To all of those who have served in our military we owe you a debt of gratitude.

 Thank you!

Here is a great safety video from 2CarPros on how to tell if your vehicle is cool enough to work on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071_-NGrk5s

Here is a great money saving video from 2CarPros on how to remove a brake drum that is stuck to the axle flange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0kfP17Co0

Have white smoke coming out your vehicles tail pipe and you think there may be a problem with your car's head gasket. Here is a link one of 2CarPros informative YouTube video's on how to detect a leaking head gasket. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zpNjYmmiYY

Think your car needs a tune-up, but not sure how to do it?

www.2CarPros.com is here to help you

Here is a link to a great article from 2CarPros.com that is an easy step by step guide with pictures and written step by step instructions on how to tune up on an automotive engine. Though each engine configuration is different the process is similar.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-tune-up-a-car-engine

Have you ever started your car and noticed that there was smoke coming out of the tail pipe and thought to yourself “oh great now what do I do?”

The answer is to this is 2CarPro.com. We have been answering repair question since 1999 and best of all it Free! That is right you have your car repair questions answer by an expert professional mechanic for Free!

Have you ever had this happen with your car? You go to drive your trusty car and it cranks but it will not start. 

Now what do you do to find out why it will not start?

2CarPros has an answer for you with this link to an informative article from the 2CarPros.com site with step by step instructions and pictures and a video on what to check for when your vehicle cranks, but will not start.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start

Yikes! It is hot out there.  Yes it is that time of year again summer is here and the temperatures are hot, hot, hot, and your car’s air conditioner is blowing out warm air.  Not what you were expecting when you turned on the air conditioner.  What do you do now? Is it something you can fix yourself?

2CarPros.com  is here to help you. Here is a link to an article that features written step by step instructions and pictures explaining how to re-charge your air conditioner system yourself.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/re-charge-an-air-conditioner-system

If you find you need further assistance please go www.2CarPros.com  where you can have your questions answered by professional expert mechanics for FREE! 

And a “Big Thank You” to all who have serviced in our military

Summer's Coming 

With June just around the corner (yep it is next week) it is a good time to check your coolant. Temperatures are going to rising and nobody ever said "how great would it be if my vehicle over heated causing me to be stranded out on the highway."

How long has it been since your last coolant change?

Here is a great article with helpful information regarding the coolant in your vehicle.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-coolant

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Experiencing the problem of low power with your vehicles engine? We are here to help you. Here is a link to a step by step guide with pictures on how to troubleshoot and repair an automotive engine that has low power output, this information pertains to combustion engines.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-has-low-power-output

With summer just around the corner have you check out your vehicle for the warm/hotter weather yet? Let us begin with the air conditioner. You really do not want to wait until you are driving in ninety plus degree weather and you go to turn on your vehicles are conditioner and guess what? Nothing happens. Yes that is right your air conditioner is not working. Now what do you do? 

Here is a link to a fantastic article filled with helpful information and pictures on what do when your air conditioner is not working. 

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-a-car-air-conditioner-work

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Ever have this happen to you?

While driving down the road enjoying the passing scenery you notice your vehicle has sent you a message via a light on the dash that reads ABS?  Yikes! What does that mean and what do I do to get that light to go off?

The answer to this is www.2CarPros.com the complete web site for your automotive repair problems. www.2CarPros.com is a place where you have access to amazing articles, videos and expert automotive professionals that will answer your automotive repair questions for FREE!  Yes that’s right they will answer your questions for FREE.

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 Touge California a Vintage Japanese Car Only Rally

This weekend is the Touge California a vintage Japanese car only rally. Mazda is collaborating with a Japanese Nostalgic Car to be the title sponsor of Touge California a vintage Japanese car only rally. The rally will take place on April 2, 2016, participants will travel up the California coast to Mazda’s Irvine based R&D facility.

They are expecting have to have 28 rare and original Japanese vehicles from the 1960’s through to the early 1980’s, and 11 of the vehicles are Mazda’s, participating is a 1975 Rotary engine pickup (REPU), a 1978 GLC compact hatchback and of course what would a rally be without a 1985 RX-7 GSL from Mazda’s own heritage collection? “Our heritage cars aren't just museum pieces; they're meant to be driven,” said Robert Davis, MNAO's Senior VP, U.S. Operations.

