QV Fi 87 HLA12144 Full Restoration

Exciting times Dani, I know the feeling!

 

So grateful to be following along. Superb workshop and capabilities. John in CT/USA

 

Fantastic effort on this project. Exciting to see the progress.
R

 

Dani, I'm no expert, but I thought the position of the red tail light frames, and the aluminium panel underneath where constrained by the existing positions of the holes in the tail light aperture flange, and the corresponding holes in the aluminium panel and the red frame...

Also, if you think the interior floor etc is one piece, how do we explain these?:

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Although I accept they're 25th....

K9

 

Love your progress,I vent thru this taillight process on my car,altough the ali back plates I got from oem ,the red lenses where cut by my cnc guy, (not avail oem at that time) happy to see you are sharing my opinion reg reproduce some of the old fiberglass parts, keep the pictures coming. Thanks

 

Dear K9COP,

Dani is doing what the factory did, except the Sant Agata plant had a huge jig that served as a template to standardize the aperture so it would conform to the reflector panel.

Dani is simply doing the same thing, but in the old-school way.

As already noted, the rear quarter body panels are flexible before they are riveted on the tubular frame, and, you need precise positioning before you set & rivet them in place.

Even when the panels are installed in place adjustments are necessary to create exact panel fit and gaps. This is not a plug & play situation!

Dani is also correct that some cars as delivered by the works have lenses that fit better than others! In our own restoration we did our best to optimize the positioning of the lenses.

Hope these comments help.
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Close-up of the rear tail-light section of the body jig.
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Exactly.

Pursuant to that, you still have to adjust the lenses within the aperture.

Anyone who has not done this will not realize how much work is involved!

Some factory cars have the lens in-situ with gaps that are less than optimum, but the worst offenders I have seen are the USA spec cars which have been converted.

Bravo for going to all the trouble, its what you need to do to get it right, plus its what the factory did.

 

Dani. Are these Lamborghini part number tail lenses? Do they have in cast reflections,or plain red acrylic? Must be an item supplied by various company's during the 17 years of production,have seen different versions.thanks

 

Ellagirl, as I understand it, the red tail light frames are cut from flat cast acrylic, (part #'s 007043001 and 007043002) and the earlier cars did not have the extra reflector under the centre tail light lens, but later cars did. The tail light frames for the later cars have a recess machined out of them for the reflector to go in to. Having said that, I'm not sure if it's market specific as well as age dependent.

The small rectangular reflector is a separate Carello part, part #006319022, yours for a mere $108.75 each!

K9

 

Joe/DaniT, just coming back to this thread. I was not, under any circumstances, challenging what I saw, I was asking questions. Can we not come here to clarify and expand our knowledge? I hear what you're saying about DaniT doing it the correct factory way Joe, but what I've seen so far, he's putting 100% MORE care in to these cars than the factory ever did! You make a good point Joe, assuming 'plug and play' (like I did) with a car like this is a fools errand.

K9

 

You pretty much summed it up correctly.

 

Your comments were both well-taken & welcome, I simply wanted to share my learned knowledge, and yes, the factory did not put in this much effort.

 

Wow, when I bought 2 pairs about 10 years back, they were $10 each!!!