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    Hand built Lambo.

    Seventeen years ago, Ken Imhoff watched Cannonball Run and became so enamored with the Lamborghini Countach in the film, he hand-built his own, in his basement. In what we imagine might be the most Jalopnik build ever undertaken, Ken designed and fabricated his own tig-welded frame, installed a thoroughly massaged…


    A friend of mind forwarded the above link. It tells the story of a guy who hand built his own Lambo. I could think of a many other preferred classic and rare cars rather than a Countach.
    Paul

    Targa 2.4E Signal Yellow

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    Boyhood dreams are hard to quell...

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      Started when it was a current model ? and I suspect it's now very late 80's.

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        #4
        When the faux Lambo was complete, he actually hired a contractor to knock out a part of the basement wall, build an earthen ramp, and then drag the car out of its subterranean workshop...

        so, by the time he was done he probably could spent the same amount (or less) and bought a real one... something that someone else on the planet might actually be interested in buying at some point.
        Richard Griffiths
        1970 911T 2.8

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