The California Touge rally was founded by Ben Hsu, editor in chief of Japanese Nostalgic Car and rally master Patrick Strong in 2015, after seeing many famous rallies for European cars and not seeing anything just for Japanese cars. 

The reason why the route was chosen to go from San Diego to Irvine is that according to Ben Hsu “70 percent of Japan's terrain is mountainous, our goal with Touge California is to give owners of Japanese cars the experience of driving on roads similar to those on which their cars were born.” 

The idea for the Touge rally came from the infamous and daring underground Touge races in Japan. The word Touge means “mountain pass.”

2018 Lincoln Navigator Concept

Check out Lincoln’s latest version of its larger than large SUV, the 2018 Navigator Concept. Lincoln wanted to give us an idea of what the next generation of the Navigator could look like. It’s hard to miss the massive gull-wing doors and the deployable concertina steps that allow passengers to enter and exit the SUV easily. The exterior body features sleek uncluttered lines and a beautiful Storm Blue paint color. However the gull wing doors most likely will not make it to production.

The elegant theme continues into the interior of the Navigator with teak trim pieces and even a wardrobe management system that holds everything from a jacket, shoes, wrist watch, sunglasses, etc. The Navigator offers six seats with 30 way adjustments for your maximum comfort. There are screens for passengers to connect everyone’s different smart phones and tablets, one tablet can play a movie for all the passengers to view, each screen will have its own CarPlay and check this, for all of you gamers, passengers have the ability to play video games with each other on their own screens. There is even an intercom system to make chatting with people in the rear of the vehicle easier and there’s more, how about a video chat  so that not only can you chat without yelling to front of the SUV you can actually see the person while your chatting.

Some of the latest safety features include, pre-collision assist with pedestrian detection which uses radar and a camera to watch for potential hazards that could cause a collision, when the system detects a possible impact the driver is warned and if the driver does not respond the system and apply the brakes the system will engage the brakes. The automatic braking is wired to radar, camera sensors and a 300 degree camera.  In addition the vehicle has a lane keeping system that when a driver starts to veer out of their lane the steering wheel will vibrate and induce a light steering inputs to position the vehicle back towards the center of the lane. For those of you who find parking something as big as a full size SUV a challenge, the 2018 Navigator features a park assist system that makes use of the 300 degree camera giving the driver a birds eye view all around the Navigator. Another feature of the latest navigator is an adjustable ride and handling system that allows the driver to select one of the numerous drive modes that can alter the steering and suspension.

Some version of this Navigator Concept Vehicle should be in production in a about a year. Oh, one more thing, the 2018 will have a 3.5 liter 400 hp EcoBoost engine.

1970 Ferrari 512 S Modulo Concept Car

The 1970 Ferrari 512 S Modulo Concept car was designed to allow people to break away from the design constraints of time and was not designed as a racing car prototype. You have to admire the design of the two overlapping body shells, one of which was a glass canopy that moved forward to allow the occupants to enter and exit the car easier. The two moving shells were separated by a rectilinear indentation in the center of the car.

In inner workings of the car were straight out of the Ferrari 512 S, with a mid-rear V-12 60 degree 550 hp and a five speed transmission that was rear wheel drive. The overall height of the Modulo was only about 36 inches. Interesting bit of information about the original Modulo was that It could only travel in a straight line due to the front wheels being incorporated into the bodywork.

The Ferrari 512 S Modulo was the winner of many design awards, unfortunately the car was dismantled for parts. There was a replica of the Ferrari 512 S Modulo built.

The 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket Concept Car

The 1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket Concept was a look into the future for Oldsmobile fittingly named the Golden Rocket, the car resembled a rocket, painted a gold/bronze pearl exterior color with upholstery done in blue and gold leather. The Golden Rocket was a two passenger car with  a 234 V-8 that was tuned to produce 275 hp, impressive at the time considering the car weighed about 2,500 lbs. The Rocket had a fiberglass body with nerf-like bumpers and rear bumpers looked like rockers.

