Barn find Lamborghini survivor - abandoned 30 years ago

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Welcome to another Barn find episode of The Late Brake Show, where Jonny Smith unearths an incredibly rare Lamborghini survivor. The car has secretly sat inside a stone barn, abandoned 30 years ago after the owner mysteriously disappeared. This is a British right hand drive Lamborghini Espada, of which only 130 were made (there were over 1200 Espadas in total made between 1968 and 1978).
Thanks for stopping by The Late Brake Show.
The mysterious nature of this discovery is just as intriguing as the rarity of the RHD Lamborghini V12, as Jonny learns that the deceased land owner was actually storing the car for a person who paid for several months storage and then never returned. That was over 30 years ago! There was no information in writing about the owner, and the solicitor land owner was left owed for decades of unpaid rent. The traditional stone barn had no windows and sat in a very secretive part of the Lake District, near Kendal.
Amongst the idyllic scenery passers-by would never suspect what may be inside the barn. The Lamborghini was hidden by sheets of wood, a layer of owl droppings and constant darkness. It was also boxed in by a 1990s Vauxhall Cavalier and Calibra, also unclaimed by their original owners.
The Barn find playlist episodes are proudly supported by Adrian Flux insurance, who Jonny has used to insure his own classic, modern and modified vehicles with for many years. Adrian Flux have their own KZfaq channel:
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Credit to www.lamborghiniespada.com/ for use of the historic images and timeline.
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Jonny Smith
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
2:00 Meet Dominic
4:08 Digging out the car
5:47 Espada history
6:52 Accessing the front end
8:10 Front door down
8:35 V12 engine
10:40 The interior
11:55 Boot area
13:28 Cavalier GSi 2000
13:52 Cavalier moving fail number 1
14:47 Espada history
16:50 Pulling out Vauxhall parts
17:37 Vauxhall Rave trinkets
18:10 Cavalier moving fail number 2 and 3!
23:00 More V12 engine bay
23:53 Detailed look inside cabin
25:15 Sitting inside the back
26:33 Help from a tractor!
28:05 Want a Calibra?
28:45 Engine specs
29:51 Favourite parts
30:30 How it was discovered by Dominic
32:45 Ending
#barnfind #abandonedsupercar #thelatebrakeshow

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@jonathanbishop6996 2 жыл бұрын

Main takeaway for me; is that even now, in some dark and dusty corners of the world, there are still wonderful and amazing things to be discovered. Wonderful find, great presentation Jonny… thanks so much for sharing!!

@simonjcelliot 2 жыл бұрын

I think they were gangsters, smashed car used in a bank job on the getaway… lots of cars swapped over to hide the stole identities and the guy never came back as he got busted 😂😂😂😂

@jonathanbishop6996 2 жыл бұрын

@@simonjcelliot My favourite thing about it is the mystery. I used to use a car park in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham where a similar thing happened with an abandoned RX-8. Guy who owned the land said the dude showed up in a hurry, paid a for a few weeks parking in big bills then never came back for it. Think it was eventually scrapped. Never knew what happened to him.

@smiler921 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanbishop6996 yes, my thoughts was crime, someone either lying low or in concrete. Good for car enthusiasts later on though. I’d love a barn to put my old cars in instead of selling

@DDLNX 2 жыл бұрын

@@simonjcelliot lp

@simonjcelliot 2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanbishop6996 yeah it is a good wee story and is open to imagination of what really happened…

@nigelbostock4270 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I don’t bother watching tv anymore, when there’s this sort of well made, enthusiastic and honest content from such engaging people as Johnny

@Smegmeister 2 жыл бұрын

took me a year and a bit to get enough subs but I can happily pass a day on here now.

@darthgardner 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly why i told tv licensing no licence needed for me.

@martinultimatevw3779 2 жыл бұрын

Left tv few years ago.. this is the best 🤟

@martinultimatevw3779 2 жыл бұрын

@Mona Torkia its manipulation tv 😏 this is proper honest car pervert tv 👌

@SteveBUK73 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. If it wasn't for live sport I'd do the same. Most of my watching time is youtube these days too.

@jontymo 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny - please try to follow the auction on this and see if whoever buys this will let you do a follow up - it could be an interesting journey! Love this channel!!!!!

@Elgsdyr 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing.

