How many of us wish we had kept our grandparents’ cars before they were driven into the ground or given away? I know if I could go back in time, I might have rescued my Grandmother’s Volvo 240 wagon from the grifter who slid it out from under her for next to nothing. But an individual posting on the popular website Reddit casually mentioned he checked in on his grandfathers’ Lamborghini Countach, parked behind a Ferrari 308 and next to what looks like an MG TD. Part of a shuttered exotic car rental business, they remain locked up in a damp, dark garage. Find the full story here on Autoblog and let us know what your grandparents have squirreled away!
Lol, sounds like a lot of work to look up the full story. Just give me the short version, does it run?
Wow. Worth more now in its current, needy condition than when it was when parked years ago. And they didn’t even have to spend an arm and a leg maintaining it all those years.
I bet this was a “mule” in the “Wolf of Wall Street” movie.
Please tell me I’m wrong, but it looks like he put fresh gas in the tank and may have tried starting it????
My thoughts too. From the smile on his face, I’m thinking he got it started. Next step, a test run, perhaps to my house?
Looks like a jug of oil sitting there as well…his pre-start check list was well rounded! Hang a pine tree air freshener on the mirror, lock it up for another ten years of dank storage, then throw it on EBAY.
Safer to start a sitting Lamborghini (although I still wouldn’t attempt it) than a Ferrari as they have cam chain vs cam belts. Either way, engine needs pulling for a proper go-through.
Maybe odd question, but why did he never go in his grandparents garage???
Story of the day! The real deal. Not a Fiero kit!
Cool cars,but there will probably be a lot of fighting in
the family over these.The “Green Eyed” greed monster comes
out.Best to sell them off,& divide the money.
That said,I’d love to be able to look them over.
You are so right! That green eyed monster came to my parents estate caused alot of trouble! Actually I have a younger brother that is ate up with greed! I just backed off from many things just because I didn’t want to deal with his ignorant greed! Turns out that I am okay with that and feel good about it! :-)
Gee, I wish my grandfather had something like this. He was a professional musician, so I at least got his clarinets.
Reminds me of hoping I would somehow inherit my Uncles small collection of Jags, Shelby mustangs and a Ferrari some day. Unfortunately he lost them all to gambling.
@Wrong Way-your younger brother and my older brother. He knew he did me wrong when we divided our mother’s estate. I did not care and just wanted the task over with. However, what did bother me was that as the Executor, he withheld two rings that each of our two daughters had a special connection to with their Gramma. He retired at age 60 and had the Corvettes, huge home, lake property and oh an undertaker in Feb as he died from a long battle with cancer. Such a sad life.
I just backed off just like you did because I was sick of my brothers crap sold my share of the business for pennies on the dollar! Just needed peace in my life! There is a special place in hell for greedy people I am sure! Thanks for sharing your experience have a great evening!
“Sell me this pen.” If you’ve seen The Wolf of Wall Street you know the line and this car.
They have a local car show every Saturday. My younger daughter looked at an LM002 and asked, “Is this a kit? The interior looks like it was done in somebody’s house.”
She wasn’t wrong. Just not a huge fan of a lot of overly adored exotics. Cramped, unreliable, and fit & finish worse than a ’91 Hyundia Excel
The LM002 was notoriously lacking in fit and finish and those DOT sealed beam round headlights in a sea of square body panels and 90° angles just looked so sad and out of place. But, in the era before the large size mass produced Hummer H2s and its SUV ilk, it was a complete freak show to see in person. I have seen two a red one in NJ in the early 1990s (possibly Malcom Forbes) and a silver former show queen in the Chicago/Northbrook IL area around 2008.
My grandfather rode the trolley.