1965 Lamborghini 350 GT - Jay Leno's Garage
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- 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT. Andrew Romanowski of Lamborghini Club of America stops by with the marque's first production vehicle, one of the 135 350 GTs ever made.
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1965 Lamborghini 350 GT - Jay Leno's Garage
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One thing that sticks out to me about Jay - he finds a way to put a positive spin on any car's shortcomings or quirks. Engine Block had a tendency to fall out? "I like a lighter car personally". Car catches fire warm days? "Well I always liked a bonfire once in awhile."
In a world where folks seem to be on the hunt for something to complain about, I love this approach!
350 horsepower in 1965 sounds unbelievable. Very beautiful.
Yes I think a ferarri of the period was making around 260-279 hp
Jay, you are a class act. The hardest working peson in show biz. I know you made this video at 5 AM
In the late 1970's my brother bought a used Lamborghini 350 gt for about $4,600. I remember well the 12 cylinder engine, toggle switches, colored indicator lights, single windshield wiper & rear bench. Also had a double H 8 speed manual transmission, which Jay didn't mention, but even as teenager I was impressed. His car was gray when bought, but he had it painted white. No one had any idea what a Lamborghini was at the time, but he did have to have a lot of service done on the engine, to keep it running smoothly. Gas mileage was awful ( around 8mpg) and when alternate day gas rationing came to play under the Carter administration he finally traded it for a used Mercedes (which was selling for $6,700, so he thought it was a great deal). Obviously, you could retire on what this car costs now, but does bring back fond memories of the past to watch this.
I would be fascinated to know more about the 8-speed manual transmission. That must have some shift pattern and the linkage must have been absolutely mind boggling. May I politely suggest you are misrembering? Jay did not mention it because it does not exist.
There was never an eight speed transmission in the Lamborghini 350GT. All of them had a five speed transmission.
I had never seen this model so well photographed and filmed, one can really appreciate the fine proportions and classic beauty it has. My favorite Lamborghini is still the Espada, but this is also great!
Always good to hear Jay describe the era of the car, what was the norm and how each car fit in to it's consumer base.
That interior door grab handle is beautiful
OMG. The lines of that car are so elegant ! Perfect !
I love this car, it's actually my favorite classic Lamborghini Jay. Love the color and interior and the engine, love it!
Thank you Andrew for bringing a perfect example of a gorgeous classic
Beautiful touring automobile with a character all its own. Thanks for the history lesson, professor Leno.
Beautiful car. I’m a car buff yet I had never seen one of these before. I love that this car isn’t parked in garage somewhere but is driven and enjoyed.
One of the most beautiful cars built, unique styling and simply lush!
Gorgeous !!!😍😍
Absolutely perfect color scheme for the body style.
heartbreakingly beautiful...
Jay Leno Lives the BEST LIFE a Motorhead/Gearhead could possibly live ... and Mrs Leno LETS him!
I like how much the wiper wipes on the windscreen
what I was thinking, works very well for one wiper on a big screen.
John Matthews i dont think i made my sarcasm very obvious :\
Sarcasm does not translate in text. 95% communication being non- verbal. But yes, the wiper is good enough.
The Inside Was Beautiful 😍
11:32 gasp... listen to that backfire.... pop! music to my ears. had to listen to that several times. nothing makes me smile like those pops and whirs of old cars
Lol! When the guy gets there and is saying "its a honor to be there" jay doesn't let him finished and cuts him off!
What a bloody beautiful car, i've never really liked the lambo look, but this is a funky looking machine.
Movie fans, and particularly, car movie fans will recognize the Lamborghini 350GT/400GT was the car that Dean Jones in the "The Love Bug" temporarily replaced Herbie with. It would be an understatement to say that Herbie was not impressed!
Like Jay, the 1960's styling represents my 'boyhood' dream era--so this 1965 is my ideal of a classy touring car with a wonderful interior. I like that the owner/restorer added the metallic component to the original paint color. I have seen enough expensive Italian automobiles that look 'flat' about two years after purchase. Even quality wax doesn't seem to bring the paint back. While later Lambo's have 'in your face' styling they never had the appeal for me that this car has.
