Lamborghinis used as Covid-19 shopping trolleys

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On the theme of 'Classics' used as Covid-19 shopping trolleys within the "Classics and Yesterday's Heros" section:

ELB420J off for a bit of much needed exercise

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I assume the green car you mention to be "Kermit the Jarama" who has his own Facebook page! Steve, who owns it now has been very helpful in providing reference information to assist in the restoration of mine.

I deleted the rear mufflers on mine - mostly because the fit of the replacement stainless steel system was that poor I had to remake the majority of it anyway. The resultant sound is er...... distinctive

Indeed they are seriously underrated cars; even in the day the press reviews received were luke warm and I have no idea why. Mine was the car used for the 'Motor' magazine test - some of the negative comments have me scratching my head after driving the same car myself.

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P5BNij said:

Love these but have never seen one on the road, only at shows - this one, and the gorgeous Urraco in front of it had me rooted to the spot, I kept coming back to the club stand throughout the day just to gawp at it....

That's Kermit - Steve has recently redone the whole car and changed the colour in the process. The new colour is probably more in keeping with the original concept for use of the car (everyday use for businessmen). I prefer mine a little more "in yer face".

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rat rod said:

P5BNij said:

I wonder where that Espada is now...?

This gorgeous Jarama S is about half an hour's drive from me, it's been for sale for a while and I think the first owner was Clay Regazzoni....

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1234906

I don't know if anyone noticed but there was a yellow Jarama similar to Andy-IM car on Car and Classic at the beginning of the week, R.H.D ,no bumpers, very sensibly priced at £85k, had a look yesterday to see if it was the same car but it's been removed so either sold or owner changed his/her mind about selling it. done that a few times myself.

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Yes, it was mine. It looks likely that I shall be embarking on yet another restoration project and given I only have the workshop space for one car, I reluctantly decided to let ELB420J go onto her next adventure. However, life changes things sometimes..... I had to go and pick up some stuff from Kevin at Zero exhausts and decided, since it was a nice day, to take the Jarama. I had a lovely drive down there on the back roads of Kent, but getting a bit short of time decided to take the M20 back home. That was a mistake - the heavens opened and a van and a BMW had an altercation on the opposite carriageway. The van slammed into the central reservation and showered rocks into the Jarama. A split second before or after and I'd have been OK, but that's how it goes sometimes. Luckily its just the screen and a bit of paintwork, but any plans for selling are obviously on hold. Regardless, driving the car that day was absolutely exhilarating; such an engaging car to drive and that V12 is just...WOW...... So I think I'll be keeping it anyway and will have to find some easily accessible storage if that new resto project works out.

Regards Andy



Luckily nobody hurt.

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The Monteverdi "High Speed" was indeed a lovely thing; I bid on one at a Bonhams auction in London maybe 2 or 3 years ago but stopped at about £55K - it was a project car and although had an MoT, I've no idea how!

The Monteverdi High Speed weas actually built on a Jensen Interceptor Chassis, supplied by West Bromwich as a "motorised chassis" for Fissore to body then Monteverdi to finish out. The first bit was kept well under wraps and to this day Monteverdi does not share the numbers built, though anyone with the Richard Calver Jensen chassis book can count them ;-)

Thanks for the kind messages regarding the damage to ELB420J; I plan on getting a new screen on order from Pilkington next week and hopefully it won't be an age for them to manufacture. She'll be back on the road in no time after that's delivered - and this time stays with me - she's clearly made her feelings known about that!

Regards Andy

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There we go, I knew I still had the catalogue somewhere:



The estimate was a tad out......

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sisu said:

Andy-IM said:

On the theme of 'Classics' used as Covid-19 shopping trolleys within the "Classics and Yesterday's Heros" section:

ELB420J off for a bit of much needed exercise

Andy I am tempted by the Jamara. I was after a Miura for quite a while and got the 1.2 to buy one and get it sorted. Flew to Sweden to look at it. But found that I can't fit in one very easily. I am 6'3" and although I can scouch down, knees go kart style. My head was on the roof, looking thru the sun visor. I didn't want it as art either.
So I looked at Espada's but there were alot that were on sale that hadn't been driven regularly and of the two I test drove they smoked, others seemed to be shady in terms of electrical gremlins or other things, one had a shonky wheel bearing and cooked brake when the dealer took it out for a demo.
I bought a 2 year old, 4000km used 2017 V12 Ferrari GT4 Lusso which is the daily shuttle as other than fuel/tires it has 88,000km on it now.
After having this as a daily espresso to take the kids to school in I would also like to get a LHD Jamara at some point. Are there any things you would look for or advise someone getting one?

