RE: Lamborghini restores restoration dept
Friday 17th April 2015
Seems we've been flooded with press releases from manufacturers announcing factory-standard restoration services recently. Jaguar, Ferrari, Aston and - announced earlier this week - Land Rover all now offer owners with deep pockets the chance to have their car brought up to what may well be considerably better than as-new condition.
A factory restored Miura? Don't mind if I do!Lamborghini has had its own restoration centre for some time, but has decided to get in on the act by relaunching it under a new and - to British ears - minty moniker: Lamborghini Polo Storico. This will both help owners to track down hard-to-find original parts or, if necessary, "if a special part is not available in stock it can be manufactured immediately based on the original blueprints." This will, we suspect, not be a cheap process, although it will bring the reassurance of knowing your old Lambo is as its makers intended. Polo Storico will also certify that your Lamborghini is indeed in original condition - again, we suspect in return for a fat fee - to help support insurance valuations.
One-off Miura Roadster a showcase projectThe brand has also been showing off its heritage at the Techno Classica show in Essen with two unique open top Lambos. The gorgeous Miura Roadster was a one-off shown at the 1968 Brussels Motor Show, designed by Nuccio Bertone with the help of a young Marcello Gandini. Sadly it never made production, although it was later painted in zinc-based paint as a rolling advertisement for the International Lead Zinc Research Organisation. Visitors also get a chance to have a gawp at a 2013 Veneno Roadster, one of Lamborghini's 'special models' of which just nine were produced.
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A factory restored Miura? Don't mind if I do!
Of course, there are lots of Lamborghini restorers and specialists out there already. But Polo Storico has an ace up its corporate sleeve as the guardian of Lamborghini's archive, with original documentation on every Lamborghini ever made. This allows owners both to check on the originality of their cars and also, if they wish, to return them to factory condition. Again, deep pockets, etc.
One-off Miura Roadster a showcase project
Discussion
Alias218 said:
That Miura Roadster... 
Whoever says that the E-Type, gorgeous though it is, is the best looking car ever made has clearly never seen a Miura.
Couldn't agree more. The Etype is a great car but not even in the same league as a Miura. It must have looked like a UFO next to every other car in the 60s!Whoever says that the E-Type, gorgeous though it is, is the best looking car ever made has clearly never seen a Miura.
j_s14a said:
Alias218 said:
That Miura Roadster...
Whoever says that the E-Type, gorgeous though it is, is the best looking car ever made has clearly never seen a Miura.
Nice as they both undoubtedly are, the 2000GT is prettier still... Whoever says that the E-Type, gorgeous though it is, is the best looking car ever made has clearly never seen a Miura.
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I think my eyes always preferred the late 50's 625 to the Jaguar, and possibly the Muira over both, but it's all subjective
The interesting aspect to this was that alot of the records were adjusted *cough* so that the Factory didn't have to pay export tax back in the day. Even in the 80's there was no logic to it, so how have things changed in the past 30 years to magically correct this?
Is everyone going to convert their leather interiors back to Leatherette vinyl?
Is everyone going to convert their leather interiors back to Leatherette vinyl?
dm8192 said:
F1GTRUeno - That was just the hardtop version
There are 3 customer Veneno coupes, plus a fourth that will be kept by Lamborghini themselves. Each of the customer cars has trim details, one in red, one in green, and one in white, while the one kept by Lamborghini has a three coloured trim stripe. So all four are slightly different. 9 customer Veneno Roadsters, but I don't know if there is a tenth to be kept by the factory or not.
Gilhooligan said:
Nah. Muira > E-type
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