Wow..so beautiful.Need to wear a lightweight grey suit and tie while driving this masterpiece...champagne in the trunk.Going to meet ms Bardòt perhaps.
Beautiful engineering
Funny how time flies ... Classic car prices have become (even more) insane in the last decade or so. I remember checking out the 350's and 400's prices (in Europe) back when I first watched this clip on Jay's old website and prices were still *somewhat* reasonable back then. Checked prices again today and the cheapest 350 I could find is €700,000. Heck, even the Espadas are now between €150,000 and €300,000 and the Miuras I found were between €1,000,000 and €3,000,000.
We shake our heads now but there wasn't such a side spread appreciation of classics back in the old days. There was the mentality of why buy an old Lamborghini when you could get a new one, or even 2 new Ferrari's. How times have changed.
Jack Shepherdson
I wouldn't put it quite that extremely. Classic Bugattis have always been popular and were never cheap. Same goes with lots of pre-WW2 Mercedes', Duesenbergs and other rare brands/models. So there always was a market for rare classic cars, but I think that market has become much bigger in the past 2 or 3 decades (in terms of people who are interested in classic cars).
Back in the day it was more or less an enthusiast's thing - these days you have lots of non-petrolheads with too much money who view classic cars as investments. I remember a time when you could get (non 2+2 seater) Ferraris at second-hand-market prices. That all changed when Enzo died and suddenly even crappy 1980s 308s commanded premium prices.
1SaG you make an excellent point, there were always high prices on Bug's, French Art Deco teardrops, racing Jag's, etc ever back in the 60's, and there is now a lot of people buying to speculate. It seems like interest, at least for proper enthusiasts, has moved around to favour 60's and 70's Cars the same way prewar stuff used to be. It's very interesting to watch as cars like Fulvia's and Testa Rossa finally being appreciated and seeing the prices skyrocket.
1SaG and the amount of interest in classic cars from real enthusiasts has really grown too. There's definitely more enthusiasts than there used to be, which is a good thing. I think crappy 328's and Dino GT4 prices are rising not because of Enzo's death, but because 250 and 166 prices have risen so drastically in the last 2 decades, which has led many to think 70's and 80's Fezza's are next to go up.
:) You won't get any argument from me re the Fulvia ... but I'm not quite there yet when it comes to the Testarossa. Maybe it's because I was a teen in the 80s and that car just screams "1980s" to me as much as big hair or shoulder pads do.
That said: I might be part of a minority now with this view. A buddy of mine had the chance to buy a Testa about 4 years back. It was in excellent shape and actually "affordable" (think they wanted around €45k for it). He didn't buy it and today I can send him into a deep depression by dropping the word "Testarossa" - he probably could've doubled his investment by now.
What a gorgeous automobile
Lamborghini 350GT "The bull with no name"
content is king, that's why i don't own a tv.. internet + jay = cool shit. thanks
All this talk of Bizzarini..has Jay ever had a Bizzarini GT America in the Garage? I dreamed of owning one when I was younger...
What an absolutely beautiful car!
This is better looking than anything Lamborghini are making now! Why don't they make GT's like this any more?
Illegal. Wrong bumpers. See video.
simonstaiger yes I realise that they can't make them exactly like this any more, I was more meaning why don't they make GT's any more instead of churning out mid engined wedges. Ferrari make some nice GT's still, but Lamborghini seems to have packed it in.
Matthew Sharpe Got that. Expect no more GTs from them. Just sportscars.
And nothing along the lines of the 350 / 400 GT, I suppose.
simonstaiger A shame as they were clearly very good at making GT's once, and I'm not keen on the current crop of sports cars. I guess they just make what their customers buy though, and since I'm a middle class working man, I'm not their customer and probably never will be baring a miracle.
They make a Twin Turbo Lamborghini Urus! a SUV!
In terms of styling, I like the Espada, the Miura, and the Countach. I do like what's underneath the car. 3.5 litre 350hp V12 engine!
I'm not kidding, while I was watching this a DiGiorno Pizza add came up, how funny is that Lol.
