Jalpa thread

The car pictured in the article which I assume is DLA12054 has the new Jalpa rear lights but with gunmetal engine cover and no exterior filler

 

Anybody knows this car, my guess is HLA12355
1987 Lamborghini Jalpa P350 Coupe - Pre-owned Luxury Vehicles For Sale | Used Exotic Cars For Sale | Pennsylvania

 

Watch out on this car. I almost bought it in Wichita, KS. after it was listed on Craigslist. I went to see it...owner wanted $14,500...I offered $13,500. It needed a TON of work as it was rusting in several areas and would not run. Easily needed $50K worth of work.
To be fair...these issue may have been fixed since then. Just make sure the work was done properly...

Brian
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14.5 for a trashed shell seems like a good deal these days

it does look like the same car. same decal in the drivers side lower corner on the windshield

 

I doesn't look bad from distance, but in the Details you detect a lot of work, I think the engine even had a coolant issue, looks like being abandond after a head gasket issue.
The actual seller polished here but are the weak spots still there?

 

I've always wondered what makes the jalpa so heavy? they dont look like 1400kg. dont coutachs weigh 1400ish?

 

I just came across an additional fact to this discussion of widely varying 0-60mph (and 0-100kph) times, namely that the speed is 64 mph in 2nd gear @7500 rpm.

In other words, an extra time consuming gearshift is needed, if the shift point is below 7300 rpm.

Laust

 

Early Jalpas were limited at 7400rpm, after troubles with the engines the Limit was reduced to 7000.

 

A very nicely restored 1984 Jalpa sold for $115,500 all in at Russo and Steele last night.
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Thats awesome !!

 

Any Jalpas out there for sale right now?

 

there are a couple on classic driver
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/cars/lamborghini/jalpa?make=169&model=2699&search_type=advanced

 

Thanks for the heads up, turns out that is the only US car I could find for sale (25k miles, $115k ask) which is more than I would consider paying.

 

Sent you a PM... see my car at posts #649, 650

 

Thanks for reaching out, am currently unable to get a read on the market.

 

i watch the sales of these cars pretty closely. i feel like the hagerty valuation is a good 40k shy of what they actually show for on condition 2 cars.

a runner would sell within a day or two at 60k$ and would be a fair deal at 70-80k i think.

 

Coming into this, and after checking prices on early 328s (for me a logical alternative) which have a lot for sale with $80k asks, I would have thought a good Jalpa should sell for around the bracket you mention, not a runner.

But Lord knows I've been wrong on valuations before.

 

It doesn't happen that much that you see these two cars together!
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Cool Picture Kevin, and a awesome event!

 

the iserda's is pretty neat!

thanks for posting

 

OOoooh! Love that Isdera!

 

The Isdera is well known to me, which one is the jalpa?

 

The Jalpa is 12069. There was an another Jalpa at the event too. Here you can see them both, 12069 on the left and 12229 on the right. The two Jalpa and the Isdera made the trip from Germany to Italy and back.
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Thinking of selling my Jalpa....pics on posts # 649, 650...Serviced/ cleaned up, put back to original, last summer by George Evans to the tune of about $7500.....New tires.....Offers?

 

Very old picture from Stockholm (ca 1988). Note that somebody dented the car behind the door.... There is an interesting story about the car. The owner used to work for at the back office of an investment bank. They handled the conversion of stocks from bearer papers to registred papers. He and a collegue sent a lot of stocks through the system two times and managed to make a couple of million SEK (1 USD = 8.25 SEK today). Suddenly this guy turns up in a Lamborghini, wearing expensive suits and exclusive watches. Not bad for somebody working at a back office for a low salary...
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