I have the magazine. I'll tell you its name and date, perhaps it's possible to find it in Ebay Spain. Can you read the license plate?
Another confusing car The tipo is "IGM 4831 OM" which was used on late GT 2+2. For sure this unit was originally a GT 2+2 which is converted to spyder. I have no idea which number this is? The chassis number on the id plate is erased and also engine number is not 100% clear. The strange thing is that engine number #1395 doesn't exist. If the touring number was still on the car it will help us to know its real identity.
Hi Antonio, If possible, and if you have a scanner, could you make a good copy for me? Here is 328 with the U.S. plate still on it, in Spain (year 1982) Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another highlight of the festivities was the arrival Saturday morning of Valentino Balboni, Lamborghinis longtime test driver, in a 350 GT convertible one of two made. Mr. Balboni had just completed restoring it in a marathon round-the-clock thrash. Valentino Balboni, a longtime Lamborghini test driver, showed up in this 350 GT convertible, one of only two made. I have worked on it for six months, and I have just finished in the hours after midnight, Mr. Balboni said. I drove it here from the factory; I did not want it brought on a truck. It started to rain as I drove into town, and I had to stop in a gas station until the rains stopped, because I did not have time to restore the convertible top. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Attached is my photo from 1982. I think I went to the factory in March, but not really sure. (Its a long time ago) My upload is a photo I just took of my print, that was made a long time from my original color slide, that I have stashed someplace... I did not have a flash for the camera, and the restoration show was not very well lit, so even the original was very dark. Later the same year I stopped by Al Burtoni and took a photos of his (then white) 350 GTS, that I only have as a slide... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Uno, The mirror is the same as your photo from March of 1982 as this photo of the same car 2 months earlier. Bob Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Joe, I was told that Al had modified or strengthened or in some way worked on the convertible top frame. I am sure the top mechanism has to be perfect as it has to fit into a compact area. Just for the record, the steering wheel on the car today is incorrect , but I'm sure that that's going to be rectified soon. When Al had the car, it had a 3 spoke Espada type wheel on it. It's just such a beautiful car... As you can tell it's my favorite model Lamborghini. Bob Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login
Excellent Bob! This thread has come alive with useful information, generated by a few questions. Don't be so sure about the 'wheel' being rectified. I have seen a number of very special one-off Lamborghinis restored to less than correct original spec. Once restored, they seem to stay that way, unfortunately. But the important thing is they are being preserved. This is the 1965 Turin Salon again. Miura Prototype Concept can just be made out in the background. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes that is the hardtop. That photo is from the Touring archives. The photo is found in a book that was published in 1983 that is out of print. Note- 325 never had a hardtop fitted Bob Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Marcello, you are also a kind of Hercule Poirot, but you must change now to Belgian citizenship like him... +1000 It is not Nero, but dark brown... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Color can vary a lot? The one withe the model in a blue dress seems so much more orange and maybe bigger metal flake though. But the last two, from then and now, seem like a reasonably good match. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here it is. It's a bad quality paper, coudn't scan better. The car of the ad seems to have a spanish plate, with format Z-999999, where Z would be the province ( M for Madrid, B for Barcelona, etc), followed by a six digit number. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This is true, and as we know with the restoration of these cars, current status is usually only a close representation of the past but not an exact match.
In this pic it looks Nero to me, but I'll take dark brown, very pretty combination with gold. Image Unavailable, Please Login
You can take dark brown, I was there and thanks to Raymond who introduced me to the owner, I even sitted in !!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thank you so much for the scan. I can't see the plate but here is a scan of the plate. Bob Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login
