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Golden Sixties GT
The Lamborghini 350 GT and 400 GT 2+2 |
The late Ferruccio Lamborghini didn’t start out by building legendary cars like the Miura or the Countach, but he initially
wanted to build the best Gran Turismo possible, not a highly tuned, relatively uncomfortable supercar.
Ferruccio knew exactly what he wanted, and had the charisma to get other people to do whatever he envisioned for his
new car, so he convinced Franco Scaglione to design the very first Lamborghini 350 GTV back in 1963.
Carrozzeria Touring of Bianchi Anderloni was contacted by Ferruccio Lamborghini when the doors closed on the 1963 Turin
Auto Show, to completely redesign the one of a kind 350 GTV, everything about the exterior would be modified, even the
chassis was altered, again by Neri & Bonacini, under direct order from Chief Engineering Giampaolo Dallara.
| Only 120 units of this classic 350 GT would be built |
The rather special, rotating pop-up headlights found on the 350 GTV would be replaced by fixed oval units, however on 350
GT's destined for the US, dual sealed beam headlights would be used to comply with the US regulations.
The overall body design of the 350 GT was smoothened but the result was still a totally different looking car, no other GT
in the early Sixties had the same sensual lines as the new Lamborghini.
In 1966, Lamborghini made the first little refinements to the GT, the front grill styling was altered, now using two
horizontal bars in the air-intake. A second windscreen wiper was added and a rear backup light was installed underneath the
license plate holder. Two air intakes appeared ahead of the windscreen, and on the interior, the dashboard trim was changed
to leather, instead of the early polished aluminium.
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