One of the more unique features of the Rocket was a system that when either of the doors were opened the roof panel raised up, while the seats move up about 3 inches and swiveled outward to allow easy entrance and exit for the occupants. The cockpit looked like something from a fighter jet, with a windshield design that swept back, the Rocket was one of the first known in cockpit tilt steering wheels with  buttons on the steering wheel that allowed the steering column to tilt down giving the driver easier access. The speedometer was mounted in the center of the two spokes of the steering wheel.

The Golden Rocket was debut at the 1956 General Motors Motorama and was featured at many other shows, but was never produced for the public. 

The 1955 Ford La Tosca Concept Car

The Ford La Tosca Concept car was a remote controlled car designed by Alex Tremulis who at the age of 19 began his automotive design career in 1933 at Auburn.  During WWWII he worked on advance aircraft aerodynamics at Wright Field, he designed the Tucker 48 and in 1952 he was hired by Ford Motor Company as the head of the advanced design studio.

The La Tosca car concept car was a 3/8 scale model and was an experiment to show design students in the Advance Studio just how difficult it was to design a car. The car was radio controlled, with a system that was built by adapting 6 volt car batteries, Lincoln convertible top motors, a power seat unit and power window relays. In addition the car featured power turning and braking. Reportedly the radio system also operated the brake lights, turn signals and the headlights. Due to the canted fenders ( a radical design at the time) and the radio controlled chassis the project took four times as long to complete as was planned.

Apparently the little La Tosca R/C car had a radius of more than a mile and the design crew had a lot of fun terrorizing Oakwood Blvd and Village Road with the R/C car. The security guards would salute the little dream car as it passed by, however the upper executives were not too happy when the little car got in the way of one of Fords executives full size sedan and that was the end of the radio control experiments (according to Ford lore).

The La Tosca later became the inspiration for the 1958 Lincoln.

The 1966 Electrovan Experimental Alternative Fuel Concept Vehicle

Today alternative powered cars are a big part of the automotive industry, but did you know that in 1966 General Motors developed an Electrovan Experimental? GM’s Electrovan was the world’s first known application of fuel cell technology in a vehicle. The Electrovan was an important step in moving towards the use of alternative power in vehicles.

The Electrovan was a converted GMC Handivan that showed electric propulsion with fuel cell was possible and was credited as being the first hydrogen fuel cell ever produced. General Motors was the first company to use a fuel cell to power a vehicle (fuel cells have been around since early 1800’s).

The fuel cell power-plant was able to supply a continuous output of approximately 32 kw with a peak of 160 kw, it had 32 thin electrode fuel cell modules that were connected in series. The Electrovan was able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 30 seconds with a range of about 150 miles. GM had concerns about the safety of the Electrovan so the vehicle was only driven on company property.

GM chose to mount the motor and control system between and under the two front seats and the 32 fuel cell modules were located under the floor, there were about 550 feet of plastic piping. Mounted behind the middle bench seat were cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen tanks and an electrolyte reservoir that weighed 550lbs making the total weight of the van 7,100lbs.   

The Electrovan project was scrapped just after GM showed it off to journalist in 1966. The Electrovan was just too costly to produce just the Platinum alone used in the fuel cell cost as much as the purchase price of an entire fleet of vans. 

You and your significant other have an amazing weekend getaway planned, you’re all packed and ready to go. You go out to your car and notice that both back tires are completely flat. Now your going to have to take the tires to get the holes repaired and you think to yourself, how do I safety lift my car and put it on jack stands?

No worries 2CarPros has a video that will teach you the correct way to lift your car and put it on jack stands just go to:

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Recall for Hyundai America

Hyundai America is recalling some of their Genesis model year 2012 that were manufacture August 1, 2011 to April 30 2012 for a defect in the windshield wiper motor cover seal which can cause corrosion on wiper motor’s circuit board that could lead to intermittent and even total loss of wiper function that in inclement weather could impede the drivers visibility increasing the risk of an accident.  

Also affected with the same defect is the 2011 to 2013 Hyundai Equus vehicles with the manufacture dates of July 10, 2011 to June 12, 2012. 

Owner’s will be notified by Hyundai and the wiper cover seal will be replaced by the dealership's at no cost to the vehicle owners.

Who said it never rains in Southern California?

