The car was on California registration and in pretty good condition before the accident. The accident happened 2009. After the crash the car was offered as a damaged project car on ebay: 16,800 USD, reserve not met. According to the VIN it's an early S3.
EDIT: Never mind... Just realized it's the rears that have the sleeves...duh! My late Series III Espada does not have the end caps seen on the sway bar here. Should it? What purpose does it serve? Are there similar sleeves for the other two bushings? TIA, Luis Image Unavailable, Please Login
Luis, The sleeves are a very poor manufacturing choice so as to allow them use the same sized bushing as that of the front but make the bar smaller in diameter hence softer for the rear. Over time they split and then tear up hence wearout the rear bushings. Typical poor manufacturing quality on the part of Lamborghini. They were a very small, under funded and unprofitable company at this time who produced some gorgeous and amazing vehicles. We're now stuck with some of the reengineering to straighten them out. Very typical of Exotic Italian car manufacturers. Bob H and Laust are doing youmans work in that effort. If your car doesn't have them and your bushing fit just forget about it and feel blessed! Bob S.
I wish someone would reproduce just the cover so that we could rebind the contents. With a pristine example and today's technology how hard would that be?
Borrani wheels look really good on the Espada. Borrani wire wheels | Hemmings Daily Image Unavailable, Please Login
The VIP interior too. This is one of a few with the 2-tone VIP interior, went from US to Japan approx. 2 years ago.
A little bit of VIP look a like going on in this one. Probably original but it looks like a pretty nice car. Image Unavailable, Please Login
that 2 tone interior doesn't look original, there are no stiching, as it should be one row over two in the middle section
Not a fan of that color combination but here's another combination that although rather tired it I think I like it better. I have no vin # though it is an earlier car. That one looks like a LOT of work! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I don't know. It was a barn find in 2006 or 7 and the guy didn't seem to know what to do with it but said he would eventually get around to it. It was out of his realm of experience so it could have been sold. My guess is that it's a 72.
Due to the location of the air flow regulators (right of the steering column and not in the center console) I would tend to rather guess 1970 (early Ser. II)
Mine is a 71 MY USA car but WO USA mods (side markers, hazard flasher and emissions) and it looks exactly like that otherwise. So it's later than mine.
#8380 , production 491 , one of the last units with the clock on the center console. Delivered in 1971, but 1973 on the title Only 5 car were delivered with arancio interior and this is one of these 5. Back in 2006 the car went out of storage and was bought by a young enthusiast who planned to restore it later.
The metallic green 1973 Espada S3 hammered today at Amelia Island by Gooding for $90,000 Chassis: 9128 Estimate was $120,000 - $160,000 Without Reserve Image Unavailable, Please Login
I would like to see an S1 in the same condition hammer at. Could there be a 100k difference? 60K or 80K? Can you imagine an S1 hammering at 110k?
