350/400GT thread

Last friday during the Bonhams auction sale at Knokke for "The Zoute Sale", I was acompanying a customer of mine. We inspected cars and stopped by the Lamborghini 350 GT, bearing in the catalog VIN #0335.


What was my surprise to discover it was a typing error in the catalog, because it was in fact #0355 that I know quite well since I inspected it earlier this year and made its builtsheet as reported in the catalog...


Unfortunately, the highest bid was only 500k € at hammer, lower than the reserve price, may be it will go next time ?!?

I will also add it was not matching color scheme, the steeringwheel was not correct, the gear knob too and probably missing the alu plate for the instruments, some details also need to be corrected in the engine bay, but all this doesn't explain the 500k € low result...
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Auction catalogues and correct chassis numbers ... it remains a rare combination.

I saw the car at Essen Classic Show earlier this year and it was a surprise to see it still had the original Italver color plate.
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For those who wonder where to find the Italver plate.

Here you can see two historians while shooting the picture from the previous post.
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I've been silent for so many months about the restoration of #0265, Ferruccio's own 350 GT...

today , Publically it's making its release : https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/a-lamborghini-350-gt-fit-ferruccio-rises-ashes?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=842016%20-%20Ferruccios%20Lamborghini%20E&utm_content=842016%20-%20Ferruccios%20Lamborghini%20E%20CID_47f2ccd56d10747565e08fb91a901838&utm_source=newsletter

and it will be displayed in Italy at Padova Auto d'Epoca exhibition

I'm thrilling to discover it in real...

Very nice pictures by Rémi Dargegen
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Does anyone know this car with the altered rear over the license plate.

Thx Joe
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Wow, those are some long tail-pipes! (the stick-out should be approx. even with the rear bumper)

 

Interesting Joe! Does not match any car in my files, never saw it before, so we will store this one for now as another mystery car....Ciao! Marcel

 

Hi all,

I think that #0121, that is recently restored by Lamborghini's Polo Storico might have been the 1964 Torino show car, when it still was painted in the original color Azzurro Marmalade with Bleu interior. Is there any more info about the history of that car before the recent restoration?

Lamborghini shows off beautifully restored 350 GT

 

For those interested to see it in person : 350GT #0121 is currently on display on the PoloStorico stand at the Paris 2017 Retromobile Motorshow (8-12 feb.)
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Thanks a lot for sharing! Indeed Bianco/Nero originally, The Torino Show car was not this car, but #0115. Ciao!
Marcel

 

Absolutely beautiful.

 

Hi all 350 GT lovers,

This great 350/400GT thread has been started by our dear friend Fred.
I have been busy with other Lambo projects, but will try to contribute more here now.

For starters, here is a nice picture of the ex Nicolas Cage 350 GT #0217, racing at Circuit Assen here in the Netherlands ;-)

So how many 350 GT's are for sale now around the world? Anybody?

Ciao!
Marcello
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Hello all USA Lambo spotters,

Here is the only picture I have of Jim, former president of Lamborghini Owners Club America with his 350 GT, believed to be #0220.
Does anybody have more pictures of this car, or knows what happened to that car?
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#220 was undergoing a complete restoration by Bobileff and later sold in August 2015 at RM Sotheby´s Auctions in Monterey.

History description (RM Auctions text):
Chassis number 0220 is one of approximately 67 examples built in 1965 and was originally finished by the factory in Grigio Saint-Vincent with a Tobacco-colored leather interior. As indicated by an original factory chassis card, on July 7, 1965, the car was sold new to the Marquis Alessandro Cisa Asinari di Gresy, of Galliate, Novara, the heir to a line of nobility that owns some of Piedmont's most noted vineyards. Mr. di Gresy was an ardent automotive enthusiast. Documentation suggests he purchased the 350 GT from the well-known LAMBOCAR dealership in Milan.

A May 1966 letter to the Marquis from Gian Paolo Dallara himself discusses the topic of upgrading the Lamborghini's 3.5-liter motor to the new 4-liter displacement, and it is believed the modification to its original engine was undertaken sometime later that year. A 1979 letter from Allesandro Artese of Lamborghini to the then-owner states that the car is a genuine 350 GT, according to company records, clarifying that it was upgraded very early in its life.