Seriously the one time you try to wait out the supposedly "rainy" season in Southern California (you know the area that is in the middle of a historically bad drought) it starts raining, not just raining, but poring with can you believe it thunder and lightening and your windshield wiper blades are warn down to the metal (most likely due to sun exposure). What now?

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The 1947 Studebaker Sportster

In 1947 Vincent E Gardner of South Bend, Indiana purchased a new 1947 Studebaker Champion three passenger coupe right off the assembly line. He then took the new car home and tore it down to make a sportster out it. 

The firewall and cockpit were moved back 18 inches, the headlight frames were rotated 180 degrees setting the parking lights below, he used the bumpers from a 1949 Studebaker Commander, the car was equipped with an automatic compressed air lift system to raise the deck and hood, Vince also added a new grille, hood, deck and tail lights, for added rigidity the frame was reinforced and by reworking the sedan front doors he was able to use them on the sportster. A unique feature of the car at night was the exhaust pipes looked like they were glowing red hot, he created this effect by routing the exhaust through the tail lights. Also the steering gear was set back and rotated to correct and angle, the brake and clutch pedals were extend, he lowered the radiator and moved it forward and mounted the fan on the crankshaft to correspond with the radiators new location. The engine was a 7.7 to 1 aluminum high compression head, hard faced valves with a special coil and two carburetors and dual exhaust.

In the interior there were glove boxes in both doors, fresh air was brought in through two holes and each side of the grille and distributed throughout the car from the heater which was mounted on a vertical wall above the toe board. Controls for things like the headlights, headlights and others were on the steering column. The entire interior was trimmed in a natural tan cowhide.

Vince won the first ever Press-on-Regardless Rally with Studebaker in 1949. The Rally was a 24 hour time-speed-distance event that was organized by the Detroit region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), listed as the navigator was Louise Gardner. The 1947 Sportster was known as the "Gardner Special". In 1950 the Most Magnificent Custom Roadster award was awarded to the Gardner Special at the National Roadster Show in Oakland.

The Gardner Special went through a few versions of itself before finally being restored back to the original version in 2011-2012 by Fran Roxas of Vintage Motorsports in Bridgeview, Illinois for John N. Allen of Naples, Florida. All of the Metalwork on the car was done by Jason Arrigo of Arrigo Specialty Metalwork's. In March 2012 the restored version of the Gardner Special was shown at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in Florida.

Oh no my car stopped running!

Imagine yourself driving out on the open highway enjoying the drive when all of sudden out of nowhere your car stalled out, that's right it just stopped running. Now what do you do? Where can you go for answer as to why your car did what just it did?

Did you know that 2carpros.com has an extensive library of articles and videos that can help you to figure out what went wrong and how to correctly make the repair or give you some useful knowledge of the problem so you can communicate to your mechanic effectively. 
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1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype 

The 1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype was built to be raced at LeMans, unfortunately the Pescara never raced at LeMans, the Pescara was successful at competing in hill climbs. The Pescara had many a head of its time unique features, an inline 6 cylinder 125 hp engine, integrated tubular frame that circulated oil to a dry sump, adjustable front and rear torsion bar suspension to all four wheels to within a gram. 
  
The current owner of the Pescara found the car in the late 1980's in Florida and after 20 years the restoration was complete. It has be said that the Pescara may have been the first two-seat open car with an envelope body.

Now what do I do?

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1934-1936 Mercedes-Benz 130H (W23)

Daimler-Benz's first attempt to enter the economy car market was with the Mercedes-Benz 130H (W23), conceived by Mercedes-Benz's chief engineer Hans Nibel in 1931 it was the companies first rear engine civilian car. The car was available in two body styles, the Cabriolet and Saloon, and was powered by a rear mounted water cooled four cylinder boxer 130 H (Heckmotor, Rear Engine) with a transmission that had 3 forward speeds and a semi automatic overdrive that did not need the use of a clutch. Located between the rear the coil springs was the cooling fan.

Unfortunately by having the heavy engine mounted in the rear of the car it caused problems with weight distribution making the car extremely hard to handle. The car was put into production in 1934, though the 130H exceeded all of its competition in the market the production of the Mercedes-Benz 130H ended in 1936 due to poor sales and safety concerns. 

