A former race car driver collected 9 Lamborghinis including some of the rarest ever to start a museum, but now he's selling them — take a closer look at the Italian icons
, its current owner, is a French ex-race car driver that put his money toward a collection of rare and valuable cars starting in the late 1960s with the intention of starting a museum.The auction house says that though the cars have been kept in a dry storage facility, they haven't been driven in years and will need recommissioning if a buyer wants to drive them.
The Petitjean Collection will go up for auction between June 3 to June 11. There are nearly 100 cars in the collection, including two Porsche tractors and nine Lamborghinis: two Countach models, a Diablo, an Espada, an Islero, a Jalpa, a Jarama, a Miura, and an Urraco. There are almost 100 cars in the Petitjean Collection, which will be for sale without reserve as part of RM Sotheby's online-only European Sale auction on June 3 to June 11. Nine of them are very special Lamborghinis.
Ferruccio Lamborghini's personal Islero wasn't just any old Islero, however. It used a Miura-spec V12 engine and wore a gorgeous coat of powder-blue paint.1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S by Bertone.It has just 13,800 km on the clock, which is approximately 8,600 miles.1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S by Bertone.This is the other Countach in the collection — a 1984 Lamborghini Countach LP500 S.
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