Simply wonderful. The cracking of Harry’s voice as he sees the Lancia where it was parked 50 years ago. The smile on his face as Harry ragged his favourite roads in his teenage dream car. Life affirming stuff for a Sunday, or in fact any, evening. Perfection!

This is Harry’s Garage at its very best. So happy you were able to relive your early days getting into cars - kind of a crowning achievement for the channel. Congrats!!!

“It’s taken me 50 years to get here..” But you managed it, Harry! Dreams, helped by hard work and dogged determination, got you to those bends, in that car. I followed your rebuild videos of the Fulvia, this video is testament to the hard work that everyone who has been involved in, with the restoration of this car and the fulfilment of your childhood dream. Long may you enjoy your Lancia.

Gave me goosebumps. What an episode. Harry you're a gentleman.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Harry smile as much as in this video. What a joy to see. Not just the video but the car, and memories of that area and roads.

What an absolute gem of a video by Harry. I am smiling ear to ear just listening to him recollecting his memories.

The sound of that little 4 cylinder is absolutely intoxicating. Thank you, Harry!

In a constellation of stellar episodes from Harry this one really shines!

Nothing is better than a new Harry’s Garage video dropping in a Sunday afternoon. And what a car to celebrate.

We hear and feel your emotion Harry, thanks for letting us share.

What a fabulous nostalgic episode for Harry and unexpectedly for me too. I am 53 and can personally relate to so much of this video. My dad was born in Liverpool, my parents moved to North Wales when I was 5 where I grew up, initially in Gwernymynydd (very close to Moel Fammau) and from 10 yrs old on the edge of the Denbigh moors in a village called Nantglyn. My dad was (still is) a Classic car nut so I grew up with various rebuilds, MG TA, MG TF, Rover 100, TR5, TR4A, lotus Elite, Allard L Type etc etc. My dad bought a cottage, a converted mill in Frongoch on the outskirts of Bala when I was about 18 and had many journeys via Cerrig, passed the Brenig to St Asaph Fast forward to 2023 and now I live in Chester and regularly charge into North Wales on my Kawasaki Z1000SX and enjoy the roads Harry and I enjoyed as much younger men. Thanks Harry.

The joy in his eyes is so heartwarming! Harry I’m so glad that your lifelong dream is finally accomplished

My favorite car in Harry's Garage and one of the best videos he's made! So cool he got to visit his old neighborhood and park that very same car on the street all these years later.

I love the way you can remember who had what car in your road as a boy! That’s the mark of a true petrolhead and I’m glad to say I can do exactly the same!

The content on this channel is always fantastic but this particular episode feels so special, the engine sound and emotions you can feel through the screen is something else. I know you enjoyed it Harry, but you can be sure that we did too. What a car, and what a story. Just wonderful.

Ya gotta love Harry getting all nostalgic and sharing his history - everyone has a story to share and you’ll find lots to learn about if you only take the time to inquire and really listen

It's very rare a car sounds as good inside as it does outside but this is a triumph of a four pot. Also the video has Hammond vibes when talking about the lake District and it's great to see Harry is showing us the same, because it's amazing to see the joy and passion these locations give.

I had a similar feeling coming home from school one day, walking around the corner and seeing a mk1 vw scirocco in metallic blue, only to find out my parents had just bought it. Not as exotic I know, but I just thought it was so cool. Living on a farm as an 8 year old I was just into tractors rather then cars, and this scirocco started my interest.

So nice to hear a real engine for a change

New cars can't compare in driving enjoyment stakes with these classics. Truly unique time when innovation and passion came together.

Great sound, great car and great memories shared. Thank you Harry

Thank you for taking me with you on the whole journey with your Zagato 👍

My favorite episode and that's no small feat. Being an old bike racer myself, I couldn't stop thinking about what it would be like to cycle on those picturesque roads. What a privilege to watch this realization of a teenager's dream. Good on you, Harry although I have to say, I fear for your hearing 🙂

I love your videos but this has to best one of the best because of the personal history. I love the fact your dad had a Dyane 6 which was quite an outré choice of car at the time. We lived in a dead end near Edinburgh with stables at the end of the road. Some nice cars passed. There was a lady with a Fulvio Zagato painted in pink! Still looked fabulous. It is interesting how our youth informs what we like in adulthood. I love the Porsche 356, my first memory being one parked near where we lived in Cambridge Massachusetts. Camping trips to France made me fall in love with French cars, particularly Citroën and Panhard. My first car at age 18 was a DS21.

