Allan Carter is a self employed automotive engineer restorer and co-owner with his wonderful wife Alexandra Gorringe of their Carteroni business. Allan spent several years on the Asia Pacific Rally circuit servicing rally cars for Hong Kong-based teams. A highlight during this time was when Michael Lieu and Hakaru Ichino achieved third place in the Hong Kong to Beijing Rally. Upon Allan’s return to NZ he worked extensively with Bruce Wilson of Wilson Motors. Allan and Alex have a large collection of Lancia cars and a large base of Lancia owners, whom they restore cars for. Allan and Alex’s love of Lancia led them to create the Lancia Rally 037 Recreation. This car is large part of Carteroni’s business as they build these cars for customers and also offer it as a kit.
Allan Carter - 2013 Lancia Rally 037 Recreation
Allan Carter is a self employed automotive engineer restorer and co-owner with his wonderful wife Alexandra Gorringe of their Carteroni business. Allan spent several years on the Asia Pacific Rally circuit servicing rally cars for Hong Kong-based teams. A highlight during this time was when Michael Lieu and Hakaru Ichino achieved third place in the Hong Kong to Beijing Rally. Upon Allan’s return to NZ he worked extensively with Bruce Wilson of Wilson Motors. Allan and Alex have a large collection of Lancia cars and a large base of Lancia owners, whom they restore cars for. Allan and Alex’s love of Lancia led them to create the Lancia Rally 037 Recreation. This car is large part of Carteroni’s business as they build these cars for customers and also offer it as a kit.
2013 Lancia Rally 037 Recreation:
The Carteroni Lancia Rally 037 Recreation started life as a US-spec Lancia Scorpion in 1976. The front and rear of the car were removed to provide the cockpit of the current car. Tubular space frames were fabricated by Carteroni and copied from an original 037 owned by driver Gerry Duyveston. It is powered by the same 2litre, 4-cylinder Lancia engine as the original cars and is similarly supercharged. The gearbox is from a Lancia Gamma. The body work was completed at Carteroni and the body styling is by Pinninfarina. The suspension is copied from original design drawings and replicates the original car’s geometry. Since 2013 when the car became motorsport and road legal, it has travelled 12,500 miles. It has competed at the MG Classics, sealed and gravel hill climbs and has been used as a zero car for the Otago, Wairarapa and Daybreaker Rallies.