1965 Lamborghini 350 GT

Next month at Amelia Island, Gooding & Company will sale this 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT, first car of Ferruccio Lamborghini. Estimate price $600,000.

History of Lamborghini 350 GT

After starting to manufacture tractors, Ferruccio Lamborghini, a fan and collector of cars, complained one day in the early 60s that his Ferrari have clutche's problems. Enzo Ferrari insulted him (not his words but the meaning is there Returns to your tractors, peasant). Angry Ferrucio decided to build his own supercar, for our greatest happiness...

Thanks to the 1961 Ferrari Palace Revolt(very good story to read, the Enzo Ferrari life would make a very good movie), designers Giotto Bizzarrini, Gian Paolo Dallara, and Franco Scaglione joined the effort to build the first Lamborghini prototype, the 350 GTV. Presented in 1963, the success was immediate...

Lamborghini 350 GT

With its aluminum Superleggera coachwork by Touring and its V-12 engine, the 350 GT can reach 100 km/h in 5.8 seconds, with a top speed of 250 km/h. Only 120 was produced between 1964 and 1966. A piece of history for a few SBD :-)...

Sources

• Auction at Gooding & Company
• History of Lamborghini on Wiki