@affordablevs 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely do that!! It would be great to follow uts journey and see if the new owner can piece together any sort of history for it.

@ulverop 2 жыл бұрын

This!

@TelmoMonteiro 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh, this is a great idea! This video left a desire for more

@matthewlloyd956 2 жыл бұрын

there are a few episodes to follow this story, finding the owner and history, talking to the auction house and then seeing it at auction and the new owner

@RobWiles 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Just shared this with my father in law, he worked as a mechanic for Lamborghini in the late 60’s early 70’s in London, he recognised the car and said he would have driven and worked on it.

@BazzSelby 2 жыл бұрын

I've left a comment above, just before I saw yours. Could the P in the '5 MBP' plate stand for Portman, and be the personal car of the boss?

@byeckfella 2 жыл бұрын

Would love an update on this, guys. What happened, how much did it make at auction? Imagine getting to see it after resto!

@jamiestuart9194 2 жыл бұрын

25k at auction at cockermouth

@byeckfella 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiestuart9194 oh, okay. Nice one, thanks for the update.👍😁

@MetalTrabant Жыл бұрын

@@jamiestuart9194 That's not much for such a rare exotic car in quite good condition...

@pb4920 Жыл бұрын

@@MetalTrabant 25k pounds equates to like 50 k usd

@MetalTrabant Жыл бұрын

@@pb4920 It's just 30k now if you check, and it's still not much for a frickin' Lambo. A restored Isetta is more expensive...

@Zanpaa 2 жыл бұрын

The owl droppings might have been a blessing in disguise, if the owls kept the mice out of the wiring!

@EliteRock 2 жыл бұрын

Now there's a thought - and I really was expecting a horror show inside the car, but that blue interior looks as if it would restore with very little work. And notice that Jonny had no problem sitting in it, so obviously no horrible smell.

@robbikebob 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was my thought. If you was a mouse you wouldn't want to live in the same place as owls!

@markrskinner 2 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts.

@darkbassi5911 2 жыл бұрын

That's a very good point, makes total sense, we must thank the owl 👏🏽

@davidcolin6519 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the interior is special, but the wiring is astonishing. I've seen the wiring on a car that has been left only 4 years and that was out €400 on a Renault! But the engine bay of this Espada is just astonishing. The cores of those cables may have deteriorated with age, but I reckon they'll look new with just a damp cloth over them. I've always had a soft spot for Lambos. Not the new, VAG Lambos, but the completely nutso, "I'll do what I want" Lambos that are not far short of the nutso TVRs, and there's something even more nutso about a 10 year production run that managed on 1200 cars. I was never convinced by the shapes of the Espada, but this is just so quintessentially original Lamborghini that I can forgive it anything.

@markparker5585 2 жыл бұрын

Low mouse damage, but much owl poop. Putting 2 and 2 together...

@freddiepepper6085 10 ай бұрын

Haha I don’t know why I didn’t think that

@Truth-Liberator 8 ай бұрын

I should invest in some owls to stop the mice eating my car's.

@Mountain_Tactical 9 ай бұрын

I am so glad that I stumbled upon your channel. It’s hidden gem. You guys are absolutely incredible and everything is properly recorded. Been binge watching the videos for few days now. Many thanks from Atlanta, GA USA. Keep the excellent work guys.

@151CHAVIN 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny literally makes the best content on KZfaq hands down! Absolute legend 🙌

@TheLateBrakeShow 2 жыл бұрын

👊🏽

@compostcorner5934 Жыл бұрын

I agree 💯 Iv been re watching videos this past week ,and some I haven't seen before and it beats mainstream TV .. The weird thing was just before I watched this video,I'd just gone onto Johnny's website to find contact details to ask if he would be interested on doing a Vid on my vauxhall Calibra..low and behold there is a Calibra in this vid lol

@chrisparke1001 2 жыл бұрын

Harry Metcalfe & Ian Tyrell's Classic Workshop is the way forward, best find ever, what a find!! i cannot believe it. thumbs up Jonny.

@daveglover6115 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Harry is watching this! What an astonishing find, well done and thank you for sharing!

@SuperiorModel 2 жыл бұрын

I really hope who ever buys this car, gives it to Iain Tyrrell to restore.

@daveglover6115 2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperiorModel I certainly agree with your comment! Would be a good project...

@TheHorsebox2 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Imagine Ian and Harry working on your classic. Money well spent.

