{"id":299530,"date":"2017-10-01T01:28:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T01:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=299530"},"modified":"2024-03-09T23:55:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:55:26","slug":"lamborghini-400gt-and-its-proud-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/lamborghini-400gt-and-its-proud-owner\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Lamborghini 400GT and Its Proud Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybPPc9Amf0c\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybPPc9Amf0c\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe production line was really weird back then, I mean, they had wine for lunch\u2026 Hopefully, you got a car that was built with everybody, before lunch, you know?\u201d quips Jack Riddell, owner of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1965%E2%86%921966-lamborghini-400-gt\/\">1967 Lamborghini 400 GT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thing is, Jack\u2019s car may have been built on a day when the all the stars in the universe aligned to produce the best-built 400 GT: his car has nearly 300,000 miles on the clock, easily one of the world\u2019s highest totals for a Lamborghini.<\/p>\n<p>He bought the car in 1972, after simultaneously saving up and talking its owner down to $6,250. It\u2019s been a rewarding experience ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The car\u2019s rarity at less than 250 made and Jack\u2019s technical skills allowed him to maintain and improve the car through the years, and he\u2019s become a trusted resource among fellow Lamborghini aficionados.<\/p>\n<p>One interesting update to Jack\u2019s car is his custom-built ignition system. He modified a Jaguar distributor and added an MSD unit, eliminating the need for constant tune-ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich is good, because I like to drive it,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can cruise at 140 mph all day if you could do it legally, but you can\u2019t, unfortunately\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe production line was really weird back then, I mean, they had wine for lunch\u2026 Hopefully, you got a car that was built with everybody, before lunch, you know?\u201d quips Jack Riddell, owner of this 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT. 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