Your recollection of first seeing a Fulvia Zagato is great. I recall the first time I saw an Alfa GTV6. I was riding in a car going south on Interstate 25 between Denver and Castle Rock when one passed us. I was mesmerized. 10 years later I bought one and I still have it. You have bought and restored not just a car but your youthful spirit.

28 minutes of undiluted pleasure ,what a pure and simple joy your videos are Harry !

As a teenager, I so, so nearly persuaded my mum to buy a new Zagato off the showroom floor at Tony Brooks Lancia garage, just outside the perimeter of Brooklands race circuit near Weybridge. In the end she bought a new "Export Mini" after the silver tongued Austin sales man told her that the export models were so important to the UK economy that they were built on a separate line from the regular mini at Longbridge to make sure they were 100% perfect!! Both the Fulvia and the Zagato are beautiful cars and definitely the ones that got away for me because I love the brand. Thanks for the memories Harry!

Sunday on YT is always a good day for car-enthusiasts and Harry's infectious love for this pretty and revvy little Lancia is a perfect example why :)

100% FATE that you would grow up to be a famous motoring journalist and buy that same car that you saw as a child , It is so weird how life works out , glad you saved that car as ive never seen anything like it before too , it looks 30 years ahead of its time.

Harry, I think I speak for most of us when I say more nostalgia, old family photos, memories & stories please! Your videos are always fantastic, but this was a real treat getting to learn a little more about your childhood memories. Thanks and good luck!

A true car enthusiast. Driving quickly in slow cars is so much more fun than driving slowly in fast cars. My first cars in the 60s were all VW beetles and then a fastback. Wonderful fun with under 100 HP.

I must confess, not looked at some of your latest videos, due to not being enthused by too many moderns , particularly electrics and so on, so glad you’re back on a classic for this video. The Lancia , particularly a rorty number with the bigger carbs , looks great too.

The nostalgier started in the first minutes for me as my first car was a Heinkel bubble car. A claimed top speed of 54mph but that was only achievable downhill with a following wind. Going uphill usually created long tailbacks behind, but great to see your parents had one. Loved the way the smile never left Harry's face on the drive in Wales, what an excellent video which just left a feeling of contentment. More please Harry

I agree, this is Harry's Garage at its best. Heart warming stuff connecting childhood dreams, aspirations and experiences with the automotive passion they kindled. Harry, like Jay Leno has a hugely catholic taste in bikes & cars spanning most eras, and both share an appreciation of the value of money and indeed value for money in a world where so many lease their lifestyle and live on credit.

One of the best sounding four cylinders I've heard.

Well, I didn’t expect that. I used to walk down Arno road every day to go to Woodchurch school as a 10 year old. Memories.

Thanks so much, Harry! This video has jumped straight to the top of my favourites from your portfolio. My first car was a Fiat 127 with an Abarth exhaust system and the sound from your Fulvia reminds me so much of that. Also, it’s great to know a bit more about your background and your formative experiences. I’m sure there are many more fans like me who truly appreciate what you do here. Thank YOU!

You've earned every moment of joy you clearly had there - and along the way given us a lot of enjoyment too! Don't stop - videos like this are exceptional and great for the soul!

Harry reaching for a paper map...always the cherry on top!

Talk about one moment in your life that changes everything. Same exact thing happened to me with a 1979 Porsche 928 - saw it on my street coming home from high school and thought about it everyday for 4 years until I was able to buy virtually the same exact car. I think back on that experience quite often and truly believe I materialized that car into my life (and a little bit of hard work didn't hurt) Thank you for sharing Harry.

This is my favorite car in Harry’s collection, I’ve been waiting for this one! 🎉

A huge thank-you to this brilliant exposure of Harry's rememberings and emotions. It has reminded me how I fell in love with cars at the age of 8 (so 1967): calmly walking the short way from home to school, I was picked up by a friend of my father's in his Giulia 1300 berlina, and for a bit less than 200 m, I was fascinated by the engine sound, the beautifully low seating position, the gauges in the dashboard and the racing stance of the gear lever, low in the middle of the tunnel instead of hanging from the steering column. I suspect nobody would do what Harry has done and paid for the restoration of a Fulvia 1600 Zagato, hadn't it been such an emotional car for him. Thanks again for having shared the process with us the viewers.

Loved the way Harry says Birkenhead! Spoken like a true Scouser! 😂😂😂

I love it that the camera man was able to capture the image of the lancia when Harry was a child. How clairvoyant of him!

The smile on Harry’s face is beyond infectious - what a glorious and visceral drive how could an EV ever deliver on this. The thin a pillar and fighter cockpit windscreen if you know you know nuff said. Thx Harry for taking us on this journey it’s been like riding shotgun in that beauty all the way - KZfaq at its best 👍

Wonderful automotive passion and interesting personal history, all overflowing with youthful enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing Harry!

