Many automakers started out their early careers by making bicycles. Ferruccio Lamborghini started out a little differently by making tractors, thanks to being surrounded by his parents grape farming business in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Ferruccio had owned multiple sports cars, mostly Ferrari’s and during his ownership he truly believed he was capable of building a much better car. In 1963, Ferruccio formed Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini SpA to build high-end sports cars. This was his first ever production car, the Lamborghini 350GT. This specific car is a 1964 LHD Lamborghini 350GT, Chassis no. 0106, in other words, the 6th example built sixth in the sequence of cars that started with ‘0101’. Initially the 350GT was designed by Giotto Bizzarrini as a racing car, but Lamborghini was very adamant about producing a mass-production street legal road car. In order to do this, Lamborghini's chief engineer Giampaolo Dallara was tasked with civilizing the car in order to be sold to the public. This example, chassis 0106, body number 17005, engine 0108, was finished in a special color from the factory known as ‘Azzurro Marmolada’, with a stunning blue leather interior. This example offers rare 2+1 seating, of which only 6 of the first 13 examples produced were configured with. The color name derives from the Marmolada glacier in Trentino, Italy, and this example is the only 350 GT to be finished in such color for the 1964 model year. Chassis 0106 was completed on August 5th of 1964, and at some point in the car’s lifetime, it was repainted to be ‘mid metallic blue’, a color that matched the cars interior perfectly. Eventually the car was painted back to it’s original factory color by a workshop in the Como region of Northern Italy, and even more recently, the car was offered for sale by @kidstonmotorcars.
How many made? Just around 120-143 total 350GT’s were produced between 1964-1966.
Engine: 3464cc (211.4 cu in) 60° aluminum V12 DOHC producing 280 hp
Debut: The 1964 Geneva Motor Show.
Top speed: 161mph (claimed)
0-60mph: under 7 seconds (claimed)
Photo credit: @kidstonmotorcars
Research: @rarecarsonly