The Jarama is probably one of the few Lamborghini's you would be comfortable in at 6'3". They are all of course around 50 years old now so just about anything CAN go wrong, though they have very few inherent weak spots if well looked after.

This video has just been released by Ian Tyrrell and is worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=7Fqr2nm...

If seriously interested I can show you around mine once all this stuff is over just to give you an idea of things - mine is no longer for sale though. Of course ergonomics will be slightly different on a LHD one anyway.

Regards Andy

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browngt3 said:

Well here's a little treat to start the day, Colleen demonstrating her reversing skills in the Countach!

https://youtu.be/M1x-Drw332c

By the way, I think the Periscopo is easily the most desirable of the series and looks stunning in this (very 70's) bronze.

So, how does one fill up at a petrol station with that crazy design?

Very late UK registered Pantera GT5S in front of the Countach. 1991, must have been one of the last if that reg is original, though narrow rear tyres and a few other details has me wondering if it's a "recreation" re-registered as a later car.

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rat rod said:

Anyone see the Jarama body shell just put on "Car and Classic" today .priced at £16,950 in the Neverlands. What a opportunity if you have either a badly damaged or rusted wreck. That won't come up again.

It's been for sale in various European media for some time; I approached the guy about a year ago to ask if he had anything else (I was thinking bumpers..... In my long search for those) but he had nothing. I guess a few folks have done similar as there is now a "what you see is what is there" statement. He's a nice guy though and was as helpful as he could be. It does make you wonder what happened to everything else.... I should have asked.

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rat rod said:

Andy-IM said:

rat rod said:

Anyone see the Jarama body shell just put on "Car and Classic" today .priced at £16,950 in the Neverlands. What a opportunity if you have either a badly damaged or rusted wreck. That won't come up again.

It's been for sale in various European media for some time; I approached the guy about a year ago to ask if he had anything else (I was thinking bumpers..... In my long search for those) but he had nothing. I guess a few folks have done similar as there is now a "what you see is what is there" statement. He's a nice guy though and was as helpful as he could be. It does make you wonder what happened to everything else.... I should have asked.

Didn't realise it's been for sale so long,only seen it this morning for the first time.maybe someone can make a MR2 kit car out of it. Hope all is going well with your claim Andy.

I have the car de-trimmed ready for the paint shop in a couple of weeks (wasn't going to let anyone else do that!). The windscreen is supposed to be being done on Thursday - though I seriously doubt autoglass will actually turn up with one; the lady I spoke with seemed unable to grasp the difference between a ford Mondeo and a classic Lamborghini for windscreen availability - I gave her the correct Pilkington part number though so I'm really hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

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P5BNij said:

A familiar Jarama....!

Great photo thanks - I'd not seen that one before.

Regards Andy

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P5BNij said:

Andy-IM said:

P5BNij said:

A familiar Jarama....!

Great photo thanks - I'd not seen that one before.

Regards Andy

It's from a book I picked up at last year's Bicester Scramble for a fiver, 'Supercars Of The Seventies', as is the colour spread of your car. It's a compilation of road test reports from Motor magazine, other cars featured include the Espada, Urraco, Countach, Bora, Indy, Khamsin, Pantera, Alfa Montreal, Dino 246GT and 308GTB etc.

Just bagged myself a copy on a well known auction site...... Well I couldn't really not have one could I? Many thanks for the source.

Regards Andy

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P5BNij said:

And another shot of the fourth prototype (the yellow one) at Earls Court in October '71....

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Edited by P5BNij on Thursday 9th July 13:49

Also really enjoying this!

Out of quite selfish interest, you don't happen to have anything from the 1970 Earls Court stand do you? The only photo I have of my car there is of very poor quality.

Kind regards Andy

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P5BNij said:

Thanks Andy, I was getting a bit worried about taking the thread way off topic, but so long as the pics are being enjoyed I'll carry on.

We all began as something else

I think everyone is enjoying

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sisu said:

This 1970 Jarama 400gt with the SV wheels is nice.

I have to agree; the photos of this car and that of the Jarama Bob" kept me inspired through some particularly frustrating times during the restoration of my car. Indeed, it took a lot of strength not to buy a set of reproduction SV wheels to go on mine - though that particular battle has not been won or lost yet!

Regards Andy

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This is another one that inspired me; lovely understated "RatRod" look that should definitely NOT be improved! Again, SV wheels really suit the stance of the car.



Loads of photos on that one here:

https://www.fantasyjunction.com/sold/1971-lamborgh...