Such beauty!!
Lamborghini’s are awesome!
such a beautiful car going down the road
I love that story about the Tractor manufacturer fighting with Ferrari.
very nice restoration
in an old lamborghini there is a great sterio it has some speakers in the front but the true sound game out of these weird metal tubes in the back.
That thing is gorgeous
Beautiful
Jay's Mom: Q: What do you want for Christmas Jay ?
Jay: A: I want Lamborghini Mom !
Jay's Mom answers No "You'll poke your eye out" ? (From the Toggle Switches)
I love the fact that this car was created out of spite. It represents the ultimate customer complaint.
look at those beautiful interior door handles
Great Historical point of reference Jay ! Thanks !
A very handsome looking first Lamborghini Production car.
Wonderful!
Wow, another fave.
Listening to Jay at the end of the video thanking the owner you really get a sense of what a gracious guy Jay is. Class act.
That's a very good looking car.
The 65-66 year model had 4 headlights as the 400 GT ; also, the borrani wheels instead the "Miura type" alloy !... Splendid interior : the warmest since Bugatti or Bentley (the 350 GT Lambo. had a rare "bouchonné aluminium" dashboard)...
Beautiful car❤
Ooo, beautiful interior door handles.
He always dresses the same and all cars to him are better than all the others, he never says anything negative about any car.
The lights remind me of the corvette
Beautiful car, and one of my favorites.
I think the car looks good!!
Can we hear more of that engine idling, when you came back into the garage?🙏
Awesome, thanks for sharing my favorite Lambo of all time!
Mid-1960's European GT design...awesome.
I think that the front lights of this lamborghini are exactly the same of the Ford Taunus 17M (P3) (1960-1964), which was the first car in the world using oval front lights. Is there any way of confirming this possibility?
Wow! *No car nerds have replied to your comment in 8 years?* That's gotta hurt!
@@bobinpune wow omg dude you just burned him 🤙🥴
Am I the only one that doesn't care because I watch the videos for the cars and not for Jay's speaking skills?
350GT was started to slap Enzo Ferrari on his face.👏👏👏
The pop-out headlamps look like Jim Carrey's Mr Mask's pop-out eyeballs.
going down the hill today... pull up behind a nice looking car. . Lamborghini across the back... we're on our way back down to pick up some chairs we couldn't get into the BMW.. in our old Taurus...
I'm riding shotgun... my lovely wife has been driving a real car for a month now... and she's like trying to race a person who... does not have to go fast because they just look so cool.. my wife's birthday is coming up... 71... I was worried she was getting older and... not paying attention... not anymore... very competitive driving... we paced the Lambo down the hill at the speed limit... but I felt her foot on the gas around the corners... she still remembers how...
today's Lamborghini was not even half as cool as yours
couple years later the Ferrari Daytona was... sporting a very similar body style...
that's a beautiful car, sir... thank you for sharing
I had air conditioning in my 64 Alfa... ya take the top down... folds down easy... voila
17:25, passenger doesn't like the sound of that or how confident Jay is about it!
From the bottom of the window glass and upwards......the shape is unmistakably porsche, hence great looking. The leather is also stunning!
much better looking car than on pictures...
Kind of reminds me of the first Paganis. Very expensive, very comfortable, fast sophisticated GT super cars. something to make their name legit among the wealthy cognoscenti (i think thats the word).. and later the Zonda evolved into something totally mental. Like the Lambos.
Fantastic! Get vid Jay!
Beautiful car. If you did a frame-off restoration could you do a good job hiding a roll cage under sexy leather?
Awesome, your vids are always great, Jay. Got rid of the troll?
Driving it in the wet!! Forza!
Love your Italian Jay!
There is a faint tick, sounds like could be the cam shafts or lifters (if applicable)
What a fine automobile. Sold for about 14K in 1965. They go for a half a million to nearly a million now. My Dad bought a Maserati Ghibli in Italy new in 69 for about 16K but they aren't nearly as valuable now as this car. The Maserati was a really fine driving car though. Ferraris and Lambos are insanely high priced now but not Maseratis so much.
