Jeremy, I believe mechanically you can use it as it is, and it will give you a lot of fun. Rolf started it, lifted and drove it outside with engine running, he insisted me to go for a ride, but I declined as I already said. #8216 was not sold by your grand father, but by Foitek, they received it the 7th january 1971. Its original livery was "verde acqua/verde scuro"
Olivier, Thank you for that good news concerning its mechanicals, I'm glad to hear it, as it would suit my situation right now, and give me the opportunity to enjoy it, and restore to original spec in my own time. Shame it wasn't sold by my grand father, I wondered as it's handbook is in French, but on the other hand I'm delighted to hear it is verde acqua as I was secretly hoping it would be one of the green's ! Once I have been back to give it a good look and drive, I will let you know if I decide to take custody of her, and shake hands with them. Thank you very much for your help. J.
your welcome ! BTW, we must speak together about your Grand Father for my book... Is he still alive ?
Yes, of course. He is 93 years old, but my father and uncle have a few good stories to tell about those days. Especially an early verde miura, miura p400...which they thoroughly enjoyed !
That is a lot of green for sure, but it is very fitting to the era. If I do decide to take it, you can expect to see it back to its entire "greenness" !
Acqua Verde is IMHO one of the best colors for an Espada. I might be a tad biased though ... That color is why I decided to buy the car I did. Mine has the mustard interior. Dark green might be interesting to see though. I'm not a fan of that pea soup green they used in a lot of cars back then with odd exterior colors such as orange.
I entirely agree with you, about it being one of the best colours ! I think it really suits the lines of the espada, and makes it look even more outrageous than it already is ! I do like them in gold as well... I have only seen the dark green interior on a Jarama, and it looked good. But I do agree it is a surprising choice ! Although, as I'm one for originality, it's a no brainer ! I gather, everyone who has had to have an interior redone properly has had it done in Italy ?
No, absolutely not. I'm currently redoing my two front seats and repairing one rear seat bottom cushion plus some other items like a new shift boot. Mine is a driver car. So the rest of the leather which looks pleasantly "experienced" will get a dye job because the color has changed in so many places that any sample looks very different depending where you place in the car. 40+ years of sub fade ... A gentlemen who is on here finished his S2 this year with a complete restoration of a very nice original car and he had his interior done locally in Oklahoma. He has since traded the car in on a new Bentley and the car is up for sale @ $185,000. It looked fabulous. Lamborghini Espada S2 - Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, Lotus of Denver - Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, Lotus of Denver There are a couple of other people currently undergoing interior restorations as well. We have a source for the perforation process and so you can get things properly done now without the factory connection and at a very reasonable expense.
it looks as fabulous as the price ! even if they get 150 k its a far cry from where we were jus a couple years back . what about that interior however does no one car how unoriginal it looks or because it so pretty now is no one going to say anything ..... juz sayin Gary Espada 8394
Yo no comprendo that post senior. How about a take two on what you're trying to say. But yes it's a two toned interior with different color piping. He did the car for himself but it's no more outrageous than say a VIP interior. The point is the quality is top notch and no you don't have to go to Italy to achieve that. Had he stuck to 100% original is there anything you see that's alarming?
Staatsof, Wow, that Luci di bosco is absolutely stunning ! I'm rather amazed at the asking price as well, but i guess we have just become too used to seeing them go for more moderate prices... One thing is for sure, going by the pictures, the quality of that interior is certainly very encouraging, and I'm pleased to hear they can now be restored at reasonable cost ! If I do purchase the one I'm currently drawn towards, it will be a massive job when I start to tackle it. But it will definitely be worth it ! Thank you for clearing that one for me ! J.
I think spent a ton of money on that car so I'm not sure "reasonable" applies here. He brought it o a Lamborghini rally in Billings Montana last year and it also appeared at Monterey in the late summer. What I meant was that if you're in the USA and see that you're not you don't have to send the leather to Italy to have it perforated in the exact same manner. His interior person did a very nice if not completely original job. Most of the car is very original looking. There have been at least three Espadas that have sold north of $175K now though this on was traded in.
in short what I am trying to say is in spite of the obvious quality of the work will that not original looking interior ever hurt the owner should he sell on in the future? right now at least the answer is no ... Gary Espada 8394
After digesting that for a while I'm not sure that would be the proper Italian terminology for the original liver-y of that car. Gastrico Verde would be technically accurate I believe?
Evidently the color change to the interior color of my Luci Di Bosco 8486 did not affect its resale value. It is on it way from Denver to its new owner as we speak. John