In 1974, this handsome 350 GT was purchased by Jim Kaminski, one of the area's most fervent marque enthusiasts and the founder of the Lamborghini Owners Club. Chassis number 0220 experienced ideal care while in his ownership, and by 1979, he began to explore the car's provenance with letters to the di Gresy family and the Lamborghini factory. The car is believed to have spent the balance of the next 30 years in Florida while under Mr. Kaminski's care.

By 2013, the aging 350 GT was owned by Mario Velardo, of Ossining, New York, a well-known Lamborghini enthusiast and occasional Italian car show judge. Mr. Velardo commissioned a full engine rebuild by Auto Elite, of Tenafly, New Jersey, specialists in premium Italian sports cars.

More recently acquired by the consignor, this 350 GT had been the subject of a comprehensive restoration by one of the nation's foremost Lamborghini experts, Gary Bobileff of San Diego. Mr. Bobileff fully refreshed all mechanical systems and completely restored the original coachwork, including a bare-metal repaint in the correct factory-original color scheme of Grigio Saint-Vincent. Executed to the typical high standards of a Bobileff restoration, the two-year nut-and-bolt refurbishment was just recently completed, resulting in breathtaking quality. The entire process was also photographed and documented, adding further detail to the car's fascinating history file.

This 350 GT is an immaculate statement in Italian GT motoring and is now inviting future ownership to bask in its Bizzarrini-designed V-12 glory. It is accompanied by a 400 GT manual, jack with bag, and a deep file of documentation, including period correspondence, a letter to the original owner from Gian Paolo Dallara, a Touring body number log page, and a 1964 factory checklist.

Chassis number 0220, featuring its original matching-numbers engine and coachwork, is a rare and exquisitely restored example of the elegant grand touring cars that reshaped the landscape of premium Italian automobile manufacture. It should be welcomed at top-tier vintage Italian car events, such as Concorso Italiano and La Belle Macchine, and offers its next caretaker the considerable performance of the period-upgraded 4-liter V-12.
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There's a nice thread on the restoration of #0220 and #0223 :

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/lamborghinichat-com-sponsored-cats-exotics/438202-pair-lambo-350gt%92s-go-%93under-knife%94-restoration-bobileff-motorcars.html

 

Wow Kevin!!!!! 0223 was another missing in acton car, great that it has surfaced as well! Grazie mille!

 

Hi all,

I have these pictures of a red 350 GT in my files...

It looks a lot like #0283, but I'm not 100% sure..

Pictures are scans from the Pete Lyons The Great Book of Lamborghini,
wich is USA orientated.

Could this perhaps be Jim Kaminsky's #0220?

I just can't believe that there are so little pictures known of a car owned by Jim.

Anybody?
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Hi all 350/400 GT lovers,

On my Lamborghini/Ferrari site, where I usually only keep track of all Dutch cars,
I now also have made a 350/400 GT Registro Internazionale.

It's just a non-commercial hobby project, trying to get a clear overview of all these lovely early cars in Lamborghini history.

Almost every 350 GT picture I have taken personally is in this Registro, as well as all the others I could find on the internet. We can all collect important historical material and take it in our graves when we die, I just love to share it for future generations!

I will try to add the names of photographers/sources asap.

Any comments/corrections/addtions highly appreciated.

Any 350/400 GT pictures wanted please, I will be more then happy to add them ;-)

Special thanks to friends Paul Cox & Kevin Crauwels for all the help.

Here is the link: 350 GT / 400 GT Internazionale | Ferrari - Lamborghini Register Nederland

Just click on the little pictures for more of each car.

The will be a mystery car section with pictures of still unidentified car, to help us get the puzzle complete.

Enjoy!

Ciao!
Marcello
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Great work Marcel !
Just saw that you have many Pictures of #102 which went to Switzerland initially.

I have Pictures of #252, and of 259 when it was red, this one you have under 436, which is most likely not correct.

 

Thanks Raymond! Yes, very happy to see that car myself at Top Motors in Italy, was a nice surprise! ;-)

 

Good work Marcel, thank you for the link.

Do you this is #101? Please note the 6x pipe exhaust and the 2+1 badge.
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Great job Marcel !

Here’s another 400GT:
Chassis: #0544
Motore: #0674

This car was at Interclassics Maastricht last month.
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