I really enjoy this channel for its subtle, un-hyped and mature approach. No blaring music, choppy editing or crazy camera work. No bullshit over-dramatizing. That is so refreshing on TH-cam - please never change this!
Probably the most amazing thing about this is somebody got quite a way through an expensive looking restoration and retained the original body. That's a lucky car. Whoever owns it now is very lucky and thanks to Iain and all involved for sharing it with us!
What can I say! What a privilege it is to get to see some of what goes on to authenticate a car like this. Automotive history being brought to life! Thank you Iain!
I visited the Tonino Lamborghini's museum and I thought that the exhibited Ferrari, literally on stands, was the actual "bad" one. Now everything is clear. Thank you!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I’m on the hunt for the legendary first Austin Allegro from 1973 that Harris Mann (Allegro designer ) owned for two days before it broke down with gearbox , suspension and engine problems and a week later rust issues. It’s out there somewhere 😁.
Great video as usual. I cannot wait for the conclusion to this .Iain Tyrrel I suspect is held in very high regard amongst high end Classic car owners who let him do this sort of thing with their precious toys .
Fantastic video, the best yet. Thank god Harry Met. persuaded you to start this channel. If the stars align we get the TH-cam Holy Trinity of this channel, Harrys Garage AND retropowercars all on a Sunday evening. BLISS.
Awesome content Ian. Such a fantastic channel this has turned out to be. Have you had an opportunity to remove the clutch from the car or do you think it was upgraded at some point? If the tractor myth turns out to be fact I think it’s only fair to restore the car to its original partial tractor condition 😂
Iain's been cranking out the quality content... Just when you think he's found the most interesting car to show us, he's got something else rolling in the workshop doors.
Iain you're never on a wild goose chase. Nail it boy - thank god for people like you. In a world full of certified mad men, its a great there are dudes like you out there fixing cars and loving it.
@@marcryvon We might add an overly familiar "mate" here addressing Mr Tyrrell ..... Nobody in his right mind would go as far as "bro" or "bruh" though, supposedly.
Those Lamborghini tractors are quite beautiful in their own way, I really like their pale blue/yellow (or is it orange? 🤷♂️) color scheme. Funky for a tractor 😆
I may have something interesting for you, this car, and many other connected to Ferruccio (such as his personal Countach S) that feature on this channel are actually displayed as a collection in Poland. This Ferrari is also going to be displayed probably as soon as it is finished. I saw it March last year just in the state Tyrell shows here with Italy footage.
"Hello, this is Iain from Tyrrell's Classic Workshop. I understand you own a classic Lamborghini tractor. You do? Wonderful. We'd like to borrow it for a video we're making. We promise we'll take very good care of it..."
Fantastic! And still with the original body, it's a crime to junk these elegant 250 PFs and GTEs, for something fake, however convincing. I'd rather have a real GTE than a fake GTO, not that I'm likely to have either.
Yep, no respect. Would they change the smile of Mon Lisa ?? Almost criminal ! It's like 'mericans swapping a GM small block in an E Type. Sacrilège ! 👹
Problem is, once You get into it a little more, there are no "fake" GTOs, for those were all handmade hacks from butchered donors and modified other cars to match the needed specs for the very course they were intended to race. Ficarra (VinWiki) told the story of LeMans where Ferrari started to take brake rotors from customer cars out in the parking lot just to have what they needed to keep their racers going ..... they did their building business in exactly that spirit even more "at home" in Maranello. I would believe in an instant Enzo might have cheated giving a couple non-GTOs a GTO-VIN to get through with the homologation red tape. Italians ever were extreme ruthless hackers when it came to their sportscars and racers, no matter Ferraris, Bizzarrinis, Zagatos, Abarths and so on. So, the very idea of "real" and "fake" GTOs is a cheap trope overzealous automobile rating agents invented to charge a lot for nothing. With a car for somewhat in the mid range two digit millions, a VIN and a good story is well sufficient to build what the customer shelling out the millions wants. But is that "real" or "fake in its own" ? I'd say it depends on what kind of reality You go for: the money, or the experience. For the experience, a fake GTO might even be the better choice, with the mechanics being way less restricted when it comes to usability, drivability and competitive capability compared to a trope-car someone gave the "GTO"-approval a banker or investment vulture wants, knowing nothing about the experience and not being interested in said experience, either.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 If you modernise the car to give better driveability and roadholding etc. then you are not having the original experience. Most GTOs seem to be still used rather than locked in vaults, but when they break owners don't put in an LS, powerful and reliable though that might be. Build a totally accurate replica by all means, a couple of million should do it, and you have a nice new car that you can use and abuse as you wish, but to break up a lovely car like a 250GTE just to look 'the racer' is not something I like the idea of.
