RE: Re: Welcome to Alf & His Factory Restored 400GT 2+2!

Ahh - the wisdom of experience! Interesting questions from you and Fred, which I could not possible answer in one posting, but perhaps try to address some of the main points. If I had the answers I have today back in 1999, or better still, even earlier, I would have made some different decisions along the road. Looking all the way back to my purchase of the car in 1982, today, I would go about it in avery different way ensuring first of all that I knew exactly what I was buying in terms of the condition and history of the car. Also, I would not contemplate any major work to be carried out by local workshops but find the proven specialist experienced in this type of work. In my particular situation this would bring the car abroad, and the factory would be one option, but there are of course other options that are closer to home. My experience today is that I have spent a considerable amount of money on local workshops without getting results. Another lesson learned is to define exactly how you want to use the car and from this the required standards of any restoration work. My intention was always to acquire a good driving example of the early Lamborghini V12s for the occasional pleasure driving. For several reasons (again the wisdom of experience) the final result of the factory work was a car in concourse condition, at a final cost much higher than the budget estimate which was the basis for my decision to bring the car from Norway to Sant"Agata. The car now represented a considerable investment, and now the question of my planned use of the car and required maintenance support, gave totally different answers than previous to the Sant"Agata work. Much more could be said but I think the picture is clear to see, and Fred, .this pretty much outlines my strategy should I decide to acquire another Vintage Lamborghini. Alf -----Original Message----- From: raymondstofer [ ] Sent: 8. desember 2002 16:55 To: VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VintageLambo] Re: Welcome to Alf & His Factory Restored 400GT 2+2! Alf, what I don"t understand, you brought your car to the factory and had it completely restored, afterwards you sold it. Well, why didn"t you sell it before, I mean, the lack of service-points in Norway was known before... Just curious... Raymond