Ithaca Gallardo

[P50]

Some data required. Quite fancy a Gallardo Coupe. Manual. If I was going to get one it was always going to be orange. Lambos in my opinion need to have wild colours. Like some of the Miura's had in the funky 60's.

The 997 GT3RS came in a fantastic non metallic orange and I believe viper green.

Not really big on green. Until I saw an Ithaca Gallardo on tinterweb. That's the colour for me.

Anyone know how many RHD Ithaca coupes came to the UK? or how many are left? Only other option is get an orange coupe and wrap it. So I can have the best of both worlds so to speak..

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f92/68...

[andrew]

grey is better
hth

[P50]

If I wanted grey I'd get a Ferrari and I simply find that whole genre of baseball caps and crema interiors tedious.

Lambo's are for hellraisers!

Edited by P50 on Friday 4th November 12:12

[Sarnie]

P50 said:

Some data required. Quite fancy a Gallardo Coupe. Manual. If I was going to get one it was always going to be orange. Lambos in my opinion need to have wild colours. Like some of the Miura's had in the funky 60's.

The 997 GT3RS came in a fantastic non metallic orange and I believe viper green.

Not really big on green. Until I saw an Ithaca Gallardo on tinterweb. That's the colour for me.

Anyone know how many RHD Ithaca coupes came to the UK? or how many are left? Only other option is get an orange coupe and wrap it. So I can have the best of both worlds so to speak..

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/attachments/f92/68...

Not many, I would say below 10. You'd be lucky if any more than 2 of them were manual.

[P50]

This is the thing we want.

But manual. So circa two?! oh well I collect rare things..

Wonder if the manual coupes have green inserts in their seats with green stitching..

(wrapping an orange car green with orange inserts may not work. unless you happen to like driving in an acid trip)


http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3230583.htm

[sa_20v]

andrew said:

grey is better
hth

This. Or white (which becomes a brown grey in no time).

[franki68]

P50 said:

If I wanted grey I'd get a Ferrari and I simply find that whole genre of baseball caps and crema interiors tedious.

Lambo's are for hellraisers!

Edited by P50 on Friday 4th November 12:12

just depends ..to some a lambo is shouty enough in any colour ,I find the grey shows the lines off of the car really nicely ,plus it never looks dirty.But lets be honest it doesnt really matter grey/bl;ack/orange /green....you'll have a blast whatever.

[UH-Matt]

Totally agree Green or Orange are the only colours for me on lambos.

Have moved from Orange Gallardo to Grey Ferrari, funnily enough I don't own the mandatory baseball cap or polo shirt. Also people definitely still look just as much

I do miss having a bright car, then even seem to wear dirt well. Would personally not get a grey Lambo (despite buying a grey Ferrari) odd.

[P50]

franki68 said:

just depends ..to some a lambo is shouty enough in any colour ,I find the grey shows the lines off of the car really nicely ,plus it never looks dirty.But lets be honest it doesnt really matter grey/bl;ack/orange /green....you'll have a blast whatever.

Agreed. Lambo's are not for shrinking violets. I don't get the stealth black look but each to their own.

Seems a lot of Ferrari punters play "safe" and go rosso/crema. I've had enough of red Italian cars to last a lifetime. Alfa's/Maser's/Abarths etc etc. I do like a classic Giallo fly Ferrari though. 246GT/275GTB/250SWB etc etc...

I think the only (late) supercar that can pull off the really wild obscene hues are your Lambo's. Ok and Zonda's but they're ultracars.

I think big Frank Sinatra once said -

"If you wanna be someone you drive a Ferrarai - If you ARE someone you drive a Lamborghini".

'Nuff said! (don't want to pi$$ on the Ferrari boys parade but Lambo's to me have the edge - but they've made some pogglers too in the 70's - obviously not the
daddy of all WOW cars - the first Countach's on non low profiles - preferably in orange or lime green with lurid blue cloth interior - sex)

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Edited by P50 on Friday 4th November 14:17

[nigelonich]

Be a little careful when choosing a colour as I chose pearl white after giving up trying to find a green car. I loved the white and the car was stunning.

However, I have owned lots of performance cars and used them in the same way in all the same places but I found the police 'anonymus whistleblowers' on my doorstep twice during my 18 months of Gallardo ownership. I have not seen them since I sold the car and use a CSL and a 360CS in the same places.

My conclusion is that people dont like Lambo's as much as youd like to think and I can only imagine a bright green one would make it worse. A friend of mine visited me in the Summer in his Yellow Gallardo and got stopped 10 miles up the road before he arrived.

A grey car may well the best advice given so far. Maybe with a 911 body conversion...

[P50]

nigelonich said:

Be a little careful when choosing a colour as I chose pearl white after giving up trying to find a green car. I loved the white and the car was stunning.

