Where are all the early rare Lamborghini's forsale ?

There is a 400gt in lambo dallas, i saw it 2 weekends ago, sweet car

 

It's funny I was wonder the same thing not too long ago. You really don't see that many older Lambos around at all. Heck when was the last time you saw an Espada going down the road or a Jarma? Heck you don't even see the 400GT anywere but maybe a car show.

Could it be that they have come to the point that they are not worth doing anything too because of the market prices? Maybe the fact that you can buy a good running Espada for under 25k is good enough reason to let the unloved cars rot away..sort of like the 308 syndrom.

The old Lambos were not very good machines to begin with..but they still have an important place in automotive history..heck that Espada was the worlds fastest stationwagon for years!! You could say that it was the fist family sprts car(which more and more companies are calling there sedans/wagons). It's really too bad becuase these cars reall do need to be fixed and driven and enjoyed,not only by the owner,but by every other car ethusist out there.

One onther point..The Mirua had serious issues with rust and frame problems. These were not corrected until late in the production run. Many of these cars became dangerous to drive because of the major rust problem. The cost to full restore a Miura would be huge money. A mint Mirua SV may go for in the 120k but you would spend much more on fixing a basket case of a car.

 

I saw a beautiful white Countach in Austin a few weeks ago... I dont know if thats old... but you still don't see too many driving around.

 

If you can locate a complete Miura SV for $120,000 in ANY condition, I will buy and pay you a commission.

 

LOL, Miura SV for $120k. I'll take ten, after Alberto of course.

 

Hey Wiz357, I'm not greedy, we'll split it. Bobileff has two SV's on his web site, one for $365,000 and the other for $425,000. There's plenty of upside for the both of us if we buy them for $125,000 each, put $100,000 into restoration and sell them. I'll take that deal all day long.

 

Take it easy guy's I just noticed my error...Pardon me for offeneding you.

 

Hey, we're neighbors. I'm in LJ. I'll definitely split the profit with you. Gotta help our local economy.


Tom, no problem. We're just pickin on you. Seriously, just a couple of years ago, you could've easily acquired a Muira SV for $125k. Now, it's impossible. I know of a Miura SV in SD that needs at least $200k in resto. The owner won't even sell it for less than $250k.

 

I found a 400 GT for sale not too long ago. Friend of a friend. I can put you in touch if you are serious.

 

The real bargains are the late Miura S cars. They can be had for less than 50% of the SV, and offer nearly the same experience, IMHO. I've read somewhere that Bob Wallace even proclaimed it to be he fastest of the Miuras.

 

At some point the P400's and the S's have to start closing the gap to the SV's. The styling is about the same (there are some detail differences, the most obvious of which is the larger rear end), Although the SV's do handle better than the predecessor cars, I am not convinced that they are worth the 100% premium (or more) to the S's or 200 to 300% premium to the P400's (assuming P400's are at about $100 to $140K for good cars, P400S's are at about $120 to $160k and SV's are $200 to $400k), unless you have unlimited funds and money is no object.

I have head of an all original SV currently for sale which has received offers of $265,000 and the car needs a full restoration (it might be too gone for a "sympathetic" restoration) to the tune of somewhere around $100 to $150k, depending on how concours you want it and if you want to rebuild the engine. Yikes!

Wiz357: I guess we are. I go up there all the time, cruising. We seem to have a lot of folks in San Diego on the forum and in some of the other ones (VintageLambo on yahoo for example).

 

LOL, It's a little too late for that now Ralph.

 

try : www.dupontregistry.com for search.

 

hey wiz -
WELCOME -
didn't get to respond to your first post about a month ago -

I've seen a few older listed by some Florida dealers, but you hear so much bad stuff about them(F/d's), that I just ignore the ads -
This was a coupla years ago too -
nothing recently -

~T~

 

Oddly there is a 350GT on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2496473177&category=6290

I checked out one of these once- a silver one. Looks better in person then it does in pictures.

Without the pedigree that Ferrari has I'm afraid many of the Lambo models are destined for the long slow depreciation run. Just my opinion.

 

i would LOVE an early carb Countach!!!!! the things i can do with rivets and aluminum

 

What is Chad's e-mail address? Thanks in advance...........

 

early lambo's are becoming the next investment to be in
(if you can calls cars an investment )

the talk on the street is countach's and miura's

alot of people asking about them

 

Ralfabco:
Thanks - Trust me I understand the complications involved in restorations. Didn't you own a Countach? I would be interested in seeing pictures of it..........