@@JohnDavis-ed5sg Well, I did not think of a sacrilege like an LS-swap, of course, more like better shocks, better sway bar links, changing angles and leverage in the undercarriage, a modern clutch instead of a Lamborghini Tractor 6 spring one .... better ignition, better oil-circulation .... I wouldn't even go as far as swapping to Lambda mixture regulation, which we built into some less sporty cars together with carburettors when catalytic converters became a thing - works great even without the converters, but I wouldn't do that. Better brakes and things like that though - a sacrilege for original freaks, a must for me. Anyway, only car worth ruining with an LS would be leafsprung american car I reckon 😁.
Holy crap Batman... That must be right up there as one of the world's most valuable 250GTs. It'll fetch an absolute fortune if and when it comes up for sale.
I'm pretty sure Iain mentioned "the buyer".. and that his shop had been commissioned to finish the restoration, to me that would imply that it's already found a home
@@aussiechris5904 Yeah but, after Ian finish it will probably pop up in an auction somewhere. Owners will change with time but let's hope the mechanic stays the same.
I remember back in and around that era, that some flywheels can take two different size clutch assemblies, the flywheel will have two different position mounting hole's/threads. Just a thought. ?
Typically understated delivery of the automotive equivalent of discovering Brutus's 44BC diary, documenting his 'to do list' for the Ides of March...... brilliant stuff !!
Congratulations Iain ! What a story to uncover. Well well, when does the film come out? Or is it a book first job? Please please please keep up the great work. You are cementing in history the bygone view of the Great British motoring outlook. Thank you.
I would think you could go to Lamborghini and get the specs on any tractor clutch they made and thus save all the time and effort tearing apart old tractors.
With all that goes on in the world presently, what lovely thing it is watch a man with a passion follow a dream that hurts no one and enriches the lives of others. Content like this is almost as rare as the car in this video, Iain you are truly living your dream, just keep these videos coming!
@Tyrrell's Classic Workshop : I think that the tractor you are looking for is 5c Cingolato, it has 2.2 diesel 3 cylinder, the clutch therefore could be 9 inch, the machine is from 1960 so time fits also...
I chatted to Olivier Nameche over an Iranian Jarama several years ago. Such a nice and knowledgeable person. I’m glad you guys decided to unveil this piece of history here on TH-cam.
Your best video to date! A fascinating story on multiple levels. If you are able to track down a 9” Lamborghini tractor clutch, will you instal it in the restoration?
I heard Lamborghini tell the story in person to about six people. (Well, through a translator.) It was in 1988 at the 25th anniversary celebration at the factory. He said that he had complained to Enzo that the clutch in his Ferrari was too weak and had to be replaced too often. He told Enzo that his tractors had good, strong clutches and he could show Ferrari how to improve the clutch. Ferrari said something to the effect that "You stick to building tractors and I'll build the cars." I wish I had recorded the conversation with Lamborghini, but there were no smartphones in 1988. It was a great trip.
Brilliant stuff bit of research is just the way forward 😉😉😉😉😉knowing no tractor was harmed during the video,,, one three cylinder later,, truth was out ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️from Northern Ireland
Iain, Thanks for sharing this exciting find with us all. It's always fascinating, I think, to learn more about the people behind the cars we both admire so much. No doubt Ferrucio was a complex character indeed , but look at all he achieved. This Ferrari is a key part of the Automobili Lamborghini story so often spoken of but how amazing to give it form. I hope the 3 cylindri trattori clutch matches up. Best, Brett
Loved this story time! Such exciting stuff for us car nerds. Iain you are THE gentleman of car repairs and car youtube. Pure class. Greetings from Finland 👋
Funny that is, but I just spent a cold evening in the garage, restoring an 1984 motorbike, took a hot shower and was off to watch the next video in the playlist /I'm watching them with delay/, hoping to spent few good minutes listening info for another classic car and see it driven as usual, but then saw this one is next. Didn't know what I'm opening until I read the video info and was well, mindblown!
