Jim C
Stockpiling....
nice looking also (not mine)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lamborghini...tr=true&hash=item27ffafabff&item=171793427455
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lamborghini...tr=true&hash=item27ffafabff&item=171793427455
Cousin w/familiar door handles...
- Thread starter Jim C
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Pete Whitstone
True Classic
The trunk/engine cover release handles
Are another part that is shared with this car. Same for the Countach too.
Pete
Are another part that is shared with this car. Same for the Countach too.
Pete
rjplenter
True Classic
Bertone parts bin
The handles used on the X1/9 and Jalpa were also used on the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
And the Lamborghini Silhouette (which predated the Jalpa)
And the Lancia Stratos
You will also notice the latch holding the nose closed on the Stratos is the same over-the-centre mechanism that holds our roofs on. The Stratos also had the hood latch of the X1/9.
These door handles may have been used on other Bertone designed cars too. The one on the Lamborghini Urraco was similar, but squared off.
Well spotted!!!
Cheers,
Rob
The handles used on the X1/9 and Jalpa were also used on the Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
And the Lamborghini Silhouette (which predated the Jalpa)
And the Lancia Stratos
You will also notice the latch holding the nose closed on the Stratos is the same over-the-centre mechanism that holds our roofs on. The Stratos also had the hood latch of the X1/9.
These door handles may have been used on other Bertone designed cars too. The one on the Lamborghini Urraco was similar, but squared off.
Well spotted!!!
Cheers,
Rob
myronx19
True Classic
I LOVE THE SILHOUETTE! That would be a car I'd love to have.. it looks so good with those wheels, and the wheel arches.
That Jalpa for sale has Silhouette style wheels - interesting.. I didn't like the regular Jalpa wheels.
BTW: I've always considered the Silhouette to be the true cousin to the X1/9 - targa, mid engine, Bertone.. a great formula
That Jalpa for sale has Silhouette style wheels - interesting.. I didn't like the regular Jalpa wheels.
BTW: I've always considered the Silhouette to be the true cousin to the X1/9 - targa, mid engine, Bertone.. a great formula
rocco79/138
True Classic
The car has it going on!
Never actually have seen one in person but the Jalpa and many other Bertone designs just really speak to me far more than anything coming out of Pininfarina... Guess that is why I passed on a brand new 1980 Fiat Spider 2000 for $400 more than my new X1/9... Back in the late '80s when the kit thing was really rolling I actually scaled and lofted a LP 500 body to fit the X1/9... I built the buck for the body... Looked really cool and it scales quite nicely... Project was seriously derailed and abandoned but in retrospect the Jalpa would have been a better design to do this with. The cool thing about the House of Bertone was the reuse of elements like the handles and such which give folks like us the ability to actually see the connection our cars have with "super cars", cousins , brothers. However you look at it the designs have continuity throughout the era... Very cool indeed!
Thanks also for posting as I am fabing some " euro-bumpers" very similar to the ones on that Jalpa to replace the 5mph '79ers I just took off my car...
Never actually have seen one in person but the Jalpa and many other Bertone designs just really speak to me far more than anything coming out of Pininfarina... Guess that is why I passed on a brand new 1980 Fiat Spider 2000 for $400 more than my new X1/9... Back in the late '80s when the kit thing was really rolling I actually scaled and lofted a LP 500 body to fit the X1/9... I built the buck for the body... Looked really cool and it scales quite nicely... Project was seriously derailed and abandoned but in retrospect the Jalpa would have been a better design to do this with. The cool thing about the House of Bertone was the reuse of elements like the handles and such which give folks like us the ability to actually see the connection our cars have with "super cars", cousins , brothers. However you look at it the designs have continuity throughout the era... Very cool indeed!
Thanks also for posting as I am fabing some " euro-bumpers" very similar to the ones on that Jalpa to replace the 5mph '79ers I just took off my car...
LarryC
Curator of #10105275
I always liked the Jalpa.
This reminds me of an incident where I was tooling south from Providence RI in the Crab along I-95 around 1987 when a Jalpa pulls along side and honks his honk and gives a big wave and then moved on. I was always impressed that someone with the wherewithall to buy a Jalpa knew that the X 1/9 was close relative and wasn't afraid to say hello.
This reminds me of an incident where I was tooling south from Providence RI in the Crab along I-95 around 1987 when a Jalpa pulls along side and honks his honk and gives a big wave and then moved on. I was always impressed that someone with the wherewithall to buy a Jalpa knew that the X 1/9 was close relative and wasn't afraid to say hello.
Wrong.
This is FALSE. Yes - they are very similar - but they are NOT the same - at least X1/9 and GT4 ones are different. I haven't seen a Jalpa handle personally so I have no idea if they are X1/9, GT4 or different again. This urban myth has been doing the rounds for 30+ years - seems to have got a boost along with the internet!
Edit:- just looked at the photoes in the eBay advert really closely - I am fairly certain they are GT4 ones rather than X1/9.
This is FALSE. Yes - they are very similar - but they are NOT the same - at least X1/9 and GT4 ones are different. I haven't seen a Jalpa handle personally so I have no idea if they are X1/9, GT4 or different again. This urban myth has been doing the rounds for 30+ years - seems to have got a boost along with the internet!
Edit:- just looked at the photoes in the eBay advert really closely - I am fairly certain they are GT4 ones rather than X1/9.
