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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rocky:
Kirk -

I like that green thing - it looks like a rocket! [QUOTE]

This particular car one of my all time personal favorite from high school (saw a book feature in 1972) and has allot to do with my love for Italian sports cars. Doug is right about the description---it was called the Carabo. In 1988, I was at Bertone's studio near Torino with the Lamborghini club for the Chrysler extravaganza when they introduced the 25th adversary Countach. Mr Bertone pulled out all oh his prototype super cars (the list was staggering and to see them in person---WOW!) on the back lawn and allowed the club to roam the grounds---climbing in and out of the prototype cars. This Carabo was not in their position but I spotted a small scale model on the shelf leading to the grounds and asked to take pictures of the original design study---and did so. There were allot of pictures taken that day by the Bertone staff photographer but that's another story.

The Carabo weighed 1700 lbs wet. It had a titanium single tube backbone with cast magnesium front and rear suspension mounting structure the control arms were mounted too. The creative list of developments on this particular masterpiece is incredible. It was said to be able to do an effortless 220 MPH before aero issues devolved. 1968---FANTASTIC CAR!

The previous night my wife and I were introduced to Ferrucco Lamborghini at the intro celebration dinner---pic below. It was a week the two of us will always remember. We devolved a friendship over the next 4+ years which is how the custom 25th anniversary targa Countach idea was hatched. During our last visit to his farm and vineyard for lunch, he was personally dozing a new golf course---on the dozer him self---we saw him coming up the drive. After lunch, he asked my sister to come and sing for the grand opening the following spring---she was an opera singer and lived in Milan studding music and teaching English. The first hand stories he told were wonderful---even explained how and why he started the car company with Enzo Ferrari's attitude help. Mr. Lamborghini passed unexpectedly in February of 1993 before the opening---very sad day for all Italian car lovers---he was a fantastic man and I was blessed to spend a small amount of time with him over those final years. He treated my wife and I incredible well---sorry for rambling on.

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