My old Lambo photos from the 90s

[P300V8]

Robert W said:

Here is the original colour: it's called something like Luci Del Bosco ["lights of the forest"].

Yes Luci del Bosco is a metallic brown, shared in period by Countach, Espada and Urraco.

[rich888]

SAB888 said:

Robert W said:

Ferruccio said:

I wonder why on earth he changed it to brown!?

Did he change the colour or is this just the light? I'd never even thought it changed colour.

Actually, now you mention it, could the apparent colour change be due to aged photos, unless anyone knows for certain that the colour was purple at some time.

Mike Pullen's Countach has always been a dark maroon (purple) colour for as long as I can remember, was very distinctive against the sea of red and white Countach's at the supercar test days at Goodwood in the late 1980s, was a lovely LHD low body model without the rear wing. I guess someone could phone him up and ask the question because I'm pretty sure that he's still involved at Carrera Sport in Sussex. He's one of the few guys I have briefly met that actually tamed the Countach and an extremely well tuned 911 that he used to take down for the test days. Them were the days!

[SAB888]

rich888 said:

SAB888 said:

Robert W said:

Ferruccio said:

I wonder why on earth he changed it to brown!?

Did he change the colour or is this just the light? I'd never even thought it changed colour.

Actually, now you mention it, could the apparent colour change be due to aged photos, unless anyone knows for certain that the colour was purple at some time.

Mike Pullen's Countach has always been a dark maroon (purple) colour for as long as I can remember, was very distinctive against the sea of red and white Countach's at the supercar test days at Goodwood in the late 1980s, was a lovely LHD low body model without the rear wing. I guess someone could phone him up and ask the question because I'm pretty sure that he's still involved at Carrera Sport in Sussex. He's one of the few guys I have briefly met that actually tamed the Countach and an extremely well tuned 911 that he used to take down for the test days. Them were the days!

Interesting, because whenever I have seen the car, usually Castle Combe (and TV & Youtube), to me it has always been a dark brown colour, and you see it as dark maroon (purple). From the various comments, I think it's more likely that the colour in the two photos has degraded over time and the car is the same colour it's always been.

[raymondqv]

D521FYX is HLA12348, later registred C337CTR,
2005 several times on ebay with A116 ELO for sale
crashed and taken to pieces by eurospares.
Now a guy from Essex tries to bring it back to life again.

[snapper seven]

MaserCoupe said:

Robert W said:

Hi, purple Countach on the left is an LP400S LHD registered 653RU seen a great deal as it is owned by Mike Pullen of Carrera Sport Lamborghini.... here is a photo of it from earlier in the thread.

This is a fabulous car, that was originally Frank Bradley's prior to becoming Mike's long termer.. Great low body Car, a stunner!!

I don’t think Mike’s car changed colour, I think it is one of those colours that is different in different light and as said, dependent on how the image was scanned. Compare the above of mine that Robert shared against another scan I did. I think one was a neg scan and another a scan of the photo.

IMG_0005 by snapper seven, on Flickr

This one is a lot more natural and faithful to the colour.
Another example here.

IMG_0035 by snapper seven, on Flickr

Cheers
SS

[Ferruccio]

No wiper in the last photo.
Brave in the U.K.!

[cgt2]

Ferruccio said:

No wiper in the last photo.
Brave in the U.K.!

It probably flew off on the motorway, I had that in an old Ferrari once...

[Robert W]

Gone a bit quiet. Grief I've got gazillions of photos. Any more from Portman Lamborghini in their workshop or cars parked outside anyone?

So..there were many companies with amazing stocklists suddenly appearing in the late 1980s, eager to take advantage of the rapidly rising supercar prices. One was a company called (I think) Central London Classics. I turn up at their address in a Mews near Eaton Square and charm them into letting me take photos. They send me up the stairs to a loft.....



Yes, a Countach I have seen before, but also a Ferrari 288GTO in the corner.

The light is terrible, but I can just see.....



A Lamborghini Uracco and the Lamborghini Flying Star....in a weird badly-lit loft in Belgravia. Good grief....

[Robert W]

You all must be on holiday....

Portman Lamborghini went under in London, then cars were serviced at various houses where parts were shipped, and Portman reappeared in several places - here from December 1992, the workshop at Portman Lamborghini next to Maranello Concessionaires in the Thorpe Industrial Estate....

Portman had a red LHD Diablo demonstrator (I'm sure), then RHD Diablo demonstrators H789YYW and this RHD one H790YYW, then Rod Stewart's red car J991CYR, then J992CYR etc up to J996CYR at least.

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[anonymous-user]

I am searching for a photograph of the Jarama on the 1971 Earls Court show. I now own this Jarama (restoration project) and it would be great to have such a photograph to compliment it's history file. I've exhausted Google and purchased motor magazines of the era that covered the show without any luck. Of course most attention was directed at the more sporty models, but maybe some of the keen photographers on this thread may by chance have something?

Andy

[Robert W]

Can you post what colour or colours the car has been and any reg now it has had? May be able to dig out some photos of it for you - is it RHD?

[anonymous-user]

Robert W said:

Can you post what colour or colours the car has been and any reg now it has had? May be able to dig out some photos of it for you - is it RHD?

Hi,

The car was originally white with a burgundy interior and would have been this colour combination at the time of the 1971 show. It subsequently featured as the press test car for "Motor" magazine and was still that colour then. We think it was returned to the factory at some point for refurbishment and was resprayed brown (Bob the Cop on here remembers driving it back from the factory when it was Brown). Later in it's life it was changed to blue then finally yellow. It is RHD and the reg is ELB420J. Being a very early one it has no front wing vents.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Andy

[P300V8]

Andy-IM said:

.....The car was originally white with a burgundy interior and would have been this colour combination at the time of the 1971 show. ....

The only car that appears to match your description is 10024 consigned to Lamborghini London on 12/10/70 shortly before the 1970 Earls Court Show...

[anonymous-user]

P300V8 said:

The only car that appears to match your description is 10024 consigned to Lamborghini London on 12/10/70 shortly before the 1970 Earls Court Show...

Yes, that is the car - sorry I incorrectly stated1971 earls court show when I should have said the 1970 show. In my defence, I am away from all my reference material.

Regards Andy

[minster]

The yellow silhouette reg number 2 CUF , was originally Maltin car concessionaires demo car , then it was sold to the same bloke who originally owned JYH 928N (LP400) , I think it was originally registered KJO ???S.. Superb car , now silver and in aussie I think .

[Robert W]

This just came on the market on Classicdriver.

[RicksAlfas]

Apologies for the random post, but I found these in my desk drawer.
653RU at Castle Combe in the late 1980s.
Love the Bravo style wheels!

[RichardAJB]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this thread; I've been a huge fan of Lamborghini since my Dad bought me a Corgi Miura when I was a kid.

I suddenly realised I'd not posted the pictures below; they were taken at Brands Hatch on the 3rd of July 2011, (so not the 90's, & hence off-topic); I wonder where this car is now? The poor thing was in a bit of a state with the exhaust tips missing & clear signs of rot on the rear clamshell.



RHD with LHD wipers.

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[SAB888]

A number plate check on 7 LMR suggests it's still on the car, registered in 1969, so 50 years old now.

[Robert W]

1. 4335. Resprayed blue when restored by Collin Clarke Engineering - photos os restoration are on his website.