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3431958 Lancia Aurelia B20GT6th-Series CoupéCoachwork by PininfarinaRegistration no. WSV 684Chassis no. B20 3953Engine no. B20 5345A rare UK-delivered model with floor shift, ‘3953’ boasts thedesirable attributes of matching numbers, few owners, low mileageand full history. ‘3953’ is one of only 25 B20s imported by LanciaEngland and was first registered to Ernst Bent in Peterborough inJuly 1958 according to the original buff logbook. It was then ownedby a Reverend Fairbrother in Devon for over 20 years before passingthrough the hands of two further owners, both of whom were LanciaClub members. The B20 was added to the vendors’ collection in2008 and has recorded only 79,000 miles from new.A bare metal body restoration had been undertaken in 1989amounting to some 750 hours, involving the replacement of sillsand wheelarches, all of which is receipted. The vendors bare-metalrepainted the car again to a high standard in 2010, and replaced thedoor and bonnet skins. All new body rubbers and weather strippingwere used, all chrome parts re-plated, and a new windscreeninstalled. Unusually for one of these cars, it retains all of its ‘jewellery’such as the gutter trims, often missing from other examples. The foglights were restored, new headlights and new-old-stock rear lampsinstalled, and the whole car Dinitrol rust protected.214 | Goodwood festival of speed