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Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but there is a dark blue RHD Urraco at the very end of 'Minder' series 1 episode 8 - first aired in December 1979. "Come in T64, Your Time is Ticking Away".
Can see it on youtube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wccME1rVMo
Any idea as to the car identity ? Doesn't look like mine
Can see it on youtube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wccME1rVMo
Any idea as to the car identity ? Doesn't look like mine
Very much in love with this car. These are photos I took of it at the Silverstone Classic.
IMG_0027 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0028 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0030 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0031 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0032 by snapper seven, on Flickr
Just looking again at the above shot, it is amazing how much wheel intrusion there is into the cockpit. What a place to be though. After this you wonder how they got the interior so wrong on the Jalpa.
Cheers
SS
IMG_0027 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0028 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0030 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0031 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0032 by snapper seven, on Flickr
Just looking again at the above shot, it is amazing how much wheel intrusion there is into the cockpit. What a place to be though. After this you wonder how they got the interior so wrong on the Jalpa.
Cheers
SS
snapper seven said:
Very much in love with this car. These are photos I took of it at the Silverstone Classic.
IMG_0027 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0028 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0030 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0031 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0032 by snapper seven, on Flickr
Just looking again at the above shot, it is amazing how much wheel intrusion there is into the cockpit. What a place to be though. After this you wonder how they got the interior so wrong on the Jalpa.
Cheers
SS
Yup, the Silhouette looks just soooo right in my eyes especially in red, and the Campagnolo wheels before they were heavily machined for fitment to the Countach, do you remember when the Pirelli P7 tyres were originally used with the very unique tread pattern... thought I had died and gone to heaven.IMG_0027 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0028 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0030 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0031 by snapper seven, on Flickr
IMG_0032 by snapper seven, on Flickr
Just looking again at the above shot, it is amazing how much wheel intrusion there is into the cockpit. What a place to be though. After this you wonder how they got the interior so wrong on the Jalpa.
Cheers
SS
The first 50 Countach LP400S series 1 introduced in 1978, a full two years after the Silhouette, had similar Bravo style wheels. The wheels on 40052 you see above are replicas, a pragmatic solution in view of the potential vulnerability of the irreplaceable and priceless Campagnolo originals. The originals from 40006 below have a wavy surface and the exterior of the tele-dial holes have a flat surface facing the rim.
Edited by P300V8 on Saturday 29th August 00:28
Edited by P300V8 on Saturday 29th August 00:29
Edited by P300V8 on Saturday 29th August 00:29
Anyone else notice that this Silhouette is badged up as a Urraco 3000 which it clearly isn't.
Is very clever design work by Lamborghini because although the Silhouette is indeed based around the Urraco, it doesn't visually look remotely similar.
Just wish I had bought one a few years back
Is very clever design work by Lamborghini because although the Silhouette is indeed based around the Urraco, it doesn't visually look remotely similar.
Just wish I had bought one a few years back
snapper seven said:
Just noticed a passing resemblance to the Aventador in this frontal pic, I find it quite astonishing just how well the exterior of the Silhouette has aged compared to other cars from the same era, including the Uracco on which it was based on, and the Jalpa which replaced it.Looking at the numberplate, YEL 379S I guess it was registered in 1978 or thereabouts.
Is absolutely beautiful.
dinkel said:
Yes I remember reading that article by Mel Nichols in Car magazine (I think) when it was originally printed, and particularly remember reading about the poor old Jaguar XJS driver being overtaken whilst driving flat out at 155mph by not only one Lamborghini, but three of them in succession, how embarrassing for him!Am sure I still have that 'Car' magazine somewhere, because back in the 1970s and 1980s the quality of 'Car' in those days was so much better than 'Motor' or 'Autocar', was just a brilliant read for a young petrol-head before all this nanny state safety camera parasitic tax revenue funded nonsense reared its ugly head.
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