I believe I have written to you previously, but if I have not, I am the 
current owner of the 1951 Lancia Aurelia B50 Vignale coupe shown on your 
site.  I was able to obtain some additional information about my car from Wim 
Oude Weernink recently, and I wanted to share it, as well as some additional 
photos I took in the past two weeks, with you.

The chassis was ordered in the spring of 1951 from Lancia by a main agent in 
Novara (Piemonte) Italy.  It was delivered in the early fall of 1951, to a 
wealthy resident of Alessandria (Piemonte) Italy.  Nothing is known of its 
history until it appeared at a Coys of Kensington auction in London in June, 
1996 (the auction catalog lists a "noted Italian collector" as the seller, 
and says that he purchased the car in 1980 in Napoli- however, it also 
mentions that it was shown at "the 1951 Genoa Motor Show". In my extensive 
research in Italy, including at the Biscaretti Museum in Torino, no one can 
find any evidence of a motor show having been held in Genoa).  It was sold to 
a Japanese collector, who then sold it through a dealer in the San Francisco, 
California area in early 1997.  I purchased the car in March of 1997 and gave 
it a complete mechanical rebuild (it was not in good running order at all) 
which was completed three weeks ago.  
I hope that this information is interesting and useful to you!

With Sincere Regards,
Donald Osborne