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Ferruccio Lamborghini made his money building tractors. He didn't mind spending his hard earned Lires on cars, he wanted the best so he bought a Ferrari. When he had problems with his car he went to Enzo Ferrari to complain about the build quality of his Ferrari. According to the legend Enzo Ferrari replied: 'You should stick with building tractors and let me concern about the cars'. This made Ferruccio so angry that he decided to build his own cars.

His cars would of course be powered by a V12 engine, the standard set by Ferrari. The designer of the engine was Bizzarini who had just left Ferrari after creating some of the best cars ever to roll out of the Maranello plant like the 250 GTO. The 3.5 litre engine was fitted in a Scaglione bodied steel tubed chassis and mated to a ZF gearbox.

The metallic blue 350GTV stunned many at the 1963 Turin Motorshow even though it was engineless as the engine didn't fit under the bonnet. The car was recently completely restored and the chassis was altered to fit the engine. The blue paint was replaced by a metallic green paintjob.

The production cars derived from the 350GTV received a down tuned engine and a Touring designed bodywork.

 

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Specifications

 

General

Country of origin Italy

Produced in 1963

Numbers built 1

Body design Franco Scaglione

Weight 1050 kg / 2314.9 lbs

 

Drivetrain

Engine 60º V12

Engine location Front, longitudinally mounted

Displacement 3.464 liter

Valvetrain 2 valves/cylinder, DOHC

Fuel feed 6 Weber 36 IDL Carburetors

Aspiration Naturally Aspirated

Gearbox ZF 5 Speed Manual

Drive Rear wheel drive

 

Performance figures

Power 360 bhp / 264.8 kW @ 8000 rpm

BHP/Liter 103.9

Torque 326 Nm @ 6000 rpm

Power to weight ratio 0.34 bhp/kg

Top Speed 174.0 mph / 280.0 kph

0-60 mph Acceleration N/A