Espada Restoration First pics

[tannucats]

Its a very long story, but these are the only 2 pictures I have of the car when it was roadworthy. Richard bought it in December 1977 and at that time it was the only car we had. I drove it more than he did and took the kids to school, went shopping and worked in a pub on a Friday night at it was parked outside there as well. To me, it was just a set of wheels to get from A to B! I had no idea of the exclusivity of owning a lamborghini at that time. It was due for an MOT and we found that the exhaust pipes were breaking through and had no idea on how to find replacements. It was laid up then, some time mid 80's and hasnt been on the road since. In recent times, we sent it back to the factory with the intention of them carrying out the restoration. Sadly for us, Audi then came on the scene and pricing went through the roof. Just the engine and gearbox and transmission was done there. Through Valentino, we met Bruno, who did not speak a word of english but his company had originally built all of the interiors for the muira, countach and espada. What a find. He had made a complete new interior for us, in exactly the same colour and pattern on the leather as the original. It is laying out in a spare bedroom at the moment!
The respray is now finished and the restoration can begin

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It first went to Jennings Engineering in Essex who took it apart. We had a donor shell from Ant Hawkes and Mark Walpole in Norwich has done all of the preparation work to get it ready before he did the paint spray.
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If this works, more later

Lynne

[countachman]

Hi you need to upload the pics to tinypic.com I found this really easy to use.

[Andrew.]

tannucats said:

Its a very long story, but these are the only 2 pictures I have of the car when it was roadworthy. Richard bought it in December 1977 and at that time it was the only car we had. I drove it more than he did and took the kids to school, went shopping and worked in a pub on a Friday night at it was parked outside there as well. To me, it was just a set of wheels to get from A to B! I had no idea of the exclusivity of owning a lamborghini at that time. It was due for an MOT and we found that the exhaust pipes were breaking through and had no idea on how to find replacements. It was laid up then, some time mid 80's and hasnt been on the road since. In recent times, we sent it back to the factory with the intention of them carrying out the restoration. Sadly for us, Audi then came on the scene and pricing went through the roof. Just the engine and gearbox and transmission was done there. Through Valentino, we met Bruno, who did not speak a word of english but his company had originally built all of the interiors for the muira, countach and espada. What a find. He had made a complete new interior for us, in exactly the same colour and pattern on the leather as the original. It is laying out in a spare bedroom at the moment!
The respray is now finished and the restoration can begin




It first went to Jennings Engineering in Essex who took it apart. We had a donor shell from Ant Hawkes and Mark Walpole in Norwich has done all of the preparation work to get it ready before he did the paint spray.






If this works, more later

Lynne

hth, a

[DIW35]

Hopefully these will work for you Lynne.










ETA Doh!, someone beat me to it. David, Photobucket works fine - you just need to pull out the correct code.

Edited by DIW35 on Sunday 22 March 20:51

[AndrewW-G]

Edited by AndrewW-G on Sunday 22 March 20:51

[AndrewW-G]

Edited by AndrewW-G on Sunday 22 March 20:52

[tannucats]

Thanks, but they are all on photobucket now, and that has taken its toll!!!

I am hoping someone is going to help me to get it sorted. There are lots there.

[tannucats]

Oh my God! How did you do that, what did I do so wrong.

Lynne

[Andrew.]

lynne, you have email

[Freaky Lady]

how is the Espada now Lynne

[tannucats]

She's become an Essex bird now. She's parked up in the area of Latchingdon awaiting tender loving care. The next stage is to get all the necessary done to get her wheels back on and then the serious stuff starts.

Thanks for asking

Lynne

[Freaky Lady]

Hi Lynne

I must admit your Espada is looking amazing now please keep us updated.

Lorraine