@RyanH1976 2 жыл бұрын

Ian is the only man for the job for sure

@pete1973x 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible! Would really like to see a follow up on this Jonny.

@thetumanshow 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely need follow-ups on what happens once these barn-finds are “un-earthed”

@jwvandegronden 2 жыл бұрын

I second that!

@JonathanPorterfield 2 жыл бұрын

I 3rd it ! Must find out what its next chapter will be !

@theratslayer9635 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah me 4, think I’d watch this being restored.

@jasonjohnson8275 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@DI-hd6st 2 жыл бұрын

What a epic find, you and your team are very underrated. Thank you Johnny and keep up the fantastic programme.

@roblubelski422 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing story behind this. How it was never found in the age of urban exploration…. Glad they got you involved too, felt like part of the adventure. Love it, great work.

@piccalillipit9211 2 жыл бұрын

*CAN I JUST SAY* how much I appreciated the Techno music - you made my day with that - reminded me of better times... Clubbing Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night in the early 90's

@johnennis4586 2 жыл бұрын

Ebaneezer good?

@piccalillipit9211 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnennis4586 - One of the best...

@dhutch2000 2 жыл бұрын

Remember all of those tracks from a guy and school who used to bring in his dad's tapes.

@stephenholland5930 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnennis4586 Anyone got any salmon?!

@SnakeyUk08 2 жыл бұрын

2nd video that's caused me to go in a time warp to the 90`s rave days :)

@mattlaggs5151 2 жыл бұрын

Been looking forward to this today! Not disappointing! Always loved Espada's! I have a feeling the amount of owl shit explains the lack of mouse damage. The owls are the much lesser of two evils. Round of applause for them! Top work Jonny!

@zzhughesd 2 жыл бұрын

This was very exciting. Genuinely loved it

@Timmayytoo 2 жыл бұрын

I had the exact same thought regarding the lack of mice - fortunately owl poo washes off

@lptomtom 2 жыл бұрын

The plural of Espada is Espadas, not "Espada's"

@petetrundell5454 2 жыл бұрын

For at least thirty years enthusiasts have been searching UK barns for worthy vehicles. To still find such a car is near-on miraculous. You’ve got to wonder just how many of these buildings we have got in this country and when are we going to exhaust them!🤔 Love the laid-back pace of your vids, Jonny. You tell it like it is, with enthusiasm but without the showmanship. Right on.

@mell3109 2 жыл бұрын

Love the 5 star ‘Owl rodent protection’ policy the owner took out, very effective!

@columbiaindieband4717 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. You’re not likely to get rodent damage when the barn is full of rodent eating owls 🤣🤣

@simonvarney1124 2 жыл бұрын

This has Harry's Garage written all over this. The best episode of Barn Find....love it

@marcob1729 2 жыл бұрын

Bring in Tyrell, and you have the greatest automotive crossover yet to hit KZfaq

@timsaxon5825 2 жыл бұрын

Let’s hope it ends up at Tyrells for a full restoration.

@johnmunro4952 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his Espada is gorgeous ( and award winning)

@SteveMorton 2 жыл бұрын

Harry needs to see this

@tayne5009 2 жыл бұрын

@@SteveMorton Harry was consulted on this

@andreww8941 Жыл бұрын

This channel and show is absolutely amazing!!! So incredibly glad I found it and am really enjoying catching up on all of these incredible episodes that I've never seen yet. Excellent knowledge and explanations in every episode and super fascinating to see what vehicle will be found next! Much appreciation and keep up the phenomenal content!!

@andresmoreno7986 2 жыл бұрын

I just found the channel and this is the first video I watch and again I fell in love with the UK. I'm from Mexico but I have had this huge admiration for that beautiful country. I subscribed immediately after watching it. My best regards to the crew for such amazing job finding those exotic vehicles.

@wimdepril6920 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I adore the laid back vibe of this show. That combined with interesting background information brought by someone who actually knows his stuff and did the research. Oh yeah, and what a car!

@EliteRock 2 жыл бұрын

The term "barn find" tends to be used for any old car that's been off the road for more than a decade or two, but this, THIS is a Barn Find.

@TheLateBrakeShow 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I couldn't let this one slip by..