To see the 'sparkling' lights in the eyes of a proud owner is simply wonderful!

I watch all the video's you post and the Farm ones too, but i've never seen you smile so happy as in this one... And OMG, you look so much like your Dad!!! Cheers from Ceská Republík.

Absolutely adorable that little V4. It acts as if it were a big six 😊

It was perfect trip as always your trip in the past!!! returning to the places of your childhood is always a pleasant memory of those childhood dreams, worries, and memories. Along with that comes an understanding of what you wanted, what you dreamed of in childhood, and what you achieved and received now decades later

Nothing puts a smile on your face like a small, nimble Italian car with a high-revving engine.

Video’s like this take me back to being a boy in the 70’s and being with my Dad in his MK1 RS1600 Escort hammering it Between Shrewsbury and Welshpool to see the steam trains and visit the car showroom there. Happy days.

Full nostalgia-mode, I love it!

Fantastic video Harry. Thank you for sharing such personal memories with us. The little car is a moving memory!

That's the joy of a small light car these days, you can have a lot of fun at the speed limit, you can be driving along chuckling to yourself and still get out with a smile, great noise.

Delightful! I’ve just started rebuilding my Lancia Delta HF and I really can’t wait until it’s up and running so I can take in roads like this. This is absolutely where Lancias come alive!

Well done Harry thanks for sharing your personal memories. Now we know why you enjoyed hill climbs as well. ❤ My Lucia was a Alfetta GTV6 because it was my first ever car… as a 21 year old.

Harry, I had a lot of fun in my late teens driving the roads around Ruthin and Cerig, albeit my Italian cars from later in the 70’s with an early Alfasud 1.5 Ti then a ‘78 Lancia Beta 2000 coupe a little after, somehow they felt quite fast back then!

I don’t think I am alone seeing this as an epitome of living vicariously. Mille grazie.

Sound of Fulvia is pure pleasure. Iconic.

Genuinely the best car video I’ve ever seen on KZfaq - this definitively encapsulates our love of cars and the emotions and memories they evoke. Simply superb - thank you for sharing this with us Harry.

Simply wonderful, Harry. It's been great following along on your restoration journey, enjoying your enthusiasm and your obvious joy in bringing the little Zagato full circle.

This video is so cool. Its the story every car guy has from childhood.

Over fifty years ago, the road into Ruthin was my favourite too Harry. You see, I was 4 or 5 years of age and I travelled along that road in my Dad's wagon - from Lancashire, to collect railway sleepers. The wagon was a much-travelled 1959 AEC, which had been stretched, an axle added, but most importantly - no engine modifications - making it slower than a three-legged tortoise. It just gave me even more time to look out of the windows at all that glorious countryside around me. Thank you for the trip along a shared memory lane.

This is the best of Harry’s Garage: reliving and making memories in cars and on bikes

Thank you, that was touching, and great to see the Lancia back on the twisty roads where it belongs. And Mrs. M. is a gem for just sitting there calmly while you are ragging it!

As a designer (buildings) I can tell you that this car is 'fully composed'. There is not a part of it that has been ignored or glossed over, no B sides, no lines that go 'nowhere'. It is a complete composition but more than that it is a very unique one that exudes confidence and a sure hand.

What non car people don’t get is the emotion of being a car person; recreating a childhood encounter with a fancy car is priceless. I get it!

Glorious! This has to be one of the best, if not the best, of your recent videos. What a treat to see and hear this lovely little car in full song. Such a rorty engine. Also, what a joy to see you genuinely enjoying yourself so much. Magic! Looking forward to seeing what's in store for her next.

Very nice video and proof that the story makes the car! I’m a modified Fulvia owner myself and it strikes me that this car is so noisy. It will not take long before you get tired of it. I think it deserves a proper airbox. Not easy with the DCOE conversion but doable and with a remote intake somewhere behind the Rh headlight it will make it a lot quieter and hence more enjoyable. Love it that your car life started with a Lancia. You need more of them!

That car puts a smile on my face and I'm not even driving it. It sounds so great when it's really pulling.

Not many of us get to relive our adolescence like you have Harry ... and you clearly enjoyed it. Sheer exuberance!

Whilst Lancia was never my thing, I can understand your passion as I still still have my first E Type Jaguar - bought back in 1978.

This is my favorite video for a while. Lots of driving, in a car worth driving (not one of those overweight monstrosities), and I also love how personal this video was for Harry

Oh, Harry, the storytelling is absolutely amazing, 50 years later there's still the young lads' enthusiasm, and it's very contagious. As is the Fulvia's noise, love that little car. Thank you for this, again!

