1953 Lancia Aurelia B20GT Outlaw

1951 - LANCIA LAUNCHES THE AURELIA B20GT A LIMITED EDITION BY THORNLEY KELHAM Lancia s ground-breaking B20GT was launched in 1951 and was full of engineering innovation, later to be dubbed the world s first Gran Turismo. Over the following 7 years, Lancia produced 6 series, the first two being two litre cars and subsequent versions 2.5 litres. Within weeks of launch, the car showed its prowess on the toughest competitive events such as Le Mans, the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana. A total of just over 3800 examples were produced. Thornley Kelham spent 3 years restoring the most famous Lancia Aurelia of all, Giovanni Bracco s Mille Miglia / Le Mans Series 1, chassis B20-1010, to its authentic original specification. The car was meticulously researched and painstakingly restored by the dedicated Thornley Kelham team to its original specification as it appeared at the start of the 1951 Carrera Panamericana, and appeared at Pebble Beach in 2014. Along the way they learned a huge amount about Lancia s innovation and development programme which included lowering the roofline of the Bracco car in June 1951. Thornley Kelham were approached to develop an Outlaw Aurelia, bringing together all of their Lancia experience with a new set of ideas to create a unique interpretation of one of the world s great cars. This car became the inspiration and the Godfather of the Outlaw project, incorporating the innovative features adopted by the ex-Bracco Aurelia, and applied to the 21st century Outlaw. A combination of the owner s vision, energy and passion, and Thornley Kelham s experience, creativity, attention to detail and dedicated and highly skilled team resulted in a dream car. By the way, Fuorilegge is Italian for Outlaw. Giovanni de Virgilio, son of Francesco de Virgilio who designed the Aurelia V6 engine, married into the Lancia family and is often regarded as the father of the Aurelia project, had the following to say about the Outlaw : In summary it s a very purposeful and realistic car that Gianni Lancia could have built for a friend - Giovanni de Virgilio Maybe the coolest car on the entire Monterey Car Week. You don t have to follow the pack with your car builds... Be creative! Be different! Aurelia Outlaw, a Thornley Kelham build, just the best of the best! Flaminia 2.8 engine, lowered roofline, custom interiors... Truly amazing, has to be 1 of my all time fav s of the 50 s. I m going to need more photos of this Outlaw! Just excellent... Paint like deep ink. Wonderful!!! - some of the comments from Monterey Car Week. That is just a badass looking car! - D. S. owner Outlaw 2