Motor Shows

Dear all,

I felt that to celebrate my 100th post, I would start a new thread.
Although I intend to continue The Factory thread I started, (I've found the boxes of photos with more material in them, but they're unsorted at the moment), I also have a fascination with the cars that Lamborghini has displayed over the years at the major motor shows around the world.
My main focus for this thread lies with the big shows, those with factory/dealership sponsored cars, like London, New York, Geneva, Paris, Turin, Frankfurt, Tokyo etc. etc., but I realise there are often 'secondary' stands at such events which have Lambos displayed on them too, and these can also be of real interest.
A big plus for me is if the chassis numbers are known for these cars, as that is one of my keenest areas of research.
I openly admit right from the start that I will beg, borrow and steal pictures that I have found posted elsewhere on FerrariChat.com in order to help fatten up this thread, and I will try and give credit where credit is due, although I ask for forgiveness right now if I slip up on occasion and miss doing so.
I also apologise for the sometimes not-so-good-quality of the images, as scanning them was not always as successful as I would have liked.

I'm starting early, with shots from the 1963 Turin Motor Show, 'where is all began' as it were.
These were scanned from Road & Track's February 1964 issue, Thoroughbred & Classic Car's February 1985 issue and Serge Bellu's book on Lamborghini.

I hope you all enjoy this idea and MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all
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Now for one year later at Turin in 1964. This is the first 350GT, #0101, which was destroyed on testing. The B&W images are also from Serge Bellu's book.
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Now for Paris 1964.
I have no idea about the chassis number of this car, but it is very early because of the one-piece bumper. This image was scanned from Sports Car World's January 1965 issue.
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Now for New York's 1965 Motor Show.
These two 350GTs were the first two officially imported Lambos into the US according to the report. Any ideas as to the chassis numbers? The engine shot is from Autocar 23 April 1965, the whole stand is from Road & Track July 1965
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Also in New York, but this time called the New York Auto Expo, and taken in 1969. Image from Road & Track September 1969.
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Still with Isleros, this is the Earl's Court Motor Show in London in 1969.
Note the car is RHD. I would be very interested to know if anyone knows the chassis number of this car.
The image was taken from Modern Motor's January 1970 issue.

I will stop posting for now as the computer is on super go-slow mode and driving me nuts, but I have loads more images to come.

Enjoy.
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Oh well, one more. This is Geneva 1972. This picture was posted by Joe Sackey some time ago and shows the Miura SV 5054 on the stand, along with a very early Urraco, an Espada and a Jarama.
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The well known launch of the only true Miura Roadster, 3498. I cannot remember where these images came from, but they are easily available on the Internet.

Note the Marzel partially hidden behind the Miura. It just goes to show the popularity of the Marzel, as despite having been in the public eye for some time, it was still worth showing off on the Bertone stand.

Anyone able to tell us where the Marzel landed up?
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It's hard to say from this angle I'm afraid, but I would love to get my hands on one of those really early badges! How much do they sell for, assuming they ever become available?

 

Here's the oldest surviving Muira, barring the recently discovered bare chassis, #0706 at Paris in 1967.
I think I first saw this image on FerrariChat
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One of the most famous car launches of all time, the original LP500 Countach #1120001.
Plenty of images of this one, all drawn from various car magazines, my own collection, and FerrariChat.com

The lady is Brit Ekland, who later owned a LP400 Countach.

Note the Miura SV behind, whose launch was almost completely overshadowed by the Countach, (of all the magazine articles I own, only one actually covers the SV's launch in any detail, the rest either make no mention of it at all, or only a sentence at most about the upgraded Miura.
Note also, it is the Bertone stand again, and not the Lamborghini stand.
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Just to show I don't exclusively focus on the older cars, here is the Paris Motor Show stand in 2006.

I was lucky enough to be allowed onto the stand and they had the very first Gallardo Nera there, #ZHWGE12TX7LA04157.

There was also a Versace Murcielago # unknown, and a Gallardo Spyder, #ZHWGE22NX7LA04158

These shots are a mix of mine and some I pulled from the Pretty Girls with Lambos thread!
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Sadly yes:-( Here's a shot to prove it.

It was a rather cunning move on the part of Lamborghini, as they used a worn-out old testing hack instead of a new LP400 in order to get the crash test approval. (The historical value of the LP500 obviously never crossed their minds back then).
However, never mind the fact that the LP500 had a totally different type of chassis structure than the production car!!
There were even rumours in the press at the time that the car had had its nose filled with concrete in order to pass the test!!!
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And another shot.

The first shot has been used by Joe Sackey at some stage, the second is a well known one that has been used in many publications through the years.

They're not exactly Motor Show material, but they do certainly show what happened to what was once a cutting edge prototype that wowed the world. Sad sad sad:-(
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Yes, this is the Lancia Stratos Prototype, a car recently sold off when Bertone's collection was broken up, but look what's behind it.

This was the Bertone stand at Turin in 1970. Although the Stratos took pride of place, the silvery-gold Espada was still considered a worthy car to show off their wares two years after it had gone into production.

I show it because often times what is behind the main subject of the picture can be as interesting, if not more so, that the picture's main focus.

I would love to know the chassis number of the Espada.

Anyone with any better angles on the Lambo?
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Someone posted these images on Ferrarichat back in 2006, but I'm not sure who.
Nevertheless, worth looking at anyway.
Did the cars stay in Sweden?


Got to go for now.
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