Thanks for so many enjoyable videos. But this one...what a find! Considering all the detective-work you're doing, you are now a part of the car's history! :) Keep up the great work.
As a kid, i was into tractors, BIG TIME, i had tractor wall paper, model tractors, tractor pajama's, then one day it all ended, and i became an Extractor fan .................
My Alfasud is not happy with you. Just when I think my ultimate binge watch (that is distracting me from HER minor restoration), I see the most amazing automotive documentary, of all time. This is, by far and away, the best video I have ever seen on TH-cam. 😀
Just think for a brief, frightening moment about what the world would have missed out on, had Ferruccio Lamborghini had a guy with even a fraction of Ian Tyrrell's capabilities to bring his wife's car to - we would all have to dream of and safe up for one of his tractors instead (who are said having been solid investments, or that's what You hear at the bar throughout the Padana), and Ferdinand Pïech (whose ancestor Ferry Porsche started with tractors as well before birthing the KdF-Wagen the world knows as the 356 and the "Beetle" these days) would probably never have found the tractor-smithy from Bel Paese interesting enough to acquire it and make Lamborghinis actually usable by crimping in serious cable lugs .... What I find interesting is that this white Ferrari-"culprit" with the tractor clutch-improvement has seats/doorboards resembling the color Carlo Riva used to fit out his Ariston and Aquarama motorboats of the era .....
The original gold finger DB5 next or is that known and in existence, think it was stolen in Florida. But that’s some bit of history, love it is still in existence. Ok so you can hire Iain to be detective, right I’m a Euro lottery away from buying Steve McQueen bullet Car 😉👍 Could he not have got his works to build a bespoke clutch for the Ferrari.
This has probably already been mentioned, but aren't there documents available which have the specs of these tractors? Clutch size should be listed somewhere, maybe in parts manuals from the era?
Hercule Poirot of the motoring world, lol. Totally fascinating and compulsive viewing, thanks for sharing this with us, looking forward to the next segment! 👏👍😀
Wouldn't it have been easier to get the workshop manuals (if available of course) of the tractors and got the dimensions of the clutch from there? That would eliminate taking two tractors apart and opening the right one first time.
Some blokes pissing about with a tractor clutch because of some 60 year old anecdote preserved through word of mouth over generations... and not a single thing i would rather watch
I assume you checked the clutch that is currently in the car? Not that I think the Lambo clutch would still be there since it's been 52 years but hey. Weirder things have happened.
What an exciting vid to watch. Thanks for putting this together and sharing. Love the content. Just wondering whether that tractor book has any info on which novel has the 9 inch clutch? Looking forward to part 2
I was recently contacted by a man in argentina with a 250 gte for sale sans motor but with gearbox in situ ! I have attempted to call your workshop and its been a couple of weeks now he may have passed it on !
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I really enjoy this channel for its subtle, un-hyped and mature approach. No blaring music, choppy editing or crazy camera work. No bullshit over-dramatizing. That is so refreshing on TH-cam - please never change this!
Well said
Agreed - this has become my go-to classic car channel - calmly and intelligently presented, with some genuinely beautiful, and fascinating cars.
Exactly
substance over style...and there's plenty of style.
Probably the most amazing thing about this is somebody got quite a way through an expensive looking restoration and retained the original body. That's a lucky car. Whoever owns it now is very lucky and thanks to Iain and all involved for sharing it with us!
What can I say! What a privilege it is to get to see some of what goes on to authenticate a car like this. Automotive history being brought to life! Thank you Iain!
I visited the Tonino Lamborghini's museum and I thought that the exhibited Ferrari, literally on stands, was the actual "bad" one. Now everything is clear. Thank you!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Iain, being you isn't a bag gig, that's for sure. Bravo.
14:53 Love the nimbleness & excitement...The footwork is amazing!
On a Sunday evening, Just wonderful
Amazing. Thanks so much for making this video
What I like is that the tractor and the Miura (in the background) are the 'same' colour ! ; )
Hello Ian how are you doing 😊
There should be a movie Ferrrari vs Lamborghini.....that lunch scene would be interesting.
