I can't believe that I actually made this happen. 3 LM's in the Seattle area (one of them is mine) and one (the original RAMBO LAMBO - ie: originally owned by Sly) came down from BC.

http://gallery.mac.com/lanilee#100009&bgcolor=black

 

That is badass! How much do they go for nowadays?

 

pretty cool, I had almost forgot they made those

 

the sensor needs to be cleaned. dust everywhere!!!!

nice LMs.

 

Your this and your that. One of these days you have to provide us a list with your secret haven of automotive awesomeness.

 

that is the ultimate suv the only suv I would own if I should ever have one. remember seeing one in SF and it sounded louder than a harley davidson haha, just magnificent

 

I have to own an LM002 before I die.

 

Surfer - I will forward these photo's to my friend at Pirelli and see if he can offer any insight into the tire P Zero Scorpion dilemma you guys are having.

P.S. - I stopped by your shop yesterday. Will see you guys mid week next week. with my GT3

 

The LM002 was pretty expensive back in the days, How much did they retail for 150,000 usd ?

 

cool. nice shoot.

 

I believe that these were originally built to win a contract with the U.S. army. They were already going to begin delivering a few to the army, until AM General brought out the HUMVEE, which was slower, less expensive, and easier to drive. Apparently a few of the reasons we didn`t use it were because it was more expensive, and it was a 6 speed; and the majority of our troops don`t know how to drive stick.
I love this car though. Especially the black one.

 

very cool pics

 

great pics

 

Actually, the story I heard (from someone who has been with Lamborghini for 30 yrs. now) is that the Saudi gov't sent out a letter to every capable car manufacturer - a challenge - to produce a vehicle that could patrol their desert borders. Lamborghini was the only one to respond. With the help of some american engineers, they developed the prototypes. Some of the first ones were rear engined....didn't work too well when jumping sand dunes at high speed.

However, if one browses the lamborghiniregistry.com and looks up the LM002/Cheetah/LM001,3,4 it appears that some strange combination of Hernando's story and the one that I heard would be closer to the truth.

 

Thanks for the clarification.