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 2 жыл бұрын

I have a Mercedes 190e stuffed in the back of my garage for 10 years and is now blocked in by a sofa, old furniture and some trash. Used to be my daily driver but hasn't moved in about 8 years. Climbed over a mountain of junk to reach it the other day an she's still got air in the tyres but battery long since flat. My very own "barn find"

@rickphilly1975 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 that's not how it works

@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 2 жыл бұрын

@@rickphilly1975 why not? Because I know it's there?

@rickphilly1975 2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 you can't "discover" your own car. A barn find refers to a gem that was hidden from the world. Yours isnt hidden and it hasn't been discovered by anyone. Now, if you discovered someone elses car that would be your own barn find

@Sonnymonster 2 жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely speechless!!! Great episode Jonny!!!

@Jonathan-ww8un 2 жыл бұрын

I ruddy love these barn finds! Top stuff as always, Jonny

@mungolikescandy3270 2 жыл бұрын

I have to admit my interest in the car is overwhelmed by my curiosity about the mystery

@harezy 2 жыл бұрын

Tyrrell's classic workshop needs to get his hands on this.!!!!!

@64bakes 2 жыл бұрын

As always, a great show Jonny! I hope someone saved those Vauxhalls!

@arjundc9391 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best barn find 👌🏻👌🏻👏🏻Johnny and late brake show team

@TheBuccaneer1975 2 жыл бұрын

The production values on this channel are absolutely amazing, well done Jonny & team - keep up the great work!

@dreyn7780 2 жыл бұрын

The rich don't want this car. WHY instantly hand it to some spoilt brat who's going to smash it straight away?

@thisisadebrown 2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that

@ricknick74 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny it’s mine that lambo tell the bloke I’ll be up next weekend for it

@ricknick74 2 жыл бұрын

@@SNORKYMEDIA 🤣🤣🤣

@overland_west_bath 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, awesome that finds like this still happen. Would love to see a follow up after the auction, and hopefully a happy ending for the Cav and Calibre!!

@markymark-r 2 жыл бұрын

When you said Cavalier GSi my heart leapt. I adore my Vauxhall’s, especially from that era.

@dwn2634 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely find. I think the various generations of owl in that barn have done the Espada wiring a really big favour in mice protection.

@yjsaabman Жыл бұрын

I made sure to look through before saying this myself!

@jonathanrobinson1980 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny please update us all on the fait of the old Vauxhalls! Them wheels on the Cav are worth a few pound alright 😎

@ronniekray3934 Жыл бұрын

thanks for doing these videos as much as it's your hobby maybe even life too find these cars the effort and commitment you put in to your videos is very appreciated and would just like too say on behalf of every one of your subscribers massive respect and can't wait too discover more cars with you.

@That_AMC_Guy 2 жыл бұрын

I would imagine with the amount of owls kipping in that barn, that helped to keep the rodent population down. I'd rather deal with owl excrement than the destruction mice are capable of.

@donec4n 2 жыл бұрын

Well that ticked all the right boxes for an epic barn find. Nailed it.

@portnaluinge 2 жыл бұрын

If that is owl poo it’s covered in, then that’d certainly explain why there’s no mouse damage.

@FlorpingAllOver 2 жыл бұрын

Yea was just about to comment that aswell. :D

@philyew3617 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a find and, what an amazing story. Thanks for all your work showing this to the light of day again. I just hope and pray that you are able to do a follow-up, maybe at the auction and, it's onward journey. Thanks for sharing and well done on such a brilliant video.

@davey_projects2977 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, what a find, and what a barn!. 6 months time ......."Hello and welcome to another Tyrrell's classic workshop, this week we are looking at an Espada that was recently sold at auction and was brought here for restoration"

@glenncraft9887 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny has knocked it out of the park with this. The definitive barn find. Wonderful production and so sympathetically and beautifully narrated.

@rescyn1190 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing find. Get it over to Tyrrell ASAP! I imagine people here already sub to both channels but he restored Harry’s recently if you haven’t seen.

@ChocolateFrog 2 жыл бұрын

Well yes but Harry received an invoice for between £50k and £100k for the pleasure. Hopefully the new buyer has deep enough pockets for the £200k this would need.

@LOTPOR0402 2 жыл бұрын

Here we go Tyrells,You do realise that Tyrell does not do the work on his own .He is the owner and employs others

@rescyn1190 2 жыл бұрын

@@LOTPOR0402 No! Really? Jesus wept...

