern Gran Turismo motorcars. Brilliant chief designer Vittorio Jano and equally brilliant young engineer Francesco de Virgilio directed the Aurelia program, which gave us the industry's first production V6 engine, a body/chassis of leading-edge unitary construction, and, at its rear, a cleverly packaged combination transaxle and inboard brakes for excellent weight distribution. It also would be the first car delivered with radial tires (Michelin X) as factory standard equipment. Before running its course in the summer of 1958, the Aurelia badge would encompass a family of closed and open cars that began with an unprepossessing four-door berlina and climaxed with one of the most spectacularly designed sports cars of the 1950s, the rare B24S Spider America. Those First Series sedans came with the first version of Lancia's overhead valve V6, generating 56bhp from the 1,754cc all-alloy engine. In 1951, the B21 sedan arrived with a 1,991cc version of the V6 rated at 70bhp. Flexing the muscles it had found with this platform, Lancia introduced in 1952 the new short-wheelbase B20 GT Coupé, equipped with a stronger, 75bhp V6 primed for competition. In fact, B20 GTs introduced radials to motor racing at Le Mans in 1951. Equipped with the Michelin X, a GT won the 2.0-liter classification, and later that year finished second in the Mille Miglia behind a mighty Ferrari 340 America. The Second Series Aurelia debuted in 1952 with the B20's engine now at 80bhp. Though the racing version of this revised B20 slipped to third in 1952's Mille Miglia, Lancia more than made up for it with a scarcely believable 1-2-3 finish in that year's Targa Florio. A B22 sedan followed, its V6 delivering 90bhp from a dual-carburetor configuration. In 1953, the Third Series engine, modified with a racing-spec camshaft and single Weber carburetor, was increased to 2,451cc and given a new block and new heads. Output increased significantly to 118bhp at 5,000rpm. Inflamed by the motorsport successes which clearly validated the superiority of the Aurelia's advanced platform, Lancia loyalists called for a sportier variant. Starting point was the new Fourth Series Aurelia of 1954, regarded by many experts to be the best of the six series, as it was newly fitted with a De Dion tube rear suspension to replace the previous trailing arm setup, and the engine bearings were upgraded. Lancia responded with the most attractive, beguiling Aurelia yet, the B24 Spider America, first shown to the public at the 1955 Brussels Motor Show. Designed, as its name implies, with America's robust post-war economy and growing taste for European sports cars in mind, the B24 was offered in both left- (B24S for sinistra) and right-hand drive versions. (Prior to 1955, all Lancias were delivered with right-hand drive.) Minor mechanical and external changes continued through the Fifth and Sixth Series of Aurelia before production ended in 1958 with approximately 13,500 having been built. Just 240 Spider Americas were built before production ended in 1955; of those, 181 were left-hand drive. Lancia supplanted the Spider in 1956 with the better equipped, more comfortable B24 convertible based on the Fifth Series platform. Just 521 B24s were built, and only 86 ever arrived in the Unit