The magnitude of this find is just unbelievable... Where else do we get content like this?...
Thank you Iain, always a treat to get a video from you!
I really think there's a quirky, offbeat comedy film somewhere in the Lamborghini origin story.
I’m on the hunt for the legendary first Austin Allegro from 1973 that Harris Mann (Allegro designer ) owned for two days before it broke down with gearbox , suspension and engine problems and a week later rust issues. It’s out there somewhere 😁.
Love automotive detective works! Can’t wait for part 2
Great video, thanks for sharing... 👍👏😻
¡Amazing video! Thanks a lot...
Great video as usual. I cannot wait for the conclusion to this .Iain Tyrrel I suspect is held in very high regard amongst high end Classic car owners who let him do this sort of thing with their precious toys .
Auto forensics! Love it ❤
This is unbelievable! Well done Iain!
I had a 1973 Davrian Mk5 in the 80's. Never heard of anyone else who had one .
Can't wait for episode 2! Fantastic videos Ian!
So cool
Imagine being in the cafe that day.
I love your fact-based approach. :-)
Great fun to watch 😃
wow!
Fantastic video, the best yet. Thank god Harry Met. persuaded you to start this channel.
If the stars align we get the TH-cam Holy Trinity of this channel, Harrys Garage AND retropowercars all on a Sunday evening. BLISS.
Awesome content Ian. Such a fantastic channel this has turned out to be. Have you had an opportunity to remove the clutch from the car or do you think it was upgraded at some point? If the tractor myth turns out to be fact I think it’s only fair to restore the car to its original partial tractor condition 😂
Best notification for the day 😀😀😀
Amazing! Terrific job, boys!
Iain's been cranking out the quality content... Just when you think he's found the most interesting car to show us, he's got something else rolling in the workshop doors.
Its a fantastic car, so will be hard to beat. The Ferrari that spawned Lamborghini, a true legendary car.
I couldn't agree more
I agree
I used to be really into tractors in my youth. I'm cool now - I'm an extractor fan!
Boom boom! I suppose you're here all week?
@@thecorbies Don't worry, I won't quit my day job!
It’s brilliant that Iain suddenly turns into an excited 10yo when he sees the car, that’s genuine enthusiasm for the work he does and loves doing
A properly misspent youth never gets old no matter how many years You put in ....
Brilliant! Congratulations on an incredible find and thank you for sharing this exciting journey with us.
Iain you're never on a wild goose chase. Nail it boy - thank god for people like you. In a world full of certified mad men, its a great there are dudes like you out there fixing cars and loving it.
"dudes like you" when talking about Monsieur Iain Tyrrell ! 🤪
Buddy, you've got balls ! You're American, right ? I tought so... 😆
@@marcryvon We might add an overly familiar "mate" here addressing Mr Tyrrell ..... Nobody in his right mind would go as far as "bro" or "bruh" though, supposedly.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 Nah. Mate's cool.
To think the world wouldn’t have Lamborghini if Ferucio never bought a Ferrari and if Enzo Ferrari wasn’t an asshole to him
At least four different car companies was spawned because of Enzo Ferrari's reputational assholery; ATS, Lamborghini, Iso, and Bizzarrini.
The “Helen of Troy” of the car world, this is amazing and historical. Bravo 👏🏻
Those Lamborghini tractors are quite beautiful in their own way, I really like their pale blue/yellow (or is it orange? 🤷♂️) color scheme. Funky for a tractor 😆
..and is it just me, or was the Ferrari interior a very similar shade to the tractor blue?
@@aussiechris5904 Thanks for noticing the similarities ... hadn't thought of that! 👍
To me, similar but not the same -
The Ferrari interior was more of an aqua than light blue.
@@aussiechris5904 I was thinking "why that horrible blue interior?" - and then saw the tractors. - Aha...
Only the Italians could make a tractor that is drop dead gorgeous 😂
Didn't want this one to end, becoming quite fond of Mr. Tyrrell
This really is an amazing story Iain ,your Lamborghini finds are incredible I can see this being part one of five .Ha Ha .
How very odd to see someone actually using hand tools, after all the videos of Americans using air and electric impact tools.
