This 1983 Lancia 037 started life as a “Stradale” road car, which was converted into a test mule/reconnaissance car for the Group B car campaigned by the French Lancia importer André Chardonnet. During the 1983 and 1984 rally seasons, team Chardonnet utilized this car for demonstrations, development, and pre-runs. The car was painted in the same blue and white livery as the race car, with Pioneer stereo and Total fuel as the primary sponsors. Sitting on its multi-piece Speedline wheels, the car looks every bit a rally car, but can be driven without a team of mechanics to get it set up for you. On the inside, the racecar specification continues with two-tone black and blue OMP race seats featuring 5-point harnesses, and the interior is devoid of carpet. The door cards are simply pieces of sheet metal with mesh door pockets as your primary in-cabin storage. When you climb over the roll cage’s doorbar, into the driver’s seat, you are met by an almost entirely standard “Stradale” dashboard, including a 10,000 RPM tachometer with the redline at 7,000 and a 260 km/h speedometer, which sits behind a 3-spoke Momo steering wheel. A host of other gauges are laid out to the right, including temperature, fuel level, and boost pressure. In the center console, one of the few concessions to comfort – power window switches. Powering the 037 is a 2.0-liter DOHC inline-4 with a Roots-Style supercharger breathing through a mechanical fuel injection system. The engine was based on that found in the Fiat-Abarth 131 rally car but with the addition of forced induction, and reportedly produced around 280 horsepower in stock form. This engine was recently rebuilt along with the 5-speed ZF transaxle, ensuring that it is in optimal running and driving condition. The exact modifications made to this car by Team Chardonnet aren’t known, but from behind the wheel, the car feels sharper and significantly faster than a regular Stradale. Although this was not the car campaigned by Chardonnet, the team’s competition 037 was destroyed and no longer exists. That makes this example a real piece of history and a real artifact from the Group B era that you can drive and enjoy. With its legendary team association, recent mechanical reconditioning, and the fact that this is about as close as you can get to driving a Group B car without a full-time mechanic helping run it, this 037 represents a rare opportunity for rallying enthusiasts everywhere.