[VintageLambo] Coming Attractions

Happy 2003 to Everybody in the Vintage Lamborghini Garage! I wanted to give a heads up on some projects that are currently proceeding that involve some of our list members. For background: My long-time friend (and former owner of the Pebble Beach Espada) Jim Fox, has in his possession several boxes of documents that originally belonged to Mr. Bob Estes. For those of you who didn"t have the pleasure of knowing Bob, he was the man who first brought Lamborghinis to the western United States back in the the factory"s early days. My own car, 400GT 2+2 #1033 was originally imported by Bob. Sadly, Bob passed away over a year ago. The paperwork now held by Jim is a collection of sales records from the days when Bob had his dealership here in California. I think the information on the sales records is of great interest to all of us on this list and for that matter, to all the owners of the older cars. So I secured Jim"s permission to have the boxes sent up to Fred in Pacifica so he could scan them for posting in our VLG database. List member Steve Rood is arranging with Jim to package and ship the boxes. I will keep you posted on our progress. One other item that may be of interest to some of you on the list is a rebuild manual I wrote for the 400 GT 2+2 engine. I used the knowledge I have gained during the rebuild of my engine along with inputs of several other knowledgable members of our list to create the manual. It is 100 pages and contains nearly 100 illustrations. It is undergoing final review by one of our listers as I write and as soon as that is finished, I will convert it to a PDF format and post it on the VLG. The manual is fully hyperlinked so users can access cross references instantly while in the file. I plan to solicit inputs from users to make it even better over time.In my "day job" I am a Senior Technical Writer, so assembling my many notes and photos into a manual seemed like a logical exercise. The final item currently in progress is the scanning of manuals and parts lists. These will be made accessible to listers as they are completed. So we hope to continue to offer our list members a viable source of meaningful information on their precious Lamborghinis. With your help and inputs, we intend to keep these mechanical works of art roadworthy for many years to come. Best Regards, Jack