@spartanp2064 2 жыл бұрын

That is what I was thinking. It would make a great restoration series. I’ve really come to appreciate the Espada more recently. Along with the Ferrari 308GT4.

@lusilk7954 2 жыл бұрын

strange number plate on that car ,seems to belong to a a yellow porsche 911😳

@Rick-sl7iw 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all your hard work what a amazing film brilliant watch

@danielaruta8816 Жыл бұрын

An amazing barn find story of an amazing car I’ve never heard of until this video. I’m familiar with the current fleet of Lambos running around Southern California these days, but this Espada is something special. Classic Italian design and execution.

@pauljacobs247 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonny, I think this car was Sold by Castle motors of Cornwall in the mid 1970's to my cousin. He sold it privatel about 18 months later. How many White right hand drive Espada's with Blue can there be? Castle motors are still in the same location. I was driven around in it as teenager when he first got it.

@mikecochrane1437 2 жыл бұрын

For once that is actually a “cool story bro”

@stephenbland7461 2 жыл бұрын

Yep Castle Motor are still there on the A38 a few miles east of liskeard. Famous for a full sized old fighter jet on a stand visible from the A38. Always had plenty of exotic cars.

@VectraStevieB 2 жыл бұрын

If you do a tax search on it. Comes back as a Porsche and the colour is yellow

@DevRSVR 2 жыл бұрын

That's a pretty amazing story. Any idea about the individual who bought it and if it was they who put it in the shed and why? Would be great to find out.

@mikecochrane1437 2 жыл бұрын

@@VectraStevieB plates been transferred

@Ashfielder 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Get it down to Iain Tyrrell for some well earned attention.

@jaimykok6533 2 жыл бұрын

That is going to be expensive, although it would deserve it after years of neglect

@Ashfielder 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimykok6533 It’s a Lamborghini Espada in need of a full restoration, I think even with Halford’s parts it’ll be expensive.

@harryspeakup8452 2 жыл бұрын

Who's going to spend a six-figure sum restoring a car they don't actually own?

@tykohondo 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when Johnny.. Was the youngest member of the fifth gear team... He was the go to guy for modern hip car news of the early 2000s...how time flies

@ap6584 2 жыл бұрын

This show just gets better and better.

@MitchDenham 2 жыл бұрын

This was an unbelievably excellent episode. Why the heck would anyone watch television when there's this high level of content on KZfaq? Simply brilliant.

@boriss.861 2 жыл бұрын

This would be great if Ian Tyrrell ends up restoring this Espada!

@Franksey180 2 жыл бұрын

I'm late to the party and only just watched this video today. The 5 MBP registration was last assigned (or still assigned) to a 1973 Porsche and according to the DVLA was last taxed in 1981 and the V5 logbook was last issued February 1996. Even the plate has a story to tell, never mind the car... Great video, was there any update on what has become of it after it was removed from the barn?

@dezfyah Жыл бұрын

Yo, whoever did the video of this intro is awesome. I mean, look at the view through the bushes, then the black dog barking, the drone overview, then the guy walking through the field to the barn. This first 30 seconds with the music, felt top notch. Y'all bodied this video bro!!!!

@pjlehtim 2 жыл бұрын

Please do a followup once the destiny of this car is known. Fantastic episode!

@mines10inches 2 жыл бұрын

What a find! Incredible and comforting to know these vehicles are being saved

@mikecoe64 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you chaps 👏🏼 keep up the great work Jonny 👍🏼

@kimmyrask7368 Жыл бұрын

I found this channel yesterday and I’m absolutely delighted! Love it, thought I recognized your face from fifth gear! Excellent host!

@kevinbenton7320 2 жыл бұрын

Turning up with a BMW to a recovery job is like turning up with a knife to a gun fight! 😎 Brilliant find.👍👍

@TheLateBrakeShow 2 жыл бұрын

It really was. We failed.

@williamwilliams8145 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLateBrakeShow I know of two other Lamborghini's in barns, one belongs to Jeremy Clarkson and other belongs to Harry Metcalfe. Definitely need a follow up on this Lambo.

@MrScrimbo1 2 жыл бұрын

Knife? Spoon maybe😂

@edwinthompson6510 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrScrimbo1 A wooden spoon at that BMW made good aircraft engines and half-track engines as for anything else no Ed J

@dad_jokes_4ever226 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant . You found my missing Espada .. I wondered where I'd left it !

