6 spectacular John Campion racing Lancias for sale

Just in the nick of time for the Cortile! You can buy a Lancia Racing Legend to bring to the Cortile!

Shown Clockwise Left to right: 1983 Lancia LC2 Group C (#6) , 1984 Lancia 037 Rally Evo Group B, Turbo Group V (#27) , 1985 Lancia Delta S4 Group B, 1988 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 8V Group A (#4), 1981 Lancia Beta Montecarlo (#65), 1982 Lancia LC1 Group VI (#50)

Jeff Peek
24 January 2020

John Campion once said he didn’t have time for racing, so he did the next best thing by collecting great rally cars and enjoying them at private track days and showing them at special events. Perhaps it’s your turn to do the same.

The Campion Collection, a group of six stunning Lancia racers, is being offered for sale through London’s Girardo & Co. They aren’t just six Lancia race cars, they’re the six Lancia race cars—the best of the best, resplendent in Martini livery.

“The Martini livery is one of the most iconic in all of racing,” says Hagerty valuation specialist John Wiley. “Six Lancias adorned with the Martini stripes—all in excellent condition and with notable racing history—is an unrepeatable opportunity.”

The cars’ price tags are not published—email inquiries only—but their cumulative value is $7.5 million, according to a press release. Girado & Co. says the cars will be unveiled at this weekend’s Palm Beach Cavallino Classic at Mar-a-Lago.

If you aren’t familiar with John Campion, you’re likely new to the Hagerty readership. The Florida collector and his Lancia race cars have been the subject of many stories in the last several years.
As a young racing fan in 1970s Ireland, Campion developed an early affinity for the Lancia rally cars that periodically tore through his region. His love of automobiles travelled with him to America, where he took a roadie job with a rock band as “the fifth man on a four-man crew.” He soon recognized that traveling bands often lacked the electricity needed to power their lights and amplifiers, and in 1987 he founded Showpower, Inc., a California company that provided portable generators for the Rolling Stones, U2, KISS, and AC/DC. Today he is chairman and chief executive of APR Energy.

Campion’s first collector car purchase (in 1994) was a 1969 Intermeccanica Italia. Although he ultimately amassed a collection of 14 Ferraris, “They didn’t connect with me like rally cars did,” so Campion turned his attention to Lancia rally cars. His first was a 1975 Lancia Stratos HF that competed in the 1977 Monte Carlo Rally. More would follow. A lot more. And the best of the best are now for sale:

1. 1983 Lancia LC2 Group C (#6)
2. 1984 Lancia 037 Rally Evo Group B, Turbo Group V (#27)
3. 1985 Lancia Delta S4 Group B
4. 1988 Lancia Delta HF Integrale 8V Group A (#4)
5. 1981 Lancia Beta Montecarlo (#65)
6. 1982 Lancia LC1 Group VI (#50)
   

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