Upper Middle Petrol Head:

This car was NOT at the Noosa Hillclimb!   An SMS exchange between Our Man in Buderim and the UMPH editor in chief:   OMiB:  “I have no idea what sort of cars interest you.   Here’s a selection,” he wrote, simultaneously forwarding a couple of images of Clubmans, what Google Lens suggests is a Radical SR3, a 911 Carrera, a chopped MX5, a Datsun 510, a Toyota 86 and a couple of late (last) model Celicas.   EiC:  “All those kind of cars, actually … .” OMiB:  “How about this one?” he asked, sending the photos above and below. EiC:  “Absolutely this one!  A Lancia Beta coupe, powered by a Lampredi-designed twin cam, as shared with the Lancia Integrale and Fiat 124 coupe and Spider!  What’s not to go nuts over?”   The EiC decides, then and there, that this is the lead car - the click bait, if you like - that would headline today’s piece. However, it later came to light that the photos were actually taken earlier and at a different event.  He didn't know this at the time of writing, mind