My old Lambo photos from the 90s
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Right then, it's been a while but I have now scanned some 'non-Countach' Lambo photos. Many are from suupercar test days but some from car shows and specialst places.
Espada first. I was lucky enough to drive an Espada S3 when I was 18 years old so I am rather fond of these.
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Espada first. I was lucky enough to drive an Espada S3 when I was 18 years old so I am rather fond of these.
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It's fair to say Eurospares has come along way now from its somewhat humble but charming beginnings.
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This last one...sorry about the quality...was taken at the Portman Lamborghini service centre. It's S reg, so reckon 1978(?) and seems to have US rubber bumpers. Guess it must have been one of the last built??
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That's it for Espadas for now folks. Onto Miuras.
Cheers
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It's fair to say Eurospares has come along way now from its somewhat humble but charming beginnings.
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IMG_0022 by snapper seven, on FlickrThat's it for Espadas for now folks. Onto Miuras.
Cheers
SS
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IMG_0028 by snapper seven, on FlickrAnother Eurospares sighting. This was lovely and if my memory serves me well have Ferruccio Lamborghini's signature on the dash.
I guess I could and should clean the photos up one day but kind of like the feel of them.
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IMG_0046 by snapper seven, on FlickrA friend of mine had an Espada at the time and had Colin Clarke do some work on it. I was lucky enough to visit when the Espada was down there and snapped a few nice cars. It was quite an Aladdin's cave.
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That's it for Miuras. Will try and post some V8 stuff later in the week.
Cheers
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Robin - that photo would have been taken around 1990/1991. The blue Espada is my friend's one that we went to see, as it was having its engine rebuilt.
Robert - alas I don't recall any Countaches at Colin's on that visit. Sure I would've taken photos if I had and I don't recall Colin asking me not to take photos of certain cars.
Robert - alas I don't recall any Countaches at Colin's on that visit. Sure I would've taken photos if I had and I don't recall Colin asking me not to take photos of certain cars.
A favourite of mine! The LM002!
Interestingly the guysitting in the driver's seat was Howard Lees - who sadly died six years later in a stunt plane accident - he had the LM as he was road testng it for Autocar. The road test appeared in one of the November 87 . Still have the mag.
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When I saw it at Portmans. no idea why the quality of these photos are so poor (sorry).
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87 Motor Show at Earls Court
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Interestingly the guysitting in the driver's seat was Howard Lees - who sadly died six years later in a stunt plane accident - he had the LM as he was road testng it for Autocar. The road test appeared in one of the November 87 . Still have the mag.
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Wish I took more of these but my camera always seemed to be trained on the Countach!
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This one below was in my old home town. Owner was attending a wedding and sadly wasn't a local car.
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Wish I took more of these but my camera always seemed to be trained on the Countach!
IMG_0059 by snapper seven, on FlickrIMG_0060 by snapper seven, on FlickrIMG_0061 by snapper seven, on FlickrIMG_0062 by snapper seven, on FlickrThis one below was in my old home town. Owner was attending a wedding and sadly wasn't a local car.
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As mentioned earlier, I grew up in the same town and would sometimes see this car when I was doing my paper round in the mid eighties. Vince was an early riser!
I tried to blag a ride in it in the mornings (even though it meant a trek back to the newsagent) but Vince wasn't having any of it. I got to know Vince later on but he didn't have the car then sadly.
James Pumo recently told me that it was sold to Hendon Way Motors in the late Eighties and hasn't seen or heard of it since.
If anyone knows it's whereabouts I loved to know more!
I loved the Silhouette spoiler too.
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As mentioned earlier, I grew up in the same town and would sometimes see this car when I was doing my paper round in the mid eighties. Vince was an early riser!
I tried to blag a ride in it in the mornings (even though it meant a trek back to the newsagent) but Vince wasn't having any of it. I got to know Vince later on but he didn't have the car then sadly.
James Pumo recently told me that it was sold to Hendon Way Motors in the late Eighties and hasn't seen or heard of it since.
If anyone knows it's whereabouts I loved to know more!
I loved the Silhouette spoiler too.
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A few Jalpas next
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Islero and 400GT at Colin Clarke's workshop.
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There you go peeps. All my snaps from the Goodwood/Castle Combe supercar test days amd other random ones.
As said before, more to follow one day from the Coys Historicx festivals through the nineties.
Cheers
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Islero and 400GT at Colin Clarke's workshop.
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As said before, more to follow one day from the Coys Historicx festivals through the nineties.
Cheers
SS
Good investigation!
I'm the same. Would be great to know where some of these cars are now.
Real shame to see that the black Silhouette has not been on the road for decades.
With some of the lesser models it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they have gone to the great scrap dealer in the sky. I've seen a couple at Eurospares being dismantled that I saw a long long time ago.
I'm the same. Would be great to know where some of these cars are now.
Real shame to see that the black Silhouette has not been on the road for decades.
With some of the lesser models it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they have gone to the great scrap dealer in the sky. I've seen a couple at Eurospares being dismantled that I saw a long long time ago.
So I was rummaging around in the loft and found some old videos. Having looked through the videos I found an old Top Gear feature with VBH driving a 5000S Countach and Tiff in a Testarossa.
Long story short, I've uploaded it to Youtube.
https://youtu.be/tZqxSKEp9UU
Cheers
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ps i have also found some old video from a supercar test day too and will get that uploaded too at some point.
Long story short, I've uploaded it to Youtube.
https://youtu.be/tZqxSKEp9UU
Cheers
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ps i have also found some old video from a supercar test day too and will get that uploaded too at some point.
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