1968-69 Lamborghini R485 Tractor - Jay Leno's Garage

[ctrlraven]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjL7lDtxW8
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[rocky]

very cool!

[Mr. Man]

Lamborghini started out making tractors then for some reason he decided to make supercars. :dunno:

[Joe Walsh]

Lamborghini started out making tractors then for some reason he decided to make supercars. :dunno:

I read that Lamborghini owned Ferraris back in the early 60s and started making suggestions to Enzo Ferrari on how to improve them.
Enzo told Ferruccio: "What do you know about sports cars?....you make tractors!"
The rest as they say....is history.

[WhatsUpDOHC]

Lamborghini started out making tractors then for some reason he decided to make supercars. :dunno:
It was because of a run in with Enzo (From Wikipedia):

Lamborghini's wealth allowed him to cultivate a childhood interest in cars, owning a number of luxury automobiles including Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Maseratis, and a Mercedes-Benz. [19] He purchased his first Ferrari, a 250GT, in 1958, and went on to own several more. Lamborghini was fond of the Ferraris, but considered them too noisy and rough to be proper road cars, likening them to repurposed track cars. [19] When Lamborghini discovered that the clutch on his Ferrari was broken, and actually was the same clutch that he used on his tractors, Lamborghini went to Ferrari and asked for a better replacement. Ferrari responded, saying that he was just a tractor maker, and could not know anything about sports cars. [19][20][21]

Lamborghini decided to pursue an automobile manufacturing venture with the goal of bringing to life his[18]

[Granddaddy Marq]

I really want to go plow the field with that.

[WhatsUpDOHC]

His wife should have let him buy a Lamborghini. Would have been cheaper.

[stevesoasis]

Cool vid, Jay Leno's garage is great, I watch them all.