The only problem with being so early is there isn’t many comments to read through
I may have something interesting for you, this car, and many other connected to Ferruccio (such as his personal Countach S) that feature on this channel are actually displayed as a collection in Poland. This Ferrari is also going to be displayed probably as soon as it is finished. I saw it March last year just in the state Tyrell shows here with Italy footage.
"Hello, this is Iain from Tyrrell's Classic Workshop. I understand you own a classic Lamborghini tractor. You do? Wonderful. We'd like to borrow it for a video we're making. We promise we'll take very good care of it..."
Fantastic! And still with the original body, it's a crime to junk these elegant 250 PFs and GTEs, for something fake, however convincing. I'd rather have a real GTE than a fake GTO, not that I'm likely to have either.
Yep, no respect. Would they change the smile of Mon Lisa ?? Almost criminal !
It's like 'mericans swapping a GM small block in an E Type. Sacrilège ! 👹
Totally agree
Problem is, once You get into it a little more, there are no "fake" GTOs, for those were all handmade hacks from butchered donors and modified other cars to match the needed specs for the very course they were intended to race. Ficarra (VinWiki) told the story of LeMans where Ferrari started to take brake rotors from customer cars out in the parking lot just to have what they needed to keep their racers going ..... they did their building business in exactly that spirit even more "at home" in Maranello. I would believe in an instant Enzo might have cheated giving a couple non-GTOs a GTO-VIN to get through with the homologation red tape. Italians ever were extreme ruthless hackers when it came to their sportscars and racers, no matter Ferraris, Bizzarrinis, Zagatos, Abarths and so on. So, the very idea of "real" and "fake" GTOs is a cheap trope overzealous automobile rating agents invented to charge a lot for nothing. With a car for somewhat in the mid range two digit millions, a VIN and a good story is well sufficient to build what the customer shelling out the millions wants. But is that "real" or "fake in its own" ? I'd say it depends on what kind of reality You go for: the money, or the experience. For the experience, a fake GTO might even be the better choice, with the mechanics being way less restricted when it comes to usability, drivability and competitive capability compared to a trope-car someone gave the "GTO"-approval a banker or investment vulture wants, knowing nothing about the experience and not being interested in said experience, either.
@@manfredschmalbach9023 If you modernise the car to give better driveability and roadholding etc. then you are not having the original experience. Most GTOs seem to be still used rather than locked in vaults, but when they break owners don't put in an LS, powerful and reliable though that might be. Build a totally accurate replica by all means, a couple of million should do it, and you have a nice new car that you can use and abuse as you wish, but to break up a lovely car like a 250GTE just to look 'the racer' is not something I like the idea of.
@@JohnDavis-ed5sg Well, I did not think of a sacrilege like an LS-swap, of course, more like better shocks, better sway bar links, changing angles and leverage in the undercarriage, a modern clutch instead of a Lamborghini Tractor 6 spring one .... better ignition, better oil-circulation .... I wouldn't even go as far as swapping to Lambda mixture regulation, which we built into some less sporty cars together with carburettors when catalytic converters became a thing - works great even without the converters, but I wouldn't do that. Better brakes and things like that though - a sacrilege for original freaks, a must for me. Anyway, only car worth ruining with an LS would be leafsprung american car I reckon 😁.
Holy crap Batman... That must be right up there as one of the world's most valuable 250GTs.
It'll fetch an absolute fortune if and when it comes up for sale.
THAT is "provenance."
Well, it’s not gonna go to any Ferrari fan that’s for sure…
I'm pretty sure Iain mentioned "the buyer".. and that his shop had been commissioned to finish the restoration, to me that would imply that it's already found a home
@@aussiechris5904 Yeah but, after Ian finish it will probably pop up in an auction somewhere. Owners will change with time but let's hope the mechanic stays the same.
@@indiebekonn Oh money can buy anything you know. Even love now...
I remember back in and around that era, that some flywheels can take two different size clutch assemblies, the flywheel will have two different position mounting hole's/threads. Just a thought. ?
Typically understated delivery of the automotive equivalent of discovering Brutus's 44BC diary, documenting his 'to do list' for the Ides of March...... brilliant stuff !!