+stretch54 Mine goes 185.
+loetzfan i lost my license, so now i don't drive.
A 300 mph speedometer gauge, were they planning a lunar orbit? Oh, wait... even at kph it's pretty impressive for it's time.
Wow those specs, are amazing for 65' 350hp from a 3.5L motor. I really like look of it. Although I don't think it would be match for the Corvettes of the period in term of straight line performance at fraction of the cost.
The base corvette had 250hp, then many optional 327's with up to a 375hp and it had fuel injection. The 327 Fuel-injected 375 hp vette with a 4 speed, would do a 1/4 mile in 14.4 Seconds @99 mph. The 1965 Lamborghini 350 GT would do a 1/4 mile in 14.3 Seconds @101 mph. The rarely seen 396 vette had 425 hp and would do a 1/4 mile in 14.1Seconds @103 mph. So because of the weight difference, the Lamborghini could hold its own against most any American car of the time. One last thing, the corvette also came with the optional 2 Speed PowerGlide automatic transmission. It took about half a day to get to 1/4 mile, ask anyone thats driven and older model chevy with the two speed. Haha
HOSSMCGILLICUTTI
The powerglide was very popular with drag racer. Only 1 shift and when all the high HP cars could melt the tires, they were all traction limited anyway. When you factor in that it's takes about 1/4 of second to complete a shift with manual it adds up.
GlassTopRX7 Ya, the powerglide or a copy of it is used in almost every home built hot rod today. But to get the most out of it takes more than 500-600 hp.
Yep, same block but different build. The Corvette had 425hp to the Chevelle's 375hp. Google it if you don't believe me. The point remains that 350hp wasn't such a "big big number" for top of the line sports cars in the 60's.
exactly what i was thinking when i read his comment
Jay, you got any car related boyhood dreams left? lol
Am I crazy or does the strait on view of the front have a little 1963 Corvette with the hideaway headlights open vibe?
Jay Leno has a "classic lamborghini" section of his garage. It contains at least 2 miuras. think about that.
Not feeling the lights but the rest of the car is gorgeous.
I like the lights because they remind me of the Mk III Austin Allegro.
I like the lights too, kind of a cross between a 58' vette and a later model Jag. I hate to compare it to an American car, but if you have to, then a 58' vette Isn't to bad of an example.
+John Matthews you're special.
The Star of China I used to own an Austin Allegro, that was my first car. And BL had a history of copying the styling of supercars. So the front of the MkI and II Allegro looked SAAB ish and the Rover SD-1 was styled after the Ferrari Daytona.
Some 350GT's and fewer 400GT's had the big single headlight per side.
I like Lamborghini especially because they are strong competition for Ferrari...😊❤
Nice car, maybe you can show your Espada. I like cars from the 70.
The silhouette profile of the car (except the front end) looks a lot like a sixties era Porsche 911.
I take the 2 Miuras😍😍😍😍😍
very nice.. and should be pronounced 'super leh-jeh-rah'.. g and e together in italian makes a J sound :) and yes, means super-light :) ciao
are all those cars in the video Leno's?
nothing like American classic cars
Beautiful car ! Bur very Studebaker-ish..isnt it !???
My folks paid 18,000 for their first house in 1969. That's about par for today's Gallardo at over 100,000.
I'll take that model, over a "Hurracan" any day!! As far as the comment on Enzo Ferrari, causing dissatisfied customers starting their own car companies, one should realize that Enzo Ferrari was a very stubborn man, and very hard to work with, and to work for!! As an example, he didn't want to put disc brakes on his cars, until Jaguar put them on their XK , and XKE models!! He was stubborn and very "Tunnel Visioned"!! But somehow, Ferrari had managed to evolve, and innovate, in later models.
President of the Lamborghini club!...crap, what is he...29?!....must be nice.
Wow to have been rich in the sixties... Cars like this. music, women...
7000rpm, on a Lambo V12? Even during '65, 8K+ would've been possible!
Anyone know what one of these fetch if you could find one? Are we in the 7 figure range??