Polistil Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF Montecarlo Rally Winner 1972 Munari/Mannucci 1:25

Produced to celebrate National pride of this Italian car and driver partnership winning the 1972 Montecarlo Rally. It’s in superb unboxed condition and has been expertly detailed. The front Lancia badge has been painted white & blue, yellow spotlight covers, silver windscreen wipers, rear view mirror, steering wheel spokes, instrument dials and gear lever shaft, black front grille gaps, of-white front indicators, wing mirror glass, orange side repeater lenses and rear indicators.

Corsa Red paint with matt black bonnet and boot lid, racing number 14 and matching RALLYE MONTE-CARLO decals. Chrome front grille, headlight surrounds and spotlamps (some plating loss leaving the black plastic showing through), large chrome racing wing mirror, black plastic wheel arches, chrome rear panel trim, light and licence plate surrounds and tailpipe. Glazed windows, realistically glazed headlights and tinted rear lights.

Doors open and inside the detailed interior is black with a 2-spoke steering wheel and gear lever. The race seats tip forwards. The boot and bonnet open. The engine bay has a nicely detailed chrome and black 1600cc V4 engine.

There’s a detailed black metal base with chrome engine/transmission and exhaust system. The chrome 6-slot wheels have plastic tyres.

The Fulvia Coupé made its racing début in the 1965 Tour de Corse, but the model's crowning glory came in the 1972 Monte Carlo Rally with Sandro Munari and Mario Mannucci's career-defining victory in their No. 14 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.6 HF.

The Fulvia Coupé was an elegant car favoured by women, including those who raced competitively. It is perhaps no coincidence that one of the first victories of a Fulvia Coupé 1.3 HF was achieved by an all-female crew, which is more of a rarity now than it was back then. At the 1968 Sestriere Rally the irrepressible Pat Moss-kid sister of the celebrated British racing driver Sir Stirling Moss-and Swedish co-driver Elisabeth Nyström took the chequered flag ahead of another three Fulvia HF cars in the expert hands of official team drivers Harry Källström, Sergio Barbasio and Ove Andersson. This was no flash in the pan: a few weeks earlier Pat Moss had finished second in the gruelling Rally Sanremo, part of the European Championship (at a time when the World Rally Championship did not yet exist), leaving behind not only her team-mates but also French rivals in the formidable Alpine sports coupé.

Practically all the 1.2 and 1.3 HF cars were painted in a dark red shade called Amaranto Montebello, with a blue-on-yellow longitudinal stripe (the heraldic colours of Turin) on the bonnet, roof and boot lid. The 1.6 HF initially sported the same livery, although later models were mostly finished in Corsa Red. And it was this red livery, with the bonnet painted matte black to minimise reflections and "LANCIA-ITALIA" emblazoned across the front, that distinguished the most famous Fulvia of all: the fabled 1600 HF bearing the race number 14, which triumphed at the Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo in 1972, taming more powerful and advanced rivals in the legendary special stage at Col de Turini on 28 January 1972.

Battered by rain, wind and snow, the French team threw in the towel, while the German rivals paid the price for equipping their overpowered cars with rear-wheel drive. On the icy hairpin bends of the Turini mountain pass road, the "Fulvietta" driven by Munari/Mannucci proved unbeatable thanks to its impressive power-to-weight ratio and the greater manoeuvrability ensured by front wheel drive. Team victory was also secured by the contributions of Lampinen/Andreasson in fourth place and Sergio Barbasio in sixth, alongside navigator Pierino Sodano. It was a memorable night that came towards the end of the Fulvia's long and decorated career, after it had already been in production for years: the first victories actually dated back to 1969 with Barbasio in the Elba Rally and Harry Källström in Spain and in the RAC Rally in England. However, that 1972 Monte Carlo triumph was an extraordinary success that had a regenerative effect on the whole Lancia brand, boosting sales and prolonging the life of the Fulvia Coupé, which was eventually discontinued in 1976. To commemorate its victory at the Monte Carlo Rally, Lancia produced a special "Monte-Carlo" edition of the Fulvia Coupé 1.3 S closely resembling the legendary "Fulvia #14". Subsequent wins in the Morocco and Sanremo rallies propelled Lancia to victory in the 1972 International Championship for Manufacturers, cementing the popularity of a sport that had previously struggled to gain traction with the Italian public.

Perfectly preserved and still with marks on the bodywork from that unforgettable night, the legendary Fulvia HF 1.6 #14 is exhibited in the "Rally Era" space of the FCA Heritage HUB, alongside a total of eight Lancia, Fiat and Abarth competition cars that once dominated dirt tracks and roads around the world.

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