The 1948 Tasco Prototype 

The 1948 Tasco Prototype was designed by a man who was considered to be one of the greatest automotive designers of the 20th century Gordon Buehrig. The Tasco resembled an aircraft with its streamline body and sloped back windshield, all four wheels enclosed in aluminum similar to those of an airplane's landing wheels and a front grill that featured marks resembling air takes for early jets. 

The Tasco was a two person car with an interior featuring controls and gauges that looked like they belonged more in airplane than a car. One the most profound features of the Tasco was that it was the very first car to have a T-top roof. Gordon Buehrig patented his design and later sued Chevrolet for using the T-top design in the Corvette without Buehrig's consent (he won the lawsuit and was awarded a very large sum of money).

The name Tasco was an abbreviation for 'The American Sportscar Company" the mostly Aluminum Tasco was created in hopes of securing a contract with the Beech Aircraft Company for production. The Tasco prototype was presented to Beech Aircraft Companies managers along with a proposal for production to the public, unfortunately they turned down the proposal. 

Eventually the Tasco was donated to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana and is still on display to this day.

Ever had this happen?

You go out to the garage to go to work in your trusted car and you find something leaking out from under your car and you think to yourself now what am I going to do?

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1939 Lincoln Continental Prototype

While on a trip to Europe in the fall of 1938 Edsel Ford was impressed with the long hoods, short trunks and rear mounted spare tires of the European sports cars. After returning from Europe Ford consulted with E.T. "Bob" Gregorie the designer for Lincoln to have him design a custom car with a "Continental" look. Gregorie used the Zephyr based to build the Continental and designed elegant chic look with clean pure lines without superfluous chrome ornaments or running boards (which were a standard feature of cars during that time).

In March of 1939 the Continental prototype was ready, Edsel Ford had the car shipped to Florida where he was vacationing at the time. The chic new Continental was an instant hit with the locals it is said that Edsel Ford received no less than 200 request to purchase the new Continental and the call was made by Ford to Gregorie to get the Continental into production. In October of 1939 the production Lincoln Continental made its debut.

The inexpensive prestigious looking car was popular with many of Hollywood's celebrities like Rita Hayworth, Clark Gable and Mickey Rooney. During world war II the production was stopped, but returned in 1946 and then went away again after the 1948 model year. In 1956 the Continental was brought back by Edsel's youngest son William Clay Ford, seven more generations were produced through 2002. 

Frank Lloyd Wright famed architect considered Gregorie's Lincoln Continental "the most beautiful car in the world".

The car was then owned by several owners over the years who had intentions of restoring the car. In 1977 Mr. Anderson purchased the car, however he did not start the restoration for another 20 years. In 2002 the restoration was complete, the currant owners showed the car to the then 94 year old Bob Gregoie who was thrilled to have the opportunity to ride in the car one more time.

First Station Wagon

The first fully factory built station wagon was the 1923 Star Four Model C with a four cylinder Continental engine. At the time all other car companies were sending their chassis out to a custom builder who then added the wooden wagon body. The beginning of 1928 model year the Star Four C was replaced by Durant 4.

The 2016 Honda Civic was Named Kelley Blue Books Overall Best Buy

This 10th generation Civic has been completely redesigned, larger and lighter than last years model, and more fuel efficient. Delivering almost the same mileage are the base model 158 horsepower 2.0 liter with the standard 6 speed manual transmission and the upgraded models feature a 174 horsepower 1.5 liter turbocharged 4 cylinder engine with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with almost the same city mileage 31 mpg and the same highway mileage 42 mpg.

The sleek new design is modern. There is plenty of room for adult passengers and a larger trunk for storage. The previous models dash was busy two tier layout has been replaced with easier and simpler 5 or 7 inch touchscreen with state of the applications like Android Auto and Apple CarPlay (size of touchscreen depends on the car model). 

Kelley Blue Book stated "The 2016 Honda Civic has raised the bar for compact cars in general to a new level".

