1967 Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2

0817roadItaly

Engine: 3.9L quad-cam V12, 320 bhp
Colour: Dark green ('Verde Scuro')

Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 chassis 0817, delivered in 1967 through a London dealer in left-hand-drive configuration with Verde Scuro coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring and a Senape leather interior. Notably among the last Touring-bodied 400 GTs before that coachbuilder's closure, the car spent several decades with a single Californian owner before being acquired in 2014 and subjected to a comprehensive, multi-year restoration in Germany by specialist workshops, returning it to original specification.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €477,500 (≈ $525K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1967 →Factory delivery
First owner in England via Mitchel and Brittani
partial documentation
Delivered new through London dealer Mitchel and Brittani; specified in left-hand drive despite English delivery, finished in Verde Scuro with Senape leather.
1973 → 2014Acquisition unknown
Californian owner
partial documentation
Believed to have held the car continuously for over four decades; during this period it was repainted red and kept in extended storage from 1998 to 2013.
2014 →Private sale
German owner
full documentation
Purchased as a restoration project and transported to Germany, where a comprehensive multi-year restoration was undertaken by specialist firms at a cost of hundreds of thousands of euros.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

1998
Maintenance
Car placed into long-term storage, where it remained until 2013, still in running order but otherwise neglected.
Occurred during the Californian owner's tenure; the car was subsequently repainted red at some point before or during this period.
2014Restoration
De Stefani (bodywork); Top Motors (engine); Auto Interni (interior)
Comprehensive multi-year restoration commenced in Germany after acquisition; the project took approximately four years and involved numerous specialist workshops. Bodywork was stripped to bare metal and reconstructed by De Stefani, the engine was fully disassembled and rebuilt to factory specification by Top Motors, the interior was completely removed and refurbished by Auto Interni, and all mechanical systems including gearbox, suspension, brakes, cooling, electrics, and exhaust were overhauled or replaced. A period-correct windscreen and new Borrani wire wheels were fitted. Total expenditure reached several hundred thousand euros and over 1,000 hours were logged on bodywork alone.
Detailed photographic records and invoices are retained in the car's history file. Only approximately 300 km have been covered since the restoration was finalised.
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Bodywork
Exterior repainted red from the original Verde Scuro, apparently during the American ownership period.

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