Iread with interest Martin Buckleyʼs Lancia Appia escapades (C&SC,November 2022 –yes we get the slow-boat deliveryin NZ!). A chance visit in 1962 from a Burmese client at the law offices my father worked at, just prior to the familyʼsdeparturefor Europe, was the catalyst for buying a 1958 Appia S2 in Florence.The client had been in Italy during WW2 and, on learning of our impending year away, was prompted to say: “If someone ever offers you a secondhand Lancia, donʼt turn your nose up at it.”