Also posted on DICKHEAD LAMBO SITE LAMBO POWER.

Owner for last 2 years - excellent cars - you'll not see another & they roadhold like a go-kart. Gloroius exhaust note and unusual styling/design.

On the downside - resto costs for these cars are not significantly behind cars worth 30 times as much - body restorations can easilly run past $15,000 - $20,000 - if done well at well known body specialists - engines can absorb at least another $10,000 and maybe twice that.

In the end you could end up paying $15,000 purchase costs plus three times that to get a car that looks and drives as it did when it left the factory.

Even in perfect fettle these cars wouldnt sell at the moment for more than $45,000 and most would go for far less - one in the UK needing work recently sold for less than $10,000 (£4,900).

Folks have done it for less and with considerable success (kim & michelle& others) by using their skills and patience to do much of the work themselves and using local tradesmen where possible.

Still I hope you do it but go into it with your eyes open - no rust protection from day one means the bodywork should be your first concern - factor in a bid margin on your purchase price to reflect any works needed on body/engine & interior. Basically if you can get the car for free you've still got a long journey ahead in most cases.

The "S" cars have air/leather/power windows & unusually for lambos of this vintage the air actually works. The "S" cars have no greater engine power.


I hope that I havent put you off - pm me if you need more info as I never tire of talking Urraco.


LAST WORD FROM UK SITE PETROLHEADS - a good urraco is a stunning sportscar that represents fabulous value for money in today's inflated market - a bad one will break your heart.


bAX