I have an OEM old style p/n 6019055 Amp Meter available if any of the purists are interested in it send me a PM. Sincerely Vic

Raymond,
I talked with Mike at Evan's yesterday. His guess is that the Lamborghini air boxes I received through Lambostuff are probably very early Jalpa's. The tube in question is the same tube for the Urraco Crank Case Vent as you had told me earlier. So I guess I'm taking the air box to my local body shop and getting it removed. I'll also see if they can smooth out the terrible glass job on the inside so I get a little better air flow. Thanks!

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That's exactly what I wrote but even worse it looks like they toke jalpa airboxes to fit them an Urraco and now sold them as OEM Jalpa...

I'm looking for a pair of Urraco airboxes...

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Countach QV Ex-Mimran #GLA12997, Urraco P300 #20530, Jalpa #FLA12203 sold in May 2006
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When Frank Sinatra got his Miura S in 1970, he said: “If you wanna be someone, buy Ferrari - If you are someone, you own a Lamborghini”.

The way I understand it Raymond is that your Urraco Air boxes are opposite of the Jalpa. The Jalpa, as you know, has a flat base plate bolted to the carbs and the air box drops over the carbs. Your Urraco should have a lower air box bolted to the carb with a flat top plate that covers it. I'm really not sure what happened at Lamborghini but it looks like at some point they tried to blend both systems with a flat base plate that has a crank case vent tube and an air box on the other side that has a crank case vent tube. Very confusing, but for me I can make mine look correct. It should work on your Urraco but there isn't anyway to make it original.

I saw my heads and block yesterday. They look like new. Mike at Evans usually paints the raw aluminum with an aluminum paint but I asked him to leave them alone. The upper end (Cam Covers and and Water Pump, Upper Vally Cover) is not perfect so I'm thinking about letting him paint those. What do you guys think? Mike wants to paint them aluminum and his mark is to paint the Lamborghini script on the Cam Covers red. I'm kind of partial to black Cam Covers with Gold Lamborghini script. Not original I know but paint is reversable. How about your opinions? Thanks!

Some of you may find this interesting.

I grew up in North-Central Ohio surrounded by farm land and Amish and Menonite communities (Horse and buggy). Exotic cars were Porsche, BMW and Mercedes. Our "Exotic" experiance was an ocassional Prosche or Mercedes. I grew up worshipping marques that most people never heard of.

After serving six years with the Navy I returned home to find that most people were aware of the true European exotic cars but no one had ever seen one. I was in my late twenties before I saw my first Ferrari and Lamborghini!

After years of hard work I finally managed to by one of my dream cars, a XKR Jaguar Coupe with 390 HP. Shy of a couple of Dodge Vipers I had the ultimate Exotic in my area!

Well, the XKR had an arguement with a guard rail in July of this year and lost. So I went looking for a replacement. The Lamborghini Jalpa was on my list but I wasn't going to buy a car that I couldn't get repaired out here in the middle of farm land.

Anyway, I started looking and found a Jalpa for sale at Evans Automotive (an hour south of me in our state capital of Columbus). Seems that since the seventies, Evans has been working on these pieces of art. The internet is an amazing thing! I went to look at the Jalpa (which was discussed at length on this web sight) only to find out it was sold. Long story short, I found one as you know.

I guess what I'm saying is that I'm patiently waiting for Evans to finish my Lamborghini Jalpa. But part of the experiance of waiting 34 years (since I first fell in love with the Countach) to get ahold of my Lamborghini is the experiance I'm having visiting Evans Automotive while they do the work! Every time I visit, this country boy gets to walk among greatness! The Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Jaguars are incredible! I'm waiting on Mike to finish his two year restore of a rare M12 Vector so he can start assembling my Jalpa V8! That's an experiance I'm willing to wait for. Is there anyone else here that can say they have touched a Lamborghini powered Vector? This country boy feels he's touched the sky and I'm not looking forward to it being over!

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Ross,
I like the sound of the gold lettering on the black covers, follows the lamborghini badge logo colors, so shouldn't be out of place. Your car is red already,and I think you can over do the red thing IMO, though if it was just the lettering and not the whole covers it may not be too much. Anyway my vote black with gold lettering
Mike

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Glad to hear from you so soon Mike. Thanks!

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Ross
If you are ever in the Tampa area let me know and you can take my Jalpa out for a spin if yours isn't ready by then.

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Jalpa #ELA12100

I saw the same Vector, you are not likely to see another one. The interior was apart when I saw it. I am going to powder coat my cam covers black and polish the Lamborghini part, similar to what was done on the Countach.

Thanks Lambotsavy! I think I'll save myself for my Jalpa (Lamborghini virgin you know).

The interior of the Vector is spectacular! It was done by a company that does private jets.

I am so close to hearing my Jalpa start it's killing me! Evans has been putting together my engine this week!!! I'm headed down tomorrow to go over details. I'll try to get some pictures.

So what do you think on the cam covers? It'll either be crinkle black with gold script or crinkle red with gold script. Any input?

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Ross,
My vote is crinkle black with gold script, otherwise it will look too much like a Ferrari engine. just my 2 cents.

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Jalpa #ELA12100