{"id":21596,"date":"2019-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/lamborghini-350-gt-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:29:59","slug":"lamborghini-350-gt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/lamborghini-350-gt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamborghini 350 GT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In October 1963 Lamborghini presented their first sports car, the 350 GTV, which was developed by independent engineers such as Giampaolo Dallara and Giotto Bizzarrini on behalf of the brand, as the new car factory including its development department in Sant’Agata was still under construction at that time. The design of the bodywork was done by Franco Scaglione, who had just become self-employed after his time at Bertone. Therefore, the 350 GTV wasn’t yet a driveable prototype, but only a concept car. However, the Lamborghini engineers and the designers of Touring quickly developed it into a production car and converted the Scaglione design a bit. The chassis development was the responsibility of Bob Wallace.

Already in March 1964, the new Lamborghini 350 GT debuted at the Geneva Motor Show. Compared to the original design, the more expensive and elaborate folding headlamps were eliminated in favor of oval lights from Hella, which were also used by NSU and Ford at the same time. Next to that, the roofline was shortened to accomodate a trunk lid below the rear window. Touring also used the famous Superleggera construction technique with aluminium sheets over a tubular frame instead of a steel body as used with the GTV. Under the hood, it still had the 3.5-liter V12 engine, which was just converted from dry sump to wet sump lubrication. Compared to Ferrari sports cars of the same era, this vehicle had five instead of just four gears, was more comfortable and faster. Inside, early examples featured an innovative 2+1 seating configuration with a centrally located rear seat.<\/p>\n\n\n

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