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  1. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    Different rules may have applied to cars with leather seats. 40076 the ex Chinetti car is highly original and has nero door cards, central door panel and seats but with rosso seat stripe! Perhaps this was intended to match the rosso exterior. If so this may be why 40066 has marrone seat stripe and also suggests the colour scheme may be original. 40076 also has a nero leather central console, but the dash is mousehair not leather. Sorry if this is confusing!
     
  2. CK7684

    CK7684 Formula 3

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    A little confusing, bit I'm not going to fret too much over it. I would like it to appear proper :)
     
  3. Lambo262

    Lambo262 Rookie

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    As for the Coco Chinetti car...I have driven it on several occasions and a compatriot in Connecticut has watched it being re-built on multiple occasions...so much for "ORIGINAL"

    Paul
     
  4. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    Maybe so but I understand the interior is still original
     
  5. Lambo262

    Lambo262 Rookie

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    Would that "original" include the battery acid spilt on the passenger's side when the car sat in the warehouse in Stamford, CT for many years ?

    Paul
     
  6. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    In my pics the passenger carpet looks original but the mousehair kick panel in front of the passenger door is missing. Maybe it got eaten by that battery acid. I also noticed that the centre console is mouse hair not leather as I mentioned earlier.
     
  7. CK7684

    CK7684 Formula 3

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    Shot paint tonight, then dropped it on the floor! Might be a bit longer before its finished now...
     
  8. CK7684

    CK7684 Formula 3

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  9. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    #609 P300V8, Apr 3, 2013
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    Well the area behind the seats looks a little hairy! Here is a shot of the interior of my car showing the carpeted rear area and the black turned red seats. The seats have faded red and should be the same as the central door panel!

    My trimmer has agreed to replace the velour with new black fabric but re-use the original leather which is still in good condition and just recolour it. Preservation rather than restoration! BTW this car was not trimmed in one of the standard colour schemes. Instead the seats were in black velour especially done for the 1976 Paris Show.
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  10. CK7684

    CK7684 Formula 3

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    Lol yea I debated on how I should trim this area since its molded right to the seats. I'm just building this model as a quick & easy going one, so I didn't fuss with it much...
     
  11. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    #611 P300V8, Apr 11, 2013
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    Can you spot 40042 during preparations for the Frankfurt IAA 1979? It is hidden behind the Countach mock-turbo engine. I had previously assumed this was just a reflection of the Countach but the shape of the rear section gives it away. By now the Silhouette was no longer in production and Frankfurt was a biannual event alternating with Paris.
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  12. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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  13. CK7684

    CK7684 Formula 3

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    They look fantastic!
     
  14. BRAVO-V8

    BRAVO-V8 Formula Junior

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    Very nice
     
  15. kuntatsch

    kuntatsch Karting

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    #615 kuntatsch, Apr 17, 2013
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    Hello,

    after 23 years in third ownership #40046 changed hands today. Looking forward to enjoy the upcoming summer with open roof :)

    kuntatsch
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  16. hyenahf

    hyenahf F1 Rookie

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    a big congrats to your new ride!

    regards

    rs
     
  17. JonathanElstein

    JonathanElstein Karting

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    Congratulations and welcome to the club :) !

    Jonathan

    PS Lovely seats in 40006!
     
  18. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    Congratulations. Treasure and enjoy 40046 in equal measure!
     
  19. kc023515

    kc023515 Formula Junior

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    Congratulations with the purchase. Great to have another owner on board. Must be the first Silhouette I ever saw, at a meeting in Ostend in 1994, and one of 4 Silhouettes currently in Germany.
     
  20. raymondQV

    raymondQV F1 Rookie

    Aug 22, 2007
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    Congrats, I wished to be able to buy this car, one of the best, the only thing I would do is to remove the strange add-ons.
     
  21. BRAVO-V8

    BRAVO-V8 Formula Junior

    Dec 7, 2008
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    Congratulation, I saw it in France at Dijon some years ago.
     
  22. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    Apparently 40004 joined the 50th Grand Giro at the last moment and is featured right at the beginning and at 00.30 of this video. No participant car number that I can see.....

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKH_7AcRgVs]Forte dei Marmi Grid Tour - Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Giro - YouTube[/ame]
     
  23. raymondQV

    raymondQV F1 Rookie

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    As I said, they are also driving the black LM002.
     
  24. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    40004 on the road at 00.20

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0yZcy-OhBk]Ultimate Lamborghini Sounds - Epic Flybys and Accelerations - YouTube[/ame]
     
  25. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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    #625 P300V8, Aug 7, 2013
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    The Convoy article has been mentioned on another thread so this is an opportune moment to show a picture of 40010 at Earls Court 1976. Although the gold Countach was also there, for some reason the gold P300 was not. Instead 20220 Argento was displayed. Derek Taylor bought it off the stand and owned it until very recently.
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