Lancia Stratos 1st Firestone 1973 Munari

Lancia Stratos 1st Firestone 1973 Munari by Arena

Lancia Stratos 1st Firestone Rally 1973 Munari
Hand built available ARE835M
Arena has, over the years, made a huge number of variations on the Lancia Stratos and the latest part of the project is to go back to the early, pre-homologation cars. The Firestone Rally in Spain saw the cars first victory with Sandro Munari (who else!) at the helm. The body is much as it was for the 1972 aero tests (ARE848) but without any spoilers added at the rear and with a simple mesh panel in the front deck through which the spare wheel can be seen. The next success was second on the Targa Florio with Munari again. By now the spare wheel was hidden and the rear had sprouted spoilers with a kick up in the body and an additional aluminium piece, which is etched in the kit. For the Giro d’Italia we see a deep front spoiler fitted and large rear spoilers blended into the bodywork and the front panel had become louvred, as was to be common on later cars. Each kit has a subtly different body casting to pick up these details, but much of the rest is shared. Although red is the dominant colour on the livery for all of these versions, the decal design includes it all so that the base finish is white. Sponsorship is complete with all logos and the decals are common to other kits, so there is plenty for the spares box. Like-wise the photo-etch.