1993 Lancia Y10 GTie

That’s quite cool, and rare these days.
By the way, it’s Cyprus.
Cypress is a tree.

When I got it insured just now (thanks ClassicLine), the person on the phone pointed out that they drive on the left in Cyprus. So I've been reading the documentation (beats working!) and there's a load of receipts from the late 90s from Brussels. So it turns out maybe this car is in fact Belgian, before spending some time in Cyprus and then coming to the UK. There are tons of receipts - I'll have to put them into chronological order and see what's first!

Yeah nearly bought an Alfetta saloon from there a while back, mainly because it was RHD.

Y10s are awesome if it's the Fiat SOHC then it shouldn't be too tricky to get an Uno Turbo engine in there...

I drove it around the block this evening, and parked it in the garage. I've not driven a manual in a little while, but it was OK by the time I got home. Getting off the drive when the handbrake wouldn't hold it and it was reluctant to idle properly was interesting though.
I need to get used to LHD when parking it as well - I was a bit paranoid about clipping the far side and as a result I parked it so close the drivers door wouldn't open and I had to get out the passenger side! Ooops. Also, the tumble drier won't open very far with it parked there!


I cleared most of the spares out of the boot and test fitted my daughter in it as well (she fits great). So now I can get on with the list of jobs.
Immediate list:

1. Wash and clay bar the whole car, clean the glass and mirrors with glass cleaner. APPLY RR stickers!
2. Clean the interior, make it smell nice, and ensure the back seatbelts work properly.
3. Test all the electrics and ensure everything is working as it should.
4. Get the stereo to work and find some CDs to play in it (if it's not got bluetooth).
5. Paint some lines on the floor so I can just line the car up and slot it into the garage.
6. Get 155 70 R13 tyre for the spare so it will fit under the bonnet again.
7. Replace the grill with the better condition one that came with it, and tidy up the front in general (eg rusty screws half holding the indicators on need replacing).
8. Re-arrange the garage so that you can open the door much easier - there is space there if I just move some stuff around.

Soon list:

1. Drive it a bit and see how it drives after some use.
2. If nothing improves, check and bleed the brakes, and get the engine looked at.
3. Work out what dashboard bits are required to put it back to standard and hunt them down.
4. Wax underside and hunt rust

At some point list:

1. Take the dashboard apart, reinforce it, and re-assemble.
2. Fit a decent bluetooth stereo (and decent speakers)
3. Get a steering wheel boss and horn push and mount your nice 3 spoke leather wheel.
4. Find some nice smart wheels (4x98, probably 14"?).
5. Find out about coilovers or lowering springs (no idea what will fit).
6. Investigate recovering (or just replacing) the drivers side seat.
7. Respray bumpers/tailgate?

Eventually:
Moar power!

Edit - and as a bonus, as I was putting it away my neighbours appeared and told me how cool it is.

Ha ha LHD wait till you come out of the petrol station and walk to the wrong side of the car then have to walk back round to the left hand side hoping no one noticed...done it so many times.

Brussels and Cyprus suggests a military member of NATO to me? Denmark provided troops to UNFICYP over the years? We took a mk3 spitfire there in 78

Not seen a Y10 in yonks and this looks great, Cypriots Drive on the left like us so was it purchased somewhere else and moved out there?

I'm almost certain these are a cinquecento underneath, which means coilovers are available, and punto brake upgrades including gt rear discs are possible. As are mpi punto engines 👀

Yep, that's correct. If it's the 'Fire' engine then the snatchy clutch is normal, when it's adjusted correctly the release bearing is touching the fingers on the clutch cover. If it has rear drums then they'll have Fiats friction adjusters on them, they're well known for not being up to the job and allowing a lot of pedal travel, one cure is to wind the handbrake adjustment up until the shoes are just touching the drums, then back a couple of flats. I haven't tried this on my Panda yet though. My brakes will lock up with a good shove. Also the pedal box design and construction isn't very robust, you might find it's flexing a lot.
The car in PPC is well documented on the Fiat forum, he has another too,I think, there's a lot of info on there.
Nice find.