@edwinthompson6510 2 жыл бұрын

Dermot me old mate " i nicked this Lambo drives like a dream brumm brumm with the alarm going ne-nar ne-nar Ed J

@philtowle4683 2 жыл бұрын

Knocked it out of the park as barn finds go. What a beautiful car. I hope this gets the care and attention it needs and gets out on the open road soon.

@ianjobernsdrivinginstructor 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like the leather perforations were done in the dark! What an incredible find and the best video to date!

@RAZGR1Z 2 жыл бұрын

What a stunning find, Jonny! Great video,! Big thanks to the family and the man for allowing us in.

@LoftechUK 2 жыл бұрын

Like the fact your at GOODWOOD and posted this. That’s love for cars and keeping your audience fed with the same love….. Thank you Jonny

@TheLateBrakeShow 2 жыл бұрын

We aim to please. They don't call me the CarPervert for nothing.

@jryalls 2 жыл бұрын

Videos are uploaded to go live at set times.

@micheltebraake7915 2 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky Jonny! Regardless of which car you discover in a shed/barn, you make an interesting video of it. Hopefully we'll see this Espada back at Iain Tyrrell's Classic Workshop to bring it back to life.

@garbeal2397 Жыл бұрын

what a great channel this is to find. Love seeing stuff like this.

@MP_pov 2 жыл бұрын

Mind blowing! This video really made my week. Thanks Johnny! And do an update video after the auction!

@samoboy4378 2 жыл бұрын

Do you think you’d be able to keep track of where it goes post auction? Would be interesting to see future videos on what happens to it - and hopefully it’s restored!

@shashimenon1000 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific video Johnnie. What a find. As a late teen guy, I remember drooling over the sheer lines of the Espada silhouette and marveling over the engineering of the time. Would be fantastic to see it cleaned, detailed and redone fit for the road. Did it happen, do you know? If yes, would it be possible to share a link? Just imagine. Wow.

@brianfreeman8290 2 жыл бұрын

I once had a brief drive of one around the City of London. It was a memorable but unpleasant experience. It seemed absolutely huge on the city streets, and the controls were extremely heavy. It probably would have lightened up with time and space, but it was hard work.

@anthonyyoung626 2 жыл бұрын

Automobile Quarterly published my article Speed and Style for Four - The Lamborghini Espada in Vol. 51, No. 2. This Lamborghini has always been my favorite and I enjoyed researching and writing the article. This is truly an epic Barn Find. Thanks for posting this video! Anthony Young

@jimbob67 2 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting with some of the barn finds to follow them and see there progress especially something like the espada. Thanks for bringing us great content Johnny 👍

@jonathanrhodes6298 2 жыл бұрын

Great barn find episode, I can’t believe that people still have these hidden automotive gems unseen for decades.

@flat6fever680 Жыл бұрын

Really one of the best barn finds ever! I can't believe the lack of mold and mildew inside this car. All leather surfaces should be covered in it.

@pete5534 2 ай бұрын

Growing up (in rural Canada) a Matchbox & Hot Wheels collector, I thought many of these exotics were strictly fictional. As a youngster, I remember having a 1:64 Espada and wishing I might see one in the flesh one day - this is one step closer. Great video. Thank you!

@wh0reb0t 2 жыл бұрын

Nice set of speedlines on the cavalier. P.S. I am clearly sick as I was more interested in the cavalier & calibra.

@TRIKSTO 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Really wanted to see it pulled out the barn, we need an update video on this in the future with restoration details!

@craigconroy3785 2 жыл бұрын

Just awasome! a genuine super car barn find, great video thanks

@JG-tk7ov 2 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of the attention to detail you deliver. I love watching these on my lunch break. Or though the Owl poop did make me look at my egg mayo roll a bit funny

@LiamE69 2 жыл бұрын

Being covered in owl dirt probably tells you why it hasn't been eaten by mice.

@sq1rlsqu4d 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The mice ate the owl poo.

@LiamE69 2 жыл бұрын

@@sq1rlsqu4d That has gotta be it.

@kevint8315 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing find....please, please, please (yes I'm begging) do a followup on this story, what happened at auction, where is the car now etc. I bet Iain Tyrrell's Classic Workshop would love to get their hands on this beauty.

