In March 1964, only 5 months after the debut of the GTV in Turin, the "redesigned GTV" — now called the 350 GT — was debuted at the Geneva Auto Show. It was greeted with sufficient enthusiasm that Ferruccio decided to proceed with production at Sant'Agata in May 1964. As was the case with the motor, Bizzarrini's GTV "racing" chassis design was the basis of Dallara’s 350 GT "street" chassis. Using far heavier materials, Dallara created an extremely strong chassis from square-section tubing which provided easy entry and exit through the doors, aided in the quietness of the car, and provided a solid platform on which to mount the body, much like the Aston Martin DB4.
The suspension was fully independent, with unequal-length wishbones and concentric coil-spring-damper units. The rear suspension wishbones were offset towards the spring mountings to resist driving and braking torque, which provided superior handling.
Quality control of the early 3.5 liter engines was very high. Each one underwent tests for 24 hours on a Schenk Walge dynamometer, being run for the first 12 hours under electric power, and then with petrol at increasing speeds. A detailed analysis was made of its behavior before installation in the car for at least 500 kilometres of mixed-test running by Wallace.
The manufacture of the bodies was entrusted to Touring of Milan, who used their patented Superleggera method of construction to fix aluminium alloy panels directly to a tubular structure. The first 350 GT frame was fabricated by Neri and Bonacini, who continued to act as Lamborghini's chassis supplier until production of the 350 GT was underway, when the job was turned over to Marchesi. Chassis and bodies were mated at Touring, which then delivered the complete assemblies — with even the bumpers in place — to the Lamborghini factory. The cars could be ordered in these colors.
The first 350 GT chassis/body delivered to the Lamborghini factory was #101 (Touring #17001) on March 9, 1964. That same month the first 350 GT (#101) debuted at the Geneva show. The first customer delivery (consegnato) of a 350 GT was #104 (Touring #17004) on July 31, 1964.
Lamborghini produced 135 350 GTs before replacing it with the larger-engined Lamborghini 400GT in 1966. Many 350 GTs were subsequently fit with the larger 4-liter engine.
The Lamborghini 350 GT retailed for US$15,600 ($111905 today).........reference Lamborghini 350GT Wikipedia
The suspension was fully independent, with unequal-length wishbones and concentric coil-spring-damper units. The rear suspension wishbones were offset towards the spring mountings to resist driving and braking torque, which provided superior handling.
Quality control of the early 3.5 liter engines was very high. Each one underwent tests for 24 hours on a Schenk Walge dynamometer, being run for the first 12 hours under electric power, and then with petrol at increasing speeds. A detailed analysis was made of its behavior before installation in the car for at least 500 kilometres of mixed-test running by Wallace.
The manufacture of the bodies was entrusted to Touring of Milan, who used their patented Superleggera method of construction to fix aluminium alloy panels directly to a tubular structure. The first 350 GT frame was fabricated by Neri and Bonacini, who continued to act as Lamborghini's chassis supplier until production of the 350 GT was underway, when the job was turned over to Marchesi. Chassis and bodies were mated at Touring, which then delivered the complete assemblies — with even the bumpers in place — to the Lamborghini factory. The cars could be ordered in these colors.
The first 350 GT chassis/body delivered to the Lamborghini factory was #101 (Touring #17001) on March 9, 1964. That same month the first 350 GT (#101) debuted at the Geneva show. The first customer delivery (consegnato) of a 350 GT was #104 (Touring #17004) on July 31, 1964.
Lamborghini produced 135 350 GTs before replacing it with the larger-engined Lamborghini 400GT in 1966. Many 350 GTs were subsequently fit with the larger 4-liter engine.
The Lamborghini 350 GT retailed for US$15,600 ($111905 today).........reference Lamborghini 350GT Wikipedia