Congratulations Iain ! What a story to uncover. Well well, when does the film come out? Or is it a book first job? Please please please keep up the great work. You are cementing in history the bygone view of the Great British motoring outlook. Thank you.
Amazing, no words really but thanks and 150% right on topping the Italian job Miura, thank you for this content ❤️
Need a bigger clutch? Find a bigger tractor! That just oozes Lamborghini logic there...
22 amazing minutes
I would think you could go to Lamborghini and get the specs on any tractor clutch they made and thus save all the time and effort tearing apart old tractors.
Nah. Even if you could get the specs, you would need the tractor to see if it actually resembled the specs.
It's more likely Mr Lamborghini ordered a clutch from his supplier. Great piece of history.
I don't understand why you're taking tracktors apart, were there no technical drawings?
What an amazing find, great video as always.
With all that goes on in the world presently, what lovely thing it is watch a man with a passion follow a dream that hurts no one and enriches the lives of others. Content like this is almost as rare as the car in this video, Iain you are truly living your dream, just keep these videos coming!
Hello Steve how are you doing 😊
@@mariarusso1325 fine thanks, guess your an Iain Tyrell fan!
@@Steve-rv1ql Yes, my dad use to follow him on TH-cam. Nice to hear from you Steve. Looking for a new friend Ok
To quote Sherlock Holmes, "The plot thickens, the game is afoot" ;)
@Tyrrell's Classic Workshop : I think that the tractor you are looking for is 5c Cingolato, it has 2.2 diesel 3 cylinder, the clutch therefore could be 9 inch, the machine is from 1960 so time fits also...
I had to stop it after 10min to make sure I watch the rest of the video is the best possible conditions, I'm gonna love it
Oooh!! Well!! I don't know what else to say!
Here's to part 2!
I chatted to Olivier Nameche over an Iranian Jarama several years ago. Such a nice and knowledgeable person. I’m glad you guys decided to unveil this piece of history here on TH-cam.
Your best video to date! A fascinating story on multiple levels. If you are able to track down a 9” Lamborghini tractor clutch, will you instal it in the restoration?
Hello David how are you doing 😊
This has been exciting! Thank you for bringing us along
I heard Lamborghini tell the story in person to about six people. (Well, through a translator.) It was in 1988 at the 25th anniversary celebration at the factory. He said that he had complained to Enzo that the clutch in his Ferrari was too weak and had to be replaced too often. He told Enzo that his tractors had good, strong clutches and he could show Ferrari how to improve the clutch. Ferrari said something to the effect that "You stick to building tractors and I'll build the cars." I wish I had recorded the conversation with Lamborghini, but there were no smartphones in 1988. It was a great trip.
Thankfully, Signor Ferrari was rude!
If he’d been cooperative, we might now not have a Lamborghini car marque.
This is fast becoming my fave 'car' channel
Been waiting for this episode all day, fabulous as always.
Brilliant stuff bit of research is just the way forward 😉😉😉😉😉knowing no tractor was harmed during the video,,, one three cylinder later,, truth was out ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️from Northern Ireland
Iain,
Thanks for sharing this exciting find with us all. It's always fascinating, I think, to learn more about the people behind the cars we both admire so much. No doubt Ferrucio was a complex character indeed , but look at all he achieved. This Ferrari is a key part of the Automobili Lamborghini story so often spoken of but how amazing to give it form. I hope the 3 cylindri trattori clutch matches up.
Best,
Brett
Congratulations, Cant wait to watch Ferruccio's Lamborghini 250 GT restoration in progress...
Loved this story time! Such exciting stuff for us car nerds. Iain you are THE gentleman of car repairs and car youtube. Pure class. Greetings from Finland 👋
Funny that is, but I just spent a cold evening in the garage, restoring an 1984 motorbike, took a hot shower and was off to watch the next video in the playlist /I'm watching them with delay/, hoping to spent few good minutes listening info for another classic car and see it driven as usual, but then saw this one is next. Didn't know what I'm opening until I read the video info and was well, mindblown!
Thanks for so many enjoyable videos. But this one...what a find! Considering all the detective-work you're doing, you are now a part of the car's history! :)
Keep up the great work.
As a kid, i was into tractors, BIG TIME, i had tractor wall paper, model tractors, tractor pajama's, then one day it all ended, and i became an Extractor fan .................