@jakespeed63 2 жыл бұрын

needs to go to Ian Tyrell's workshop straightaway!!! My friend in Orlando, Florida, also had one tucked away for years. Finally sold it about 5 years ago. Incredible find and thanks for sharing.

@Darth_Chicken 2 жыл бұрын

Saw a grey one of these in the middle of Pickering a few weeks ago. Sounded lovely when it set off.

@aaronjackson7184 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking episode mate, been looking forward to this!!!!!

@mzungusi 2 жыл бұрын

This is a special thing. Thanks for this video, I was planning to go to bed ( I'm knackered ) but this was worth staying up late for. I know it will go to a good home and I hope it ends up with Iain Tyrrell so we can watch it's progress.

@autobahnproven 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, we were out cycling and there were three Espadas for sale at Killinghall Garage near Harrogate. I fell in love with all of them. The asking price? £6,500 each!

@jwvandegronden 2 жыл бұрын

where is that time travel when you need it most!

@autobahnproven 2 жыл бұрын

@@jwvandegronden yeah, right....😜

@TGRacing 2 жыл бұрын

Whereabouts ? I'm near there. There's a garage at the junction of Ripon Rd and Grainbeck ? Not much exotic in there though.

@autobahnproven 2 жыл бұрын

@@TGRacing this was back in the 80s. In Killinghall. £6500 was a good price even then. My odd-job income as a kid didn't quite cover it though...😭

@ziam007 2 жыл бұрын

What a find, what a program and how interesting. Thank you.

@jeffro70 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how you do it but when I think you’ll never tip your last find you manage to do so. Great video love your relaxed go with the flow program. Thanks.

@chrishew85 2 жыл бұрын

Miss my old Cav GSI, rave tapes twin 12s sat down my local pier reading a copy of Max Power with a younger feature writer called Jonny Smith gracing the pages lol thanks for the memories Jonny oh and love the Lambo too, would love to see the progress, keep up the good work

@leehaslam7231 2 жыл бұрын

don't forget the vanilla magic tree air freshener

@baronvonhoughton 2 жыл бұрын

Jonny - "Look how low it is, 0.1 meters" Dom - 🤔

@stormytempest3907 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Abit of Italian exotica with abit of mystery thrown in! Love to get my hands on her! Wonderful Find!

@dougthebuilder1 2 жыл бұрын

the stuff I kind of enjoy watching the most is the clearing and rummaging through the ditrius.

@donnyfrantic9180 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a find! Love to know more of its history! Great vid (as always) Jonny.

@mickmcc2158 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely mind blowing. Thank you so much for doing these videos, Jonny. This is by far the best one yet. (Fair play to Dom for being such a good guy too)

@ervinarriesgado9200 2 жыл бұрын

Is it not roberry? If it is barnfind with the permission of the owner?

@jonathantaylor1998 2 жыл бұрын

Fab video, as always, Jonny - brilliant. As you say, a very interesting 70s car design.

@Triple316 2 жыл бұрын

Man that’s a great spot to metal detecting around. Great video thank you for the show

@RichieRouge206 2 жыл бұрын

Omg that is indeed the rear seat and I had those exact white 5 spoke Vauxhall wheel trims on my 1987 Nova 1.2 Club! Super rare! The Calibra and Cav are amazing on their own but the Espada has blown all other barn finds out the water. I really hope they all find homes. Fabulous video Jonny

@speedy83 2 жыл бұрын

This youtube channel is going from strength to strength - the production value is always fantastic and the content is even better! Keep it up!

@alannorthcott6651 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Johnny, was so excited to see this episode having been a proud owner of a series three white manual RHD Espada which I paid $40,000 Aus for back in the mid 80's and sold 10years later for half what I paid...woulda, shoulda, coulda...thanks for the memories and hope it gets the attention it deserves, maybe send it to Lain Tyrell for a full restoration.

@aussiebloke609 2 жыл бұрын

If anyone's going to do it justice, it's Iain Tyrell.

@mycosys 2 жыл бұрын

Cant have been too many Aussie Lambos back then, as a kid there was a Urraco up the street from me, same basic Marzal design 2+2 but V8 Mid-rear. Such a beautiful car.

@benstutley2904 2 жыл бұрын

Such Excellent content Jonny, thank you! My only request would be a follow up playlist on the fates of these amazing finds :) -probably OCD but I want to clean them :)