1969 Lamborghini Islero S Coupé

400GT2216634roadItaly

Engine: 4.0L V12, 350 bhp
Colour: Dark grey metallic

A matching-numbers 1969 Lamborghini Islero S Coupé, chassis 400GT2216634, is one of only 100 examples built in the more powerful S configuration, producing 350bhp from its 4.0-litre V12. Originally finished in white with a mustard interior, it was delivered new through Garage Foitek AG in Zurich and remained in Swiss ownership for over three decades before moving to Belgium in 2006, where a comprehensive restoration was completed around 2014–2015.

Ownership

2020-10-11Auction sale
Sold €250,000 (≈ $275K)
Bonhams catalogue lot →
1970 →Factory delivery
Ruf AG
partial documentation
First registered owner in Switzerland; car delivered via Garage Foitek AG in Zurich and sold new to this entity.
1981 → 1988Acquisition unknown
Philipp Messerly
partial documentation
Swiss owner who held the car for roughly seven years before passing it on.
1988 → 2001Private sale
Andreas Kury
partial documentation
Member of the Lamborghini Club Suisse; had the bodywork repainted red and listed the car for sale around 2001 with an apparently overhauled engine.
2006 →Acquisition unknown
Belgian owner
partial documentation
Moved the car to Belgium and commissioned a full restoration around 2014–2015, covering a respray, interior retrim, and engine overhaul; Belgian registration obtained in 2016.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

1988
Bodywork
Entire exterior repainted red during Andreas Kury's ownership.
Photographs from 1989/1990 on file show the car in its red repaint; body and paintwork were later noted as needing further work at time of 2001 sale.
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Engine rebuild
Engine overhauled, reportedly carried out prior to the 2001 sale.
Mentioned in the context of the car being offered for sale around 2001; supporting photographs not specified.
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Restoration
Comprehensive restoration undertaken in Belgium encompassing a full bare-metal respray and complete interior retrim; engine also fully overhauled. The car had covered fewer than 2,000 km since completion and was not yet fully run in at time of cataloguing.
Work carried out roughly between 2014 and 2015; supporting photographs available. Car presented in dark grey metallic with two-tone tan/beige leather and Alcantara; Belgian registration obtained in 2016.

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