1938 Phantom Corsair Prototype

Phantom Corsair Protoye was a 2 door, six passenger sedan built in 1938. Designed by Rust Heinz of the H.J. Heinz family and Maurice Schwartz, Bohman & Schwartz coach building company located in Pasadena, California. Because the Phantom Corsair was never made it to production it was sometimes thought of as a failure in-spite of it futuristic features like, its aerodynamic shape, low body height (57in.), fully skirted wheels, flush fenders and no running boards, electrically activated doors (with a push of a button located on the instrument panel and on exterior of the cars the doors would open), an instrument panel with an altimeter, compass and above the windshield a separate console that would let the driver know the lights were on or the door was ajar or when the radio was on.

The Phantom Corsair was front wheel drive with an electrically operated four speed pre-selector gearbox, independent suspension, adjustable shock absorbers. The chasis was a Cord chasis, the chasis was modified to accommodate the Phantom's large size body. Including making the chasis wider to accommodate four people sitting in a row in the front seat including one person sitting on the left of the driver, however the rear seat only had enough room for two people. The reason for this was that the space was used up by the on board beverage cabinets. The Phantom Corsair reached speeds in access of 115 mph in-spite of its heavy weight of 4,600. The Phantom Corair engine was a naturally aspirated 125 bhp Lycoming engine.

In 1938 the cost to produce the Phantom was $24,000 (in 2016 the cost $394,208.33). Rust Heinz planned to produce the Phantom with a limited production run with a selling price of $12,500 (2016 price $205,316.84). Unfortunately Rust Heinz was killed in a car accident in 1939 and the car was never produced, leaving this prototype as the only one to have ever been built.

1987 Chevrolet Express Concept Car

The 1987 Chevrolet Express concept car was latest in Chevrolet's long running experimentation with the gas turbine, powered by a mid-mounted GM ACT-5 turbine, capable of traveling a consist speed of 150 mph the Express was designed to be part of a system of federally limited high-speed travel highways.

The Express was a two door four passenger car that featured a roof that lifted up to allow entry into the vehicle. Other features of the Express were ground effect that were built into the carbon body, covered wheels, drive-by-wire controls, instrumentation and replacing the mirrors were three dash mounted camera screens.

Interesting piece of information, in the movie Back to the Future Part II you can see the car in the scene where Marty McFly arrives in the year 2015.

1966 Chevrolet Corvair Fitch Phoenix Prototype

The 1966 Concept car the Corvair Fitch Phoenix was based off of a Corvair, built on a 95 inch wheel base which was 13 inches shorter than a standard Corvair with an over all length of 174 inches. The Fitch Phoenix had a 170 hp Corvair engine with a Weber carburetor that allowed the car to go 0 to 60 mph in just 7.5 seconds with an estimated top speed over 130 mph. 

The Fitch featured an upgraded braking system, Girling disc on the front and stock Corvair drum brakes on the rear. To further enhance the Fitch Phoenix's performance were staggered wheels 175R/14 in front and 185R/14 in the rear and optional fender humps which were for aesthetics  as well as functional they were used to store the spare tires.

Unfortunately in 1969 Chevrolet stopped production of the Corvair which the squashed hopes of production for the Fitch Phoenix as there wouldn't be a source for engines and parts.

The Fitch Phoenix prototype was a functioning car, there was only one ever made.

Lamborghini's First Car Unveiled at 1963 Turin Auto without an Engine

The 350 GTV was Ferruccio Lamborghini's first car, designed to be a show only car. Ferruccio Lamborghini planned to unveil the 350 GTV at the 1963 Turin Auto Show in Turin, Italy, however during assembly it was discovered that the body panels did not fit around the engine compartment, Ferruccio Lamborghini had bricks placed in the engine compartment where the engine would have been and never opened the engine compartment's hood during the auto show. In addition the incomplete 350 GTV show car did not have foot pedals, windshield wipers or brake calipers. The Lamborghini 350 GTV was the predecessor for the 350 GT.

When the 1963 Turin Auto Show ended the 350 GTV was put into storage until the mid 1980's when the car was sold to Romano Bernandoni a car dealer and his cousin Stefano Pasini a Lamborghini expert. Items that were not included with car, the steering and the gauges. 
Bernandoni and Pasini received several proposals to modify the car into a running car, the cousins accepted one. The new owner requested that the color be changed from the original pale blue to a deep metallic green. The next owner was a Japanese collector who added the car to the Noritke collection. Currently the 350 GTV is on display at the Lamborghini museum in Sant' Agata Bolognese, Italy.