RE: Lamborghini Islero | Spotted
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jet_noise said:
VWXL1 said:
I purchased it in January 2009 from Henry Pearman (Eagle E-Types) who'd recently started an offshoot business selling top quality classics. It had come in to him with another car in p/ex for one of his cars. The price we agreed was £90k but I had to give him two of my cars (both Merc Pagodas) in p/ex. I took the Islero to loads of classic car shows all around the West Country over the next couple of years and entered some concours. I've a huge photo collection of those times.
I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
Great story, well told I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
VWXL1 said:
I purchased it in January 2009 from Henry Pearman (Eagle E-Types) who'd recently started an offshoot business selling top quality classics. It had come in to him with another car in p/ex for one of his cars. The price we agreed was £90k but I had to give him two of my cars (both Merc Pagodas) in p/ex. I took the Islero to loads of classic car shows all around the West Country over the next couple of years and entered some concours. I've a huge photo collection of those times.
I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
Thank you for sharing such a lovely story. To meet a true legend and have such wonderful memories to go with such a beautiful car. Truly blessed I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
VWXL1 said:
BFleming said:
Top post. Can you give us an insight into your ownership / tenure?
I purchased it in January 2009 from Henry Pearman (Eagle E-Types) who'd recently started an offshoot business selling top quality classics. It had come in to him with another car in p/ex for one of his cars. The price we agreed was £90k but I had to give him two of my cars (both Merc Pagodas) in p/ex. I took the Islero to loads of classic car shows all around the West Country over the next couple of years and entered some concours. I've a huge photo collection of those times.I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
Perhaps with a slightly more tenuous Roger Moore linkage, for 007 fans there is a very interesting Lotus Evora on the PH classifieds currently used by Lotus in a photoshoot to reprise the role of the ski-bearing Esprit driven by Mr Moore. And the price of the Evora doesn't even attract any premium...it looks to be one of the best value models available.
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
VWXL1 said:
BFleming said:
Top post. Can you give us an insight into your ownership / tenure?
I purchased it in January 2009 from Henry Pearman (Eagle E-Types) who'd recently started an offshoot business selling top quality classics. It had come in to him with another car in p/ex for one of his cars. The price we agreed was £90k but I had to give him two of my cars (both Merc Pagodas) in p/ex. I took the Islero to loads of classic car shows all around the West Country over the next couple of years and entered some concours. I've a huge photo collection of those times.I spent an enormous amount of time on a year-long battle with the DVLA to get its movie number plate "YLR 11G" reinstated (when it came to me it was "MDM 262G"). As part of this process I managed to track down the car's original sale invoice, through a lot of detective work to locate the archives from the early days of Lamborghini sales in the UK, which were with Dell Hopkins, a former employee of the Lamborghini importer, now living in Spain!
I wrote to Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini asking him to verify that this was the actual Islero that had been in the movie with Roger Moore and he very kindly sent me a letter confirming it.
Through Sir Roger Moore's secretary Gareth, I was able to set up a private meeting to reunite the car with Roger on 9th Sept 2009 ("09-09-09") at the Sheraton Park Tower hotel in Knightsbridge, London. I was pretty nervous but he soon put me at ease and was delighted to see the car again for the first time since the filming of "The Man Who Haunted Himself" 40 years previous. He kindly signed the sun visor for me, and a special plaque that I'd had made up for the occasion, and the drivers handbook. I have wonderful memories of that day!
In late 2010 I was very fortunate to be offered the opportunity to purchase, from its private owner of 16 years, the Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS that Roger had driven with Tony Curtis in the TV series "The Persuaders!". Unfortunately the only way I could afford to do so was to sell the Islero. I adored the Islero and very definitely did not want to let it go, so it was a situation that was heartbreaking but also incredibly exciting as the Persuaders DBS was such an icon of a car and I loved the TV series. I was able to sell the Islero quickly through RM Auctions at their London Sale in Battersea in October 2010, and took delivery of the Persuaders Aston shortly after, which I then owned for three and a half wonderful years.
I would absolutely love to own the Islero again but sadly I could not afford to buy it now that it's rocketed in value (which I aways suspected it would!). Very tempted to sell the house to buy it but I wouldn't be popular!
Here's a photo from the day the car was reunited with the great Roger Moore - we're smiling because he just cracked a joke!
Perhaps this is the new standard for the Custard Test?
I've got to say, that's an absolutely stunning car and threads like this are the reason I keep reading Pistonheads.
Not only has it enlightened me to a beautiful motor, but actually the dude who met Roger Moore and owned the car has appeared and given us some background.
Brilliant...and hats off to that man!
Not only has it enlightened me to a beautiful motor, but actually the dude who met Roger Moore and owned the car has appeared and given us some background.
Brilliant...and hats off to that man!
Jonny TVR said:
To me it looks incredible value at £95K .. Must have been great meeting Sir Rog as well.
Actually I remember now - £95k was in fact the high bid which didn't include buyer's premium. The buyer actually paid a total of £106,400 including premium & VAT, whereas I (the seller) got £90k after commission, which is exactly what I had paid for it a couple of years prior to that. Sadly no profit for me on that one despite me having improved the car's provenance considerably, but that was OK. It meant I could buy the Persuaders Aston and that was all that mattered at the time. Here's the sale page:
https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/LF10/Automobile...
The Islero (and this one in particular) has been one of my favourite cars ever since seeing The Man Who Haunted Himself on tv many years ago. Not a bad film although they never seem to show it these days for some reason. I'm a big fan of Roger Moore too.
Anyway I've seen this actual car a couple of times at shows over the years - Silverstone for one, can't remember where else - and it didn't disappoint... just a gorgeous thing to behold. A Miura engine in a front engine / rwd GT with lovely subtle styling; just perfect!
One thing I did notice was the ground clearance (or lack of it): the whole exhaust system hung down very low beneath the floor. Not peculiar to this example, I believe 'they all do that sir''... wouldn't put me off though.
Anyway I've seen this actual car a couple of times at shows over the years - Silverstone for one, can't remember where else - and it didn't disappoint... just a gorgeous thing to behold. A Miura engine in a front engine / rwd GT with lovely subtle styling; just perfect!
One thing I did notice was the ground clearance (or lack of it): the whole exhaust system hung down very low beneath the floor. Not peculiar to this example, I believe 'they all do that sir''... wouldn't put me off though.
shih tzu faced said:
The Islero (and this one in particular) has been one of my favourite cars ever since seeing The Man Who Haunted Himself on tv many years ago. Not a bad film although they never seem to show it these days for some reason. I'm a big fan of Roger Moore too.
It was on TV very recently, can't remember which channel but it was FTA. I've seen the film a few times over the years.ducnick said:
In the mid 2000’s I nearly bought a Ferrari 400i for 10k, then nearly bought a maserati ghibli 4.7 for 14k or Espada for 17k then finally bought a Tvr chimera 450 for 17k. Ohh how I regret my stupidity looking back on things. The ghibli or espada could have meant mortgage free living now.
Having run an Espada and Jarama when they were cheap to buy I would expect at the time you sold you would have had two mortgages!(But an invaluable experience)
Really cool that the previous owner could post such a nice story.
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