However, I have owned lots of performance cars and used them in the same way in all the same places but I found the police 'anonymus whistleblowers' on my doorstep twice during my 18 months of Gallardo ownership. I have not seen them since I sold the car and use a CSL and a 360CS in the same places.

My conclusion is that people dont like Lambo's as much as youd like to think and I can only imagine a bright green one would make it worse. A friend of mine visited me in the Summer in his Yellow Gallardo and got stopped 10 miles up the road before he arrived.

A grey car may well the best advice given so far. Maybe with a 911 body conversion...

I take your words on board. There's always going to be a lot of jealousy from your lesser types with green eyes.

I'm down in London where 100k motors are two a penny. I reckon an Ithaca Gallardo with Ithaca green seat inserts would last a nano second if left down a side road in Skeggy before a collection of chav scrotes set about it with their keys and boots.

I doubt in Primrose Hill or Epping High Street joe public would give more than a cursory glance.

Supercars are for hi end people (save footballers!) . It's rare that hi end people are in khazi areas..

[iandc]

Well I have a 560-4 in Ithaca Verdi and it has green piping and stitching. Not manual I'm afraid but you cant have everything! Regarding response from others, I get nothing but positive comments re the car and the colour and up to now not had undue attention from police etc throughout Europe.

[70proof]

P50 said:

Not really big on green. Until I saw an Ithaca Gallardo on tinterweb. That's the colour for me.

Anyone know how many RHD Ithaca coupes came to the UK? or how many are left? Only other option is get an orange coupe and wrap it. So I can have the best of both worlds so to speak..

hi ya mate..... check for a thread called i'm after a 06 gallardo, help needed!!
i started looking for a gallardo coupe in black or yellow, almost brought a grigio (seller pulled out) then saw a verdi ithaca (iandc's,) and my fate was sealed.....

i started looking for a gallardo may time, brought one 3rd october.

in that time, there have only been three orange coupes for sale and two green....
one orange was advertised on autotrader only and sold to his mate within hours, orange 06 with 7k and egear and glass engine cover, 76k! the other orange jpremature had and sold within minutes, manual 83k, no engine cover or inserts.... the other orange is still for sale on PH, an 08 car with no service history of note (unless it has since been serviced)...it has the inserts from memory...

one green car was again with jpremature and well, what a joke that was, so i brought the only green car that has been on sale this year...

in a nutshell, what i am saying is a green coupe is rare, a green manual rarer still, and one for sale, you might be in for a long wait.... but man the colour is gorgeous......and i reckon no chance for a green manual with bicolor interior.... what;s your budget.... there is a stunning ithaca performante up for sale at the mo!

Edited by 70proof on Friday 4th November 21:16

[70proof]

i think each colour has its merits... but i think titanium callisto's work with all colours...

[70proof]

whats your budget by the way, in one of my threads, someone said they knew someone who was soon to be selling a 560-4 in ithaca, can dig it up for you if you budget suits....may dig it up anyway!!

its in my epic thread, page 13..... UH-Matt is the man in the know...

Edited by 70proof on Friday 4th November 21:38

[iandc]

70proof said:

i think each colour has its merits... but i think titanium callisto's work with all colours...

Great picture. I love the wheels!!

[Sarnie]

70proof said:

hi ya mate..... check for a thread called i'm after a 06 gallardo, help needed!!
i started looking for a gallardo coupe in black or yellow, almost brought a grigio (seller pulled out) then saw a verdi ithaca (iandc's,) and my fate was sealed.....

i started looking for a gallardo may time, brought one 3rd october.

in that time, there have only been three orange coupes for sale and two green....
one orange was advertised on autotrader only and sold to his mate within hours, orange 06 with 7k and egear and glass engine cover, 76k! the other orange jpremature had and sold within minutes, manual 83k, no engine cover or inserts.... the other orange is still for sale on PH, an 08 car with no service history of note (unless it has since been serviced)...it has the inserts from memory...

one green car was again with jpremature and well, what a joke that was, so i brought the only green car that has been on sale this year...

in a nutshell, what i am saying is a green coupe is rare, a green manual rarer still, and one for sale, you might be in for a long wait.... but man the colour is gorgeous......and i reckon no chance for a green manual with bicolor interior.... what;s your budget.... there is a stunning ithaca performante up for sale at the mo!

Edited by 70proof on Friday 4th November 21:16

There is this one as well:



Would have bought it if Dom at Lambo Brum wasn't being so greedy...

[70proof]

iandc said:

Great picture.

thanks mate, this is a rather nice pic of a ithaca lp560..

[70proof]

Sarnie said:

Would have bought it if Dom at Lambo Brum wasn't being so greedy...

i think there is little in it between itaca verdi and aranchio borealis... your car looks rather nice with the titanium callistos too

[iandc]

I rather like this one!!!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3384953.htm