RE: PH Zeroes: Rambo Lambo

RE: PH Zeroes: Rambo Lambo

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AndySA

900 posts

262 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Some Arab who lived a few blocks away from me when I was in Dubai had one of these in bright yellow. It was always the highlight of the day anytime I heard it. One of the most stunning engine noises on the planet.

He once pulled up next to me at the lights and I opened all the windows of my dodge and pulled away slowly just so that the sound of my V8 did not pollute the sound of the lambo giving it full beans up the road.

DjSki

1,305 posts

194 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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He's talking rubbish, these are great.

Modificata

531 posts

245 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Nobody You Know said:
For a bonus point who can name the film it was used in?
Robin Williams - Toys?

I nearly bought one of these when I was working in Saudi. It was bloody amazing, and sounded fantastic. It was cheap as chips too (about £12K), but had no history etc. The car seemed to run fine and was in need of a paint job. Interior was mint. In the end I didnt buy it but regret it to this day.

But I guess something rubbed off on me, as now I drive a Merc G Class instead!

griffter

3,979 posts

254 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Is it not based on a Hummer?

I'm sure I remember reading that years ago - but maybe I just made the assumption due to visual similarities.

rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Modificata said:
Nobody You Know said:
For a bonus point who can name the film it was used in?
Robin Williams - Toys?

I nearly bought one of these when I was working in Saudi. It was bloody amazing, and sounded fantastic. It was cheap as chips too (about £12K), but had no history etc. The car seemed to run fine and was in need of a paint job. Interior was mint. In the end I didnt buy it but regret it to this day.

But I guess something rubbed off on me, as now I drive a Merc G Class instead!
Okay so you had one of these offered to you for £12 and DIDN'T BUY IT!

Go away and find a herd of elephants to stamp on your nuts whilst you think long and hard about what you did!!!!

rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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rude-boy said:
Modificata said:
Nobody You Know said:
For a bonus point who can name the film it was used in?
Robin Williams - Toys?

I nearly bought one of these when I was working in Saudi. It was bloody amazing, and sounded fantastic. It was cheap as chips too (about £12K), but had no history etc. The car seemed to run fine and was in need of a paint job. Interior was mint. In the end I didnt buy it but regret it to this day.

But I guess something rubbed off on me, as now I drive a Merc G Class instead!
Okay so you had one of these offered to you for £12k and DIDN'T BUY IT!

Go away and find a herd of elephants to stamp on your nuts whilst you think long and hard about what you did!!!!

DrTre

12,955 posts

231 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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These things are ferkin' brilliant!!

Can't remember (as per usual) if it was Fast Lane, Car or PC that wrote an classic article (with some lovely night shots of the thing) about these, including how many free glasses you'd collect from petrol stations.

I loved the flippant reason for it's lack of success with the US Military being based on the realisation that balancing 6 carbs while under enemy fire wasn't an ideal situation....

Turbobanana

6,124 posts

200 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Don't know if the pic will come through, but here's the rear-engined Cheetah prototype from 1977...


williamp

19,205 posts

272 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Nope, its a PH Zero. Not a good car, and sold in very limuted numbers- 201 sales to the public- just a few every year.

And the cost spent developing and tooling for it could have made the Countach so much better. Or the Diablo better. Or their early 90s F1 effort could have been more successful

Bonkers it may have been. But with hindsight Lambo should not have made it. Their cash (never in much supply) could have been better spent elsewhere

hairykrishna

13,149 posts

202 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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I'll add myself to the 'hero not zero' camp. One of these in my fantasy garages offroad section next to the Bowler.

Modificata

531 posts

245 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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rude-boy said:
Okay so you had one of these offered to you for £12K and DIDN'T BUY IT!

Go away and find a herd of elephants to stamp on your nuts whilst you think long and hard about what you did!!!!
Not as straight forward as that. There was no-one in Saudi who could work on the car that I knew of anyway, not for a reasonable price that is. Parts are crazy expensive, and it was at a time when £12K was a lot of money for me. I tried to flip it in the trade in the UK but didnt get much luck.

If I saw the car now I would buy it without thinking. So please leave my nuts out of this.

bishbash

2,447 posts

196 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Turbobanana said:
Don't know if the pic will come through, but here's the rear-engined Cheetah prototype from 1977...

It didn't but here it is

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

229 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Another vote for this to be changed to Hero!!!!!

K50 DEL

9,223 posts

227 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Beefmeister said:
Another vote for this to be changed to Hero!!!!!
Plus 1 here as well, I love these things!

BlueSei

34 posts

186 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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76 gallon tank? Is that right? And the size of a modern supermini? I am sure it would dwarf my Grande Punto

PascalBuyens

2,868 posts

281 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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DJC said:
The only Lambo Ive ever wanted to own.

Makes the H1 hummer look like a pansy.
Funny, because I can't get rid of the impression that the H1 lines are roughly based on the LM002...

clonmult

10,529 posts

208 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Turbobanana said:
TonyHetherington said:
Turbobanana said:
Mate of mine used to be in the specialist trade and told of tyres costing £1500.

Each... yikes
Didnt they have carbon fibre side walls to help them cope with the weight and something else rather trick to help them cope with sand? (very hazy memory now!).
I think the carbon fibre was there to bullet-proof the tyres as much as anything else - I may be wrong, but it sounds good.

And didn't "LM" stand for "Lamborghini Militari"? Seem to recall they had an eye on desert warfare as a potential (niche) market.
I think the sidewalls were Kevlar? Doubt carbon fiber would be much use against bullets - Kevlar is a tad different?

All that we know is that the LM002 is soooo not a zero. Total hero. Utter bonkers, we need more cars like this!

PascalBuyens

2,868 posts

281 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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Nobody You Know said:
I love these, they're like Hummers but not for complete wkers....

It also makes me laugh that back in '86 the size and bulk of it were considered shocking but nowadays compared to a Range Rover, Hummer H2, X5, Disco' or Cayenne the figures are fairly standard - seems to me that the LM002 was just ahead of it's time.

For a bonus point who can name the film it was used in?
Gumball 3000: Around the world in 8 Days and Death Becomes Her.

And has been said Toys with Robin Williams.

Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 14th January 13:16

mechsympathy

52,408 posts

254 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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williamp said:
Nope, its a PH Zero. Not a good car, and sold in very limuted numbers- 201 sales to the public- just a few every year.

And the cost spent developing and tooling for it could have made the Countach so much better. Or the Diablo better. Or their early 90s F1 effort could have been more successful

Bonkers it may have been. But with hindsight Lambo should not have made it. Their cash (never in much supply) could have been better spent elsewhere
Pfft. Are you an accountant?

PascalBuyens

2,868 posts

281 months

Wednesday 14th January 2009
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griffter said:
Is it not based on a Hummer?

I'm sure I remember reading that years ago - but maybe I just made the assumption due to visual similarities.
Like I said, think it's the other way round... The LM002 existed WAY before any Hummer was built...


BTW, one up for the Hero camp. Think they're absolutely mental smile

Edited by PascalBuyens on Wednesday 14th January 13:18