Espada thread

Espada Faena at Bensberg castle last Sunday.

This car was built as a standard Espada S2 in 1971, later in the seventies it was converted to a 4-door by Pietro Frua. A unique car, but imo it miss some charisma. The only visual aspect that refers to the Espada is the dash (S3 style).
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Waouw... I would have love to be there too. Any others HD pics ?

 

Doc and his Espada are featured in this article

http://www.painkillerz.ca/magazine.php?id=1503


beeeeeev

 

it is aniway a very interesting machine and idea

and a one off, first 4 doors lambo ever!

 

Excellent! Thanks for sharing.
Is it a Monica in the background?

 

Yes, it is. One of approx. 15 and described as the only known Monica in Germany.

 

It looks like one, we have one of thoose rare Monica cars in Sweden.

 

gents
My oil light is staying on however i have according to the same guage good and proper PSI both at idle and at speed AND a full reading on the dipstick.... is the light circuit faulty?

Gary
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I need a dsitrubeter for my Series III Espada, anyne here can help..?

 

If you have the old one, send it out to be rebuilt. Evans, I think, charged a friend around $700.
I think if you look at Lambo's retail prices from years ago, all the prices add up to $5000, crazy.

 

Just arrived...she is SWEET..

Had the 5mph ugly rubber bumpers removed and the older style chrome metal ones put on..may be the only 1976 car to have that done to it..??

The best of the old look and the new better drive of the later cars.

http://www.catsexotics.com/web/1317/vehicle/684967/1976-Lamborghini-Espada-Series%203
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Umm, how about changing out those wheels to really give it the old look.

 

If I am correct, those are 5 lug and the older style are the Miura style that are one big lug

 

How much Roy for your sweet ?

 

I am thinking I will take offers over $41,000 USA

 

Then the Espada is not in the same condition as the Jaramas you have/had?

 

Roy, How does it drive compared to your last Jarama ?
How will you quote it compared to Jarama ?

 

from these pics it really looks in great conditions

 

Yes, it is in very great condition..I just bought it right and dont believe in "soaking" the next person if I can make a fair profit on it..

 

I think the Jarama drove a little smoother for me..and it sat a little more comfy..power band wise pretty darn close..the Espada brakes are better and the interior is almost mint..but then again the Espada had the interior re-stored and the Jarama is all orginal.

I also prefer the shorter body length of the Jarama and its smaller cabin..the Jarama has a lot of glass area and no blind spots at all...for long driving I would prefer the Jaram as it is more of a hiway "GT cruiser"

 

appreciate your fair comment... I also believe Espada is less easy to cruise, due to its longer wheelbase. Still a nice car, but actually I cannot afford all of them !!!

 

Good luck, all these dist's and parts are hard to find. I pm'd you a lead.

 

Umm, how exactly would you go about doing that conversion?

 

I guess you would have to change out the hubs & etc. I wasn't suggesting that it was a practical thing to do. For me one of the things I loved about an Espada was the Miura style wheels originally fitted to them. Something about those big rectangular openings puts the Miura wheels up near the top of my list of cool looking production wheels

 

I agree totally about the wheels. For me it has to have those wheels. I haven't heard of anyone doing this. There is a lot to change for that modification. I'm not sure it's even possible. I think some cars were changed by the factory to SIII configuration though. I can understand that sentiment back in the mid 1970s when you wanted the car to seem more modern and adding the power steering plus other improvements is a good thing.

Bob S.