God bless you!, Mr. Metcalf: you're showing how we, petrolheads, started... the youth memories, to be a child and feel utterly covered by goosebumps when a vibrant engine started. "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

Congratulations! 🎉 How great is this. My dad too had this obsession with fuel economy. Makes me feel guilty to this day when I use my cars

The love, knowledge and absolute passion you have for cars, motorbikes and driving is quite something to watch. This episode in particular is a gem.

You were so lucky to have well off parents ,sets you up for life .

Drove back from Snowdonia to Oxfordshire yesterday. Had the A470/A458 from Dolgellau to Welshpool all to myself. Only saw one other car! Wales never Fails. Amazing roads!

This is one of your best ever videos, a very, very happy Harry having fun. I love the "driving fast, slowly" motto, would make great HG tee-shirts!

I agree that it's great to have something fun that you can wring its neck and still stay at ( relatively ) safe speeds. It sounds great. And great that you showed us the spot where you first laid eyes on one. I think we all had our mental picture of what the scene would look like.

Great stuff Harry,well done "living the dream" 50 years on..What a car,agree with your exhaust theories too.I messed with mine and found that with the rear expansion box re-fitted the sound was much more sophisticated and liveable with on a "normal" drive. Which means the V4 "rumble" and induction noise are more readily heard too.Big smiles indeed!!

"trying to drive quickly, but slowly" love that

Automotive emotion at its finest, cheers Harry love this.

Pure class. What a story and one that resonates with myself so much. Harry captures the hearts of petrol heads yet again! Thanks so much for sharing Harry. Ringo

I realised through this video that I am the same age as Harry and we have 2 other things in common. When I was 17 I used to race my mum's R4 down Cheddar Gorge on the way home from the Miner's Arms after 6 pints of 6X (not proud but it happened).. And 50 yrs later on a clinic stay for burnout in my adopted home of Germany I spent my Sundays on deserted winding roads in the Thüringerwald blasting my budget 911 (water-cooled but loved by me) up and down the valleys in a transport of delight. Thanks Harry for the memories!

Good Lord!! What a noise! Must be glorious behind the wheel. Much respect.

It's such a pleasure for you to bring us along on your wonderful nostalgic trip with the place and car that started your whole career, Harry. Congratulations on getting your Fulvia back and looking so mint! Cheers!

The moment I saw the thumbnail, I knew this would be more than a little different, and you didn't disappoint. Great to see your childhood digs and fave roads. Your Lancia, and your attitude toward it, pretty much epitomizes Jay Leno's notion of "not going fast, but moving swiftly." (Certainly looked like you were having a swift old time!) I agree about reworking the exhaust...better performance and a calmer exhaust note should serve you well. Bravo for this!

The smile on his face....this isn't even a high-performance Ferrari or an autobahn cruising Merc. This is what driving is ALL ABOUT!👍🏼

The smiles per gallon is strong with this one! Beautiful stuff Harry.Hmm,14 in 1973 same age as me. Brings back memories of my dad's Fulvia 1.3 cope. He also had a Flavia HF 2000 later,quite a different sound the flat 4.l was also a cyclist and car tinkerer back then,still cycling now.

Thats really quite something to be able to recreate the scene from 50 years ago using the same car that you have managed to track down, restore and return to life after that complete rebuild. Amazing how it has survived to allow this to happen given the issues that were revealed by the guys at Day & Whites. Meant to be Harry. Thanks for sharing.

That was awesome!! What a sound from that beautiful engine, in an equally stunning and very rare car!! You are a very lucky man Harry, but very well deserved too. I've watched the story of this and too see the smile on your face... You clearly know its been worth the journey!!!

I could go to sleep Listening to that wonderful engine noise. It’s hypnotic

A truly wonderful car that engages the driver and is just pure fun. It confirms that you don't require lots of 'cubes', huge power & torque and mad 'supercar looks' to thoroughly enjoy a twisty drive.

Absolutely brilliant video Harry. I love this Lancia, the way it looks, the way it sounds, perfection

Fantastic film Harry. Lovely car and great roads. It just shows you don’t need a hyper car to have fun! I have driven some of the roads around there and will revisit soon when my classic comes out of storage. Thanks 🙏

Most enjoyable .Seeing a old car revived .Bringing back memories of ones youth...👍

It’s sad to see Lancia become a shell of itself. All of it’s former glory lives in these classics. Hopefully one day Lancia will return to the racing behemoth that it once was.