1969 Lamborghini Islero S

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Engine: 4.0L V12, 350 bhp

A 1969 Lamborghini Islero S, one of only 100 produced, powered by a 4.0-litre V-12 engine rated at 350 bhp and fitted with an uprated interior relative to the standard model. Originally conceived as the elegant, understated grand tourer that Ferruccio Lamborghini envisioned for his marque, this example has a documented history tracing ownership through Switzerland and the Netherlands before a period of static display in Kuwait.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold €218,500 (≈ $240K)
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
Date unknown
Swiss owner
partial documentation
Earliest available history records place the car in Switzerland; no further detail is given about this ownership period.
Date unknown
Dutch owner
full documentation
Held the car throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s; maintenance was carried out by Italauto in Achterveld, with invoices on file covering both routine and significant mechanical work including engine internals.
Date unknown
Kuwait-based owner
partial documentation
Car was kept in static display in Kuwait for a number of years before being consigned for auction.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

—Engine rebuild
Italauto
Engine work carried out including replacement of pistons and cylinder head gaskets, forming part of a broader service history accumulated during Dutch ownership.
Workshop located in Achterveld, Netherlands. The associated file covers both minor and major work undertaken across the ownership period in the 1990s to early 2000s.

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