My Alfasud is not happy with you. Just when I think my ultimate binge watch (that is distracting me from HER minor restoration), I see the most amazing automotive documentary, of all time. This is, by far and away, the best video I have ever seen on TH-cam. 😀
Just think for a brief, frightening moment about what the world would have missed out on, had Ferruccio Lamborghini had a guy with even a fraction of Ian Tyrrell's capabilities to bring his wife's car to - we would all have to dream of and safe up for one of his tractors instead (who are said having been solid investments, or that's what You hear at the bar throughout the Padana), and Ferdinand Pïech (whose ancestor Ferry Porsche started with tractors as well before birthing the KdF-Wagen the world knows as the 356 and the "Beetle" these days) would probably never have found the tractor-smithy from Bel Paese interesting enough to acquire it and make Lamborghinis actually usable by crimping in serious cable lugs ....
What I find interesting is that this white Ferrari-"culprit" with the tractor clutch-improvement has seats/doorboards resembling the color Carlo Riva used to fit out his Ariston and Aquarama motorboats of the era .....
You are incredible! What an exciting task to authenticate LAMBORGHINI’s beautiful car. That interior color is molto bello!
The original gold finger DB5 next or is that known and in existence, think it was stolen in Florida. But that’s some bit of history, love it is still in existence. Ok so you can hire Iain to be detective, right I’m a Euro lottery away from buying Steve McQueen bullet Car 😉👍 Could he not have got his works to build a bespoke clutch for the Ferrari.
This has probably already been mentioned, but aren't there documents available which have the specs of these tractors? Clutch size should be listed somewhere, maybe in parts manuals from the era?
Hercule Poirot of the motoring world, lol. Totally fascinating and compulsive viewing, thanks for sharing this with us, looking forward to the next segment! 👏👍😀
I think this will go down as one as your most watched videos. Due to the importance of that car. Fantastic!
Breathtaking!!! What a pivotal car in the modern history of 20th Century automobiles. Congratulations on the find.
Wouldn't it have been easier to get the workshop manuals (if available of course) of the tractors and got the dimensions of the clutch from there? That would eliminate taking two tractors apart and opening the right one first time.
How do you know that clutch in the tractor wasn’t replaced years ago and no one kept a record of that
As an aside … those… vintage tractors😎
Goldilocks Iain Tyrrell and the three Lamborghini tractor clutches. Let's hope you find the one in the middle that's just right.
The Nintendo PlayStation of the car world!!✨
Already looking forward to part 2!!🎉🎉
Imagine after that lunch with Enzo, Ferruccio must have stormed out, got into his Ferrari and absolutely abused that clutch all the way back home.
I saw a grey 250GT SWB in the Peak District last weekend. Such a lovely thing.
Some blokes pissing about with a tractor clutch because of some 60 year old anecdote preserved through word of mouth over generations... and not a single thing i would rather watch
outstanding this man is a true enthusiast , just a fantastic resource for anyone interested in cars ,well done Ian thank you for all these videos
I assume you checked the clutch that is currently in the car? Not that I think the Lambo clutch would still be there since it's been 52 years but hey. Weirder things have happened.
Terrific story and wonderfully exciting forensic work. Thank you so much for sharing the journey.
Somethings wrong here! Im goin to mow grass. PUSH MOW! At that. And Ian is playin with lamborghinis ferrari! Lol
What an exciting vid to watch. Thanks for putting this together and sharing. Love the content.
Just wondering whether that tractor book has any info on which novel has the 9 inch clutch?
Looking forward to part 2
Great, great story. It amazes me that the Italians send their cars over to us British to restore - why is that Ian?
Hello Richard how are you doing 😊
Struck by how the rear window profile of this car is similar to the Morris Oxford - another Pininfarina design, of course
I was recently contacted by a man in argentina with a 250 gte for sale sans motor but with gearbox in situ ! I have attempted to call your workshop and its been a couple of weeks now he may have passed it on !
Didn't Lamborghini have the means to have a one-off "tractor-spec" clutch made for his Ferrari?
Hi Ian,Tom here been watching ur channel for last couple of months, not your usual run-o-the mill car restoration brilliant m8.