It doesn't bother me at all. Most of the time I find the presenter's choice of music either distracting or annoying. Thanks for posting it Daryl.
so with that first pic is period second is period correct ...... Gary Espada 8394 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Well, interesting video... But, I can't resist to give you some dates : Geneva show 1967 => March => presentation of MARZAL May 1967 => building of the Espada prototipo with the gullwing, not kept for some reasons to be reveal in my book... Earls Court 1967 => October => presentation of PIRANA Geneva show 1968 => March => presentation ESPADA & ISLERO so, MARZAL & ESPADA were the inspiration for PIRANA... not the opposite ciao,
A 1972 Espada sold on eBay within 24 hours for $59,500. Is this the going price for a driver? The price appears to be on the high side. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-LAMBORGHINI-ESPADA-400GT-SERIES-II-/221137857930?forcev4exp=true
Okay Olivier. What I meant, and should have written, is that the first PRODUCTION Espada was conceptually closer to the Pirana than it was to the Marzal. That first Espada prototype was just grotesque. They cleaned it up to make the Pirana, which still had some proportion issues. Then the "refined" Pirana became the Espada SI.
its about time we had some action on this thread . Glad to see Peter and Bob are still kickin'. A bunch of my Italian car mates are planning to take over LOL le belle Macchine next year .. Hope to see you guys there? Gary Espada 8394
I was informed by Frank, the seller that the Espada is coming to a new home in Colorado Springs. Hope to meet the new owner in the near future. Love to see the Espada in person.
Looking for a S I or II car for a while now without much luck. May be I am not looking in the right places. If you know one or have one for sale in the USA, please PM me.
Call Gary bobileff in San Diego bobileff motorcar.com. Good guy. He will find one for you..... Gary(different Gary) Espada 8394 series 2
They don't exactly grow on trees, bank accounts would be more apt. Just ask The Doc, his license plate is Lira Pit LOL. Gird yourself and it's a really good thing if you can do a lot of your own work. There is a lot of car in this model which means there's that much more to work on. Keep looking everywhere you can think of and be patient or you can use a broker as already suggested. You might want to take a trip over to the VLG site on Yahoo as well. There are a ton of vintage Lamborghini people from all over the world on there. Another tool I found somewhat helpful was the The Lamborghini registry. It's a "pay for" website now. So subscribe for a year and see what you think. I did find a bit of information on there even if the actually registry portion for the Espada was very sparse a few years a go when I looked at it.
Thank you for your input. I think all classic Lambos are money pit and hoping you can get it back when you sell them 10-15 years down the line. Muira and Coutach are two good examples. I would think the Espadas would be easier to work on comparing to Countach/Muira because the engine location. Do you still need to pull the engine to replace the clutch? I like Espada because you can take a family of 4 in one car to all the car activities such car shows, TSD, cars and coffee, short tours, etc. My first choice would be finding and buying one from a private long-time owner if I can.
Fantasy Junction has one for sale, although I don't recall which series it is. Don't know anything about it other than it's on their web site.
Thanks. This one is S3 version with automatic. S 1 and S 2 with 5-speed is what I am looking for. Does anyone know 1971 Espada #8236, ex-John Hall (Orlando FL) car, white/red? Please advise.
I purchased this Espada on Ebay several weeks ago. I have been looking for some time and to say the least was very pleasantly surprised when I flew up to Cleveland and and the Dealer MB Vintage Cars opened his garage door and showed me this pristine, unrestored, virtually unmolested 32741 mile Luci di Bosco Series II. I am in the car restoration business, www.vintageconnection.com, and we are used to the problems and expense involved in working on "Restored" 4 cammers that customers have purchased without having a PPI done by a knowledgeable professional. The records and receipts I received with the car include a Bill of Sale from Wide World of Cars in New Jersey dated Nov 1986 indicating 30400 mile on the clock. The interior is like new with little wear and soft leather and the paint original with few cosmetic issues. Original tools Jack and knockoff wrench included along with original owners manual and many period brochures. Dealer had spent $5000 to have the brakes and servos rebuilt. I have tried to go further back into the history of this car, but can find no reference to it in the Registry. Can anyone supply some additional history for this Espada?? Thanks, John
Pictures will follow. Car Is in Indianapolis with my trucker. Should be here on OKC by end of next week. Link to Ebay sale is still functional and has a lot of good photos. John
Looks like what will become a very nice car after you go through it. It reminds me a bit of the one I bought. Mines a bit earlier. Your toolkit is a lot better than mine. My resonators were rotted out.
