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Lancia Lambda

Lancia Lambda in Cheaper by the Dozen, Movie, 1950

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Lancia Lambda

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
night cub ◊ 2017-09-25 09:13
Reg1992 ◊ 2017-09-25 09:41	It's the Monopoly car!
night cub ◊ 2017-09-25 09:43	Someone on Jalopy Journal says this is a Duesenberg: Link to "www.jalopyjournal.com"
CougarTim ◊ 2017-09-26 01:26	Very elongated proportions. Exhausts suggest a 4-cylinder (or 8 if it has two cylinders per pipe). The little triangular vent between the hood and the door might be the most distinctive feature.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2017-09-26 03:52	Looks like a much modified Lancia Lambda. Long low build - lights up high - four wheel brakes. Like this one - /vehicle_256871-Lancia-Lambda-1925.html -- Last edit: 2017-09-26 03:54:55
skywatcher68 ◊ 2017-09-26 18:16	And a triangular vent. Link to "assets.hemmings.com"
night cub ◊ 2017-09-26 18:33	Here are some shots of the front end. It is a very dark scene, so it doesn't appear very well. I lightened them a bit:
dsl ◊ 2017-09-26 19:17	How rare would a Lambda have been in US?? Interesting this is RHD - do I remember correctly that Lancia didn't do LHD in those days?? - so not much chance of selling well in US??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-09-26 21:12	Lancia did not do LHD for some years after the Lambda. Bentley also did not make LHD cars pre WW2 IIRC, but there are plenty of that make in USA. It's a pity there is no better view of the front suspension. -- Last edit: 2017-09-26 21:17:50
CougarTim ◊ 2017-09-27 00:08	I never would've guessed Lancia. Wow. V4 would explain the exhaust arrangement. Maybe same car as /vehicle_259519-Lancia-Lambda.html ? Both movies were produced by Twentieth Century Fox three years apart, and there can't have been many Lambda rumble seat roadsters hanging around Los Angeles in that era. -- Last edit: 2017-09-27 00:14:18
skywatcher68 ◊ 2017-09-27 12:55	According to a post here, the Ghost and Mrs. Muir car has Casaro bodywork. Casaro did produce rumble seat Lambda roadsters.
Gamer ◊ 2019-01-07 17:15	Lancia did plan to come to America in late 1927, and for $1 million Lancia Motors of America, Inc was organized for local manufacture. The engine, differential and transmission came from Torino while the rest would be built in the US. They wanted to build a Lambda, but make it look distinctly American, with 128-inch wheelbase and V8, for $3,500. Only prototypes, built in Italy, were made before the company execs overthought it. The factory for the car was never built either.

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